Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-04 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Air Force One with U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)
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[2026-08-04 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The unprecedented joint US-Saudi strikes on Iran-linked militias in Iraq last week have done more than raise the prospect of retaliation.
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[2026-08-04 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-04 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Aug. 4, 2026 pushes back against prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan's description of the Office of the Vice President's confidential funds as a 'scam,' calling the remark a mischaracterization of the evidence presented before the Senate impeachment court. Defense spokesman Michael Wesley Poa said Kapunan's statement went beyond the testimony of former Commission on Audit Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office auditor Roderick Wamil, who was discussing an Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM)
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[2026-08-04 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A seventh round of United States-mediated talks has begun in the Italian capital with the aim of establishing new “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon from which Israeli forces will begin withdrawing, and the Lebanese army will assume control.
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[2026-08-04 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members of a single clan killed in Israeli air strikes in November 2023, after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns
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[2026-08-04 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four people and wounding four, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claims that direct negotiations with Iran are under way, and has warned that the latest round is Tehran’s “last chance” to secure a deal to end the war.
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[2026-08-04 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Long-range attacks have killed at least five people in Russia and four in Ukraine, according to local officials, as escalating long-range missile and drone attacks kill a mounting toll of civilians.
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[2026-08-04 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ON DISPLAY. An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is displayed during the inauguration of a new artillery plant of ammunition maker Rheinmetall, in Unterluess, Germany, on August 27, 2025.
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[2026-08-04 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer by volume, reported a 33% jump in second-quarter profits on Tuesday as the war-driven surge in Brent crude, which averaged $97 a barrel, boosted earnings. The company maintained export flows by redirecting crude around the disrupted Strait of Hormuz through its East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-04 21:19 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Chinese naval drills were monitored near Bajo de Masinloc on July 31 and during the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) anniversary on Aug. 1, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In July, Morocco became the first Arab and African nation to deploy its military to the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Palestine under Donald Trump’s "peace plan" for Gaza, bolstered by his equally dubious Board of Peace (BoP).
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[2026-08-04 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: House prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan on Aug. 4, 1961 expounds on her use of the word 'scam' to describe Vice President Sara Duterte's confidential funds, saying the alleged misuse of P612 million in public funds amounted to defrauding the Filipino people. Kapunan made the remarks after defense counsel Michael Poa moved to strike from the record her use of the word during the day's proceedings.
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[2026-08-04 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: House prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan on Aug. 4, 2026 expounds on her use of the word 'scam' to describe Vice President Sara Duterte's confidential funds, saying the alleged misuse of P612 million in public funds amounted to defrauding the Filipino people. Kapunan made the remarks after defense counsel Michael Poa moved to strike from the record her use of the word during the day's proceedings.
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[2026-08-04 20:46 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: CONFI. Senate staff carry boxes labeled 'confidential funds' containing documents to be presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 4, 2026.
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[2026-08-04 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: BP on Tuesday reported a second-quarter profit of $5.73 billion, more than doubling the total from the same period last year amid higher energy prices, trading and refining margins, as chief executive Meg O'Neill outlined the group's priorities.
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spirit AI’s Spirit v1.6 briefly dethroned Nvidia on the RoboArena robotics benchmark, but the model was then removed following a methodology overhaul
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Spirit AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spirit AI’s Spirit v1.6 briefly dethroned Nvidia on the RoboArena robotics benchmark, but the model was then removed following a methodology overhaul
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-04 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has denied reports that he had been seeking to resign, saying the claims were aimed at “creating discord” among Tehran's political and military leadership.
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[2026-08-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA anniversary series suggests the world’s first operational weapon of its kind may have achieved a ‘constant state of readiness’
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[2026-08-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA anniversary series suggests the world’s first operational weapon of its kind may have achieved a ‘constant state of readiness’
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[2026-08-04 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday confirmed that People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warships conducted drills within Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) as Beijing continues to flex its naval muscles in the entire South China Sea.
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[2026-08-04 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's weekend somewhat comical, hyperbolic, or even absurd proclamation that he was planning an attack on Iran which would have been "the biggest attack since World War II" and could have been "disastrous" for Iran - before being called off - is raising serious questions.
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[2026-08-04 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil company Saudi Aramco reported a 44 percent surge in net profits on Tuesday, as the war on Iran sent oil prices soaring. Its net income of 122.6 billion Saudi riyals ($32.7 billion) from April to June was up from 85 billion riyals ($22.7 billion) a year prior, a quarterly statement said.
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[2026-08-04 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a firefighter puts out a fire following a Russian missile attack in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-08-04 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-04 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Profits at BP have surged to a four-year high after the war in the Middle East pushed up oil prices.
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[2026-08-04 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to boost its military with a "sense of urgency and crisis," its defense minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.
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[2026-08-04 18:54 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’
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[2026-08-04 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF completed disciplinary proceedings against the four remaining soldiers involved in the mutiny in the Tzabar Battalion at Sde Teiman, the military said.
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[2026-08-04 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran planned to strike three key targets in Ukraine, but called off the strikes after Kyiv "apologized" to the regime, adviser to Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaei, said in an interview with Iranian state broadcaster PressTV on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran believes it is in a position of strategic advantage because the United States is seeking to avoid a broader conflict, former senior Israeli security official Avner Vilan said in an interview with 103FM on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran killed hundreds of US soldiers in strikes throughout July and wounded hundreds more, claimed Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's military advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in an interview on Monday with regime-owned Press TV.
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[2026-08-04 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- A front-line Army unit nearly shot down a South Korean military drone during a flight test earlier this week, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday, just days after the same unit mistook a U.S. spy drone for an enemy threat.
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[2026-08-04 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with defense ministry's summoning of Japanese military attache in 5th para)
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[2026-08-04 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukraine has developed drones, picture here in July 2026, capable of striking deep inside Russia
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[2026-08-04 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US-backed panel seeks to calm Israeli pushback over framework for war-torn enclave
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[2026-08-04 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Mohammad Dahlan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US-backed panel seeks to calm Israeli pushback over framework for war-torn enclave
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[2026-08-04 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry lodged a "strong" protest Tuesday after Japan again laid a territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest defense white paper and urged Tokyo to immediately withdraw it.
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[2026-08-04 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Rental prices in Spain reach record high, Spain on track to welcome 100 million tourists, Spain's Defence Minister demands explanations from Morocco after migrant rush and more news from Spain this Tuesday August 4th.
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[2026-08-04 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Middle East regional media has reported a huge uptick in Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip since President Trump announced a "historic" agreement which Hamas finally signed on to.
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[2026-08-04 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump has warned that the latest round of negotiations with Iran is the "last chance" to bring an end to the five-month conflict.
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[2026-08-04 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Army's 1st Corps commander relieved of duty over unloaded weapons directive, U.S. drone mishap: military
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