Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-23 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK has pledged military assistance to Saudi Arabia as tensions with Yemen’s Houthis intensify, citing growing risks to regional trade and energy supplies.
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[2026-09-23 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-23 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has said Tehran engaged with the United States through a Qatari mediator in New York and conveyed conditions including an end to the war on all fronts and a halt to "acts of aggression," state news agency IRNA reported.
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[2026-09-23 14:13 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underlining the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation.
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[2026-09-23 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul visited a military hospital Wednesday to console two Army soldiers injured in a suspected land mine explosion inside the inter-Korean border, the defense ministry said.
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[2026-09-23 14:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Saudi Arabia as the South Korean defense company steps up efforts to win weapons contracts across the Middle East.
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[2026-09-23 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A constitutional review in Fiji has recommended removing immunity provisions that protect anyone involved in past military coups. (AFP)
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[2026-09-23 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Defense on Wednesday urged the impeachment court to retain the 16-vote threshold for conviction, arguing that the Senate had already settled the issue on the first day of trial and that changing it now could undermine the fairness of the proceedings.
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[2026-09-23 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday called the plight of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War "the most pressing issue" facing the two Koreas.
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[2026-09-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Industries have agreed to cooperate on a domestically developed long-range air-to-air missile and its integration with South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet, the companies said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Australia is helping the US investigate how parts for the F-35 stealth fighter program went missing after being mistakenly diverted to the wrong destination, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed.
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[2026-09-23 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Australia is helping the US investigate how parts for the F-35 stealth fighter program went missing after being mistakenly diverted to the wrong destination, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed.
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[2026-09-23 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fourteen Israeli citizens crossed the border in the Golan Heights into Syrian territory before being arrested and returned to Israel by the IDF on Tuesday, the military announced in a statement.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: G7 foreign ministers meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday delivered a blunt message to Tehran – end your arming and financing of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The appeal came after seven of the world’s biggest economies warned that Iran’s continued support for the violent militia threatens international trade and global stability.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: North Korea has continued to try and instill fear into Washington and Seoul, on Sunday firing two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan.
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[2026-09-23 12:57 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-09-23 12:45 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to continue Japan’s support for Ukraine at her first summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 12:27 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: West African gold developer Aurum Resources has raised a hefty $52.5 million to pour fuel on the fire at its flagship 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa.
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[2026-09-23 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US President Donald Trump said US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the UN General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.
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[2026-09-23 12:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming “increasingly cavalier, dangerous and risk accepting,” as his war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies, NATO's deputy commander in Europe said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 12:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US has refused to give Sudan's de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a visa to travel to New York to address the UN General Assembly, sources told AFP Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura terminal recorded its busiest loading day since before the war on 21 September, as six very large crude carriers (VLCCs) lifted close to 12 million barrels at Ras Tanura and Juaymah, according to analytics firm Kpler.
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[2026-09-23 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Eight months after Donald Trump almost destroyed NATO by threatening to annex Greenland — by force, if necessary — he signed what he called a “fantastic” new deal that would give the U.S. all the control and military access it needs over the Danish territory.
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[2026-09-23 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: World leaders descended on New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, where the agenda spans the U.S.-Iran war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: People of Israel chairman and founder Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter called on Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to stop making empty threats in response to Katz's statement that the remains of Gaza City would be destroyed and that around one million Gazans would be forced to evacuate if Hamas takes a single Israeli hostage.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was planning a new major attack on his country, in comments published on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A prolonged war in the Middle East, coupled with climate-related shocks, is expected to weigh on the country’s economic growth, prompting the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to trim its growth outlook.
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[2026-09-23 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Conservation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kristján Loftsson is the last Icelandic whaler, a businessman with a piratical air whose uncle died on a cargo ship torpedoed by a U-boat in the frigid oceans between Greenland and Canada during World War II and who, as a young man, served as a lookout on his father’s first whaling boat.
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[2026-09-23 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Special Coverages] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – On Day 29 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the court will hear oral arguments from the prosecution and defense on the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, a week after the court sought guidance from retired chief justices on the issue.
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[2026-09-23 10:55 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: With artificial intelligence and the Iran war topping the agenda at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, the president of the upcoming U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep rising emissions in focus.
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[2026-09-23 10:43 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meeting on sidelines of UN general assembly, Ukrainian leader says Kyiv open to deal not to attack energy targets if Russia agrees. What we know on day 1,673
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[2026-09-23 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-09-23 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Vice Defense Minister Ryo Chol-ung has departed for Vietnam, state media reported Wednesday, amid deepening cooperation between the two nations.
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[2026-09-23 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hongkonger says 100m freestyle title defence has ‘special meaning’ after injuries, need to change training regime in face of age, new rivals
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[2026-09-23 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hongkonger says 100m freestyle title defence has ‘special meaning’ after injuries, need to change training regime in face of age, new rivals
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[2026-09-23 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to reassert US dominance in the Western Hemisphere and to use "unmatched military might" against threats in the region as he gathered allies behind an expanding campaign against drug cartels.
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[2026-09-23 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The summit in Washington may not result in a grand bargain but discussions on AI, trade and the military offer hope of progress on managing disagreements
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[2026-09-23 09:15 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The summit in Washington may not result in a grand bargain but discussions on AI, trade and the military offer hope of progress on managing disagreements
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[2026-09-23 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It's green, bulging and intimidating. Ford's latest vehicle looks like a pick-up truck that has been through an Incredible Hulk transformation. Based on its popular Ranger series, this beefy number parked outside the front door of Ford's Dagenham plant can carry a load of two tonnes, tow up to four tonnes and is also shouldering the hopes of the 2,000-strong workforce that still makes engines here.
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[2026-09-23 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US State Department on Tuesday said leaders on both sides of Sudan's civil war are ineligible to govern the country, while warning that Washington would increase pressure on those who are fuelling the conflict.
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[2026-09-23 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fremantle fanatics Shauna and Noel Stone (left) and Vincent and Christine Hadlow on the Nullarbor en route to Saturday's AFL grand final. (ABC Goldfields: Jarrod Lucas)
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[2026-09-23 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chloe Leung content with bronze after troubled build-up, baton passes to city men on Wednesday as young duo prepare for Games debuts
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[2026-09-23 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Li Guo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chloe Leung content with bronze after troubled build-up, baton passes to city men on Wednesday as young duo prepare for Games debuts
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[2026-09-23 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Arab states on the sidelines of the UN is important. It shows continued close ties between the US and key Arab countries. It also shows that Trump can navigate the challenges that have arisen since the war with Iran began in February. All these countries have their own policies, and each has been impacted in some way by the conflict.
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[2026-09-23 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City on Tuesday, Wafa news reported.
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[2026-09-23 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump held a highly anticipated meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he showered high praise on the officials but left the meeting with no major announcements on the turmoil in the region.
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[2026-09-23 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to discuss terms to end their war, in the first public meeting between the two sides in months.
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[2026-09-23 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump held a highly anticipated meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he showered high praise on the officials but left the meeting with no major announcements on the turmoil in the region.
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[2026-09-23 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Lithuania’s parliament has backed a constitutional amendment that would lift a ban on nuclear weapons, thus bringing the NATO member a step closer to hosting them on its territory. Russia has warned the Baltic country, which borders its Kaliningrad Region, that such a move would have significant security implications.
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