Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-27 14:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Court ruling on workplace advantages revives long-standing tensions over fairness
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[2026-04-27 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met on Sunday with the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in Muscat. Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al Busaidi, also attended the meeting.
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[2026-04-27 14:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: "Narco-Saints" director Yoon Jong-bin returns with a drama on the friendship-turned-rivalry between two of South Korea's last military rulers
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[2026-04-27 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in St Petersburg for talks with senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, saying the visit aims at “continuing close consultations between Tehran and Moscow on regional and international issues”.
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[2026-04-27 14:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- Global military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th consecutive year of growth, researchers said Monday, as insecurity and rearmament fueled defense budgets. The three top spenders -- the US, China and Russia -- spent a combined total of $1.48 trillion, just over half of global expenditure.
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[2026-04-27 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
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[2026-04-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US Federal Reserve officials will approach this week's two-day policy meeting with questions mounting over the economic fallout of the Iran war and the central bank's leadership transition.
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[2026-04-27 13:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali 's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
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[2026-04-27 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF on Monday published its probe into how Hamas terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Holit during the October 7 massacre, saying that approximately 60 terrorists attacked the kibbutz, killing three IDF soldiers, murdering 13 civilians, and taking a total of nine hostages, six of whom were taken into the Gaza Strip, and three were rescued by Israeli security forces on October 7.
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[2026-04-27 13:11 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames
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[2026-04-27 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of civilians in southern Lebanon who had returned home under a ceasefire are being displaced again following fresh evacuation orders, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-27 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UK's King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday begin a four-day visit to the US, a high-stakes trip that comes at a time when transatlantic relations are strained thanks to the Iran war and President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on Nato.
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[2026-04-27 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, from front right to left, its leader Kim Jong Un, Russian parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov attend an inaugural ceremony of a memorial museum in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, April 26, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-04-27 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS byline, more details in paras 5, 10-11; CHANGES photos)By Kim Soo-yeon
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[2026-04-27 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Iran 's foreign minister briefly visited Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan's political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire negotiations between Tehran and Washington, but U.S. President Donald Trump said they could talk by phone instead.
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[2026-04-27 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Accused White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen professed to be a part of a progressive collective known as “The Wide Awakes” — a loosely-organized group which traces its roots to Civil War abolitionists and espouses nonviolence.
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[2026-04-27 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior Russian lawmaker Alexey Pushkov said the United States was “clearly unprepared” for a war with Iran, arguing that Washington relied on a “misguided belief” that military force could quickly achieve its objectives.
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[2026-04-27 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIRUT (AFP) -- Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago.
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[2026-04-27 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-04-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.
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[2026-04-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Aerospace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — When King Charles III lands in the U.S. on Monday, his aides will be carrying a heavy ring binder lined with thick, textured paper.
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[2026-04-27 11:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- Ukraine commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster on Sunday, amid fears that Russia's four-year war could spark a repeat of the world's worst nuclear accident that led to thousands of deaths and devastating environmental consequences.
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[2026-04-27 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump’s threat to “finish up” in Iran shouldn’t be surprising. The president said the war was “very close” to being over, yet we’ve seen little progress (“Don’s war of words,” April 24).
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[2026-04-27 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Australia will hold talks later this week on a range of shared issues, including enhancing defense cooperation and joint efforts to address supply chain instability amid the Middle East crisis, the foreign ministry said Monday.
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[2026-04-27 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Profits at China's industrial firms surged in March even as the war in the Middle East upended global oil markets and sent raw material costs soaring.
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[2026-04-27 11:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Pyongyang has opened a memorial honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing the need to strengthen Pyongyang-Moscow ties into a "powerful bulwark" in a ceremony marking its opening, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-04-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia
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[2026-04-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Hangzhou] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia
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[2026-04-27 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang has opened a memorial honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing the need to strengthen Pyongyang-Moscow ties into a "powerful bulwark" in a ceremony marking its opening, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cash assistance for basic livelihood security recipients and other vulnerable groups began rolling out Monday as part of efforts to ease financial strains caused by rising oil prices amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian delegation visits Pyongyang; 16 killed in drone strikes across region; Zelenskyy accuses Putin of ‘nuclear terrorism’ over Chornobyl risks. What we know on day 1,524
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[2026-04-27 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for basic livelihood security recipients and other vulnerable groups began rolling out Monday as part of efforts to ease financial strains caused by rising oil prices amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-27 10:26 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli government and Hezbollah have traded blame over breaches to the truce, which is set to run for several more weeks
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[2026-04-27 10:20 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-27 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The temblors come less than a week after last Monday’s 7.7 earthquake off northern Iwate prefecture
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[2026-04-27 10:20 UTC+10:00] [US Geological Survey] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The temblors come less than a week after last Monday’s 7.7 earthquake off northern Iwate prefecture
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[2026-04-27 10:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating stayed above 60 percent for the seventh consecutive week, though it fell from a week earlier amid economic concerns linked to the ripple effects of the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters launched a series of attacks on Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, targeting troops and military positions with drones and missiles. The group said it struck an artillery position in Biyyada and gatherings of soldiers in Taybeh.
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[2026-04-27 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating stayed above 60 percent for the seventh consecutive week, though it fell from a week earlier amid economic concerns linked to the ripple effects of the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel strikes against Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflict prompts rich investors to diversify, boosting Hong Kong’s role as a hub for family offices and private banking
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[2026-04-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflict prompts rich investors to diversify, boosting Hong Kong’s role as a hub for family offices and private banking
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[2026-04-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Global military spending has increased by 41 per cent in the past decade, with $491 spent for every person on Earth. Source: SBS, Getty / Graphic by Elana Kwong
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[2026-04-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also visited Oman between trips to Pakistani capital Islamabad for peace talks. Source: EPA / Alexander Kazakov
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[2026-04-27 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia allegedly launched a wide-scale phishing attack through the Signal app targeting Germany’s high-profile politicians, diplomats and military officers.
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[2026-04-27 09:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Navy and Marine Corps launched a weeklong regular amphibious landing exercise in a southeastern coastal city last week, the armed services said Monday, in efforts to maintain combat readiness against diversifying threats in future warfare.
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[2026-04-27 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The Navy and Marine Corps launched a weeklong regular amphibious landing exercise in a southeastern coastal city last week, the armed services said Monday, in efforts to maintain combat readiness against diversifying threats in future warfare.
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[2026-04-27 08:55 UTC+10:00] [Mali] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Car bomb kills Sadio Camara at home during coordinated assaults by rebel groups including West African al-Qaida affiliate
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[2026-04-27 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several IDF soldiers from Unit 669 were injured by Hezbollah drones in southern Lebanon while evacuating a wounded soldier on Sunday, with footage shared by the Army radio showing one of the drones impacting next to the IDF troops.
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[2026-04-27 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Home Front Command updated its security guidelines for Israel's northern communities on Sunday, in light of the increasing tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
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