Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-18 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After a US watchdog report earlier this week said that the American fleet of F-35 stealth fighters has seen reduced readiness and usability as maintenance issues drag down mission-capable rates, Israeli sources said that their F-35s were faring better.
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[2026-06-18 00:46 UTC+10:00] [Family] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Selfish, lonely, maladjusted – the prejudices against only children persist, as well as of their parents for just having one child. But we are an army on the rise
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[2026-06-18 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
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[2026-06-18 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Barangay Ginebra turned to its defense to dethrone TNT, 88-76 en route to ruling the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup after winning the title series, 4-3 before a jampacked crowd at the SM Mall of Arena in Pasay.
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[2026-06-18 00:26 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Finnish lawmakers voted by a margin of 125 to 61 on Wednesday to lift the country’s longstanding ban on nuclear weapons, marking a major shift in Helsinki’s security posture as it deepens its integration with NATO.
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[2026-06-18 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced on Wednesday that the pilot program to try out women serving in tank units will begin in November, despite opposition from about one-third of the hesder yeshivas that provide significant numbers of religious Zionist combat soldiers.
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[2026-06-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With the war with Iran hopefully coming to an end, US President Donald Trump and the Board of Peace must now return their full attention to Gaza.
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[2026-06-17 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)
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[2026-06-17 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima hosted a formal ceremony at the Royal Palace, where the royal couples stood for the Dutch and Japanese national anthems and reviewed a ceremonial guard of honour. Children waving Dutch and Japanese flags gathered outside the palace as the imperial and royal families greeted guests and officials.
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[2026-06-17 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
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[2026-06-17 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document.
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[2026-06-17 23:45 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: British retirees Jane and Alan Kelvey say they do not want incident in Channel to stop them enjoying their sailing trip
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[2026-06-17 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel will deepen its cooperation with Somaliland, whose officials denied rumours that the Israeli military is building a base there.
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[2026-06-17 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli air strikes have continued to target towns in southern Lebanon despite an agreement between the United States and Iran set to be formally signed on Friday to end the war on all fronts.
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[2026-06-17 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Residents said they heard explosions shortly after 2 a.m. before seeing smoke rise from the mosque. According to local imam Mohammad Khasib, 15 to 20 tyres were set on fire inside the ablution area, causing extensive damage to the building. Hebrew graffiti, including the word “revenge” and references to detainees, was sprayed on the exterior walls.
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[2026-06-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Images show Israeli military using six companies’ bulldozers and excavators to demolish south Lebanon villages
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[2026-06-17 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global oil supply and demand will both contract sharply this year as the fallout from the Iran war ripples across products and regions, with only a gradual recovery in Gulf exports and output ahead, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spent years pushing Italy’s post-fascist right toward the political mainstream. Now a former army general is pulling it back.
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[2026-06-17 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians collect their belongings from their evacuated homes after the Israeli army issued a number of short term access permits for residents of the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-06-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Haunting documentary tells how Syrian academic Annsar Shahoud created an online persona to contact the suspected perpetrator of the Tadamon massacre
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[2026-06-17 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger.
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[2026-06-17 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With US and Iranian officials preparing to formally sign a memorandum of understanding in Switzerland on Friday, the conflict is entering the much-needed diplomatic phase to avert a potentially disastrous energy cliff. The MoU would open a 60-day negotiating window aimed at ending the war, restoring maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and hammering out the future of Iran's nuclear program.
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[2026-06-17 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares in BMW tumbled to their lowest level in over 5 years on Wednesday after the German carmaker cut its 2026 profit outlook, citing a slowdown in Chinese demand and disruption caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-06-17 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
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[2026-06-17 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
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[2026-06-17 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Of all the military failures the US has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential.
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[2026-06-17 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-06-17 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is no Israeli military presence in Somaliland and no talks for Israel to open a base there, Somaliland's Defense Minister Mohamed Yusef Ali told Reuters on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-06-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-06-17 20:52 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meanwhile, back to G7, the White House has published a video of the moment Trump arrived in the room for this morning’s session – and told other leaders “I am the boss.”
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[2026-06-17 20:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel’s continued military operation in southern Lebanon puts at risk the agreement reached between Iran and the US on Sunday
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[2026-06-17 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, durante una cumbre del G7 en Evian-les-Bains, Francia, el 16 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-06-17 20:36 UTC+10:00] [Television] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Two Weeks in August and the return of The Four Seasons, TV dramas about nightmare getaways are having a moment. Here are Guardian readers’ tales of their own
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[2026-06-17 20:35 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-06-17 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: On the same hill where bakers, butchers and candlemakers battled the most powerful army in the world, veterans of a new generation went on their knees in the dirt – searching for artifacts from the conflict 251 years ago. (AP Video: Rodrique Ngowi.)
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[2026-06-17 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at right, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-06-17 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-06-17 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The rebuttal stage in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial continued at the Tel Aviv District Court on Wednesday, with the questioning shifting from the prosecution’s cross-examination to the attorneys for Netanyahu’s co-defendants in the media-related cases.
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[2026-06-17 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Animal lovers travel from afar to avail themselves of ‘Miracle Doctor’s’ services who says his techniques give ‘fur babies’ chance of survival
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[2026-06-17 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Animal lovers travel from afar to avail themselves of ‘Miracle Doctor’s’ services who says his techniques give ‘fur babies’ chance of survival
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[2026-06-17 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli forces have reportedly carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Israel's actions in the country.
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[2026-06-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Animal lovers travel from afar to avail themselves of ‘Miracle Doctor’s’ services who says his techniques give ‘fur babies’ chance of survival
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[2026-06-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Animal lovers travel from afar to avail themselves of ‘Miracle Doctor’s’ services who says his techniques give ‘fur babies’ chance of survival
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[2026-06-17 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For 30 years, the Gulf monarchies rested their security on a single assumption: that the United States would keep them safe.
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[2026-06-17 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Leaders of the G7 countries demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon on Wednesday and said they will diversify energy supply routes to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz in response to the war in Iran, as they welcomed an interim deal to end the conflict.
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[2026-06-17 19:29 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Seoul – Civilians in South Korea will be able to get several kilometers nearer North Korea under new rules broadening public access to the highly militarized border zone, Seoul’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-17 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Their red jerseys stood out against the green pitch. Most were teenage girls. Some had fled war. Others had never played in an organized soccer league or set foot in a major stadium before.
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