Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-28 23:30 UTC+10:00] [drone] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese capital sets strict limits on the sales, storage and transport of unmanned aerial vehicles and core components
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[2026-03-28 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The once-impenetrable Arctic waters have become the latest battleground for sea dominance among military and maritime vessels, as increased activity by both the Chinese and Russian Coast Guard and naval ships in recent months has raised concern in the U.S.
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[2026-03-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers say
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[2026-03-28 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Dakar on Friday to protest the ongoing Iran war, voicing opposition to military action and expressing solidarity with countries affected by U.S. and Israeli operations.
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[2026-03-28 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump said he is “very disappointed” with NATO’s response to the United States-Israeli war on Iran, accusing the alliance of failing to support Washington despite years of US military spending on its allies.
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[2026-03-28 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel early Saturday, the first time it had faced fire from that country.
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[2026-03-28 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Yemeni forces are “ready for direct military intervention” if the United States and Israel expand their alliance against Iran and its allies.
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[2026-03-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Basic Law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities issue statement after US consulate in Hong Kong warns citizens about new rule criminalising refusal to reveal device passwords
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[2026-03-28 15:33 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan has expressed its regret over the break-in at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo by a knife-wielding Japanese military officer, but that is "far from enough," the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.
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[2026-03-28 15:31 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Japanese government adopted Friday a new basic plan for science and technology policy, which for the first time calls for promoting research and development activities on technologies for military-civilian dual-use goods.
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[2026-03-28 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Iranian missile attack Friday wounded at least 10 US service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials familiar with the situation.
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[2026-03-28 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Changes to doctrine and force structure are needed to realise the armed forces’ dream of becoming a 21st century military
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[2026-03-28 13:59 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran has kept firing missiles at Israel and Gulf nations, including a strike at a military base in Saudi Arabia that wounded at least 10 US service members
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[2026-03-28 13:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Israel’s military chiefs have warned that settler expansion and violence in the West Bank are stretching the army to breaking point.
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[2026-03-28 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The U.S. expects its military operations against Iran to conclude within weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.
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[2026-03-28 12:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Friday that "Cuba is next," as he pointed out his administration's use of America's "great" military in Iran and Venezuela.
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[2026-03-28 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MIAMI, Florida — President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his disappointment with NATO allies over their refusal to send military to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and said Washington may not help them in future if asked to do so.
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[2026-03-28 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — As President Trump cranks up pressure on Iran, Pentagon brass are quietly lining up a wide menu of military options — which could put US boots on the ground in a major war for the first time in nearly half a decade.
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[2026-03-28 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of anti-war, US military veterans have slammed what they say are Israeli interests guiding US military policy, culminating in the current US-Israeli war on Iran that is putting American lives at risk.
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[2026-03-28 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Marines and paratroopers who could be sent to seize an Iranian island in the Gulf will be thrust into a “shooting gallery” with vulnerable supply lines and ill-defined strategic objectives, former US military officials and analysts tell Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-28 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel's military warned late Friday that Iran had fired missiles toward it, as AFP correspondents reported air raid sirens in Jerusalem and explosions were heard from the city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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[2026-03-28 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has struck a uranium processing facility in the central Iranian city of Yazd, the Israeli military confirmed, in an escalatory move that comes as regional diplomats have been attempting to broker an agreement to halt the joint US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-28 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Photos of soldiers who died on a military cargo plane that crashed in Puerto Leguizamo, stand on the steps of the altar before a Mass in their honor at a military base church in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-28 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: To explore the roots of Donald Trump’s Iran military strategy and the pugnacious rhetoric of his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, means looking back 105 years. In 1921, a year before Benito Mussolini and his blackshirts marched on Rome to launch the Fascist era, an Italian general named Giulio Douhet published The Command of the Air, proposing a revolution in warfare.
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[2026-03-28 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Three years, five months, six days, a period of seconds…for the ARMY and anyone BTS curious, the Netflix event BTS: The Comeback Live: ARIRANG brings a long pop music hiatus to a close. Going live on Saturday, March 21st, 8pm Seoul, South Korea time – bright and early here in America – BTS brings out a set that features highlights from their brand-new album (ARIRANG was released March 20th) and a full round of greetings from all seven members of
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[2026-03-28 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — US-Israeli strikes hit two Iranian nuclear facilities on Friday, as America's top diplomat left a meeting with his G7 counterparts to declare that Washington expects its military operation to prove victorious within a couple of weeks.
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[2026-03-28 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A married mom who vanished last year may be tied to a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances of US scientists and military officials with access to potentially sensitive information, according to a report.
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[2026-03-28 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy, when their economic foundations weaken, and when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force.
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[2026-03-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Federal Aviation Administration logo is displayed in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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[2026-03-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is only certain it has destroyed around a third of Iran's missiles, despite comments from President Donald Trump boasting of military success.
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[2026-03-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke and flames rise following an Israeli military strike on a target next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March, 25, 2026.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-03-28 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday afternoon without any warning from the Israeli military, Lebanese state media reported.
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[2026-03-28 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Norway is set to raise defence spending by 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product to compensate for rising military equipment costs and to adjust to lessons learned from the Ukraine war, the government says.
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[2026-03-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [PLA Air Force] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jinglei-1 and H-6N strategic bomber combination completes nuclear triad, boosts second-strike capability, military magazine says
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[2026-03-28 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage shared by the Iranian Red Crescent showed damaged buildings and emergency teams at work, while Israel said it had carried out a "wide‑scale" wave of attacks in the capital and the north‑west province of West Azerbaijan. The images emerged as US media reported that Washington is considering sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East, a move that would deepen fears of a broader regional war.
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[2026-03-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has formally accused the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of allowing the US military to use their territory and airspace to launch and support strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to letters sent to the UN Security Council.
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[2026-03-27 23:06 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US secretary of state chided allies for rebuffing Trump’s demand for military help in the Gulf
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[2026-03-27 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
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[2026-03-27 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
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[2026-03-27 21:39 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-27 21:21 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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[2026-03-27 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s military says its air defences have intercepted a total of 154 missiles and 362 drones from Iran since the start of the war.
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[2026-03-27 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese state broadcaster highlights robot wolves, drones and laser weapons in new documentary about the PLA’s latest unmanned systems
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[2026-03-27 19:57 UTC+10:00] [Asean] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Military activities are hampering the transition towards renewable energy, with data transparency lacking among major defence spenders
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[2026-03-27 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit brought by Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, stemming from his prosecution during the Russiagate investigation.
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[2026-03-27 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Five years after the Myanmar military coup, the country is still in a brutal civil war. So, what’s happening in Myanmar now, and why has the conflict received so little global attention? Reporting by Nicholas Maher for ABC News Loop.
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[2026-03-27 19:44 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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[2026-03-27 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: “A bit” is what United States President Donald Trump thinks about the scale of Russia’s military aid to Iran.
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[2026-03-27 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s opposition says military forces are ‘in collapse’
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