Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-10 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Defence and Veterans' Service Commission is set to lead an inquiry into military sexual violence within the ADF. (ABC News: Patrick Thomas)
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[2026-05-10 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A car bombing at a police post followed by an intense firefight has killed at least three officers in northwestern Pakistan, according to police and security sources.
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[2026-05-10 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The city’s detective union is escalating its war against rabid cop haters, pushing to have NYPD officers added to a federal law that requires protesters stay 25 feet away from ICE officers, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-10 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli strikes reportedly killed at least 13 in Lebanon on Saturday, while pounding Hezbollah targets across the battered country.
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[2026-05-10 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said he is ready to send a high-powered US delegation into Moscow as part of an intensified push to end the four-year-long war between Russia and Ukraine.
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[2026-05-10 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Cancer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After embarking on a trial of CAR T-cell therapy, actor Sam Neill announced he is cancer-free. Researchers are enthusiastic the therapies could be a major weapon in the battle against cancer
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[2026-05-10 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel built a secret military base in a remote part of the Iraqi desert to support an airstrike in the war against Iran, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Saturday evening.
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[2026-05-10 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly still playing a critical role in Iran’s war strategy marking the strongest indicator of his influence over Tehran since rising to power — and the first to come from US intelligence sources.
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[2026-05-10 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Melbourne cafe owner Caleb Cha says imitators of his signature Tiger Bomb coffee have prompted him to consider what he can do to protect it. (ABC News: Natasya Salim)
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[2026-05-10 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank has been forced by Israeli settlers, reportedly under military protection, to dig up their father’s grave and rebury him, which the United Nations is condemning as “appalling and dehumanising”.
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[2026-05-10 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A crazed ex-fireman allegedly launched into a violent rampage after his ex-girlfriend dumped him — and was “ready for war” when he drove eight hours intending to kill her family in New Jersey, according to prosecutors.
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[2026-05-10 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: From post-war Jewish refugees, who arrived with nothing but hope, to the bohemian artists and performers who took over in the 1970s, historic Melbourne mansion Labassa has more stories than rooms.
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[2026-05-10 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-10 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said the war in Ukraine was winding down, slamming Western support for Kyiv, as the first day of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was marked by mutual accusations of violations.
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[2026-05-10 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have killed at least four people in a fresh wave of attacks in southern Lebanon, pushing today’s death toll to at least 23.
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[2026-05-10 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior figures in the oil and gas industry say the war involving Iran is set to reshape the global energy system, warning that recent disruptions have exposed deep structural weaknesses.
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[2026-05-10 04:27 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Even with the Iran war weighing Trump’s party down, Democrats face a challenge turning the upper chamber blue
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[2026-05-10 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In darkened halls across Iran, hundreds of men dressed in black beat their chests in unison as religious eulogists chant rhythmic laments of martyrdom, sacrifice and war.
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[2026-05-10 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Russia and Ukraine on Saturday traded accusations of violating a three-day US-brokered ceasefire but no major strikes were reported by the warring sites so far.
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[2026-05-10 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel and the US prioritized the degradation of Iran's nuclear weaponization abilities during Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury over the targeting of nuclear enrichment sites, an Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) analysis of satellite imagery revealed on Thursday.
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[2026-05-10 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Iranian government has for the first time officially weighed in on the health of new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was injured in the opening strikes of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, which killed the younger Khamenei's father and wife.
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[2026-05-10 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding Saturday after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, while the country that hosts the US Navy’s regional headquarters said it arrested dozens of people it alleged were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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[2026-05-10 03:10 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Trump will depart for Beijing in just under a week, alongside a delegation of U.S. CEOs primed to stake out deals with the country’s geopolitical rival.
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[2026-05-10 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanon reels from Israeli strikes despite the ceasefire and upcoming US-hosted talks
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[2026-05-10 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – As the United States awaits Tehran’s latest response to texts for an agreement being exchanged through intermediaries, Iranian authorities and state-linked media are emphasising that they consider control over the Strait of Hormuz more important than ever.
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[2026-05-10 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Guardians’ defense just got a huge boost.
