Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Halim in a targeted strike in Lebanon on Sunday night, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DHAKA. Bangladesh — The World Bank said on Monday it has approved a $350 million loan to help Bangladesh manage rising fuel import pressures and strengthen energy security after shortages linked to the Middle East war.
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[2026-05-18 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen has sentenced 19 people to death after their conviction for collaborating with the Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the Iranian-backed rebels for over a decade.
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[2026-05-18 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Brian Thompson shooting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense says police who arrested Mangione over murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson didn’t apprise him of his rights
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[2026-05-18 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday he would do the “impossible” to stop Israel’s war on Lebanon, as Israeli strikes continued despite a ceasefire and direct talks between the two sides.
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[2026-05-18 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Looking at the week ahead, Nvidia’s earnings on Wednesday, with a market capitalisation now of $5.46tn, will be the main event. In economics, we have the global flash PMIs on Thursday, along with inflation data from Canada tomorrow, the UK on Wednesday, and Japan on Friday. From central banks, the highlight will be the FOMC minutes on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-18 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has submitted a new 14-point proposal to end the war with the US, after President Donald Trump warned the “clock is ticking” on a deal.
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[2026-05-18 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Renewed inflationary pressures in the U.K. since the outbreak of the Iran war have upended monetary policy expectations, with the Bank of England forecast to hold, if not hike, interest rates this year.
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[2026-05-18 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli defense-tech start-up Kela Technology has been named one of five winners of the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Drone Dominance Program Lethality Challenge.
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[2026-05-18 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The decoupling of the US and European armies within NATO is no longer theoretical – the process is already underway. American troop deployments are being cancelled, and weapons deliveries – delayed.
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[2026-05-18 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The decoupling of the US and European armies within NATO is no longer theoretical – the process is already underway. American troop deployments are being canceled, and weapons deliveries – delayed.
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[2026-05-18 22:46 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine hit Russia with more than 1,300 drones over the weekend, penetrating Moscow’s heavy air defenses and successfully hitting targets in and around the capital.
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[2026-05-18 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has submitted a response to the latest United States proposal to end the war via mediator Pakistan as a fragile truce comes under growing strain.
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[2026-05-18 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A former senior Israeli intelligence officer, who served during the current war on Iran, has said that the Iranian nuclear project remains “essentially unchanged” despite Israeli and US attacks.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Demand for mental health treatment in Israel has risen by approximately 240% over the past two years, Clalit Health Services said in a Monday statement, pointing to the mounting psychological toll of the war and prolonged national trauma.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s testimony in his criminal trial was canceled again on Monday morning, after the Jerusalem District Court accepted a last-minute request from his defense team citing undisclosed security and diplomatic reasons that prevented him from appearing.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s police chief, Ahmadreza Radan, claimed the regime’s security forces arrested more than 6,500 individuals accused of espionage since the war started at the end of February, according to Sunday reports from the Islamic Republic’s state media.
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[2026-05-18 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have approved the creation of a new military complex in place of where the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) headquarters in Jerusalem once stood.
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[2026-05-18 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON - Global oil stockpiles are plummeting and inventories may not recover until December 2027, strategists warn, with physical shortages potentially looming over Europe by the end of this month.
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[2026-05-18 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A former senior Israeli intelligence officer, who served during the current war on Iran, has said that the Iranian nuclear project remains “essentially unchanged” despite Israeli and US attacks.
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[2026-05-18 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, but off their overnight lows as markets focus on soaring global yields after US/Iran talk progress remains stalled (but at least armed hostilities did not resume contrary to some speculation). Yields also spiked on rising oil prices, concerns of an extra budget in Japan and continued political chaos in the UK.
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[2026-05-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the “terror-grooming” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as another former student leader died in an encounter between military forces and insurgents in Negros Occidental recently.
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks with Japanese media, including Nikkei Asia, in Manila on May 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-18 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian military said Monday that a new operation with U.S. forces has killed more than 20 Islamic State group militants in northeastern Borno state.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its fighters struck US-Israeli backed "terrorist groups" in northern Iraq who were attempting to smuggle US weapons into the country.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia and Belarus launched joint military exercises on Monday to practice the combat deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, marking the first such drills since Moscow deployed its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system to Belarusian territory.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast for the UK's growth this year, but warned the Iran war and "domestic uncertainty" could hit the economy.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Lululemon is showing its teeth.
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [petrol] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina kisses the trophy after winning against United States’ Coco Gauff at the end of the women’s final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shortly after the Iran war started, with gold unexpectedly tumbling, we showed that the reason behind gold's paradoxical move - after all, the precious metal has traditionally been a store of value in times of geopolitical stress - was the furious liquidation of gold by emerging markets, in this case Turkey, scrambling to obtain reserve dry powder so Ankara could cover soaring costs of energy imports.
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[2026-05-18 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it has carried out additional air strikes against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northeastern Nigeria in coordination with the Nigerian government.
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[2026-05-18 19:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Freshly cashed-up with a new $1.8 million war chest, PLC Resources has wasted no time putting the drill bit to work, kicking off a maiden reverse circulation drilling program at its Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region.
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[2026-05-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In Qatar, a desert peninsula protruding into the Persian Gulf, natural gas turned the country from a pearl-diving backwater into one of the world’s wealthiest nations.
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[2026-05-18 19:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Co. said the prolonged slowdown in electric vehicle demand has ended in Korea following signs of a rebound in the first quarter, as it pushes a more aggressive EV strategy.
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[2026-05-18 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals has topped up its war chest with a $2.5 million placement to fast-track a second round of drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA, after a stunning maiden drill campaign recently hit wide zones of gold mineralisation.
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[2026-05-18 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEWTOWN SQUARE, United States — Rory McIlroy yelled an obscenity at a heckler who disturbed his shotmaking at a crucial moment in Sunday's final round of the PGA Championship.
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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflict
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[2026-05-18 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel built two covert military outposts in Iraq’s western desert in advance of the US-Israel war on Iran, The New York Times has reported.
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[2026-05-18 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump warning over peace talks drives up crude price as UK gilts hit by uncertainty over Starmer leadership
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[2026-05-18 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Four crew members safely ejected from two EA-18G Growlers after the mid-air collision during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base.
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[2026-05-18 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent rose 1.78 per cent to $111.20, while WTI gained 2.08% to $107.60, as risk assets weakened.
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[2026-05-18 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Monday, May 18, 2026, a residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-18 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.
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