Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-10 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: ULAANBAATAR, July 9 (Yonhap) – U.S. President Donald Trump does not appear to rule out the possibility of having U.S. military ships he asked South Korea to build constructed in the Northeast Asian country, a presidential official said Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 00:37 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-07-10 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-10 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.
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[2026-07-10 00:31 UTC+10:00] [Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump has zigged and zagged when it comes to Ukraine, blowing hot and very, very cold in his support for the country in the war against Russia.
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[2026-07-10 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tehran is using military coercion to force Gulf states to accept the Islamic Republic’s administration over the vital Strait of Hormuz, according to a new assessment by the Institute for the Study of War.
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[2026-07-10 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya's economic growth is expected to slow this year, with the World Bank cutting its forecast to 4.3 percent, citing the global fallout from the US-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-07-09 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Azraq military base on Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement carried by state media.
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[2026-07-09 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s FSB security service said Thursday that it foiled two plots to assassinate senior military officers, accusing Ukrainian intelligence of recruiting a young Moscow woman and a Russian ex-convict living in Ukraine to carry out the attacks.
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[2026-07-09 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: This week I found myself in Petah Tikva. Looking for a place to have lunch, I searched through a list of sushi restaurants in the area. Some of the country’s best sushi can be found in Tel Aviv and Herzliya. I settled on a place in nearby Ramat HaHayel. As I drove there, I was struck by the amount of new construction.
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[2026-07-09 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sirens sounded across the Middle East as Iran launched retaliatory strikes on US assets in the Gulf Region on Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just as the US nighttime strikes were significantly bigger than prior rounds in June, so has Iran's 'retaliation' been bigger - chiefly on Gulf states and American bases there.
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[2026-07-09 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Czech Republic remains skeptical about NATO’s strategy of continued military support for Ukraine, to which it does not contribute financially, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said as he left the bloc leaders’ summit in Ankara, Türkiye on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Enormous crowds gathered in Mashhad in preparation for the burial of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, overshadowed by a renewed exchange of strikes between the US and Iran.
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI models become interchangeable commodities, the contest is down to service prices – which are driven by electricity output and cost
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[2026-07-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Zhipu AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As AI models become interchangeable commodities, the contest is down to service prices – which are driven by electricity output and cost
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[2026-07-09 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher (although off session highs), and oil erased overnight gains as the market moved past the latest Middle-East flare up which saw the US military strike 90 Iranian targets for a second day and Tehran retaliated against American allies in the Persian Gulf. And like during previous escalations, this time nobody believes it will last.
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[2026-07-09 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine has attacked several Russian oil facilities and set two tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, the latest in a series of strikes on Russian energy sites that have caused a fuel crisis.
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[2026-07-09 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa walks towards 10 Downing Street to meet Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, on March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
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[2026-07-09 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war.
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[2026-07-09 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A US military delegation will arrive in Beirut in the coming days to help establish two “pilot zones” in south Lebanon as part of a Washington-brokered plan between Israel and Lebanon, Michel Issa, US ambassador to Lebanon, said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday modestly downgraded its outlook for the world economy this year, citing the energy shock caused by the Iran war. But the fallout from the conflict is being partially offset by booming investment in artificial intelligence and other technologies.
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[2026-07-09 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has urged “all parties” in the escalating United States-Iran conflict to exercise restraint after a fragile ceasefire that had held for nearly three weeks collapsed into a new wave of strikes and counterstrikes.
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[2026-07-09 21:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting US-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-09 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi pupil Dana Al Zarouni has been crowned the nation’s best young reader after winning the 10th UAE Arab Reading Challenge.
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[2026-07-09 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Sirens sounded in Kuwait and alerts were activated in Qatar and Bahrain due to retaliatory Iranian fire over the Gulf countries after the United States launched new airstrikes hitting Iran early Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives of missing victims weep, as they gather at the site of destroyed buildings that were hit in an Israeli airstrike in Qannarit village, southern Lebanon, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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[2026-07-09 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey thwarted an Israeli and US-backed incursion of Kurdish forces into Iran during the war on Iran earlier this year, Israel's i24News reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-09 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A second – and bigger – barrage of air attacks by the United States has hit Iran in two days, as fragile peace talks between the two countries appear at risk of collapsing.
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[2026-07-09 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-09 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-07-09 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-07-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
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[2026-07-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [PLA Air Force Brigade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
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[2026-07-09 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Thursday on assumptions that the exchange of military strikes between the US and Iran will not lead to a resumption of all-out war, and that the two countries will ultimately return to negotiations.
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[2026-07-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that he does not know whether Washington and Iran are returning to a full-fledged war, but told reporters that Iran "badly" wants to make a deal to cease escalating hostilities in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-07-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-09 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign ministry has denounced US strikes on the country, which it said targeted civilian infrastructure including railway bridges, as a "gross war crime".
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[2026-07-09 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned the renewed escalation of the US’s war against Iran would hit economic growth and pose more inflationary issues for the domestic and global economy as concerns grow the Strait of Hormuz could again be shut.
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[2026-07-09 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US strikes on Iran have killed 14 people and left 78 injured over the past two days, Iran's health ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least one person was injured on Tuesday, Kuwait's defence ministry said, following the latest Iranian attack on the country.
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[2026-07-09 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pak Thae-song’s trip comes less than a month after President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Pyongyang in seven years
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[2026-07-09 19:22 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pak Thae-song’s trip comes less than a month after President Xi Jinping made his first visit to Pyongyang in seven years
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[2026-07-09 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a long-range ballistic missile bursts out of the sea during a test launched from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Li Xiangchao/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-07-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president is behaving as if the battleground is the same, but it isn’t. Iran has leverage and knows it
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[2026-07-09 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Navy personnel shift the wreckage of a cargo plane of the private carrier K2 Airways into a naval ship after recovering them from deep sea near Omara, a town some 360 kms. (220 miles) west of Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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[2026-07-09 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US says it has sent a clear message to Iran, through dozens of damaging strikes on the country, that attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz will come with a heavy cost.
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[2026-07-09 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence Industry
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[2026-07-09 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects an honor guard during a ceremonial welcome at Government House in Melbourne on July 9. © Reuters
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