Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least 66 people have died and dozens of others have been wounded after a Colombian military plane with 125 people on board crashed after takeoff in the south of the country, officials have said.
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[2026-03-24 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said.
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[2026-03-24 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Open-source flight-tracking data indicated possible movement of US military personnel from the East Coast toward the Middle East, with multiple flights departing from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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[2026-03-24 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Japan is expected to send combat troops to military exercises in the Philippines instead of the usual humanitarian assistance and disaster response trainers, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. says on March 24, 2026
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[2026-03-24 16:35 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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[2026-03-24 16:28 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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[2026-03-24 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-24 16:05 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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[2026-03-24 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least 66 people were killed after a Colombian military Hercules C-130 transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday in the southern province of Putumayo. Many others were injured, while rescue and evacuation operations continued into the night.
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[2026-03-24 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Iranian lawmaker warned officials to “think wisely” before entering talks with the United States, citing past instances where negotiations coincided with military action, Fars news reported.
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[2026-03-24 15:11 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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[2026-03-24 14:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIRUT (AFP) -- A series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel's military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-24 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Japan is expected to send troops to military exercises in the Philippines instead of the usual humanitarian assistance and disaster response trainers, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-24 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia — A military transport plane with 121 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 33 people and leaving at least 81 injured, according to the town's deputy mayor.
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[2026-03-24 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — A series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel's military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-24 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Refusing to comply could lead to up to one year in jail and a hefty fine, while providing false or misleading information carries up to three years in prison
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[2026-03-24 11:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, as investors pin hopes on easing military tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Revisions that came into effect on Monday give police powers enjoyed in other jurisdictions and will speed up investigations, they say
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[2026-03-24 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the postponement of threatened military strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, stressing that both Washington and Tehran want to make a deal to end their war.
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[2026-03-24 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A loud blast rang out over Jerusalem early Tuesday after Israel's military said it detected another Iranian missile launch, the second of the day, AFP is reporting.
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[2026-03-24 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An air strike has targeted a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil province, south of Baghdad.
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[2026-03-24 08:53 UTC+10:00] [Mark Lambert] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ageing cadre and a weak pipeline risk eroding US-China policy, business insight and national security preparedness as prowess dwindles
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[2026-03-24 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s far-right minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, has urged his country to annex southern Lebanon, as the military has destroyed bridges and homes in an intensified assault on the area.
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[2026-03-24 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said yesterday (23) that he has ordered the United States military to postpone strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days after holding “good and productive conversations” with Tehran.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices dropped by over 13 percent yesterday (23) after an announcement by US President Donald Trump that he would instruct the military to delay any strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China urged on Monday an immediate stop to military operations and return to dialogue and negotiation, as fighting in the Middle East continues to spread and the risk of further escalation grows.
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[2026-03-24 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he spoke with Donald Trump, saying that the US president believed US-Israeli military gains in Iran could be converted into a negotiated agreement that protects Israel's interests.
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[2026-03-24 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Colombian military plane with 125 people on board has crashed after takeoff in the south of the country, the Colombian Air Force said.
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[2026-03-24 05:58 UTC+10:00] [C-130] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Military sources said 71 people had been rescued alive from the wreckage; the air force said 125 soldiers were travelling on board
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[2026-03-24 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: There is a striking difference between a modern-day energy crisis and the ones from the last century: now, the world has alternatives to fossil fuels.
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[2026-03-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: When military recruiters arrived at the Lunin College of Transport Technologies in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk last month, they hoped they would find students willing to enlist as drone operators — but few took up the offer.
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[2026-03-24 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold futures kept tumbling Monday despite President Trump’s halt on military strikes against Iran as investors continued to fret that the conflict could stall interest-rate cuts.
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[2026-03-24 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A military transport plane crashed Monday when taking off in Colombia, officials said, with at least 80 people aboard though there were conflicting reports about how many troops were dead and injured.
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[2026-03-24 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 04:12 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cargo plane carrying between 80 and 110 soldiers crashes shortly after takeoff in southern Amazon region
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[2026-03-24 04:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After Tehran targeted the UK-US base on Diego Garcia, Israel’s military said European capitals were also at risk
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[2026-03-24 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Defence Secretary John Healey claimed on Monday that Iran fired two missiles at the joint UK-US Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean on Friday.
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[2026-03-24 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States deployed drones to Nigeria to provide training and intelligence, a U.S. defense official said Monday, as the West African country’s military fights a multifaceted security crisis.
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[2026-03-24 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Israeli military on Monday struck a bridge linking southern Lebanon with the eastern Bekaa region, state media reported, after warning it would hit the crossing.
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[2026-03-24 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has said the military alliance "cannot confirm" Israel's claim that missiles allegedly targeting the UK-US base on Diego Garcia last week were fired by Iran.
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[2026-03-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has denied targeting a joint military base of the United States and the United Kingdom on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with missiles, dismissing the claim as an “Israeli false flag” attack.
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[2026-03-23 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo sharply criticised aerial bombardments on Monday, saying they are indiscriminate and should be banned, in his latest anti-war comments as the US-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 23:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran had "productive" talks over a "complete" and "total" resolution of their war over the weekend, noting he ordered the postponement of threatened military strikes on Iranian power plants for five days.
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[2026-03-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Focus is on building sustained and scalable combat capability, defence minister tells legislature as procurement report is tabled
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[2026-03-23 22:38 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given instructions to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, just hours ahead of a deadline that threatened further escalation in the conflict now in its fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would order the military to postpone strikes on Iran's power plants and energy infrastructure for five days following "productive" dialogue regarding "total resolution" of hostilities in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-23 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Department of War has been ordered to temporarily suspend plans for military strikes on Iranian energy facilities, President Donald Trump announced on Monday following negotiations with Tehran.
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[2026-03-23 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.
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[2026-03-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president says he has instructed the Pentagon to “postpone any and all” strikes on energy infrastructure, ‘subject to success’ of talks
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