Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-28 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Six months have passed since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran. It was a conflict that Trump expected to last "four to five" weeks, but six months later, there's no end in sight. Recently, Trump said that the war "will continue for as long as necessary" and that there's no timetable to resume peace talks with Tehran.
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[2026-08-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Helicopter teams are operating in high-risk conditions following a glacial collapse that inundated the Trishuli 3A project
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[2026-08-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Buddha Tamang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Helicopter teams are operating in high-risk conditions following a glacial collapse that inundated the Trishuli 3A project
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[2026-08-28 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been accused by a prominent ultraconservative figure of going soft over his support for negotiations with the US. The public rift highlights growing divisions in Iran over how to approach the next phase of the war.
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[2026-08-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From the first US and Israeli strikes six months ago to the battle for Hormuz, this timeline plots how Trump’s war on Iran quickly became a regional conflict with global economic consequences
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[2026-08-28 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Nearly two-thirds of South Koreans support the idea of their country having its own nuclear weapons, a poll showed Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Reportedly disfigured in air strikes, Mojtaba Khamenei is said to delegate daily authority while holding final say
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[2026-08-28 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Qom] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Reportedly disfigured in air strikes, Mojtaba Khamenei is said to delegate daily authority while holding final say
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[2026-08-28 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Analysts broadly agree the United States and Israel’s war on Iran will not see regime collapse in Tehran or a definite victory for Washington, but rather a dragged-out affair of stagnation and attrition.
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[2026-08-28 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: This mortar shell of unknown origins was found inside a Port Adelaide fireplace. (Facebook: Brad Harrison)
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[2026-08-28 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: For the past month, in an obsessively watched trial testing the insanity plea, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, has argued that his client murdered her children in a state of postpartum psychosis brought on by the negligence and mistreatment of her medical overseers.
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[2026-08-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea supports US President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea's national security adviser said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Inspiration] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sport and alcohol are a potent mix – and both attract visitors to Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city. It’s home to the Kentucky Derby, the country’s longest-running sporting event. Also known as the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sport”, the race has run every year since 1875 – including during World War II and the COVID pandemic.
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[2026-08-28 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul will visit Saudi Arabia later this week for high-level talks on expanding military exchanges and maritime defense cooperation, the Navy said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Friday marks six months since the U.S. and Israel launched "major combat operations" in Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes on targets across the Gulf and sparking a new war in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Birmingham] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is likely to stick to its guns in the hopes that the US midterms will bring about a Republican defeat, analysts say
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[2026-08-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Oman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is likely to stick to its guns in the hopes that the US midterms will bring about a Republican defeat, analysts say
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[2026-08-28 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
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[2026-08-28 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Coupang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
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[2026-08-28 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Actors perform their final rehearsal of “Odyssey. Maeotis,” which reimagines Homer’s epic, at Ivan Franko theater in Kyiv, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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[2026-08-28 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-08-28 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense attorney Kevin Reddington makes his closing arguments to the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
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[2026-08-28 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-28 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Marine One on the Ellipse, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-28 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will step up efforts to isolate Iran economically as he hosts G20 counterparts next week, a US official said Thursday, in a gathering clouded by war and trade tensions.
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[2026-08-28 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The crew of a military helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on August 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, warships of South Korea, the United States and Japan including the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, bottom center, take part in the trilateral Freedom Edge exercise in international waters off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, on Nov. 13, 2024. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)
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[2026-08-28 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-28 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Francisco 49ers defensive end Keion White (56) sacks Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza (15) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026}, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
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[2026-08-28 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A judge has ruled the US Department of Defense acted unlawfully when it designated artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic a supply chain risk, calling the move "illegal and baseless".
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[2026-08-28 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.
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[2026-08-28 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean and U.S. troops take part in a joint bridging drill near the southern Han River in Yeoju, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2025. © Getty Images
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[2026-08-28 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has fired two shells on Friday in the western suburb of Damascus, according to the official news agency SANA.
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[2026-08-28 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran has set out its conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying that ending the wars in the Middle East was among them.
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[2026-08-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has conveyed a message to the United States through security channels that a pilot program in southern Lebanon, which began being implemented following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Beirut and Jerusalem, has failed, Walla reported Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military newspaper have filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense, alleging that their recent firing was part of an effort to erode the paper’s independence.
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[2026-08-28 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale delivers to a Los Angeles Dodgers batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
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[2026-08-28 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel has been attacking parts of Syria since the fall of the Assad regime and carrying out incursions into the country’s south under the pretext of targeting weapons of the former government.
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[2026-08-28 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Navy said Friday it has signed a deal with Hanwha Ocean Co. to entrust the depot-level maintenance of its 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer in an effort to focus on combat-related missions.
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[2026-08-28 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Upending Hollywood’s ‘saviour-hero’ convention in war films, a tale about a humble chef offers a quiet, distinctly Chinese perspective
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[2026-08-28 11:30 UTC+10:00] [The Hurt Locker] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Upending Hollywood’s ‘saviour-hero’ convention in war films, a tale about a humble chef offers a quiet, distinctly Chinese perspective
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[2026-08-28 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth.
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[2026-08-28 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump hopes new sanctions could force Iran to the negotiating table. (Reuters: Evan Vucci)
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[2026-08-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea, Japan, and the United States will conduct joint military drills from September 9 to 11 to test readiness against North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons threats, South Korea said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military has cleared Iranian sea mines from internationally recognized shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in an operational update on Thursday evening.
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[2026-08-28 10:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct their trilateral military exercise off South Korea's southern coast early next month, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct their trilateral military exercise off South Korea's southern coast early next month, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOGADISHU — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
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[2026-08-28 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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