Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-02 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has claimed that it has killed three Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon in further violation of ceasefire agreements.
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[2026-08-02 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEVERAL modernization projects of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have advanced and are in various stages of procurement, the Department of National Defense (DND) said.
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[2026-08-02 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least four Palestinians, with separate attacks hitting medicine warehouses beside a hospital that officials say is a lifeline for the region.
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[2026-08-02 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen others, local officials said on Saturday, hours after Kyiv’s mayor had warned of a ballistic missile attack.
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE violent confrontations between the Philippine Navy (PN) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) at the Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal have been our country’s defining moments in protecting our territorial integrity, sovereignty and sovereign rights.
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[2026-08-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WILDFIRES engulfed large swaths of forests and communities in both Spain and France. Firefighters struggled to control the massive blazes as extreme heat waves and strong winds further hampered efforts to contain them. Some 220,000 people in France were forced to leave their homes, while more than 100,000 in Spain fled — the largest evacuation since World War II.
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[2026-08-02 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 11 people have been wounded in a Colombian car bombing, days before right-wing President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is set to take office.
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[2026-08-02 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A series of diplomatic moves across the Middle East is raising the prospect of new regional arrangements even as the continuing confrontation between Washington and Tehran places governments under mounting military, economic and political pressure.
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[2026-08-02 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Sri Lankan court has sentenced a former police chief and a former Defence Ministry official to death after finding them guilty of criminal negligence for the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 260 people in 2019.
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[2026-08-02 01:00 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 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump walked back his decision to let Ukraine produce its own Patriot interceptors in comments to the Financial Times on Thursday.
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[2026-08-02 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three Palestinians were slightly injured during an Israeli settler extremist attack on the West Bank village of Surif overnight on Saturday, according to an Army Radio report.
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[2026-08-02 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Some Palestinians expressed scant hope on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a deal has been reached for the militant group Hamas to disarm and for Israel to withdraw its forces in Gaza. But many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-02 00:24 UTC+10:00] [International Relations] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Does Congress Have the Power to Stop the Iran War?2:23
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[2026-08-02 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is planning to transfer leadership of the Germany-based NATO command coordinating military aid to Ukraine to another member of the military bloc as Washington continues to scale back its military presence in Europe, Politico reported on Friday, citing an unnamed NATO official.
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[2026-08-02 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Directive seen as a long-overdue enforcement crackdown meant to inflict short-term contractor pain for long-term national security gain
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[2026-08-02 00:00 UTC+10:00] [germanium] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Directive seen as a long-overdue enforcement crackdown meant to inflict short-term contractor pain for long-term national security gain
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[2026-08-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait's air defences responded to drone attacks on Saturday after what the country's military described as Iranian aggression.
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[2026-08-01 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq plans to sign a one-year agreement to continue crude oil flows through a pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. The Opec nation is actively looking for alternative routes to export Iraqi crude as the Strait of Hormuz remains virtually closed due to the US-Iran war.
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[2026-08-01 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Holding photographs of their sons who vanished during the war, mothers in Gaza wait for answers.
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[2026-08-01 23:06 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: BEIJING — China conducted military drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday as territorial tensions with the Philippines intensify.
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[2026-08-01 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rear Admiral Lai Ruxin says troops will bolster defence capacity to safeguard Hong Kong’s stability, while carrying out its duties according to law
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[2026-08-01 23:05 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rear Admiral Lai Ruxin says troops will bolster defence capacity to safeguard Hong Kong’s stability, while carrying out its duties according to law
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[2026-08-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA Navy flier Yang Yong tells state broadcaster he was forced to stay at altitude for several minutes despite the extreme danger he faced
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[2026-08-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA Navy flier Yang Yong tells state broadcaster he was forced to stay at altitude for several minutes despite the extreme danger he faced
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[2026-08-01 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIJING (AP) — China conducted military drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Saturday as territorial tensions with the Philippines intensify.
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[2026-08-01 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia pounded Kyiv and the region in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing 10 people, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its U.S. Patriot air defense systems.
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[2026-08-01 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A recent conference at the National Assembly in Belgrade, in which I participated, cast a fascinating spotlight on an under-reported but significant component of Israeli foreign relations: the Jewish state’s flourishing relations with Serbia.
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[2026-08-01 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: War on Iran: Phase II: Day 20
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[2026-08-01 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For most students, the General Secondary Education Certificate, known as Tawjihi in Palestine, marks the end of school and the start of a new chapter.
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[2026-08-01 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Fox News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prominent Fox News hosts have expressed concern, bewilderment and frustration over US objectives in Iran
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[2026-08-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The weapon is capable of striking targets in the continental US from Chinese waters, making it a key element of Beijing’s nuclear strategy
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[2026-08-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [People's Liberation Army] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The weapon is capable of striking targets in the continental US from Chinese waters, making it a key element of Beijing’s nuclear strategy
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[2026-08-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians save belongings from destroyed buildings at the scene of an Israeli airstrike, at al-Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-01 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China's Xi Jinping told the People's Liberation Army this week to intensify the military application of artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, telling a Politburo study session that the force should build toward what the official readout called an "intelligent military system." The directive landed days before the PLA's ninety-ninth anniversary and squarely on the modernization targets Beijing has set for its centenary in 2027.
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[2026-08-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A tanker near Oman reported being struck overnight, with another saying it saw an explosion nearby as Iran warned Washington that the U.S. military's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would result in the closure of key shipping routes.
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[2026-08-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the US has continued its war against Iran, the Islamic Republic has responded by launching retaliatory strikes across the Gulf, mainly targeting American assets.
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[2026-08-01 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Erbil, Iraq – Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have been on high alert since the United States-Israel strikes on Iran began on February 28. Their bases in the semi-autonomous Kurdish Region of Iraq and inside Iran itself have been thrust onto the front lines of the war.
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[2026-08-01 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 1 Aug 2026 at 7:43pm
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could follow
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[2026-08-01 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-01 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Thousands of people demonstrate in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to demand the reinstatement of the young and tech-savvy defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who was sacked two weeks ago. Fedorov, 35, was appointed in January on a mandate to modernize and digitize the Ukrainian military. He was removed after months of behind-the-scenes clashes with the army command, who he said resisted his calls for change.
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[2026-08-01 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spanish army soldiers assist a migrant who swam from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere)
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[2026-08-01 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Saturday that the country's military remained the "only guarantor of Lebanon’s unity, sovereignty and independence”.
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[2026-08-01 17:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A teenager allegedly linked to Melbourne gangland boss Kaz Hamad’s crew known as The Commission is accused of dealing meth and firearms while already on bail for other offences.
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[2026-08-01 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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