Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Follow along with the latest updates on the Trump administration Friday, as President Trump departed China after a whirlwind high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-12 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taiwan’s main opposition parties have cleared special defence budget bill after months of fractious debate and infighting
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[2026-05-12 01:02 UTC+10:00] [American Institute in Taiwan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taiwan’s main opposition parties have cleared special defence budget bill after months of fractious debate and infighting
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[2026-05-12 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli soldier who was photographed desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon has reportedly been sentenced to 21 days of military prison, according to Israeli media. The soldier who photographed him was sentenced to 14 days.
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[2026-05-12 00:57 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary accuses senator of disclosing classified info but Kelly says ‘that’s not classified, it’s a quote from you’
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[2026-05-12 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Finnish President Alexander Stubb urged Europe on Monday to "calm down and lower the temperature" amid fears of a U.S. military withdrawal from the continent, insisting Washington won't abandon NATO despite its plans to pull troops from Germany.
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[2026-05-12 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON, United Kingdom — Global stock markets diverged while oil prices rose on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's terms for ending the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-12 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: North Korea has earned an estimated $13 billion over the past three years by providing military assistance to Russia for its war against Ukraine, Nikkei Asia reported Monday, citing South Korean intelligence.
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[2026-05-12 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For centuries, Jewish communities survived by mastering the art of defense. You defended your texts, your customs, your loyalties, your right to work, your right to pray, and often your right simply to remain alive.
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[2026-05-12 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF sentenced a soldier to 21 days in military prison for desecrating a religious Christian symbol in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-12 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Calbee's change to black-and-white packaging will affect the "Lightly Salted" and "Consomme Punch" lines of potato chips. (Nikkei collage)
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[2026-05-12 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Narendra Modi urges Indians to conserve fuel amid war on Iran
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[2026-05-12 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s shipyards secured a staggering 85 per cent of global orders in the first quarter, as demand for oil tankers surges amid the Iran war
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[2026-05-12 00:30 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s shipyards secured a staggering 85 per cent of global orders in the first quarter, as demand for oil tankers surges amid the Iran war
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[2026-05-12 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ICC confirmed the warrant had been confidentially issued last November and kept under seal
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[2026-05-12 00:22 UTC+10:00] [National Bureau of Investigation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ICC confirmed the warrant had been confidentially issued last November and kept under seal
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[2026-05-12 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES paras 2-3 as talks began; CHANGES dateline) By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-05-12 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Monday that two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for the desecration of a Christian statue in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-11 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian family has described how Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank forced them to exhume the newly buried grave of an elderly relative, claiming it was too close to a settlement recently authorized by Israel’s government.
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[2026-05-11 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As DB's Jim Reid tallies overnight, it has now been 73 days since the war in Iran began, with the past 32 marked by a stalemate characterized by a mix of truce and ongoing ceasefire. The absence of any meaningful kinetic activity for over a month suggests a firm US preference for reaching a deal.
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[2026-05-11 23:34 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-11 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's eyes and ears in Yemen – the Houthis – have been working diligently to expand their weapons cache, amassing new equipment that poses a “direct threat” to shipping, critical infrastructure and the wider region, experts have said.
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[2026-05-11 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered the country’s forces to continue military operations against the US and Israel, according to a report by Iranian public broadcaster IRIB released Sunday.
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[2026-05-11 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Donald Trump is set to touch down in Beijing, China, on Wednesday for a two-day state visit – the first by a US president in eight years – as relations between the world’s two largest economies teeter at a crossroads defined by the Iran war, trade friction, and technological rivalry.
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[2026-05-11 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to his latest peace proposal to end the war, which has upended the global economy.
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[2026-05-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Cellular Intelligence has acquired global rights to Novo Nordisk’s clinical‑stage cell therapy program for Parkinson’s disease, a fast-growing neurodegenerative disease that affects close to 12 million people worldwide, the company announced today.
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[2026-05-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Left-wingers and liberals in Israel who object – absolutely or partially – to Jewish settlement in territories occupied by Israel in the course of the 1967 Six Day War, or during the recent war in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, are frequently accused by the Israeli Right of no longer being Zionists, or – worse still – of being anti-Zionists.
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[2026-05-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A public map of companies linked, directly or indirectly, to Israel’s defense industry has turned Palestine Action’s campaign into something more difficult to classify than a protest drive. The map lists companies, suppliers, facilities, and, in some cases, private addresses connected to individuals linked to targeted firms. A linked guide tells supporters how to organize.
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[2026-05-11 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday that it was fully prepared to defend her in an impeachment trial.
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[2026-05-11 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the United States government and defence companies face long backlogs in delivering weapons to their clients, Gulf and Arab states are increasingly signing deals to buy or invest in Turkish arms.
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[2026-05-11 22:45 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-11 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Members of the British Army have parachuted onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British national with suspected hantavirus.
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[2026-05-11 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, right, speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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[2026-05-11 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Originally from Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Gloria Bash is a young, multi-talented artist, known for her music and social engagement.
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[2026-05-11 22:02 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It will be the first time a US president has visited China in nearly a decade, with the last visit being Trump in 2017
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[2026-05-11 21:59 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds has resigned after Ukrainian drones flew into the country's airspace from Russia last week and hit an oil storage facility, the latest defense leadership change on NATO's eastern flank in recent months.
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[2026-05-11 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Council has terminated the partial suspension of a cooperation agreement with Syria, thereby restoring fuller trade ties with the country as it seeks to emerge from nearly 14 years of war.
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[2026-05-11 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: What is the state of Israel’s economy after nearly three years of war? As Israel increases its defense budget, weans itself off US aid, and halts the hiring of most Palestinian workers, can its industries continue to survive and thrive?
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[2026-05-11 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior Saudi royal, has said that the Gulf kingdom refused to get plunged into “an Israeli plan to ignite war between us and Iran”.
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[2026-05-11 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israel Air Force helicopter failed to take off after landing to evacuate three wounded soldiers in southern Lebanon on Monday morning, the IDF said later in the afternoon.
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[2026-05-11 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Lebanese Health Ministry has accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of deliberately targeting medics during airstrikes on the country.
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[2026-05-11 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — Asia’s first defenses against energy shocks from the Iran war are running short and a more consequential second wave of impacts is beginning to hit.
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[2026-05-11 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is heading back to China, but this time, the Iran war raises the stakes for both sides. China is the bigger purchaser of Iranian oil. Trump had hoped China would do more to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren)
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[2026-05-11 20:42 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has accused the United States of presenting “unreasonable” and “one-sided” demands in negotiations aimed at ending the war, as the two sides maintain a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-05-11 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted at the use of American soldiers on the ground in Iran, as he declared that the conflict was "not over".
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[2026-05-11 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israel war on Iran is not the result of a sudden escalation but the culmination of a long-term Israeli agenda to violently reshape the Middle East, former Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani tells Al Jazeera.
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[2026-05-11 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has accused the United States of presenting “unreasonable” and “one-sided” demands in negotiations aimed at ending the war, as the two sides maintain a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-05-11 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has deployed more troops to Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, where a raid is ongoing after a Palestinian man opened fire on Israeli border police.
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[2026-05-11 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A painting stolen from a Jewish art collector by the Nazis during World War Two has been found in the home of descendants of a notorious Dutch SS collaborator, an art detective has said.
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[2026-05-11 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hong Kong has become a critical financial and logistical lifeline for Iran’s regime — helping move illicit oil, weapons technology and surveillance tools that fuel Tehran’s military machine and domestic repression, according to a bombshell report set for release Monday.
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