Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-02 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump says the deal will include an end to Iran’s nuclear threat and ‘the Immediate, complete and total opening’ of the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-08-02 13:54 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump says the deal will include an end to Iran’s nuclear threat and ‘the Immediate, complete and total opening’ of the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-08-02 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least eight people, including two children, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.
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[2026-08-02 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a planned large-scale military attack on Iran, claiming that the “perimeters of a deal” have been agreed upon.
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[2026-08-02 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military is expected to deploy about 10 additional aerial refuelling aircraft to Israel in the coming days, Israeli media has reported.
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[2026-08-02 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO — US President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war.
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[2026-08-02 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The latest Gaza proposal is better than the empty language that has surrounded much of the postwar discussion. It addresses Hamas’s weapons, the tunnels, the command structure, the future administration of Gaza, and the link between demilitarization and Israeli withdrawal.
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[2026-08-02 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-08-02 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had cancelled a military attack on Iran after Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries requested "to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to".
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[2026-08-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran subject to "rapidly" striking a deal with the country.
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[2026-08-02 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-02 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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[2026-08-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 2, 2026 12:00 | News
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Power cut to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; meal queues in Crimea where Ukrainian strikes have cut fuel and power supplies. What we know on day 1,621
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[2026-08-02 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-08-02 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, center, walks from Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 31, 2026, from Camp David, the presidential retreat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-02 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked US President Donald Trump to reconsider potential large military strikes on Iran during a phone call on Saturday, Axios reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would use all means to “legitimately defend the nation’s rights and security”.
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[2026-08-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington’s four-month diplomatic blitz aims to lock down regional allies as Washington’s commitment wavers
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[2026-08-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington’s four-month diplomatic blitz aims to lock down regional allies as Washington’s commitment wavers
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[2026-08-02 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four Palestinians, including a child, were killed in two Israeli strikes on Sunday despite US president Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's Gaza ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-08-02 10:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-02 10:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Justice Department has subpoenaed the records of a freelance journalist for the New York Times as part of a probe into the sourcing of a 2025 story about a botched US military operation in North Korea, the newspaper said on Saturday.
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[2026-08-02 09:51 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-02 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The New York Times has revealed that another journalist is facing a subpoena from the administration of United States President Donald Trump, this time about reporting conducted into a secret military operation in North Korea.
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[2026-08-02 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Authorities in Gaza have said that civil defence teams recovered the remains of 112 more people from rubble in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City after 136 hours of digging, much of it by hand.
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[2026-08-02 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said.
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[2026-08-02 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russian and Malian troops fighting against a rebel offensive in northern Mali have been resupplied with a vast number of military vehicles that appear to have been delivered by a sanctioned cargo ship, BBC Verify has found.
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[2026-08-02 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new survey by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends, seen by Globes, reports that while many tech companies continue to reduce employees and slow hiring, as part of streamlining adjustments for AI adoption, defense-tech startups are aggressively expanding their workforce. The number of new jobs in the defense-tech industry increased 20% in 2026 compared with the same period last year, and wages are climbing by about 8%.
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[2026-08-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s anti-corruption clean-up of the military reflects a historic commitment to party control, ensuring the armed forces strictly serve party goals
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[2026-08-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [People's Liberation Army] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s anti-corruption clean-up of the military reflects a historic commitment to party control, ensuring the armed forces strictly serve party goals
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[2026-08-02 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 7:58am
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[2026-08-02 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We've been detailing the escalating 'southern front' war in the Black and Caspian Seas, as Russia and Ukraine take aim at each other's maritime and energy and cargo transit and trade.
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[2026-08-02 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-08-02 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-08-02 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-08-02 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian children were among those detained in the latest round of Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-08-02 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least three people have been killed and 21 injured after a woman detonated a homemade explosive device at a restaurant in Moscow, Russian state media quotes security officials as saying.
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[2026-08-02 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The death toll in Gaza since dawn has risen to at least seven people, The Palestinian Civil Defence agency has announced.
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[2026-08-02 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 2 Aug 2026 at 5:01am
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[2026-08-02 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez blamed the National Liberation Army rebel group for the attack and offered a US$60,000 reward for information
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[2026-08-02 04:49 UTC+10:00] [Gustavo Petro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez blamed the National Liberation Army rebel group for the attack and offered a US$60,000 reward for information
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[2026-08-02 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There were no Friday night into Saturday morning US attacks on Iran, after President Trump warned he has given an order to hit Iran 'hard' - though didn't disclose a timeline. Friday reports in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Axios strongly suggested that large US strikes would commence at some point this weekend, as the region remains on edge.
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[2026-08-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli officials have raised the alert over the possibility of a new escalation of the Iran conflict, with many estimating that the conflict is "on the verge of exploding," N12 News reported on Saturday.
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[2026-08-02 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog.
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[2026-08-02 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Israeli military said an Israeli soldier was also injured there despite a ceasefire. Hezbollah has not claimed any attacks since June 20
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[2026-08-02 03:29 UTC+10:00] [US] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Israeli military said an Israeli soldier was also injured there despite a ceasefire. Hezbollah has not claimed any attacks since June 20
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[2026-08-02 02:42 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A drone attack sent smoke billowing from a giant Saudi oil facility, the largest such plant in the world. Two gas tankers burst into flames at an Egyptian port near the Suez Canal, a crucial choke point in global trade. Fireballs erupted over Jordan as missiles flew toward a base housing U.S.
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