Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-02 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RELIGION is among humanity’s greatest civilizational achievements. It has inspired compassion, charity, justice, education, healing and the defense of human dignity. It has produced saints, reformers, martyrs and ordinary believers whose lives have transformed communities for the better.
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[2026-07-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-02 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Wafa news agency reported two Israeli strikes that have left at least three dead and several critically injured in northern Gaza City on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the Israeli army will continue to occupy areas in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza “until further notice” in a statement from the defence ministry released on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan, the U.K. and Italy plan to deploy a mass-production next-generation fighter jet in 2035. © Reuters
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[2026-07-02 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sole survivor rescued in Venezuela by Tuesday afternoon was a toddler who had been trapped for six days under a collapsed building, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said.
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[2026-07-02 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As he visited troops in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the military “will not leave” the area as long as the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah remains a “threat” to his nation.
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[2026-07-02 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Danny Glover arrives at the Governors Awards on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-07-02 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth on Wednesday sent a letter to Shin Bet Director David Zini, apparently seeking his intervention against the High Court of Justice and possibly also in the upcoming Knesset elections.
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[2026-07-02 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: If Iran wants to survive, it needs to develop a nuclear weapon, Prof. Eyal Zisser, a Middle East expert from Tel Aviv University, said in an interview on 103FM on Monday.
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[2026-07-02 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army arrested five women activists in the occupied West Bank early on Wednesday morning. The women, who work with health committees, were arrested after their homes were raided.
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[2026-07-02 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Finland's parliament has finally followed through with a previously threatened move to reverse its decades-long ban on nuclear weapons. The June 17 vote to lift the ban in effect legally authorizes the Nordic country to receive, transport, and facilitate the movement of nuclear weapons on its territory as part of allied operations, with the representatives' final tally at 125 to 61.
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[2026-07-02 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A highway bridge connecting the cities of Donetsk and Mariupol has partially collapsed following Ukrainian strikes, Kremlin-backed authorities in the partially occupied Donetsk region said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-02 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Michael Every of Rabobank
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[2026-07-02 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s military said on Wednesday it shot down four drones launched by the Afghan Taliban into Balochistan, hours after Afghanistan’s defence ministry claimed its air force had struck what it called ISIL (ISIS) “centres” in Balochistan’s Pishin district and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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[2026-07-02 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-01 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) increases military spending by £15bn over the next four years and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has described this as "a historic shift", although critics say that this new money is still insufficient to keep the country safe.
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[2026-07-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Supergirl” earned just $65.5 million worldwide in its first four days in theaters, despite a $170 million budget — branding it an indisputable bomb. The film would need to rake in $295 million in order to break even, according to our sources. (Spoiler alert: It won’t.)
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[2026-07-01 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.
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[2026-07-01 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Afghanistan has carried out drone strikes inside Pakistan, just days after Islamabad launched border attacks that left 28 dead in the country. The Afghan Defense Ministry claimed to have struck an Islamic State facility in Pakistan’s border province of Balochistan and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan’s military, however, said the drones were spotted immediately and neutralized.
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[2026-07-01 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army arrested five women activists in the occupied West Bank early on Wednesday morning. The women, who work with health committees, were arrested after their homes were raided.
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[2026-07-01 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The manhunt continues, chiefly focused in France or also nearby Italy, for the culprit who committed a Monday parcel bomb attack on an exiled Ukrainian oligarch and his family at their luxury apartment building in Monaco.
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[2026-07-01 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE contractors are absorbing higher costs of building materials in order to preserve growth in the country's real estate market in the aftermath of the Iran war, a Moody's report has found.
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[2026-07-01 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sudan's civil war has entered a new phase over the past year, one defined less by ground offensives and more by drones and a rapidly escalating technological battle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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[2026-07-01 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel should seek out a regional alliance that knits together ties with Greece, Cyprus and India. This is the vision that Israel’s Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram discussed at the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University on Wednesday, July 1.
