Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Beijing imposed export controls on seven rare-earth elements in April 2025 as a trade war with Washington intensified. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-05-15 11:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean economy continues to be on a recovery path on the back of strong chip exports, but the prolonged Middle East crisis is raising concerns over inflation and growing financial burdens on households, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-05-15 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Condemnation after Kyiv bears brunt of massive Russian attack wave; warning over military drones too close to Ukrainian nuclear plants. What we know on day 1,542
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[2026-05-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy continues to be on a recovery path on the back of strong chip exports, but the prolonged Middle East crisis is raising concerns over inflation and growing financial burdens on households, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-05-15 10:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-05-15 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US House of Representatives narrowly defeated a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress, but the effort to rein in US President Donald Trump's military campaign failed by the closest possible margin.
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[2026-05-15 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: That’s what US regulators are telling On The Money when asked about the notable lack of enforcement cases filed over suspicious trades in the futures and prediction markets surrounding big news events in the Iran war and elsewhere.
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[2026-05-15 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Why is it so difficult to understand just how dangerous Iran would be if it had a nuclear weapon (“Dropping ‘A’ bomb,” May 14)?
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[2026-05-15 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The truce will end on Sunday if it is not extended, though Israel has continued to launch air strikes it says are targeting Hezbollah
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[2026-05-15 08:51 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The truce will end on Sunday if it is not extended, though Israel has continued to launch air strikes it says are targeting Hezbollah
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[2026-05-15 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The FBI announced Thursday it is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent who was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia in February 2019 on charges of espionage, including transmitting national defense information to the Iranian government.
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[2026-05-15 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised him that China would not send military aid to Iran. The leaders held talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.
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[2026-05-15 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said Chinese President Xi Jinping promised him that China will not send military aid to Iran. The leaders held talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.
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[2026-05-15 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 15 May 2026 at 8:27am
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[2026-05-15 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys have said is intellectually disabled faced execution Thursday evening for the death of a retired college professor after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay that had put it on hold.
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[2026-05-15 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel launched another series of attacks against towns in southern Lebanon in violation of their ceasefire agreement, according to Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.
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[2026-05-15 07:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-15 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Shocking footage captured chaotic scenes following violent “No Kings” protests in downtown Los Angeles when a teen rioter brazenly hurled an object at cops and struck one in the head before being taken down by cops.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has expressed his support for the teenage Barcelona football star who was accused of “inciting hatred” by the Israeli defence minister for waving a Palestinian flag at a victory rally.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters arrived Thursday night at the Ashkelon home of Brig.-Gen. Yuval Yamin, the head of the military police, in a demonstration against the arrests of haredi draft dodgers by the military police.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands guard as the Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-05-15 07:16 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Pete Hegseth’s last-minute decision to cancel the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland caught Pentagon staff and European allies by surprise — the latest example of an abrupt personnel move from the Defense secretary that blindsided both sides of the Atlantic.
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[2026-05-15 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Emirati scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" who is wholly unwelcome in the United Arab Emirates, after the country's foreign ministry issued a statement denying that Netanyahu ever came to visit UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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[2026-05-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine fast attack interdiction ships drill in the South China Sea in November 2024: The navy is only about a third of the way toward its fleet growth targets. © AP
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[2026-05-15 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through Jerusalem's Old City, captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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[2026-05-15 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Emirati scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" who is wholly unwelcome in the United Arab Emirates, after the country's foreign ministry issued a statement denying that Netanyahu ever came to visit UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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[2026-05-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz criticised the Barcelona football player Lamine Yamal, who raised a Palestinian flag during a victory parade by the team through Barcelona on Monday.
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[2026-05-15 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The iconic Beverly Hills Hotel has declared war against the LA boutique Kitson over stylized wording, and the scrappy owner isn’t backing down without a fight.
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[2026-05-15 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US decimated Iran’s navy for a “full generation,” while retaining “all the munitions necessary” to restart the war, Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, told lawmakers Thursday.
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[2026-05-15 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli artillery targeted a number of towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday in violation of their ceasefire agreement, as Lebanon and Israel meet for a new round of direct talks in Washington.
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[2026-05-15 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The head of US Central Command said it would take a "generation" for the Iranian navy to be rebuilt to its former strength, and said Jordan had been indispensable during the conflict.
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[2026-05-15 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, whose government was voted in by Iraq’s parliament on Thursday, has vowed to ensure a state monopoly on weapons.
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[2026-05-15 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen has steadily weakened amid growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold off on interest rate cuts this year. (Photo by Yoshikazu Imahori)
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[2026-05-15 05:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of major world events this Friday, May 15.
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[2026-05-15 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Shoppers tempered their spending in April as higher gas prices fueled by the Iran war meant less money left over for some nonessentials like clothing and furniture. But they're still buying, thanks to more generous government tax refunds.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Gulf states were victims of Iranian attacks during the war that began with US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28. Iran lashed out, attacking a dozen countries in the region.
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[2026-05-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday that continued disruptions related to the war in the Middle East risk an “unfavourable” global economic situation.
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[2026-05-15 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing hospital sources.
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[2026-05-15 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 40 percent of Sudan’s population is facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, the three-year civil war having created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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[2026-05-15 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a rebellion defying the priorities of Speaker Mike Johnson, House Democrats have teamed up with two Republicans and an independent in a parliamentary maneuver that will force a vote on a bill that would give another $1.3 billion in military aid and other assistance to Ukraine, as that country continues to lose territory in its war with Russia.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF on Thursday revealed that it, led by the Ground Technology Division, has been supplying the Lebanese army with anti-explosive drone barbed wire, as Hezbollah's drone threat continues to grow and expand.
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[2026-05-15 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Thursday unleashed a third straight day of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building in Kyiv where nine people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said. More strikes elsewhere in the country wounded more than two dozen civilians.
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[2026-05-15 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMMAN, Jordan — Yemen's internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Thursday reached a deal to free over 1,600 detainees in the largest swap during Yemen's 11-year civil war.
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[2026-05-15 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on fellow BRICS nations to condemn what he called violations of international law by the United States and Israel, as the war in the Middle East and the related fuel crisis dominate the two-day gathering in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
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[2026-05-15 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has condemned rising European military spending, warning that rearmament betrays diplomacy and fuels tensions in a world already being “maimed by wars.”
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[2026-05-15 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV has condemned rising European military spending, warning that rearmament betrays diplomacy and fuels tensions in a world already being “maimed by wars.”
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[2026-05-15 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday condemned Norway’s move to revoke the export license for a naval missile system for Malaysia's navy, warning it could damage confidence in European defense suppliers.
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[2026-05-15 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz condemned FC Barcelona soccer star Lamine Yamal on Thursday after the right midfielder was seen waving a Palestinian flag during the team's victory parade in their home city.
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[2026-05-15 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has been sworn in with only a partial cabinet after lawmakers failed to reach a consensus on key postings, including interior and defence.
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[2026-05-15 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has floated a non-aggression pact between Iran and Middle Eastern states based on a 1970s agreement that eased tensions in Europe during the Cold War, The Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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