Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: India is hosting a meeting of foreign ministers from BRICS nations on May 14-15 in a precursor to the 18th BRICS summit, which New Delhi will host in September. The meeting, which starts on Thursday morning, coincides with United States President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to Beijing for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Another mass casualty event has occurred in Lebanon, as national media says that on Wednesday eight people died, including two children, when Israeli strikes targeted cars on a highway south of Beirut.
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[2026-05-14 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Two Chinese nationals were sentenced to prison Thursday for illegally filming fighter jets at several South Korean and U.S. military facilities and attempting to intercept traffic control communications.
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[2026-05-14 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held summit talks in Beijing on Thursday, with trade, the US-Israeli war on Iran, Taiwan and technological competition likely to top the agenda.
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[2026-05-14 12:39 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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[2026-05-14 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ex-MSNBC host Joy Reid and liberal commentator Wajahat Ali unleashed a rant against “weak White conservative men” during a recent episode of “The Joy Reid Show,” targeting President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other conservatives while accusing America of “coddling” White men.
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[2026-05-14 12:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea sent a technical analysis team to Dubai earlier this week to investigate a recent strike on a Korean-operated cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-14 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump received a grand welcome at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Thursday ahead of talks with China's Xi Jinping set to cover their fragile trade truce, the Iran war, and US arms sales to Taiwan.
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[2026-05-14 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump received a grand welcome at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Thursday ahead of talks with China's Xi Jinping. The closely watched summit is expected to be dominated by discussions on the war in Iran, trade tension and Taiwan.
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[2026-05-14 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid the fog of the Iran conflict, some serious geopolitical chess moves were happening in the shadows, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu having slipped behind what were once enemy lines, into the the quarters of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for a clandestine summit which could help realign the region.
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[2026-05-14 12:01 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President’s remarks come as midterm elections looks to be defined by economic concerns sparked by the conflict. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 13 May at a glance
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[2026-05-14 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 14, 2026 — 11:59am
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[2026-05-14 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea sent a technical analysis team to Dubai earlier this week to investigate a recent strike on a Korean-operated cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-14 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING, China — President Donald Trump on Thursday kicks off the busiest portion of his China visit, a summit expected to be long on pageantry and symbolism but unlikely to feature major breakthroughs on key issues like trade, U.S. relations with Taiwan or the war in Iran.
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[2026-05-14 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-05-14 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presidents expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, tech and Taiwan, among other points of contention
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[2026-05-14 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presidents expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, tech and Taiwan, among other points of contention
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[2026-05-14 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with lawmakers last week and, at one point, laid out how the U.S. war economy is roaring back to life under the Trump administration.
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[2026-05-14 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A southern California activist — who was recently killed by the Filipino military at a “terror” camp — was in the Philippines doing humanitarian work, according to those closest to him.
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:09 UTC+10:00] [International Criminal Court] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ex-police chief, accused by the ICC of crimes in Duterte’s drug war, is evading arrest over the bloody campaign that killed thousands
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[2026-05-14 11:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government plans to introduce emergency tariff-rate quota programs and release government stockpiles as part of its all-out efforts to address growing concerns over consumer price hikes stemming from the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-14 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: PORTLAND — The Liberty’s season is still in its infancy, but the team’s defense needs some work.
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[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Thursday, with explosions heard in the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
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[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the United States have agreed to deepen cooperation to achieve "shared security goals," the defense ministry said Thursday, amid the allies' apparent different views over the timeline of Seoul retaking wartime command from Washington.
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[2026-05-14 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [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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[2026-05-14 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to introduce emergency tariff-rate quota programs and release government stockpiles as part of its all-out efforts to address growing concerns over consumer price hikes stemming from the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-14 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have agreed to deepen cooperation to achieve "shared security goals," the defense ministry said Thursday, amid the allies' apparent different views over the timeline of Seoul retaking wartime command from Washington.
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[2026-05-14 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Middle East crisis will come into sharp focus during the Xi-Trump summit as Marco Rubio says it threatens to ‘destabilise Asia’
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[2026-05-14 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Iranian crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Middle East crisis will come into sharp focus during the Xi-Trump summit as Marco Rubio says it threatens to ‘destabilise Asia’
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[2026-05-14 10:27 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Video shows journalists scrambling after gunshots were fired in the Philippine senate on Wednesday. The video from Philippines' TV5 shows a journalist on the phone, as gunshots are fired, causing panic among local media. The incident came as Ronald dela Rosa, the chief enforcer in former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's bloody 'war on drugs', said on Facebook his arrest was imminent and urged people to mobilise to prevent his handover to the international criminal court.
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[2026-05-14 10:11 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People
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[2026-05-14 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military is considering renaming its Iran war campaign "Operation Sledgehammer" if the ongoing ceasefire collapses and US President Donald Trump decides to resume active combat operations against the Islamic regime, NBC News cited two US officials as saying on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-14 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a "secret" visit to the UAE during the US-Israeli war on Iran, Netanyahu’s office said in a statement on Wednesday, which sparked an unusual denial from the Gulf state.
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[2026-05-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [FIFA World Cup 2026™] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-14 09:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump heads into a series of meetings with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, aiming to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate thorny issues such as the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan.
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[2026-05-14 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just before leaving to China on Tuesday, President Trump fielded question from the media and issued some shocking remarks which are sure to hurt, not help Republicans, during a week in which the Iran war hits the 75-day mark.
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[2026-05-14 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan easing decades-old restrictions on arms exports opens a big opportunity for the country's defense industry in a world increasingly hungry for weapons.
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[2026-05-14 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were set to hold summit talks in Beijing on Thursday, with trade, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Taiwan and technological competition expected to top the agenda.
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[2026-05-14 09:31 UTC+10:00] [Antisemitism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: “Albanese has done nothing more than speak!” Judge Richard Leon wrote.
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[2026-05-14 09:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Péter Magyar says his government has summoned Russian ambassador over drone attack near Hungary’s border to ask when Vladimir Putin plans ‘to finally end this bloody war’. What we know on day 1,541
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[2026-05-14 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Last Saturday an Israeli air strike, at lunchtime and without warning, destroyed a building where a family displaced by the war were sheltering in a town in southern Lebanon called Saksakiyeh. A ceasefire, announced last month, has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim armed group.
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[2026-05-14 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits practice military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
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[2026-05-14 08:48 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister under pressure over failure to grant military service exemptions as multi-party government looks at risk of collapse
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[2026-05-14 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry denied on Wednesday claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office that he visited the UAE and held a secret meeting with its president.
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[2026-05-14 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S and Moroccan military forces take part in the 20th edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File)
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[2026-05-14 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The war with Iran is looming over US President Donald Trump's visit to China, where he is expected to ask Xi Jinping for help to resolve the costly conflict.
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[2026-05-14 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Veteran and “passionate warbird pilot” Dan Fordice, the son of ex-Mississippi Governor Kirk Fordice, died in a single-engine plane crash near the Louisiana border, leaving behind a legacy of military service and passion for aviation.
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[2026-05-14 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-14 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An IDF soldier was sentenced to 30 days in military prison after IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir caught him wearing a "Messiah" patch on his uniform, the military confirmed on Wednesday.
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