Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 02:02 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil and gas prices have jumped again as shipping through the strait of Hormuz came to a virtual standstill after Iran closed the waterway over the US blockade and Donald Trump announced an Iranian cargo ship had been seized trying to get past. Tehran has accused Washington of violating the fragile ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-21 02:01 UTC+10:00] [John Oliver] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Last Week Tonight host dug into the rapidly expanding, poorly regulated free-for-all of ‘prediction markets’ like Kalshi and Polymarket
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[2026-04-21 02:01 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sgt Celestino Chavez Jr, accounted for in 2025, given full burial honors and posthumous medals in New Mexico
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 01:56 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has accused his Polish counterpart Radosław Sikorski of making “irresponsible statements” in a dispute over the destruction of a Christian symbol in Lebanon by a member of the Israel Defense Forces.
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[2026-04-21 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A minibus drives past an empty checkpoint where a mannequin dressed as a soldier stands in downtown Khartoum, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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[2026-04-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post he “won’t be rushed” to end the Iran war on its 52nd day — and lashed out at Democrats and Republicans trying to force him to end the conflict.
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[2026-04-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has denied being dragged into war with Iran by Israel, as the United States president faces increasing criticism over the conflict, including from segments of his own base.
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[2026-04-21 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Moscow authorities detained and interrogated approximately 40 Israelis landing at the Russian capital's Domodedovo Airport over involvement in the Iran war, Russian opposition outlet Mediazona reported on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “What side you standing on?” sang Julian Casablancas, frontman of The Strokes, against the backdrop of the moment that al-Israa University, the last standing university in Gaza, was destroyed by Israeli forces in 2024 after they had been using it as a military base.
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[2026-04-21 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he has two questions for Pope Leo XIV about his opposition to the Iran war — after the pontiff continued to voice opposition.
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[2026-04-21 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military have stopped people from returning to more than a dozen villages across southern Lebanon, expanding a no-go zone even as a fragile ceasefire remains in place.
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[2026-04-21 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan issues tsunami warning for north and northeast prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, after quake strikes at 4.53pm
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[2026-04-21 01:02 UTC+10:00] [Sanriku Coast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan issues tsunami warning for north and northeast prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, after quake strikes at 4.53pm
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[2026-04-21 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The billions of euros slated by the EU for the build up of weapons factories and procurement of military hardware are a “magnet for the criminals,” according to a senior anti-fraud official.
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[2026-04-21 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Estonia’s top diplomat on Monday dismissed claims by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia may be preparing to invade the Baltic states, stating there is currently no evidence of a military buildup near NATO borders.
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[2026-04-21 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges is “perfectly acceptable,” Washington’s envoy to the UN Mike Waltz has said, dismissing accusations of potential war crimes.
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[2026-04-21 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Monday morning US Central Command had released fuller video showing the dramatic night vision footage of Sunday's capture of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, after it refused to follow US orders to withdraw from its planned passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-21 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chilling 911 dispatcher audio captures the moment police learned that crazed Army vet Shamar Elkins had murdered eight young kids — with one of the two women he also shot able to raise the alarm.
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[2026-04-21 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Three civil society groups filed a lawsuit before the African Union's human rights court on Monday, alleging that Mali's military and the Russian private military company Wagner committed "serious human rights violations" against civilians.
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[2026-04-21 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell and oil prices surged Monday morning as tensions over the Iran war heated up again, after President Trump announced the US Navy had seized an Iranian cargo vessel and Tehran sent mixed signals on resuming talks.
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[2026-04-21 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As the war in Iran enters its 8th week, Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says that recent developments can be framed in two ways: either five steps forward towards peace and three back (seems more apt than three and two), or as evidence that the two sides remain far enough apart that a lasting deal will be extremely hard to achieve and markets have become far too optimistic.
