Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF located and dismantled approximately 11 km. of underground tunnel routes in the Beit Hanun area, east of Gaza's Yellow Line, over the last several months, the military announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Writer Eyal Megged, a former friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Benny Ziffer, editor of Haaretz’s literary supplement and an associate of the Netanyahu family, on 103FM on Tuesday morning that he would prefer if his cat were in charge over Netanyahu, and that he would be happy for a military coup.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two weeks ago, I went up to the Lebanese border in northern Israel. It was a beautiful spring day as Israel moved into summer, and the heat was beginning to rise. I knew there was an increased threat from Hezbollah FPV fiber optic drones, but I also knew that the northern border had been changed from a closed military zone back in 2023-2024 to an area people could return to.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is “fortifying” its so-called “security zone” inside Lebanese territory as Israeli forces expand operations in the country.
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[2026-05-27 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As US kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible gains in the war with Iran, senior SpaceX officials reached a conclusion: The Pentagon should be paying more for access to their satellite Wi-Fi network.
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[2026-05-27 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shutdown was imposed after US and Israeli air strikes on Iranian leaders and infrastructure began in February
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[2026-05-27 03:21 UTC+10:00] [iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shutdown was imposed after US and Israeli air strikes on Iranian leaders and infrastructure began in February
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[2026-05-27 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air raid struck the town of Mashghara in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa region after the Israeli military issued forced evacuation orders for Mashghara and Sahma, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-27 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Syrian government has located remnants of former leader Bashar Al Assad's secret chemical weapons programme, it was revealed on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV says artificial intelligence must be “disarmed” as world leaders and private companies increase the technology’s use in many human activities, including war.
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[2026-05-27 02:51 UTC+10:00] [South Carolina] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Dana Weinger was dining outside Driftwood Grill in Summerton, South Carolina, when she was hit
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[2026-05-27 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it confronted “the Israeli enemy army” near the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah overlooking the Litani River in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh province.
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[2026-05-27 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso and stock market both retreated on Tuesday, with sentiment said to have been affected by renewed US strikes against Iran.
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[2026-05-27 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the latest Defense & Tech podcast, Anna Ahronheim sat down with Windward co-founder and CEO Ami Daniel at a charged moment: Iran is striking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Russia's "shadow fleet" of over 2,100 ships is moving sanctioned oil outside Western oversight, and Ukrainian underwater drones are turning up in Greek caves.
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[2026-05-27 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Britain imposed a new round of sanctions on Russian cryptocurrency platforms and financial infrastructure that it says are helping Moscow circumvent Western restrictions and fund its war effort in Ukraine, targeting a Kremlin-linked crypto network and several widely used digital payment services.
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[2026-05-27 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea launched several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a flurry of tests this year.
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[2026-05-27 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea will build its nuclear-powered submarines at home, the East Asian country’s defense chief said on Tuesday, with a plan to launch its first vessel in the mid-2030s.
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[2026-05-27 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TAIPEI — Taiwan’s drone exports are taking off, fueled by the war in Ukraine, as Taiwanese companies seek a stake in the fast-growing global market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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[2026-05-27 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Eight Israeli air strikes hit the southern Lebanese town of Khirbet Selm in Bint Jbeil district.
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[2026-05-27 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Gulf countries are on edge due to the US’s renewed push for a deal with Iran, as well as US strikes. The US said that it conducted strikes in southern Iran in self-defense. According to the US Central Command, these strikes were used to protect US troops from threats.
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[2026-05-27 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The hosts of The View brutally roasted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after the Trump official delivered a controversial speech at the West Point commencement ceremony this past weekend denouncing “woke” culture and “the DEI craze.”
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[2026-05-27 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An oil tanker prepares to load crude oil off Iraq's eastern coast in April. © Reuters
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[2026-05-27 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Finnish authorities plan to deport an anti-war Russian man on May 28 after his asylum appeals were rejected, the exiled broadcaster TV Rain reported Wednesday, citing an exiled politician from St. Petersburg familiar with his case.
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[2026-05-27 01:26 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Washington told allies it will gradually scale down the number of strategic bombers, fighter jets, drones, submarines and warships dedicated to NATO as it continues pressing Europe to do more for its own defense.
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[2026-05-27 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry says that US strikes in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province represent a “gross violation” of the fragile ceasefire in place since early April.
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[2026-05-27 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Forces belonging to Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar have arrested a number of members of a Gaza aid convoy in the city of Sirte.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia has urged all nations with embassies in Kyiv to evacuate personnel after announcing that it planned to launch systematic strikes on “decision-making centers” and Ukrainian military command posts in the Ukrainian capital on Monday.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, arrived on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical, following a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tension has mounted in Gaza in recent days after Hamas claimed that members of the Israeli-backed militias in the strip requested to break away and rejoin Hamas.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In response to ongoing Hezbollah drone attacks, which have harmed an increasing number of IDF soldiers, the military has invaded deeper into Lebanon beyond the April 17 ceasefire Yellow Line.
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[2026-05-27 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has urged foreigners to leave in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, and warned of more strikes on the city, suggesting a major escalation in its more-than-four-year-long war on Ukraine.
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[2026-05-27 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Colombian mercenaries were recruited by a United Arab Emirates-based company and transited through Emirati military bases to support paramilitary troops who committed atrocities in Sudan, a leading rights organisation alleges.
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[2026-05-27 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A financial markets executive warned that the prolonged Middle East war may continue to weigh on the Philippine economy, citing risks of slower growth, higher inflation, and a weaker peso due to volatile global oil prices. At a briefing on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Frederico Ocampo of BDO Unibank said extended geopolitical tensions could drive higher transport costs, pricier goods, and tighter financial conditions locally.
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[2026-05-27 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Georgian court has jailed two Ukrainian nationals for smuggling military-grade explosives into the country.
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[2026-05-27 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Georgian court has jailed two Ukrainian nationals for smuggling military-grade explosives into the country.
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[2026-05-27 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With war (and rising gas prices) now fully embedded in respondents' minds (along with record high stock prices), it is perhaps not entirely surprising that The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence dipped in May (but was better than expected).
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[2026-05-27 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to the "complete" denuclearization of North Korea, Tokyo's foreign minister said, as tensions flared anew following Pyongyang's missile and artillery launches.
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[2026-05-27 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's Channel 12 is reporting that the Israeli army has begun a ground operation in Lebanon, crossing the "Yellow Line" demarcation stipulated by the ceasefire deal.
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[2026-05-27 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-27 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli government continued using a remote-work platform with critical cyber vulnerabilities for 10 months after the National Cyber Directorate ordered it shut down, while emergency bodies and ministries handling sensitive data remained exposed to cyber failures during wartime, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman found in reports published Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah is using night-vision technology to carry out drone strikes on IDF soldiers in Lebanon, Israel's public broadcaster KAN News reported on Monday evening.
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[2026-05-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: SSDD: with stocks set to hit new record highs, the hope this morning once again is that the days may be numbered for the war in Iran, with momentum building since the start of the weekend that a deal could be in the works. Brent, which ended last week at $103.54/bbl, is this morning trading at $97.87/bbl, around -5.48% lower than Friday’s close.
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[2026-05-26 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa receives military honors during a welcome ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, prior to a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia, Brazil, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Nova, File)
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[2026-05-26 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Central Bank "will do what is necessary" to keep inflation on target, one of its top policymakers has told CNBC.
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