Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-04 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-04 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 4 August 2026 6:50pm
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[2026-08-04 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey denounced "ongoing Israeli violations in Gaza," in a joint statement on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran was set to carry out attacks in Ukraine before Kyiv had issued an apology, a top military adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran called off retaliatory strikes against Ukraine over last month’s attack on a cargo ship in the Caspian Sea after Kiev apologized, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said.
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[2026-08-04 08:47 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-04 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Tierney rejoined Celtic from Arsenal in 2025
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[2026-08-04 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 07:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-04 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz emphasized that IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth has not been dismissed and is performing well in his role in the military, during a meeting with heads of the local authorities from the West Bank on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 07:35 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Malacañang on Monday stood by Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. after he made a call to public officials who support China’s position on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to consider resigning from their posts.
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[2026-08-04 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-04 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians were wounded on Monday in an attack by the Israeli army to secure a settler raid on Joseph’s tomb in the eastern area of Nablus, Wafa news reported.
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[2026-08-04 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday scolded Chevron and Exxon for soaring profits in the second quarter, as oil prices have surged due to the Iran war.
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[2026-08-04 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON, United Kingdom — Celtic launched their defense of the Scottish Premiership crown with a 1-0 home win against Dundee on Monday, secured by Benjamin Nygren's second-half header.
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[2026-08-04 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Sunday, a drone strike, purportedly carried out by the Sudanese army, targeted Sudan's Customary Court in al-Zawiya Ghara, killing at least 35 people and injuring others.
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[2026-08-04 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar, Egypt and Turkey released a statement on Monday criticising Israel for the intensification of its strikes on Gaza, calling them "a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law".
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[2026-08-04 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine is openly advancing plans to escalate militarily against Russia, in hopes that it will force a return to diplomacy, and hasten an end to the war by winter time.
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[2026-08-04 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Who will win the next war? That is the key question posed by the influential Foreign Affairs magazine on the US-China military and technological rivalry. At the core, there is a fundamental clash of strategic philosophies between the US-led order and China’s worldview that propelled its remarkable rise to global No.
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[2026-08-04 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Olha Stefanishyna’s departure coincides with a recent shake-up of top officials including the replacement of the PM and defence minister
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[2026-08-04 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Olha Stefanishyna’s departure coincides with a recent shake-up of top officials including the replacement of the PM and defence minister
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[2026-08-04 05:36 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president expects negotiations to begin in next day or two but Iran says it is not reviving talks with Washington
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[2026-08-04 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration seems to be struggling to figure out how to get out of its self-made Iran quagmire.
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[2026-08-04 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration seems to be struggling to figure out how to get out of its self-made Iran quagmire.
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[2026-08-04 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians try to extinguish a burning car after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-08-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Matt King was enjoying a few beers at a backyard barbecue in Sydney in the new year when he struck up a conversation with Stuart Diver, the sole survivor of the Thredbo landslide.
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[2026-08-04 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: On July 6, China's military conducted a test launch of a missile carrying a training warhead from a submarine in the South Pacific. (Xinhua via Kyodo)
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[2026-08-04 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Monday that ExxonMobil and Chevron made too much money as crude oil prices rose due to the Iran war.
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[2026-08-04 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nigel Farage, who leads the anti-immigration party, said Reform UK would launch the ‘largest military operation’ in the Channel since WW2
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[2026-08-04 03:55 UTC+10:00] [Richard Tice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nigel Farage, who leads the anti-immigration party, said Reform UK would launch the ‘largest military operation’ in the Channel since WW2
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[2026-08-04 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has described Iran’s leadership as “unbelievably duplicitous”, saying Tehran asked for talks to end the war and then announced that no discussions were being held.
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[2026-08-04 03:34 UTC+10:00] [Aerospace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — When French and German security chiefs announced plans last month to develop a “European sovereign digital backbone,” tech and defense industry insiders on both sides of the Atlantic knew what they really meant: Adieu Palantir.
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[2026-08-04 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has said that it killed Mahmoud Fatair, whom it said was the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, in a strike on central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah area over the weekend.
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[2026-08-04 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hopes for a renewed push for peace in Gaza hung in the balance on Monday as US President Donald Trump's envoy visited Israel following one of the deadliest days in the Palestinian territory since a ceasefire halted two years of all-out war last October.
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[2026-08-04 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump pauses ‘massive attack’ on Iran, says new talks to begin
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[2026-08-04 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: During a ceremony, Uganda's military has unveiled a statue of the Israeli Prime Minister's older brother. Yonatan Netanyahu was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the East African country in 1976.
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[2026-08-04 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has reportedly held phone conversations on Monday with his counterparts in Oman and Pakistan, to discuss the latest regional developments after Trump called off US strikes against the country.
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[2026-08-04 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHAT happens to a hero who survived a war, monsters, storms and the wrath of gods, only to find that the hardest part of his struggle is finding his way home?
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[2026-08-04 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The threat to ships carrying oil in the Middle East is at its worst since the Iran war started, experts have said, after a spate of attacks on another key route in the region.
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[2026-08-04 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ahead of Pride Amsterdam (July 25-August 8), mysterious flyers were distributed featuring names and locations of Jewish IDF soldiers visiting the city.
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[2026-08-04 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Mossad head David Barnea has joined US-based defense technology company Ondas Inc. as Global President and Chairman, the company announced on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF has killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist, Mahmoud Fatair, a Nukhba commander in the PIJ's Central Gaza Brigade who infiltrated Israel on October 7 and took part in holding Rom Braslavski hostage, the military confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: California is home to the highest fuel prices in the U.S. as well as the busiest containership port complex in the nation. So as the Iran war enters its sixth month and petroleum-product prices remain elevated, consumers across the U.S. could be hit with higher prices for a host of everyday products.
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[2026-08-04 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US Central Command (Centcom) spokesperson told Al-Jazeera that it has assisted over 1,000 ships in crossing the Strait of Hormuz since early May. They added Centcom remained on high alert and ready to support commercial ships wanting to cross. President Donald Trump had launched "Operation Project Freedom" on 4 May to escort merchant ships out of the Gulf, though the project was abandoned two days later amid negotiation efforts.
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[2026-08-04 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In northern Ethiopia, hundreds of Tigrayans, including wounded fighters, have been fleeing into Sudan after fighting between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels in Shererina.
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[2026-08-04 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Crude oil futures fell over six percent after President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran would begin imminently to end the war, although Iran denies any such talks are taking place. The drop in oil prices boosted US stocks at the opening, with Dow Jones jumping 1.3 percent, Nasdaq up 1.2 percent, and the broader S&P 500 up 0.9 percent.
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[2026-08-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Britain’s new prime minister’s first challenge may lie in the Indian Ocean where the future of a US-British facility remains unresolved
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