Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two American-flagged merchant ships made it through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military announced Monday, the first indication that the Trump administration was restoring the flow of shipping traffic in the crucial waterway.
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[2026-05-05 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-05-05 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Air travel in the Gulf is ramping up amid a ceasefire between the US and Iran.
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[2026-05-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy issued a new map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz under its control on Monday, state media reported.
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[2026-05-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has issued urgent warnings about a surge in AI-powered cyber threats and disinformation campaigns linked to Iran, citing increased risks during a period of heightened regional tensions.
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A residential house in Tacloban City shakes during the magnitude 6.0 earthquake. The occupants were advised to remain cautious and alert for possible aftershocks.
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A $1 billion project to build an advanced US military hospital in Ramstein, Germany is suddenly in the public eye. Scheduled to open next year, there are now doubts about its future. Its role could be made redundant should there be drastic changes in US deployments in the country and around Europe.
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[2026-05-04 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A state-backed Nigerian militia, operating alongside the military, killed scores of ethnic Fulani herders in a raid, local sources have told AFP.
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[2026-05-04 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least five people have been killed and 18 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, local officials say.
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[2026-05-04 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz.
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[2026-05-04 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A dashcam inside a delivery lorry shows the moment a United Airlines flight clipped the vehicle as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport outside of New York City.
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘The man is the establishment, I suppose, the military industrial complex. A few year later, when we played it live, we added a loop of Bill Hicks saying: “All governments are liars and murderers”’
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As diplomats convene in New York from 27 April to 22 May for the latest session of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference, its credibility is under unprecedented strain, Former Chief of Iran's National Security and Foreign Relations Committee Seyed Hossein Mousavian writes for Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-04 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Red Sox sound about as hopeless as any team in baseball right now as the locker room begins to turn on each other.
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[2026-05-04 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — World officials pushed Monday for faster action to reduce methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector, arguing it would both help slow climate change and boost energy security as the Middle East war chokes off supply.
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[2026-05-04 23:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-04 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 20 people on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry says - marking one of the deadliest few days there since a ceasefire began just over two weeks ago.
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[2026-05-04 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz.
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[2026-05-04 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says it fired missiles at US warship to prevent it entering Hormuz
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[2026-05-04 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said Washington will guide ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz to safety – in an initiative dubbed “Project Freedom” – signalling a potential challenge to Iran’s blockade of the strategic waterway.
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[2026-05-04 23:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON - Two US commercial ships have successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said Monday, as it is supporting an operation to restore freedom of navigation through the crucial waterway.
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[2026-05-04 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Central Command on Monday denied claims from Iranian state media that a U.S. warship transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by two missiles and forced to retreat.
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[2026-05-04 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sectarian tension in Lebanon has further degenerated after a video depicting Hezbollah as characters from the Angry Birds video game prompted online posts attacking the leader of the country's Maronite Church.
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[2026-05-04 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Two U.S. commercial ships have successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Monday, as it is supporting an operation to restore freedom of navigation through the crucial waterway.
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[2026-05-04 22:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-04 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Military forces from the Philippines, the United States, and Japan conduct high-intensity Counter-Landing Live Fire Exercise on May 4, 2026, at the La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag, Ilocos Norte. The joint maneuvers, featured a massive display of integrated firepower including HIMARS rocket systems, Apache Longbow attack helicopters, and 105mm howitzers.
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[2026-05-04 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global economies could be "sleepwalking" into a "big recession", as investors continue to underplay the impact of the oil price shock, Amrita Sen, founder and director, market intelligence at Energy Aspect, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Monday.
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[2026-05-04 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran said on Monday that ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz must coordinate with Iranian authorities, after the United States announced an effort to open the strait.
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[2026-05-04 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland is bracing for a surge of illegal weapons from Ukraine after the end of the conflict with Russia, with police warning that a “smuggling boom” could eclipse the decades-long Balkan weapons crisis, a law enforcement official told Rzeczpospolita.
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[2026-05-04 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland is bracing for a surge of illegal weapons from Ukraine after the end of the conflict with Russia, with police warning that a “smuggling boom” could eclipse the decades-long Balkan weapons crisis, a law enforcement official told Rzeczpospolita.
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[2026-05-04 22:43 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hangings are latest in wave of near-daily killings as authorities seek to instil fear amid war with US and Israel
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[2026-05-04 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Russia’s May 9 Victory Day parade could have some unwelcome guests this year: Ukrainian drones.
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[2026-05-04 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures whipsawed and crude oil spiked higher as tensions flared up again in the Middle East, taking the focus off a run of strong earnings by megacap tech companies. As of 8:00am ET, S&P and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.2% from Friday's record highs, falling as much as 0.5% just minutes earlier after Iran’s Fars agency claimed two missiles hit an American patrol boat, before erasing most of the declines after the US denied a ship was hit.
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[2026-05-04 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: CENTCOM hails two US merchant ships exiting Hormuz Strait safely in "first step".
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[2026-05-04 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAOAG, Ilocos Norte — The military exercise being conducted by the Philippines, United States and allied partners in northern Luzon does not target anyone and is not in preparation for any possible foreign invasion, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Monday.
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[2026-05-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Chargers were extremely selective in free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft in adding to their defense, which ranked ninth in the league last year while surrendering 20 points per game.
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[2026-05-04 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 19-year-old charged over an alleged bomb hoax which led to the evacuation of a show by Peter Kay was removed from a magistrates court due to his outbursts during proceedings on Monday.
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[2026-05-04 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-04 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Though tempered by the prospect of additional GOP gerrymandering of House districts in the wake of a pivotal Supreme Court decision, Democrats' hopes for a rout of Republicans in the approaching midterm elections are rising after a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that President Trump's disapproval rating is now the highest of either of his two terms in office.
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[2026-05-04 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-05-04 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A senior Israeli military official said the army discriminates in its response to stone-throwing attacks in the occupied West Bank based on whether the perpetrators are Palestinians or Jews, and that Israel is “killing like we haven’t killed since 1967”.
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[2026-05-04 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the Middle East undergoes a profound transformation, a central question is emerging: What is the current conflict really about?
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[2026-05-04 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Cheap, mass-produced one-way drones have played a major role in the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran since the first attacks on Tehran on February 28. As Iran uses these drones to target energy facilities, airbases and other strategic sites across the Gulf and Israel, the US and Israel use expensive interceptor missiles for defence.
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[2026-05-04 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has expanded its control of the Gaza Strip to nearly 60 percent of the territory despite the ceasefire, as it prepares for a possible resumption of the war, Army Radio reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-04 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has expanded its control of the Gaza Strip to nearly 60 percent of the territory despite the ceasefire, as it prepares for a possible resumption of the war, Army Radio reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-04 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Aaron Boxerman and Sanam Mahoozi
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[2026-05-04 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: YEREVAN, Armenia — European leaders talked up independence on defence and closer ties with Canada Monday, as they gathered in Armenia for a summit clouded by US threats to cut military support.
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[2026-05-04 20:54 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said the U.S. decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany had caught European leaders off guard.
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[2026-05-04 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Wild dashcam video shows the nightmarish moment a United Airlines plane struck a bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike while coming in to land at Newark Airport.
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[2026-05-04 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US Navy patrol boat has been hit by two Iranian missiles not far from the Strait of Hormuz after it ignored warnings to stay out of the critical waterway, Fars News Agency has reported. It claimed that the boat was “forced to retreat,” without providing information on the damage.
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