Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-22 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrives to attend a Security Council meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-04-22 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-04-22 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The deputy head of Russia’s military theme park was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a private contractor, making him the latest park official to face criminal prosecution amid a wider shakeup in the country’s defense establishment.
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[2026-04-22 21:50 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany aims to rely less on the U.S. and more on Europe to deter the growing Russian threat, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spelled out Wednesday when announcing the country's new military strategy.
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[2026-04-22 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key US air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks that have destroyed aircraft and buildings, and killed at least one service member.
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[2026-04-22 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It's becoming clearer how a war thousands of miles away is hitting pockets here in the UK, with the latest figures showing inflation has risen to 3.3% largely due to higher fuel prices.
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[2026-04-22 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: One of the more surprising turns of the US-Israeli war on Iran has been the sophistication of Tehran’s multi-pronged PR response.
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[2026-04-22 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A young PBS employee who was also a military veteran has died days after she was shot outside her home, allegedly by her estranged husband, according to police and family members.
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[2026-04-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenBill Brandt, Nude, 1952In 1927, Brandt traveled to Vienna to see a lung specialist. Upon his visit, he decided to stay and find work in a photography studio. He went on to have a successful career photographing the likes of poet Ezra Pound; frequently contributing to literary journals including Picture Post, Lilliput, Weekly Illustrated and Verve; and making significant images of the extreme conditions of the second world war.
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[2026-04-22 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has dangerously depleted its stockpiles of critical missiles during the seven‑week war on Iran, creating a “near‑term risk” that could leave it vulnerable in any future conflict, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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[2026-04-22 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has dangerously depleted its stockpiles of critical missiles during the seven‑week war on Iran, creating a “near‑term risk” that could leave it vulnerable in any future conflict, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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[2026-04-22 20:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Eui-hae met Wednesday with ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission of the European Union (EU) and its member states, calling for greater cooperation in supply chains and other areas under their strategic security and defense partnership.
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[2026-04-22 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Donald Trump extended a ceasefire at the 11th hour, he seized the moment to describe Iran’s leadership as divided. It is a characterisation critics will see as justification for stalled diplomacy, but that has been increasingly borne out since the war began on February 28.
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[2026-04-22 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Newly released reports say Colombian mercenaries helped the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fight the Sudanese army, as the civil war gripping the country is entering its fourth year.
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyand Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate stalling peace talks.
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yemen's Houthis are closely monitoring US movements in the Red Sea and are making military preparations for a possible confrontation with the United States and Israel in the coming days, according to a report by the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-22 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Donald Trump's announcement that the ceasefire with Iran would continue for talks damped anxiety that the U.S. was about to resume strikes, but investors largely reacted with a shrug.
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[2026-04-22 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The war with Iran has been a strategic disaster for the US, leaving President Donald Trump in a weaker position at home and damaging American credibility, Quincy Institute co-founder Trita Parsi has told RT. He added that the conflict, which he said Israel had pushed for, had not unfolded as Washington expected.
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[2026-04-22 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rodrigo Duterte was not present for the court hearing, with his defence saying he was not mentally fit. (AP: Bullit Marquez)
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[2026-04-22 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updatesIran war latest: IRGC navy seizes two vessels in Strait of Hormuz and transports them to Iranian coast
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[2026-04-22 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-22 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It could be that by the end of the week, Dennard Wilson has at his disposal a new centerpiece to what he hopes will be a dynamic defense in his first year running the show for the Giants.
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[2026-04-22 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy has seized two vessels for what it described as maritime violations and transferred them to Iranian shores, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For DBS CEO Tan Su Shan, the biggest risk keeping her up at night is not just market volatility or geopolitical shocks, but cyberattacks.
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[2026-04-22 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Over 400 hospices in Los Angeles have been shut down or cut off as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) “Fraud War Room” kicks into gear, Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed on “Pod Force One.”
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[2026-04-22 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, Russian Emergency Ministry employees work at the side of the damaged multi-storey apartment building hit by a Ukrainian drone in Syzran in Russia’s Samara Region Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
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[2026-04-22 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Drone strikes in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region wounded three Iranian Kurdish rebels, an exiled opposition group said, blaming the attack on Tehran.
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[2026-04-22 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Drones are displayed at the office of Hsuan Yuan Tech in the Southern Taiwan Science Park in Tainan in December 2024. © Reuters
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[2026-04-22 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waves from behind a glass window after he received the Freedom Medal of the International Four Freedoms Award during a ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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[2026-04-22 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As Sudan's civil war enters its fourth year, its capital Khartoum is slowly returning to life but the challenges ahead are daunting.
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[2026-04-22 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission will coordinate with member countries on jet fuel and diesel supplies to fend off a looming shortage, as part of a major package to address the energy crisis caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-22 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has rejected a key argument raised by former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense, ruling that there was no legal error in the interpretation of provisions governing a state’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute.
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[2026-04-22 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Eui-hae met Wednesday with ambassadors and deputy chiefs of mission of the European Union (EU) and its member states, calling for greater cooperation in supply chains and other areas under their strategic security and defense partnership.
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[2026-04-22 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian drones have attacked Ukraine’s main Black Sea port in the southern city of Odesa and a railway in the region of Zaporizhia, killing a train driver, according to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba.
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[2026-04-22 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Two cargo ships were attacked in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, authorities said Wednesday, after the U.S. extended the ceasefire and as diplomats seek to bring the U.S. and Iran together for peace talks.
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[2026-04-22 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the end of the Pentagon’s long-running flu vaccine mandate for US troops.
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[2026-04-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A precarious planting season looms amid suppressed rainfall and soaring fertiliser costs threatening the region’s harvests
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[2026-04-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A precarious planting season looms amid suppressed rainfall and soaring fertiliser costs threatening the region’s harvests
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[2026-04-22 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday denied recent media reports that the top commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) lodged a protest over the unification minister's public disclosure of classified U.S. information about a hidden North Korean nuclear facility.
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[2026-04-22 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: ATMs stand at a shopping mall in Bangkok: Thailand's four largest banks lower earnings from lending in the first quarter compared with the previous year. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-04-22 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz this week, the pragmatic approach Beijing has taken to the US-Israel war on Iran was on full display.
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[2026-04-22 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Courtney Barrett Peters
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[2026-04-22 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK inflation rate rose to 3.3% in the year to March, after the US-Israel war with Iran caused the largest jump in petrol and diesel prices in over three years.
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[2026-04-22 18:03 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Member states meet this morning to discuss loan after longstanding disagreement between Kyiv and outgoing Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán
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[2026-04-22 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The fallout across industries from the Iran war has now hit condoms.
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[2026-04-22 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Moncler shares struggled on Wednesday, despite posting quarterly results that beat earnings expectations on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-22 17:56 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Farmers have been calling for higher prices for weeks, amid soaring diesel and fertiliser costs and limited supply
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[2026-04-22 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Representatives of Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels held meetings in Amman under the UN's Military Co-ordination Committee framework, the UN special envoy's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-22 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran11:35 a.m. April 22
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[2026-04-22 17:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Donald Trump extended the ceasefire in Iran indefinitely amid an impasse over his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, in a move that ostensibly delays the resumption of fighting but leaves a potential resolution of the war in limbo.
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