Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military denied carrying out a strike on a sports hall and nearby residential area in the Iranian city of Lamerd, rejecting findings from a New York Times investigation.
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[2026-04-01 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — A Russian Antonov-26 military plane crashed while flying over the Crimean peninsula, killing 29 people, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's defence ministry.
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[2026-04-01 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioned the value of NATO Tuesday night after European allies blocked the US military from using their bases and airspace to launch attacks on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 13:26 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Late last year, the administration of Donald Trump released the National Security Strategy 2025, a document that carries a distinctly manifesto-like character. It reaffirms the maintenance of overwhelming U.S. military power and nuclear deterrence, prioritizes next-generation missile defense under the Golden Dome initiative and places the defense of Taiwan at the top of U.S.
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[2026-04-01 12:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Multiple explosions ripped through the city of Bujumbura after a fire broke out late Tuesday at a military arsenal in Burundi's economic capital, an army spokesperson said.
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[2026-04-01 12:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -- France and Italy have pushed back against some US-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war in Iran, highlighting divisions.
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[2026-04-01 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it launched missiles at targets in northern Israel, including the Mahanim camp east of Safed and a military industries site near Haifa.
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[2026-04-01 11:44 UTC+10:00] [Crimea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Technical problems were believed to have caused the crash, a report said, citing an initial assessment
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[2026-04-01 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said regime change in Iran was not a goal of the US military operation, adding that preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons was the main objective.
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[2026-04-01 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Army honor guard member stands vigil at dawn at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., ahead of the 100th anniversary of a continuous honor guard presence at the tomb, celebrated March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-01 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iraqi armed group claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on US military bases, saying it carried out five strikes in the past 24 hours.
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[2026-04-01 10:30 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pentagon chief’s remarks come after US army said crews suspended amid investigation into incident in Tennessee
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[2026-04-01 10:09 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence ministry says contact was lost with the An-26 military transport aircraft whilst it was on a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula
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[2026-04-01 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Anthropic, the artificial intelligence giant locked in a legal war with the Trump administration over military use of its technology, has signed a formal AI safety pact with the Albanese government.
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[2026-04-01 09:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said the army carried out strikes on rocket launch sites in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-04-01 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he expected that U.S. military forces will leave Iran in "two or three weeks."
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[2026-04-01 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli lawmakers led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have been filmed cheering and rejoicing at the passing of a controversial death penalty bill. Rights groups, foreign nations, and even the UN warned that the newly adopted legislation is discriminatory and would disproportionally target Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-04-01 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Army has suspended the crew involved in the helicopter stunt outside Kid Rock’s Tennessee home, US military officials confirmed on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told aides he is prepared to wind down the US military campaign against Iran even if the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday.
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[2026-04-01 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan has ended a temporary ceasefire with Taliban and will continue military operations inside Afghanistan until its security objectives are achieved, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-01 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Spain has banned US military aircraft involved in the Iran war from using its airspace and military bases, extending an earlier restriction that applied only to two American installations on Spanish soil.
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[2026-04-01 06:26 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Though the US is almost certainly not going to have a draft, media commentary and online anxiety have surfaced
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[2026-04-01 06:07 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has warned that Israel’s new death penalty law, instructing military courts to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis in acts of “terror”, describes it as “another step toward apartheid”.
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[2026-04-01 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel would press ahead with its military campaign against Tehran, declaring that it would continue to "crush Iran's terror regime".
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[2026-04-01 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are jolting higher and recovering a chunk of their wartime losses as optimism entered markets following a report that President Donald Trump told aides he’s willing to end the military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed.
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[2026-04-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In a show of force in Cape Town, around 500 military and police personnel paraded ahead of a year-long deployment targeting gangs, illegal mining, and organized crime across the Western Cape. The operation, set to begin in April, will cover five of South Africa’s nine provinces, focusing on areas struggling with rampant crime.
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[2026-04-01 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan’s first long-range missiles were deployed at a military camp in the country’s southwest, its defense chief said on Tuesday, as Tokyo pushes to bolster its offensive capabilities amid tensions with China.
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[2026-04-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — After declaring Iran’s military “gone,” United States President Donald Trump appealed to the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and South Korea — as well as China, Iran’s strategic partner — to send minesweepers and naval forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. When allies balked, the request turned into a warning: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would face “a very bad” future if it refused.
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[2026-04-01 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AUSTIN, Texas — The National Security Strategy (NSS) that United States President Donald Trump’s administration published in November was remarkable, far-reaching, and unlike any other NSS that has appeared since George H.W. Bush “kicked the Vietnam syndrome” in the early 1990s. In the cover letter that bears his signature, Trump described the document as a “road map to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history.”
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[2026-04-01 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Whitney Cummings continued to bring the laughs on Tuesday’s episode of The View, this time skewering Kid Rock alongside Joy Behar.
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[2026-04-01 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Authorities in the Ryazan region have ordered businesses to nominate a minimum number of employees for contract military service, marking the latest iteration of government efforts to maintain a steady flow of troops to the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-03-31 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was pictured rejoicing in the passing of a controversial bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners.
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[2026-03-31 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's IRGC has confirmed that top military general Jamshid Eshaghi has been killed along with his family in an attack.
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[2026-03-31 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Violent crime committed by active-duty Russian servicemen has surged since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Poland-based news outlet Vot Tak reported, with murders, sexual assaults and robberies rising far faster than the military’s expansion.
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[2026-03-31 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump has warned the U.K. and France that the "U.S.A. won't be there to help you anymore," as he vented his frustration over the close allies' refusal to join military action against Iran.
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[2026-03-31 22:29 UTC+10:00] [Sabrewing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Designed for both military and civilian use, it has 7-tonne take-off weight and is the world’s heaviest cargo drone in full-scale flight
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[2026-03-31 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is prepared for "weeks" more of attacks on Iran, a military spokesman said on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview that the war was "beyond the halfway point".
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[2026-03-31 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Defence Innovation Science and Technology Institute] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s military mouthpiece claims Tokyo has ‘astonishing’ stockpile of nuclear materials and the tech to produce weapons
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[2026-03-31 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon informed the United Nations in a letter that it has criminalised Hezbollah's military wing, Al Hadath reported, citing a diplomatic official.
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[2026-03-31 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: There were full military honors for Algeria’s former president, Liamine Zeroual, on Monday as the 84-year-old former general was laid to rest in his home town of Batna.
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[2026-03-31 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has said four soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, where its forces are clashing with Hezbollah fighters after launching a ground invasion of the country.
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[2026-03-31 18:22 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia is closing in on a breakthrough deal to sell hundreds of locally designed combat drones, called Ghost Bats, to the German military in an agreement that could pave the way for the cutting-edge aircraft to be exported around the world.
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[2026-03-31 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: White House says it doesn't need Spain after airspace closure to US military, Spain's Catholic Church signs deal to compensate abuse victims and more news on Tuesday March 31st.
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[2026-03-31 17:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US military squadron stationed in Alaska has joined live-fire drills with the South Korean military, according to the US Eighth Army on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-31 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media reported that initial investigations indicated strikes in central Iran had hit some "military sites", without specifying the locations.
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[2026-03-31 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy
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[2026-03-31 15:42 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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