Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-22 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s defense minister said Saturday that joint U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran will intensify in the coming week. In a video statement released after a meeting with military officials in Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel would continue targeting senior figures within the Iranian regime.
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[2026-03-22 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s military said it intercepted and downed an armed drone over Tehran before it could carry out operations, according to Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-22 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it is investigating the failure to intercept missiles that struck the southern cities of Dimona and Arad. The announcement came after air defence systems failed to stop projectiles during recent attacks.
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[2026-03-22 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Benjamin Barton] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing boosts economic self-reliance and long-term stability as a matter of ‘national security’ while Middle East conflicts continue
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[2026-03-22 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military said it struck the Malek Ashtar University in Tehran, which it described as being "used to develop components for nuclear weapons".
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[2026-03-22 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles near the town of Taybeh in southern Lebanon. The attack comes amid continued cross-border exchanges between the group and Israeli forces.
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[2026-03-22 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military chief Eyal Zamir warned of Iran’s missile capabilities, citing a recent long-range launch toward a US base on Diego Garcia.
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[2026-03-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has given Iran’s military attache and embassy staff 24 hours to leave the kingdom due to “repeated Iranian attacks” on its territory.
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[2026-03-22 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has ordered Iran’s military attache and four other embassy staff to leave the kingdom within 24 hours after declaring them persona non grata, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-03-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military says it will continue striking Iran through the second week of April, signalling no pause in a war that has already widened the conflict across the region.
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[2026-03-22 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: More than a dozen unsanctioned drones repeatedly swarmed a US Air Force base that is home to a nuclear bomber fleet — and were able to resist efforts to bring them down via jamming technology, according to military officials.
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[2026-03-22 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A military source told Tasnim News Agency that Iran has shifted its strategy, signalling a move beyond a policy of proportional retaliation.
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[2026-03-22 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN great powers expand wars, smaller states connected to their military infrastructure discover a harsh geopolitical truth: alliances do not eliminate danger, but often relocate it.
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[2026-03-22 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Bahraini official has said a Patriot air defence system intercepted an Iranian drone over a residential neighbourhood earlier this month, an account that apparently differs from the United States military’s own description of the same incident.
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[2026-03-22 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The US military declared on Saturday it had damaged an Iranian bunker housing weapons threatening oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz, as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer.
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[2026-03-22 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's army has reported that a fresh wave of ballistic missiles launched from Iran are headed towards the country.
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[2026-03-22 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amphibious assault ship’s transfer said to cause ‘dip’ in deterrence against Beijing’s military activity around Taiwan and South China Sea
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[2026-03-22 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military has said that US-Israeli attacks on an Iranian underground weapons facility has "degraded" the country's ability to control the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-22 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Rights groups are sounding the alarm over the legality of UK involvement in US military strikes on Iran, following the government's decision to allow American use of its military bases.
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and officials in Taipei are assessing what lessons they can learn from the US-Israel precision strikes on the Iranian leadership
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[2026-03-21 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Secretary of the National Security of Ukraine Rustem Umerov shake hands, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
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[2026-03-21 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple U.S. officials.
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[2026-03-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he is considering “winding down” the military operations in Iran even as his administration deploys 2,500 additional marines to the region and asks Congress for more money to fund the war.
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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[2026-03-21 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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[2026-03-21 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that struck a building housing Al-Manar channel studios in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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[2026-03-21 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has said he is considering “winding down” the Iran war because the US was “getting very close” to meeting its military objectives.
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[2026-03-21 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Early on Saturday the Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanese capital Beirut.
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[2026-03-21 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Before it ever hit Prime Video, The Silent Service: Season 2 was originally released in Japan as a 2025 political thriller movie called The Silent Service: Great Battle of the Arctic Ocean. While Season 1 was split up into eight episodes, this second season is essentially just a single 2-hour-long movie that picks up where the previous season left off.
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[2026-03-21 10:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is considering "winding down" its military operation against Iran, while calling on South Korea, China, Japan and other countries to get involved in efforts to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-21 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has threatened to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing Iran’s top military spokesman General Abolfazl Shekarchi.
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[2026-03-21 09:57 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like
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[2026-03-21 08:59 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One person survived and two were killed, the military said, who were turned over to Costa Rican coast guard
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[2026-03-21 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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[2026-03-21 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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[2026-03-21 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has announced that it attacked another alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific.
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[2026-03-21 06:43 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Policy aims to increase federal government’s ability to fight national security concerns and counter Beijing’s growing dominance in sector
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[2026-03-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues, intelligence gathered by the Pentagon is being analysed by technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on a system run by the data analytics firm Palantir.
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[2026-03-21 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq has declared force majeure on all oil fields developed by foreign oil companies, as military operations in the region have disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, preventing most of the country's crude exports from moving, oil ministry sources said.
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[2026-03-21 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of National Defense (DND) slammed China for criticizing Philippine military officials over operations near Bajo de Masinloc, saying it was a “self-directed farce.”
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[2026-03-21 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Military police patrol during a police operation in the Morro dos Prazeres community in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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[2026-03-21 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The administration of US President Donald Trump has offered a carousel of contradicting final objectives for the US-Israeli war with Iran: destroying its regional military might; decapitating its leadership; fomenting dissent; eliminating its nuclear programme.
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[2026-03-21 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine walk to depart on Marine One with President Donald Trump from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-21 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato has withdrawn almost all personnel from Iraq amid regional instability caused by the war on Iran, according to officials at Iraq’s National Security Advisory speaking to AFP and Al Jazeera.
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[2026-03-21 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel’s ongoing military operation in Lebanon violates international law, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
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[2026-03-21 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European leaders call for end to 'reckless attacks' on Middle East energy facilities
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[2026-03-21 00:16 UTC+10:00] [White House] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The policy aims to increase the federal government’s ability to fight AI-generated scams and national security concerns
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[2026-03-21 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Madagascar's military leader, President Michael Randrianirina, announced Thursday that anyone applying to become a minister in the new government will undergo lie detector tests to screen for corruption—a rare and unprecedented vetting measure.
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[2026-03-21 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Trident] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Man and woman, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, held after asking to enter sensitive military site
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[2026-03-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese observers question whether air strikes, and even a limited ground presence, will be enough to remove the threat to shipping
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