Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-27 18:11 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 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army said in a statement that it targeted Iranian military infrastructure overnight, including missile launchers and storage sites.
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[2026-03-27 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday kicked off a surprise visit to Saudi Arabia, seeking support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weighs shifting military resources to the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran.
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[2026-03-27 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives grieve an Iraqi soldier killed in a strike Wednesday on a military clinic in western Iraq’s Anbar province, during a mass procession inside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
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[2026-03-27 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military ordered the forced evacuation of residents of the village of Sajd in southern Lebanon, saying Israeli forces will “act against it forcefully”.
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[2026-03-27 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldiers stand in formation during a vigil in memory of the victims of a military cargo plane crash in Puerto Leguizamo, at the Monument to the Fallen Heroes in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-03-27 14:26 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US military stockpiles are under strain as a result of Iran war, Washington Post reports; Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Saudi crown prince in Jeddah. What we know on day 1,493
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[2026-03-27 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and France signed a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) on Friday, expanding defense ties and allowing easier deployment of troops between the two countries.
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[2026-03-27 13:21 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 12:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has attended a multinational military meeting to discuss the safety of maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a JCS official said Friday, as Iran has effectively blocked the key oil trade route amid a prolonged Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-27 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield.
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[2026-03-27 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-27 11:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will extend his pause on US military strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure by 10 days to 8 p.m. on April 6 at the request of the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-27 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Military veterans are sounding off about a Democratic congressional candidate who they say inflated his Navy record and used a deceased Korea War vet’s gravesite as a campaign prop.
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[2026-03-27 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California Gov. Gavin Newsom — an expected Democratic presidential candidate in 2028 — is raising the prospect of requiring Americans to complete a set period of national service, suggesting commitments ranging from at least six months to as long as a year and a half.
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[2026-03-27 10:37 UTC+10:00] [US House] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The planes were only 160 metres apart, in the latest incident involving a passenger jet and a US military aircraft
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[2026-03-27 10:17 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Face-off is over company’s refusal to let defense department use its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons systems
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[2026-03-27 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pair of siblings face federal charges after an improvised explosive device was found at a Florida Air Force base that houses the military’s Central Command — which is running the war in Iran, prosecutors said Thursday.
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[2026-03-27 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says more missiles have been launched from Iran towards Israel.
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[2026-03-27 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Lefty MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell went on a wild on-air tirade blasting Barron Trump for not enlisting in the military as tensions rage in the Middle East — calling him more “spoiled than an English princess.”
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[2026-03-27 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected inside trader on the prediction market platform Polymarket netted $2.14 million in profits by correctly betting on a US military strike on Iran, but experts say they’re not covering their tracks very well.
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[2026-03-27 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military is sending more troops into southern Lebanon despite growing international concern about Israel’s deadly bombardment and push to deepen its invasion of Lebanese territory.
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[2026-03-27 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military spokesman General Effie Defrin said that the Israeli military will continue to target Iranian leaders, following the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas overnight, the Times of Israel is reporting.
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[2026-03-27 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Military helicopters fly past the United Nations Headquarters building as seen from the rose garden, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, file)
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[2026-03-27 02:50 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Remarks come after defense secretary calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which had been ‘watered down’
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[2026-03-27 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen's Houthis have warned they will issue a "military response" if needed by Iran to counter the US-Israeli assault on the country.
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[2026-03-27 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel is now focused on “dismantling Hezbollah” as part of its wider campaign against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, declaring that the military effort remains “in full swing” despite reports to the contrary.
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[2026-03-27 00:30 UTC+10:00] [John Swinney] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK government cited security concerns but gave few details, leaving observers to question if geopolitical pressure shaped move
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[2026-03-27 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen talk after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-03-26 22:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Satellite imagery has revealed a large-scale industrial complex in North Korea that analysts say may indicate an expansion of the country’s military drone program, according to a US-based monitoring outlet.
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[2026-03-26 21:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will join a multinational military meeting to discuss the issue of maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz at France's request, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-03-26 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, expanded the military’s list of targets in Lebanon to include all bridges over the country’s Litani River, a focal point of the renewed Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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[2026-03-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Nicolás Maduro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deposed Venezuelan president and his wife, who both pleaded not guilty, were captured by US military in January
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[2026-03-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Journal says China should target boost stage, when ballistic missiles are slower, lack manoeuvrability and emit an intense heat signature
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[2026-03-26 19:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Geun-an, a former police officer and the infamous “torture technician” of South Korea’s authoritarian regimes in the 1970s and ’80s, died Wednesday at the age of 88, according to local media.
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[2026-03-26 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Gaza’s central city of Deir al‑Balāḥ was hit by an Israeli airstrike on 26 March near tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing at least one person and injuring seven others, according to Al‑Aqsa Hospital. The attack matters because Deir al‑Balāḥ has become a refuge for families displaced by months of war, and even areas used for shelter are increasingly exposed to danger.
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[2026-03-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military says one of its soldiers has been killed during its ongoing invasion in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-26 18:55 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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[2026-03-26 18:06 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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[2026-03-26 18:02 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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[2026-03-26 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Nearly a month into the Iran war, the United States is preparing to send thousands of additional soldiers to the Middle East, expanding a military footprint that already has tens of thousands of American personnel in the region.
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[2026-03-26 17:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-26 16:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-26 15:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The 20th International Security Conference will be held Aug. 11-12 at Coex in Seoul, bringing together global cybersecurity leaders amid rapid industry growth and rising digital threats, organizers said Thursday.
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[2026-03-26 14:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president claims Iranian negotiators fear being killed by their own side; US military command claims to have damaged or destroyed over two-thirds of Iran’s missile, drone and naval production facilities
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[2026-03-26 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military announced on Thursday that it "completed a wide-scale wave of strikes" across Iran.
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[2026-03-26 13:09 UTC+10:00] [Hormuz] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former national security adviser Nagashima said a prolonged disruption in the critical shipping lane could work in China’s favour
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