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[2026-04-21 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF's Military Prosecution on Monday filed an indictment against a lieutenant who attempted to smuggle goods from Israel into the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-04-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil markets
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[2026-04-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Modern aviation rests on a deceptively fragile foundation. The system appears seamless to the traveller: aircraft depart, cross continents and arrive according to carefully orchestrated schedules. Yet beneath this apparent stability lies a complex web of airspace agreements, geopolitical assumptions and operational dependencies. When those assumptions break down, aviation can be disrupted with remarkable speed.
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[2026-04-20 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israeli military has published a map outlining what it described as a “forward defense line” in southern Lebanon, despite calls for a full withdrawal following the announcement of a ceasefire.
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[2026-04-20 23:42 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Islamabad has seized chance to act as mediator in Iran war and hopes to reap diplomatic and economic benefits
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[2026-04-20 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "Complacent" investors risk getting wrong-footed as they continue to misread developments in the Iran war, analysts said after markets reacted to the brief reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, only for their hopes to be dashed.
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[2026-04-20 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rumen Radev has criticised military support for Ukraine’s war effort and the European Union’s heavy reliance on renewable energy
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[2026-04-20 23:25 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rumen Radev has criticised military support for Ukraine’s war effort and the European Union’s heavy reliance on renewable energy
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[2026-04-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing has so far managed to contain fallout from the Iran war – but policymakers are still moving to reinforce resilience
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[2026-04-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [People's Daily] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing has so far managed to contain fallout from the Iran war – but policymakers are still moving to reinforce resilience
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[2026-04-20 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria and Turkey have struck a defence agreement to help Africa's most populous nation fight its 17-year-long jihadist insurgency, the Nigerian defence minister said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-20 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS presidential aide's briefing in last 2 paras, photo)By Kim Eun-jung
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[2026-04-20 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces have released a map of the new security zone that is being set up inside Lebanon. The zone includes a strip of land along the border and also appears to include a maritime buffer zone.
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[2026-04-20 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, but well off session lows,after a weekend of chaos in the Strait of Hormuz cast doubt over US-Iran peace talks ahead of Tuesday’s ceasefire expiration. On Saturday, Iran said the Strait will be closed until the US blockade is lifted, with ships reporting attacks. The US then fired and seized an Iranian-flagged ship on Sunday.
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[2026-04-20 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV is cheered by faithful as he arrives to celebrate a mass at Saurimo esplanade, Angola, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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[2026-04-20 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has continued to systematically bomb civilian buildings in southern Lebanon during the ceasefire, according to a report in Haaretz on Sunday.
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[2026-04-20 22:16 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS ― France is looking at slashing at least €4 billion in spending this year to keep its public finances under control.
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[2026-04-20 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Traders have been betting millions of dollars shortly before US President Donald Trump makes big announcements throughout his second term.
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[2026-04-20 22:03 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-20 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The war with Iran has laid bare one of the global economy's most exposed fault lines. For nearly two months, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped and the countries that depend most heavily on what passes through it are now confronting the full weight of that reliance.
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[2026-04-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the outbreak of regional war in February, through to the initial collapse of Pakistan-led negotiations between the US and Iran this month, Egypt has behaved differently than Gulf states might have expected.
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[2026-04-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the outbreak of regional war in February, through to the initial collapse of Pakistan-led negotiations between the US and Iran this month, Egypt has behaved differently than Gulf states might have expected.
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[2026-04-20 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Siblings often play an essential role in our lives, offering built-in companionship from childhood through adulthood. But what happens when tragedy strikes, and the family as you knew it begins to unravel?
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[2026-04-20 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A top general from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces has defected to the army, the paramilitary's war adversary, in a symbolically significant development that is unlikely to change the balance of power in the country's civil war.
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[2026-04-20 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Philippine and US forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on Monday, which Manila's military chief said would test their readiness under "real‑world conditions."
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[2026-04-20 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The temporary ceasefire announced earlier this month between the United States, Israel, and Iran may have halted active firing, but for Qatar, the war left deep scars.
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