Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Trump warns Iran to "get their act together" and to "get smart" - and for the second time writes "no more Mr. Nice Guy".
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[2026-04-29 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PLA’s ‘containerised destroyer’ can carry missile launchers and hide within commercial shipping lanes, military magazine says
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[2026-04-29 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Zhong Da 79] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PLA’s ‘containerised destroyer’ can carry missile launchers and hide within commercial shipping lanes, military magazine says
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[2026-04-29 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In the skies over the Lebanese town of Taybeh, Israel’s multibillion-dollar defence systems were rendered useless by a spool of cable, according to a report by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth (Ynet).
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[2026-04-29 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian regional government officials say Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least three people and injured 17 during stalled United States-led talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces’ bases, military ruler Assimi Goita on Tuesday said the situation was “under control”, with Russian security forces providing air support to prevent rebels from capturing key positions, including the presidential palace in capital Bamako.
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[2026-04-29 22:04 UTC+10:00] [NBA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: San Antonio seal 4-1 series win over Portland
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[2026-04-29 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN General Assembly president meets Chinese foreign minister in Beijing amid Iran war tensions and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-29 21:51 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN General Assembly president meets Chinese foreign minister in Beijing amid Iran war tensions and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-29 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Two successive Israeli air strikes on a building in southern Lebanon have killed five people, including three emergency workers, Lebanese officials say, in what the country's prime minister has described as a "war crime".
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[2026-04-29 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Just 12 hours before the United States and Israel began attacking Iran in late February, Firouz, a crypto user in Tehran, decided to act. “I was feeling all week the war would start soon,” he said.
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[2026-04-29 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has accused Israel of using access to water as a weapon against Palestinians during the Gaza genocide.
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[2026-04-29 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, signed an order to impose sanctions against the fundraising campaign of the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing toward the Gaza Strip to break the Israeli blockade and deliver continuous humanitarian aid.
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[2026-04-29 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-29 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Russian paramilitary launched air strikes against rebel forces near Mali's capital Bamako, video footage shows, following a shock offensive against the ruling military government.
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[2026-04-29 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many millions depend on the river but toxic run-off from mining for modern technology - including for war - could be an existential threat
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[2026-04-29 21:22 UTC+10:00] [Vietnam] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many millions depend on the river but toxic run-off from mining for modern technology - including for war - could be an existential threat
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[2026-04-29 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SME measures designed to improve access to financing, strengthen resilience, and accelerate transformation amid challenges linked to Middle East war
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[2026-04-29 21:17 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SME measures designed to improve access to financing, strengthen resilience, and accelerate transformation amid challenges linked to Middle East war
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[2026-04-29 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish inflation cooled in April thanks to falling electricity prices even as the Middle East war roiled global energy markets, official data showed on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A wave of drone attacks were launched against Sudanese Armed Forces positions south of Khartoum late on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Watch live as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran.
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[2026-04-29 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Five former South Korean prisoners of war (POWs) have filed a compensation lawsuit against North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un at a Seoul court, seeking damages for forced labor.
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[2026-04-29 20:39 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Nigel Farage said Thursday he was the victim of a petrol bomb attack last year, and no suspects have been brought to justice.
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[2026-04-29 20:39 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Annual event at Red Square will feature no armoured vehicles or missile systems for first time in two decades
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[2026-04-29 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's army said on Wednesday that an Israeli strike killed two people, including a soldier, in the country's south despite a ceasefire in Israel's war on Lebanon.
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[2026-04-29 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Tens of thousands of people have returned to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, since the army recaptured it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in March last year.
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[2026-04-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so‑called "shadow fleet" has had no clear impact on the number passing through UK waters, a Reuters analysis shows.
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[2026-04-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jonathan Conricus, a former international spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned that the current ceasefire frameworks surrounding Israel should not be mistaken for a strategic resolution.
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[2026-04-29 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-04-29 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe is urgently turning to alternative suppliers of jet fuel as imports from the Middle East remain knocked out — but the continent must "fight for every cargo" in what analysts have dubbed a "global stress test" for the airline industry.
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[2026-04-29 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said early Wednesday that Iran’s leaders had “better get smart soon” and agree to give up their nuclear program as the war between Washington and Tehran passed its two-month anniversary.
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[2026-04-29 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The House Committee on Justice's finding that there was probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte was "not unexpected." That’s the reaction of the lawyers of Duterte after the panel declared that there was probable cause to impeach the vice president. They maintained that the committee proceedings did not follow what is contained in the constitution.
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[2026-04-29 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity
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[2026-04-29 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference after the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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[2026-04-29 19:54 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — The Kremlin's annual May 9 military parade, celebrating victory in World War II, will not feature tanks, artillery or missile systems as Russia's armed forces struggle to push through defensive fortifications in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Most U.S. adults oppose the war with Iran and say the U.S. should make a deal to end the war as fast as possible. In a recent survey of 1,700 adults, conducted by the Economist and YouGov between April 17 and 20, only 12 percent said they thought that such a deal would be reached in the next two weeks.
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[2026-04-29 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-29 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanese authorities have launched an investigation after a student contacted IDF Arabic Spokesman Col. (res.) Avichay Adraee, asking that the IDF target her school, according to the military official and a statement issued by the Choueifat National College.
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[2026-04-29 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices advanced again on Wednesday as traders balanced the United Arab Emirates' shock departure from OPEC with indications that a near-term conclusion to the Iran war is unlikely.
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[2026-04-29 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BERLIN (AP) — German police arrested a Kazakh national suspected of passing information about possible targets for sabotage and Germany’s defense industry to Russia’s intelligence service, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Terrance Lau leads this unrealistic but fun 1990s-set actioner that’s stuffed with stars including Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-fat and Louis Koo
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[2026-04-29 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Cold War 1994] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Terrance Lau leads this unrealistic but fun 1990s-set actioner that’s stuffed with stars including Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-fat and Louis Koo
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[2026-04-29 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A dangerous dissident republican group, the New IRA, which is allegedly linked to Iran and Hezbollah, claimed responsibility Tuesday for a car bomb outside a Belfast police station before warning of further attacks, according to reports.
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[2026-04-29 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The skies of Russia’s Perm region were engulfed with black smoke on Wednesday morning after Ukrainian drones attacked an industrial facility, which Ukrainian media identified as oil pipeline infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Europe is losing nearly €500 million a day as the Middle East conflict drives up fossil fuel costs, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, as turmoil in the Persian Gulf continues to rattle global energy markets.
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[2026-04-29 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the military-style immigration sweeps across the country. Then she read about legal residents being arrested at immigration court and wondered when federal agents would set their sights on her city.
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[2026-04-29 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning, saying the country "better get smart soon!"
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[2026-04-29 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Financial Secretary Paul Chan says surplus revised to HK$11 billion, HK$8.1 billion higher than the HK$2.9 billion originally forecast in budget
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[2026-04-29 18:54 UTC+10:00] [Junius Ho Kwan-yiu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Financial Secretary Paul Chan says surplus revised to HK$11 billion, HK$8.1 billion higher than the HK$2.9 billion originally forecast in budget
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