Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Unions sometimes destroy entire industries when they demand more than companies can afford.
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[2026-04-29 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON —Efforts to end the Middle East war appeared at a standstill on Tuesday, with the US considering Tehran's latest offer to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran saying Washington could no longer dictate terms.
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[2026-04-29 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese soldiers were wounded after Israeli forces targeted a patrol carrying out a “citizen rescue operation”, the army said.
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[2026-04-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 29, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-29 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A member of Ukraine's military prepares a rocket-type interceptor drone for launch. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mali’s military leader Assimi Goita has met the Russian ambassador to the East African country, according to his office.
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[2026-04-29 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: General Motors is expecting a $500 million tariff refund after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Trump’s most sweeping levies.
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[2026-04-29 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Members of a rescue team were trapped while carrying out an operation in the town of Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s National News Agency. The Lebanese army is trying to rescue them.
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[2026-04-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Inflation is set to reach a three-year high as the war against Iran drives up prices on everyday goods, with warnings that the Australian economy could be in the grip of a stagflation slowdown that would drive more than 100,000 people out of work within months.
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[2026-04-29 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: On the 60th day of the Iran war, negotiations between Washington and Tehran remained at an impasse.
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[2026-04-29 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This courtroom sketch depicts Justice Department prosecutor John Gibbs speaking as defense attorneys Lauren Rosen, Geremy Kamens, from center middle seated, defendant Mohammad Sharifullah, and an interpreter, listen along with Judge Anthony John Trenga during the opening day of the trial for Sharifullah in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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[2026-04-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mali's military leader Assimi Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale jihadist-separatist attacks at the weekend, has met the Russian ambassador to his country, his office said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUREIJ, Gaza Strip — Young Palestinian artists in Gaza staged an impromptu exhibit on Tuesday, seeking another way to show the world what has happened during war and a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF soldiers stood by while extremist Jewish rioters set fire to a Palestinian home in the West Bank and beat an elderly man, Army Radio reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel grinds on, Ashkan Rostami, an Italian Persian geopolitical analyst focused on Iran, Israel, and regional dynamics in the Middle East, and a member of the Institute for a New Middle East, said one important part of the story was unfolding far from the battlefield.
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[2026-04-29 03:16 UTC+10:00] [BP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben Jennings on BP’s Iran war profits – cartoon
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 02:57 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tech company is latest Silicon Valley firm to sign agreement with US military despite widespread employee opposition
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[2026-04-29 02:57 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-29 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Khaled Khiari, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, said Gaza is enduring “ongoing and deadly Israeli strikes” alongside severe humanitarian conditions.
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[2026-04-29 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has used access to water as a weapon and a form of “collective punishment” against Palestinians in Gaza, according to a report by international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Israel has rejected the claims as baseless.
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Komatsu is having a harder time raising prices on construction machinery as competitors are also holding prices steady. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Higher global energy prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have done little to ease the deepening crisis in Russia’s coal industry, with analysts and officials warning the sector remains on track for another year of heavy losses.
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[2026-04-29 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ariel view of Bamako, Mali, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has "no closer friends" than the British, as he welcomed King Charles III to the White House on a state visit overshadowed by tensions over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-29 02:20 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon
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[2026-04-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian military personnel on April 5 carry the coffin of a U.N. peacekeeper killed in Lebanon. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- A Japanese crude oil supertanker may have crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in what would be the first time a refiner-owned vessel has exited the Persian Gulf since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHAT if oil prices rise to more than $370 per barrel due to a protracted war in the Middle East and lingering oil supply disruptions? That nightmarish possibility is now being raised by economists alarmed by the chaotic handling of the Middle East war by Donald Trump’s administration. A protracted war, according to the economists, will make the 3-percent global growth projected by the International Monetary Fund for 2026 as overly optimistic.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with Iran’s latest proposal on resolving the two-month war in the Middle East, a US official said, dampening hopes for resolution of a conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fueled inflation, and killed thousands.
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[2026-04-29 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IMAGINE — if only as a diplomatic thought experiment — the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announcing, with ceremonial gravity, a new ambassador to Washington. Our most consequential ally. The anchor of our security architecture. The guarantor — at least on paper — of our external defense.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF and Border Police officers completed a counterterrorism operation across east Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, the military announced on Tuesday morning.
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[2026-04-29 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gulf leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a regional crisis triggered by the United States-Israel war on Iran, their first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the conflict two months ago.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United States will struggle to defend itself against advanced missile systems developed by China and Russia, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers as they called for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United States will struggle to defend itself against advanced missile systems developed by China and Russia, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers as they called for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A group of pro-Palestinian organizations have filed a complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accusing 11 Jewish schools of "promoting the Israeli military and potentially aiding and abetting illegal military recruiting."
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region's digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) issued a Tuesday statement claiming that Israel is using "water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza."
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[2026-04-29 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic sits in the court room in The Hague, Netherlands, June 8, 2021. (Jerry Lampen/Pool via AP, File)
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The figure, for March, is the highest monthly number of intercepted drones since Moscow began its attack on its neighbour in February 2022
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [Kryvyi Rih] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The figure, for March, is the highest monthly number of intercepted drones since Moscow began its attack on its neighbour in February 2022
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In the first G5 central bank announcement of the week, overnight the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate in a 6-3 vote, despite forecasting a sharp rise in inflation as the war in the Middle East sends commodity prices higher and clouds the global economic outlook while testing Japan's given its exposure to rising energy prices.
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[2026-04-29 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The gubernatorial candidate who has bolstered in the polls after the Eric Swalwell scandal is stacking his campaign with Gavin Newsom allies and heavy hitters.
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[2026-04-29 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of “unforgivable war crimes” over strikes on the eastern province of Kunar on Monday, which officials said left at least seven dead and over 70 wounded, and heavily damaged a local university.
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[2026-04-29 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 2,534 people and wounded 7,863 since 2 March, according to the Lebanese health ministry’s latest tally.
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[2026-04-29 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Before Donald Trump became president, he honed his hawkishness on Iran, complaining about the “plane loads of cash” it received under the 2015 nuclear deal. Now, his ability to end the war in the Middle East hinges, in large part, on how much money he gives Tehran.
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[2026-04-29 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Egypt’s plans to conduct live-fire exercises in Sinai have alarmed Israel’s residents and security officers on the other side of their shared border.
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[2026-04-29 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A nickel processing plant operated by Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province. © Reuters
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