Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-29 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has rejected the US’s repeated claims that the Strait of Hormuz is open, saying US officials are continuing to “lie” to “cover up their failures”.
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[2026-08-29 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump could put on the table the "tacit" acceptance of North Korea's nuclear program, a peace treaty and an end to South Korea-U.S. military exercises should a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take place, a former U.S. official has said.
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[2026-08-29 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ratko Mladic, a war criminal convicted for his role in orchestrating the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995 – the first genocide on European soil since the second world war – died in prison in The Hague at the age of 84.
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[2026-08-29 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a "Space Academy" to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China.
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[2026-08-29 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On a sweltering Tuesday night at the Barby, Israeli pop star Nunu was handed a birthday cake on stage by comedian Guri Alfi, flanked by guest stars Static and Guy Mazig. The crowd was screaming, the show was entirely sold out, and, for a fleeting moment, it felt like the dizzying, untroubled heights of 2022 all over again.
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[2026-08-29 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The institution, which will train civilian and military recruits, will be modelled on the famous military school at West Point
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[2026-08-29 05:07 UTC+10:00] [Nasa] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The institution, which will train civilian and military recruits, will be modelled on the famous military school at West Point
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[2026-08-29 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to avoid a direct military confrontation with Nato, despite increasingly hostile rhetoric aimed at the UK and other allies over their support for Ukraine, Western officials believe.
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[2026-08-29 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Democrats on Friday slammed the Trump administration for dragging out the war on Iran to its six month anniversary, warning Republicans would pay the price in the upcoming midterm elections.
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[2026-08-29 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on his military to increase its long-range drone strikes against Russia as Moscow continues to carry out deadly attacks across Ukraine.
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[2026-08-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump came back to the White House claiming to have a good relationship with Vladimir Putin, vowing to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. (Reuters: Evan Vucci)
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[2026-08-29 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions.
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[2026-08-29 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions.
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[2026-08-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For Mervyn McDonald the army was something he could never quite leave behind. He tried once and it did not last.
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[2026-08-29 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are seen from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-29 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-29 04:22 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Army helicopters ferry survivors from inaccessible areas to a camp at a barracks in Bidur
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[2026-08-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said the Israeli military evacuated the residents and occupied the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-29 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: NewsPrevious slideNext slide Musicians prepare to perform in the opening ceremony of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, in Mongolia. AFPShow caption: Musicians prepare to perform in the opening ceremony of the … People run for cover after Israel launches strikes on Gaza City.
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[2026-08-29 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mohammed Shamlakh and his siblings are reviving their 1.2-hectare plot with grapevines and fig trees, after it was destroyed by Israeli military bulldozers in the Sheikh Ajlin neighbourhood in Gaza city.
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[2026-08-29 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Earlier this month, the UAE’s Cyber Security Council announced that its systems had thwarted a series of advanced and organised cyber attacks against the country’s aviation, energy and education sectors.
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[2026-08-29 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NUWAKOT, Nepal — Aid began to reach some survivors in Nepal on Friday following the catastrophic flash floods that swept through the mountainous border region between Nepal and China, as the full scope of the devastation continued to emerge and survivors sought shelter at makeshift army relief centers.
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[2026-08-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For some time, I have argued that the cognitive war being waged against Israel must be recognized for what it has become: A national-security threat.
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[2026-08-29 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A transgender Israeli woman who served in Israel’s military intelligence directorate is facing deportation from the US after being convicted of imprisonment.
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[2026-08-29 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli army has killed three Palestinians in Jenin in a rare air strike in the occupied West Bank, amid growing tensions in the territory.
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[2026-08-29 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-29 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-29 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced Friday he has accepted an offer to advise Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on defense innovation.
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[2026-08-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s ‘little excursion’ in the Middle East grinds on, despite his earlier promise to voters to keep the US out of ‘endless wars’
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[2026-08-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s ‘little excursion’ in the Middle East grinds on, despite his earlier promise to voters to keep the US out of ‘endless wars’
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[2026-08-29 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A transgender Israeli woman who served in Israel’s military intelligence directorate is facing deportation from the US after being convicted of imprisonment.
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[2026-08-29 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine has reinforced the defence of its eastern Donetsk region as Russia mounted renewed efforts to seize Sloviansk, a key part of Ukraine’s “fortress belt” of cities that include Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka.
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[2026-08-29 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli attacks have killed at least five Palestinians in multiple strikes across the Gaza Strip, including three members of the same family.
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[2026-08-29 02:29 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Before I go to sleep, I make a second bed — my air alert bed.
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[2026-08-29 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes killed five people in Gaza on Friday, authorities in the Strip said, in the latest day of attacks despite international appeals to move ahead on a peace plan.
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[2026-08-29 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran left the door open to diplomacy on Friday, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons its pressure campaign.
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[2026-08-29 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea said on Friday it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in September, after Washington scaled back annual drills with Seoul in an apparent bid to encourage dialogue with North Korea.
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[2026-08-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GAP named industry veteran Michael Francis as Old Navy’s new CEO on Thursday to reinvigorate the struggling brand, while improved pricing led to a quarterly profit beat and a strong forecast for the wider company.
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[2026-08-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: APPARENTLY, in today’s Philippines, a steel bar no longer needs to only pass tensile strength, elongation and quality tests. It may also need geopolitical clearance.
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[2026-08-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz will open the defense of his US Open title against an opponent who made a strong run at Wimbledon while the Spaniard was sidelined with an injury.
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[2026-08-29 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Six months after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, a lot may have been destroyed but there is no end in sight to the conflict.
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[2026-08-29 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States issued more Iran-related sanctions targeting one entity and one individual on Friday, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week threatened further action amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-08-29 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Around a dozen Israeli activists gathered outside European Union representative offices in east Jerusalem on 28 August, calling on the bloc to take a stronger position on the war in Gaza. Holding placards and chanting through a megaphone, the protesters accused the EU of remaining silent over what they described as war crimes and apartheid.
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has become stronger while the US has exposed its weakness during the conflict in the Middle East, which is still far from over, experts have told RT on the day marking six months since Washington and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has become stronger while the US has exposed its weakness during the conflict in the Middle East, which is still far from over, experts have told RT on the day marking six months since Washington and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-29 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Some moments in the history of liberation movements require courage to act; others require equal courage to wait.
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[2026-08-29 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: At least four people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to local health officials. Three men died in separate strikes in Gaza City, with their bodies taken to Shifa Hospital, while another person was killed when a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians was hit in southern Gaza.
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[2026-08-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures initially jumped overnight after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump has no interest in reviving the memorandum of understanding (interim peace deal) reached with Iran in June. The war-risk premium in Brent has since faded in New York premarket trading amid mounting developments this week that major Gulf producers, including Kuwait and Qatar, are increasing tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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