Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-09 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Israeli strikes hit areas in Lebanon south of Beirut on Saturday in violation of the ceasefire with Israel, according to Lebanese media and AFP reports.
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[2026-05-09 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Kingdom will send a destroyer to the Middle East ahead of an international mission to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the defence ministry announced on Saturday.
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[2026-05-09 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Vladimir Putin has used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow’s Red Square to justify his war in Ukraine and denounce Nato.
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[2026-05-09 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The world's energy system will change in big ways as a result of the Iran war, the CEOs of key oil and gas companies told investors on their earnings calls over the past two weeks.
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[2026-05-09 22:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-09 22:31 UTC+10:00] [Real Madrid] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Coach insists he is ‘proud’ of Valverde and Tchouaméni
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[2026-05-09 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eight of the 46 highly-anticipated UFO videos Congress has demanded be made public by the Department of War are featured in an upcoming documentary, including a color video of a flying sphere shared publicly for the first time with The Post.
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[2026-05-09 22:15 UTC+10:00] [Media] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over a pared-back Victory Day celebration on Saturday in Moscow’s Red Square, as a three-day ceasefire in the war in Ukraine appeared to hold.
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[2026-05-09 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They are the Women in Black.
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[2026-05-09 21:53 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. Defense Department has released an initial trove of previously classified files on alleged UFO sightings — including two videos of what it calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) spotted near Japan.
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[2026-05-09 21:42 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The U.S. military on Friday said its forces struck and "disabled" two Iranian-flagged oil tankers to stop them pulling into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.
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[2026-05-09 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump told reporters in Washington that the ceasefire with Iran was holding. Trump also said Iran “trifled with us,” after the U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces.”
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[2026-05-09 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Frontier Airlines flight struck and killed a person while taking off Friday night, sparking a partial engine fire and forcing the plane to stay grounded.
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[2026-05-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-05-09 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide A petrol bomb explodes as police officers stand guard during an anti-government protest, triggered by a corruption investigation against senior government officials, in Tirana, Albania. ReutersInfo Delhi Capitals' Sri Lankan batsman Pathum Nissanka during the 2026 Indian Premier League T20 match between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
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[2026-05-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year.
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[2026-05-09 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr says there has been 'a nano-shift' in Asean's approach to crisis-hit Myanmar, a country formally excluded from high-level summits since a 2021 military coup that triggered a bloody civil war. Speaking at a press conference closing the 48th Asean Summit in Cebu on May 9, 2026, the Philippine leader also outlined plans for a shared regional fuel reserve and warned of the 'alarming' consequences of any disruption to navigation in the South China Sea.
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[2026-05-09 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has killed two “narco-terrorists”, leaving one survivor, in its latest attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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[2026-05-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. is imposing sanctions on companies and individuals across the Middle East and China for allegedly helping Iran in its war efforts, the State Department said.
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[2026-05-09 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during Victory Day celebrations in Red Square. (Kremlin.ru via Reuters)
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[2026-05-09 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean troops marched in Russia's Victory Day military parade held in Moscow on Saturday, according to footage released by Russia's Tass news agency, in a show of the growing military ties between the two nations.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association, which works as Hezbollah's bank and funding source, resumed its operations on Saturday, according to a report by Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network.
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[2026-05-09 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli bombing killed at least three people in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-09 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 21 April, Germany, together with Italy, blocked a motion by Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement over Israel’s human rights violations, its genocidal war against Gaza, and settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-09 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: May 09, 2026 - 12:22 pm Russia staged its set-piece Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square on Saturday to mark 81 years since the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The scaled-back event went ahead with no military hardware, in a first since 2008. Addressing the military servicemen gathered on the square, President Vladimir Putin said Russian soldiers in Ukraine were fighting an "aggressive force" backed by all of NATO and described his war goals
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[2026-05-09 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant in Bushehr continues to function normally despite reports of renewed US-Iran military exchanges, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said.
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[2026-05-09 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ParknShop and Wellcome offer 12 per cent discounts for purchases above HK$168, while HKTVmall offers up to 15 per cent off for physical store customers
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[2026-05-09 19:06 UTC+10:00] [Jardine Matheson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ParknShop and Wellcome offer 12 per cent discounts for purchases above HK$168, while HKTVmall offers up to 15 per cent off for physical store customers
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[2026-05-09 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
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[2026-05-09 19:04 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
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[2026-05-09 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UN says around 40,000 Palestinians have been internally displaced in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2025 due to Israeli army and settler violence.
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[2026-05-09 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This year’s event was scaled back, with no tanks, missiles and other heavy ground weapons on display for the first time in two decades
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[2026-05-09 18:42 UTC+10:00] [world war two] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This year’s event was scaled back, with no tanks, missiles and other heavy ground weapons on display for the first time in two decades
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[2026-05-09 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strike hit the outskirts of Nabatieh, along with the towns of Aroun and Kfar Tibnit on Saturday, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-05-09 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Vladimir Putin has used his annual Victory Day speech in Moscow's Red Square to justify his war in Ukraine and denounce Nato.
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[2026-05-09 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow’s forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.
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[2026-05-09 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Army Medical University researchers issue grim warning after findings show high doses of fish oil tablets may accelerate Alzheimer’s decline
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[2026-05-09 18:23 UTC+10:00] [Army Medical University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Army Medical University researchers issue grim warning after findings show high doses of fish oil tablets may accelerate Alzheimer’s decline
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[2026-05-09 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has kicked off its annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany during the second world war.
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