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[2026-05-10 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker is approaching the Strait of Hormuz, potentially becoming the first of its kind to pass through the waterway since the war on Iran began.
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[2026-05-10 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By many accounts Russia's Saturday Victory Day parade and memorial observances in Moscow's Red Square were once again muted and somewhat scaled down compared to the immense pageantry which marked the pre-Ukraine war years.
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[2026-05-10 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Widows and mothers of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine marched in a Victory Day parade in the Far East city of Chita on Saturday, in what local media described as a first for the annual celebrations marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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[2026-05-10 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE exists a subtle but observable pattern in the recruitment, radicalization, and terrorist-grooming of students and of youth belonging to vulnerable sectors. But the single, most disturbing revelation was that some institutions of learning that are supposed to be gateways to success — schools where students enter to unlock and harness their potential — are venues for New People’s Army (NPA) recruitment.
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[2026-05-10 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: (May 8, 2026 / JNS ) The IDF has killed several terrorists, including one who participated in the abduction of a young Israeli woman on Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-10 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN 2001, Basilan became infamous around the world when the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) abducted 20 hostages, including three Americans, from Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan. The ASG entered Lamitan City in Basilan with their hostages and took over a church and a hospital compound. The military surrounded the ASG, then led by Abu Sabaya, and fierce clashes ensued.
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[2026-05-10 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Retired US Army sergeant Todd Neiss says he was blindsided when he allegedly came face-to-face with three massive Bigfoot-like creatures during a military mission — and now believes the elusive beasts may be “watching us.”
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[2026-05-10 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Niger’s suspension of nine French media publications as the military government continues to crack down on journalists.
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[2026-05-10 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has killed at least 18 people in Lebanon so far on Saturday in a series of air strikes, despite the three-week ceasefire arrangement.
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[2026-05-10 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Security forces and emergency responders gather around a damaged vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in the coastal town of Saadiyat, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-05-10 01:06 UTC+10:00] [Women's Six Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Packer scores four to set up possible France showdown
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[2026-05-10 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: This week marks the 59th anniversary of the Six Day War. It was a moment that returned us to Jerusalem and to the biblical homeland of the Jewish people. We look back at historical milestones for many reasons.
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[2026-05-10 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese media reported that at least one person was killed after a series of Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon on Saturday, in violation of the ceasefire.
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[2026-05-10 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Trump administration continues to await a formal response from Tehran on a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Hormuz chokepoint, following last week's clashes between Iranian and U.S. naval forces in the world's most critical waterway.
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[2026-05-10 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A British Royal Navy destroyer is headed to the Middle East where a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is underway – as part of a multi-country mission that could finally unlock commercial shipping in the critical waterway.
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[2026-05-10 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Royal Navy is sending a warship to the Middle East where it could join an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An exhibit of psyops leaflets released in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya finally shows American people the messages that were made in their nameBy Moustafa Bayoumi
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[2026-05-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran war, tariff setbacks and sliding US poll numbers reshape the balance going into next week’s high-stakes talks
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[2026-05-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran war, tariff setbacks and sliding US poll numbers reshape the balance going into next week’s high-stakes talks
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[2026-05-09 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Despite the severe shortages and devastation in Gaza, a handful of surfers in Gaza City continue to hold onto the sport they love.
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[2026-05-09 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese media reported that another Israeli strike hit an area south of Beirut on Saturday, only moments after two earlier strikes targeted the Saadiyat highway in the same region.
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[2026-05-09 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The road to Arab al-Aramshe on Israel’s northern border consists of a series of vertigo-inducing switchbacks. This is route 8993, and it winds around the hills that lead up to the border. The ravines here are steep, marked by rocky outcroppings and large caves, one of which, Keshet, is located near Kibbutz Adamit and features a natural arch.
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[2026-05-09 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman on Saturday thanked former president Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters as the International Criminal Court considers his request to withdraw from the former leader’s defense team in the crimes against humanity case linked to the Philippines’ war on drugs.
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[2026-05-09 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Union crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib called for increased humanitarian access on Saturday, as aid struggles to reach areas in southern Lebanon hit by Israeli strikes.
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