Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices are displayed at a Westar gas station in Miami, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that his policies were working and that surging inflation was merely temporary due to the US and Israeli war against Iran.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth insisted the US has “control” of the Strait of Hormuz during surprisingly civil testimony before House and Senate appropriators on the Pentagon’s wallet-busting $1.5 trillion budget plans.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says he does not need help from Beijing to end the war with Iran but says he will talk at length with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they hold a summit this week.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned Arab Gulf states that they must "make a choice" between Israel and Iran amid the current standoff, after 40 days of a US-Israeli war on Iran that saw it target and destroy US-aligned assets in the region in retaliation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The sharp rise in gasoline prices caused by the Iran war has led to bipartisan calls, and in some cases action, to reduce US gas taxes. At least three Republican-run states have declared gas-tax holidays, and three Democratic US senators have introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax until October.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi has defended Tehran’s proposal to end the war, describing it as a baseline for any credible and durable agreement.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia launched hundreds of drone strikes at Ukraine overnight, hitting a kindergarten and killing at least one as both sides’ fragile three-day ceasefire came to a sudden end, Ukrainian officials announced Tuesday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Environmental Policy
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. Air Force training jet crashed Tuesday in west Alabama with both pilots ejecting safely, military officials said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A framed portrait and the coffin of Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara, who was killed in a militant attack, are displayed on the day of his state funeral, in Bamako, Mali, on April 30. © Reuters
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Rugby yesterday named a strong 53-member pool for the Men’s 15-a-side Asia Rugby Championship 2026, which will be played in Colombo and Hong Kong from May 24 to June 13, after the United Arab Emirates withdrew from the tournament due to the war situation in Iran.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:52 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: US President Donald Trump dismissed a surge in inflation due to the Iran war and declared he does not think about Americans’ financial situation when deciding whether to make a deal with the regime to end the conflict.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran and US politics, this Wednesday May 13.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have increasingly singled out the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their war messaging, and have warned of stronger strikes against the country if the United States and Israel resume their attacks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The site of the Nova music festival, where Israeli festival-goers were killed and taken hostage during the attack by Hamas militants, is seen Oct. 12, 2023, near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University hosted a Sri Lanka – India collaborative academic event to celebrate another milestone, the launch of an inter-disciplinary scholarly book centred on fuzzy logic based managerial and mathematical models in higher education institutions, underpinned by the growing significance of partnership spirit in international academic endeavours recently.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, Major General Nayyar Naseer HI (M), (Retd), paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Defence Minister Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), at the Deputy Minister’s Office in Colombo on Monday (11).
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK has said it will contribute drones, fighter jets and a warship to a joint mission aimed at safeguarding shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Mamdani, America gives every individual the opportunity to be successful — it’s called working hard for what you want. Being white and rich does not make a person bad (“NYC will pay for Mam’s rich ba$h,” Michael Goodwin, May 10) .
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) celebrates its Centenary Jubilee today. Therefore, today is the ideal occasion to discuss the issues faced by all parties concerned. The patients’ plight needs to be highlighted in particular. They have borne the brunt of strikes in the health sector over the past several decades.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Coalition’s promised cash surplus could only be achieved through major infrastructure or service cuts, a leading economist has warned, as government modelling claims Opposition Leader Jess Wilson faces a budget black hole in the tens of billions of dollars.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia's E-7A Wedgetail aircraft have a radar with a range of 400 kilometres. (Supplied: Department of Defence)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s wartime economic crisis has triggered mass layoffs across multiple industries, with Iranian officials estimating that some two million people have lost work “directly or indirectly” due to the conflict and a prolonged nationwide internet blackout, according to a report by The New York Times.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GOTLAND, Sweden — The war game scenario was this: One of NATO ’s newest members, Sweden, was under threat by an unnamed country that was building up troops along the military alliance’s eastern border. And in an unusual twist, non-NATO member Ukraine was there to advise on drone warfare — and delivered a critical warning to the alliance.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli attacks in the Nabatieh area have killed several civilians, including a Lebanese army member and civil defence responders.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he does not need help from China on ending the war with Iran but said he would talk at length with Xi Jinping when they hold a summit this week.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize the country's nuclear forces, a launch hailed by President Vladimir Putin just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:40 UTC+10:00] [trade war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rubio had initially appeared reluctant to visit, while Beijing did not spell out whether it would waive penalties imposed on him in 2020
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Reservists Party, led by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel, has outlined its Returning from the Battlefield program ahead of the upcoming elections, aimed at addressing post-traumatic stress disorder nationwide following the October 7 Hamas attacks in 2023 and the ensuing war.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter, and two Iranian officials said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday the cost of the war with Iran had climbed to nearly $29 billion, as President Donald Trump faced mounting scrutiny over the conflict and its impact on US military readiness.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius leaves by military bus after disembarking at Granadilla port in Tenerife, Spain. AFPInfo French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. ReutersInfo Palestinian brides and grooms gather for a mass wedding organised by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation in Gaza city.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The architects of New Labour have eviscerated the Labour Party twice, once when former Prime Minister Tony Blair took Britain into the Iraq War in 2003, and now under the leadership of Keir Starmer.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine takes a photo before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump doesn't need congressional approval to restart strikes on Iran despite surpassing the 60-day limit allowed under federal law.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:05 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — Greece is protesting over an unexploded Ukrainian naval drone found in its waters, fearing the war could be spilling over to the Mediterranean as Kyiv's forces hunt the opaquely-owned "shadow fleet" carrying Russian oil.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Russian President Vladimir Putin said recently that the war in Ukraine was “approaching its end,” many in the West immediately interpreted it as a sign of Russian weakness.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A target list of a few dozen IDF Egoz commando unit veterans and reservists was published by the Iranian regime-backed hacktivist group Handala on Sunday, which claimed that they had exposed the identities of 60 senior officers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Serbia and NATO have launched their first-ever joint military exercise, a landmark cooperation between the Balkan country and the alliance that bombed its capital less than 30 years ago.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:56 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President posted more than 50 times in three hours, attacking on Obama, NY Times and supreme court
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US diplomat Mike Huckabee has revealed that Israel deployed Iron Dome batteries and “personnel to help operate them” to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to help fend off Iranian attacks.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:42 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: If current precarious ceasefire between US and Iran ends, Emirates are more likely to be targeted by Tehran
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S.-Iran war drags on with no sign yet of a peace deal. Someone needs to tell the stock market.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The estimated price tag for the war in Iran so far has jumped to $29 billion, up from the $25 billion figure given at the end of April, a senior Pentagon official revealed Tuesday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian Strategic Missile Forces chief, Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, left on the screen, reports to President Vladimir Putin on a successful test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli air strikes have killed at least 10 people in southern Lebanon, state media say, where a ceasefire has failed to stop the war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A day after initial allegations were first widely reported, Pakistan's government has issued a public rejection of claims that it hosted Iranian military aircraft in order to shield them from coming under US-Israeli attack during the opening weeks of Operation Epic Fury.
--------------------------------------------------------------------