Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 20:50 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-15 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: EL-KHIAM, Lebanon – Those looking to understand Israel’s new security doctrine – one born out of the horrors of October 7 – need look no further than El-Khiam, a Shia town in southern Lebanon, just 6 kilometers from Israel’s border.
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[2026-05-15 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Visitors are gathered next to a display of an NSM Naval Strike Missile made by Norwegian company Kongsberg, presented at the Euronaval show, in Le Bourget, North of Paris, France, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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[2026-05-15 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Mets have shown improvement in run prevention from last season, even if it isn’t always evident to the naked eye.
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[2026-05-15 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's Mossad chief and the Shin Bet director joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the UAE weeks into the war on Iran, Israel's i24 News reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-15 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Newly increased fuel prices are displayed at a petrol pump in Malvan, India, on May 15. © Reuters
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[2026-05-15 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Large-scale attack on Russian regions and huge oil refinery comes after 24 were killed when missile hit flats in Kyiv
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[2026-05-15 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Egyptian smallholders have seen their lives upended by the war in Iran, with soaring fertiliser and energy prices forcing many to lay off workers and reduce the amount of land they farm.
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[2026-05-15 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war on Friday, each freeing 205 people as part of a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump that is expected to involve 2,000 prisoners in total.
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[2026-05-15 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, third right, talks to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Waleed bin Abdulkarim, second right, as Indian Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ronald Lamola, second left, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, and and Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Hang, third left, watch at a photo call of Government representatives and partner countries of BRICS during a two day meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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[2026-05-15 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities
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[2026-05-15 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: After years of sidelining the Sahel's military rulers, the United States is moving to engage more with countries in the region.
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[2026-05-15 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Political tension is rising in Madagascar, where a leading opposition lawmaker says he has asked the country’s top court to remove President Michael Randrianirina over alleged constitutional violations.
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[2026-05-15 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-15 19:39 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Alexander Stubb said Friday that Finland was "not facing any direct military threat" after a drone entered the country's airspace near Helsinki.
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[2026-05-15 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with departure; CHANGES headline, photo)
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[2026-05-15 19:34 UTC+10:00] [Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Larysa Navrotska is part of a quiet, but brave army of postal workers connecting remote Ukrainian communities close to the battlefield with the outside world. Working for the national postal service in eastern Ukraine often means entering dangerous frontline areas where drones dominate and cause the vast majority of this war’s casualties.
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[2026-05-15 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
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[2026-05-15 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices rose on Friday and were headed for a weekly gain as supply disruptions continued, with no breakthrough in sight for ending the Iran war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-15 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Abu Dhabi is accelerating construction of the new West-East pipeline to Fujairah as it looks to expand its oil export capacity and bypass the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.
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[2026-05-15 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates to meet with counterparts during Operation Roaring Lion, a security source told Walla on Friday.
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[2026-05-15 19:16 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-15 19:10 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The death toll included three children, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said
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[2026-05-15 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine exchanged 410 prisoners of war on Friday, following successful mediation by the UAE.
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[2026-05-15 19:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-15 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump and Xi hold final day of critical meetings in China
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[2026-05-15 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: اسامه ایوب در گذشته یک باشگاه مشتزنی را در شهر غزه اداره میکرد، اما جنگ خانه و باشگاه او را ویران کرد. او اکنون در خانیونس بهطور رایگان ۴۵ دختر بین هشت تا ۱۹ ساله را آموزش میدهد. او به خبرگزاری فرانسه گفت: «هدف ما این بود که به دختران آرامش روانی بدهیم.» بسیاری از آنها سه بار در هفته به تمرین میآیند، زیرا در جریان تمرین دوباره حس قدرت و همبستگی را تجربه میکنند.
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[2026-05-15 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon are expected to agree to an IDF withdrawal from Lebanese territory in exchange for Hezbollah's disarmament, Israel's public broadcaster KAN News reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-15 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States signed a preliminary agreement to expand cooperation on drone and counter-drone systems as part of efforts to enhance interoperability between the allies in joint operations, the defense ministry said Friday.
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[2026-05-15 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump departed China on Friday, touting business deals that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started.
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[2026-05-15 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A leading UAE insurance company has introduced vehicle war cover in an effort to offer greater protection to customers in response to the Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-15 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A concept model of the GCAP fighter jet is displayed during the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) Japan arms fair in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on May 21, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-05-15 18:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-15 17:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 4,400-ton destroyer deployed amid possibility of operations in Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-15 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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[2026-05-15 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing tightened jet fuel exports after the war broke out, forcing Canberra to seek alternative suppliers
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[2026-05-15 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing tightened jet fuel exports after the war broke out, forcing Canberra to seek alternative suppliers
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[2026-05-15 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BEIJING, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A long-speculated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un did not materialize during Trump's visit to Beijing this week as Trump focused on a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-05-15 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BEIJING, May 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump left Beijing for Washington on Friday, wrapping up his three-day visit here for summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on trade, the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, as well as Taiwan and other key issues.
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[2026-05-15 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: King Charles III hosted a garden celebration at Buckingham Palace on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of The King’s Trust, the youth charity he founded in 1976 using his Royal Navy severance pay during a period of economic hardship in Britain. Formerly known as The Prince’s Trust, the organisation supports disadvantaged young people through education, training and employment programmes in the UK and abroad.
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[2026-05-15 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-15 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: China's President Xi Jinping took US President Donald Trump for a tour around Zhongnanhai Gardens during his visit to Beijing on Friday. The two leaders walked through the compound’s gardens before holding private talks focused on trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the war in Iran. Xi showed Trump through the large gate and pointed out trees, noting that some were hundreds of years old.
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[2026-05-15 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of civilian military employees said Friday it will file a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) against the South Korean government for labor rights violations.
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[2026-05-15 16:55 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has renewed his war of words with Israel, throwing his support behind FC Barcelona football star Lamine Yamal after he waved a Palestinian flag while celebrating the team’s league title win.
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[2026-05-15 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to expand President Vladimir Putin’s power to invade foreign countries.
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[2026-05-15 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details, U.S. Army's comments in paras 4-5, ADDS byline) By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-05-15 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the South Korean Army has highlighted ongoing efforts to modernize combat systems incorporating unmanned technologies, such as drones and robots, reaffirming the Army's role in helping ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific.
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[2026-05-15 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A 4,400-ton South Korean destroyer was set to depart from a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Friday for rotational deployment in an overseas mission based off the Somali coast, the Navy said.
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[2026-05-15 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the Strait of Hormuz during talks in Beijing, with the White House saying Xi agreed the strategic waterway “must remain open to support the free flow of energy” as tensions over the Iran war continue to roil global markets.
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[2026-05-15 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Classical music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ensemble Modern/Gruber/Giunta/Amarcord(Ensemble Modern Media)From Hindemith’s jazz-age energy to Schoenberg’s existential angst, and Kurt Weill’s biting satire to Korngold’s neo-Romanticism, this lively recording is a perfect example of the kind of music the Nazis couldn’t abide.
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