Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-27 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The girlfriend of Ben Roberts-Smith has accused former SAS soldier and potential war crimes witness Andrew Hastie of being a “traitor” after the Liberal MP posted a photo of himself and his children remembering the fallen on Anzac Day.
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[2026-04-27 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is mistaken to believe that it has the most leverage in the war against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as indirect talks between Tehran and Washington remain stalled.
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[2026-04-27 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF located a weapons cache belonging to Hezbollah in a children’s bedroom during a targeted raid in the area of Aadshit al-Qusayr in southern Lebanon over the past few days, the military said on Monday.
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[2026-04-27 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 3, 12)By Kim Na-young
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[2026-04-27 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The end of the war between the United States and Iran, and the stabilization of fuel prices are preconditions for the possible lifting of price ceilings on domestic fuel products, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Monday.
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[2026-04-27 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe ramped up military spending in 2025 — a longstanding demand of U.S. President Donald Trump — helping drive global defense outlays to a staggering $2.89 trillion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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[2026-04-27 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-27 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The latest US military strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people Sunday, according to a social media post by US Southern Command.
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[2026-04-27 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Tehran intensifies diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-04-27 18:10 UTC+10:00] [Terrorism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Mali’s defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, was among those killed in attacks carried out by Al Qaeda-linked militants across the country over the weekend, a government spokesman said on state television on Sunday.
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[2026-04-27 18:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Captain Silke Lehmköster, from her office overlooking the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany, wrestles with the same question every day: Is it finally safe for her to order five of the container ships she oversees, which have been stranded in the Persian Gulf, to exit via the Strait of Hormuz?
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[2026-04-27 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: East Darfur, Sudan — Hawa Adam did not expect a childhood illness to kill her son. Ali was two years old when he fell sick on February 25 in Labado, in Sudan’s East Darfur state. He died two days later.
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[2026-04-27 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin, following a flurry of weekend diplomacy aimed at ending the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-27 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Monday as he seeks support from Moscow amid a flurry of diplomacy aimed at bringing an end to the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-27 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inadelso Cossa’s documentary grapples with the trauma left by the conflict through witness that wavers between real and imagined truths
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[2026-04-27 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The bomb that exploded outside a police station on Saturday sounded like a car crashing into a wall, a local resident has said.
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[2026-04-27 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Malian authorities confirmed the death of the country's defence miniser in coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels, as pro-government forces are reportedly driven out of a key northern town.
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[2026-04-27 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-27 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least 14 people were killed after lightning strikes hit several parts of Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, as seasonal thunderstorms swept across the country.
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[2026-04-27 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
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[2026-04-27 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Global military spending reached a record $2.89 trillion in 2025, but the Middle East saw only marginal growth despite ongoing conflicts and regional rivalries, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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[2026-04-27 17:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington/Islamabad: Iran has reportedly given the United States a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, and postpone nuclear negotiations.
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[2026-04-27 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lightning kills hundreds of people every year in Bangladesh, which declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016
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[2026-04-27 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lightning kills hundreds of people every year in Bangladesh, which declared lightning strikes a natural disaster in 2016
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[2026-04-27 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers cook over a coal fire at a small restaurant due to a shortage of commercial gas in Prayagraj, India, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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[2026-04-27 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stands waiting to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-04-27 17:03 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Farmers already contending with fertiliser and fuel shortages due to the Middle East war are faced with another “absolute emergency”, as a mouse plague takes hold in Western and central Australia and threatens to spread into more of the country’s key cropping areas.
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[2026-04-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s future
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[2026-04-27 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: دولت دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهور آمریکا اکنون با ضربالاجل سرنوشتساز اول مه (۱۱ اردیبهشت) روبروست؛ تاریخی که طبق قانون اختیارات جنگ مصوب ۱۹۷۳ (War Powers Act) مرز میان عملیات قانونی و تخلف از قانون اساسی آمریکا محسوب میشود.
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[2026-04-27 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Business leaders are confronting a new operating reality: one where war, inflation, AI and supply chain shocks are no longer exceptional events, but part of the baseline.
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[2026-04-27 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels kill Mali's defence minister as pro-government forces are reportedly driven out of a key northern town.
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[2026-04-27 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, citing military officials, reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement ordering a forceful response against Hezbollah in Lebanon was intended as a “show of force” to ease internal pressure and shift responsibility onto the army.
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[2026-04-27 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Berlin, Germany – The trial of five European nationals accused of attacking a factory linked to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in Germany is set to begin on Monday.
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[2026-04-27 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: For three years, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb made excruciating choices. Who should live and potentially die? Should he operate without the right medicines if it might save someone’s life? How would he find fuel to keep the hospital’s lights on? As Sudan’s war raged around him, only one decision was easy: Keep working.
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[2026-04-27 16:15 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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[2026-04-27 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At a memorial for fallen North Korean soldiers who fought in Ukraine, Moscow offers to renew a military pact with Pyongyang
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[2026-04-27 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Kim Jong-un] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At a memorial for fallen North Korean soldiers who fought in Ukraine, Moscow offers to renew a military pact with Pyongyang
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[2026-04-27 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A tanker docks at JERA's liquefied natural gas terminal in Japan's Chiba prefecture. The nation's biggest power producer said on April 27 that its LNG procurement had not been affected by the conflict in the Middle East to date. (Photo by Ryosuke Hanafusa)
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[2026-04-27 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Environmentalists have long urged finding cleaner alternatives to oil and gas. Now, as the war in the Middle East drives up prices, the need to find other sources of energy is increasingly urgent.
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[2026-04-27 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said sirens were activated across parts of northern Israel after a suspected hostile aircraft entered the area from Lebanon.
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[2026-04-27 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: During the recent Iran war, Israeli defense technology company Elbit Systems was awarded approximately $200 million in contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD).
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[2026-04-27 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war, as Tehran's foreign minister landed in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-04-27 15:24 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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[2026-04-27 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Iran puts forward a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, as diplomatic activity intensifies.
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[2026-04-27 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has opened a memorial museum for its soldiers killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, with top leaders of North Korea and Russia pledging a push for greater cooperation.
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[2026-04-27 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS photos, details)
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[2026-04-27 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: "We're like a red rag to the enemy. Because we're taking the war to their territory so that they feel it too," the Ukrainian soldier says, as his unit scramble to assemble long-range drones for launch at Russia.
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[2026-04-27 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has achieved a new level of precision in its drone and missile capabilities by relying on Chinese and Russian-made guidance chips linked to satellite systems, defence analysts and officials have told The National.
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[2026-04-27 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Before the US-Israel war with Iran, Naomi did not think twice about filling up the family van for her young daughter's regular hospital trips. But not any more.
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[2026-04-27 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said four troops were injured in an operational accident at a military base in southern Israel. One soldier was seriously wounded, another moderately injured, while two others sustained light injuries.
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