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[2026-07-01 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee dismissed the idea that Washington sees a new pragmatic leadership emerging in Tehran, telling The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the Trump administration remains committed to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and sees no meaningful shift in the regime’s attitude.
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[2026-07-01 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-07-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Seemingly minor legislative tweaks could hamper the military’s ability to fight terrorist groups and other enemies, put Australian troops at risk and expose veterans to retrospective war crimes charges, a decorated former air force commander has warned.
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[2026-07-01 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump started this week by claiming that Iran had "requested" direct talks in Qatar, but as of yet the ground reality in Doha is that Iranian officials have refused, leaving US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to just bide their time and deal with Qatari and Pakistani intermediaries.
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[2026-07-01 22:18 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany wants to expand defense-industrial cooperation with the United States, including by building U.S. weapons systems or components under license in Germany, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Police in Monaco and neighbouring France have launched a manhunt for a suspect believed to have detonated a makeshift bomb in the centre of the wealthy Mediterranean principality, seriously injuring several people, officials say.
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[2026-07-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-01 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Russian TOS-1 Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower rocket launcher fires towards the Ukrainian positions. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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[2026-07-01 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: British defense stocks are marching higher once again after the U.K. confirmed a near-$20 billion military spending boost on Tuesday — but the country's fiscal woes could ultimately slam the brakes on investment, analysts say.
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[2026-07-01 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace is set to launch “Hamas-free humanitarian zones” in Gaza where Palestinians will be herded while the Israeli military expands its control on the rest of the territory, Israeli media is reporting.
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[2026-07-01 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Esh-Tech, an Israeli defense tech startup, has raised $18 million as part of a funding round led by Kinetica Partners as it moves from development toward large‑scale production of its DroneLight counter-drone system.
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[2026-07-01 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a sharp warning after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “marked for death”.
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[2026-07-01 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The October 7 massacre made it clear that Israel must not wait until threats are at its door, Defense Minister Israel Katz stated during the memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers of the Second Lebanon War.
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[2026-07-01 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace is set to launch “Hamas-free humanitarian zones” in Gaza where Palestinians will be herded while the Israeli military expands its control on the rest of the territory, Israeli media is reporting.
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[2026-07-01 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces or RSF stands on his vehicle in the East Nile province, Sudan, on June 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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[2026-07-01 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The military says the physical activity that trainees take part in to prepare for their civilian roles is ‘not a burden’
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[2026-07-01 20:34 UTC+10:00] [Prabowo Subianto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The military says the physical activity that trainees take part in to prepare for their civilian roles is ‘not a burden’
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[2026-07-01 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Katz: War against Israel being waged terror financing, not just on the battlefieldThe Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. Follow us on GooglePRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026.(photo credit: FLASH90)
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[2026-07-01 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least 28 drones managed to cross into the Gaza Strip in recent months, Army Radio reported Wednesday.
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[2026-07-01 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ahead of the 1,000th day since the October 7 massacre, the Kumu movement and October 7 families announced on Wednesday morning that production has begun on the national memorial ceremony for the events of October 7 and the Israel-Hamas War, now for the third year.
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[2026-07-01 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: AI-driven cyberoffensive tools can be compared to “digital nuclear weapons,” CIA Director John Ratcliffe has said, warning that they could fuel rivalries among global powers.
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[2026-07-01 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Sudanese army said it had retaken Kulbus, a strategic town near the Chadian border, in what appeared to be its biggest battlefield gain in western Darfur since the fall of El-Fasher last year.
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[2026-07-01 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A former head of the Israeli army’s Hostages and Missing Persons Command says Israel prolonged the war on Gaza unnecessarily and could have brought some captives home alive through earlier negotiations.
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[2026-07-01 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA,Philippines – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday said the next chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should live up to the legacy of outgoing chief Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr.
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[2026-07-01 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Ministry Director-General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amir Baram on Wednesday said that Israel views Iran as more dangerous than the US views it, leading to different policy decisions and interests, even as both view Tehran as a threat.
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