Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Houthis pose a threat to the region, and they have demonstrated their capabilities through their recent offensive along the Red Sea. A new report by Conflict Armament Research examines the sources of their weapons and highlights their continued close ties to Iran.
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[2026-09-18 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Houthi advances in Yemen have taken Saudi Arabia and the Middle East by surprise. Riyadh had been working on cementing a new defensive alliance with Turkey and Pakistan on the eve of the Houthi attacks. Now, some commentators seem to think the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey pact may already be in jeopardy.
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[2026-09-18 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: One person was killed and two others injured by debris from a drone launched by Yemen's Houthis that fell on Taif governorate, Saudi Arabia, after it had been intercepted and destroyed, Saudi Civil Defence said.
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[2026-09-18 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s missiles and drones have downed dozens of US aircraft, damaged or destroyed hundreds of the United States’ buildings at its bases in the Middle East, and drained its inventories of military equipment worth billions of dollars, the Pentagon conceded earlier this week.
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[2026-09-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two sides have been discussing ways to improve communication channels, according to sources familiar with the talks
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[2026-09-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two sides have been discussing ways to improve communication channels, according to sources familiar with the talks
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[2026-09-17 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One person was killed, and two were injured by falling shrapnel during a drone interception in Saudi Arabia’s Taif Province on Thursday, according to Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Directorate.
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[2026-09-17 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) will hunt down every Hamas member involved in the October 7, 2023 slaughter of 1,200 Israelis, no matter where they are hiding across the globe, Shin Bet Director David Zini said on Thursday.
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[2026-09-17 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — The Saudi civil defense said Thursday that debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed one person and injured two others.
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[2026-09-17 23:27 UTC+10:00] [European club football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Barcelona racking up seven-goal thrillers, Real Madrid could not afford a collapse. Enter the forward quietly turning into José Mourinho’s ultimate secret weapon
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[2026-09-17 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan — More than 16 months after India and Pakistan fought a four-day air war, firing missiles and drones at each other, the South Asian neighbours came the closest since then to a military face-off — this time in the Arabian Sea.
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[2026-09-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump himself has acknowledged the US need for Canadian aluminum – and has largely exempted metals from new tariffs
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[2026-09-17 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has turned to regional and global players for help defending its airspace against attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels after its main security provider, the US, declined to step in, The Associated Press has reported, citing regional officials. Riyadh is running low on missile interceptors, according to the outlet.
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[2026-09-17 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-09-17 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed the European Union's ambition for Canada to become its first "associate member", calling for closer cooperation on defence, critical minerals and energy security.
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[2026-09-17 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN investigators also said Tehran had ramped up the use of ‘repressive laws’ and ‘lethal force’ to quell protests over rising living costs
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[2026-09-17 22:16 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN investigators also said Tehran had ramped up the use of ‘repressive laws’ and ‘lethal force’ to quell protests over rising living costs
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[2026-09-17 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN Human rights experts have confirmed following a fact-finding mission that they have "reasonable grounds" to believe that the US attacks on an Iranian school and a sports facility in February are tantamount to war crimes.
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[2026-09-17 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit, who authorized the investigations of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and later decided to indict him, could take the witness stand in Netanyahu’s criminal trial weeks before the election. Netanyahu’s defense asked the Jerusalem District Court on Thursday to summon him.
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[2026-09-17 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-17 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of their war dead on Thursday, with Moscow handing over 252 corpses and receiving 23 bodies in the swap at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, Belarusian state news agency BELTA reported.
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[2026-09-17 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Lebanese Parliament renewed confidence in Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government on Wednesday, with 68 lawmakers voting in favor despite some Hezbollah lawmakers withdrawing from the session and heated exchanges involving other members of the Shiite bloc, according to official statements and recordings of the session.
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[2026-09-17 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
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[2026-09-17 21:16 UTC+10:00] [Interest rates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Central bank announces surprise plan to sell billions of pounds in government bonds back to the Treasury
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[2026-09-17 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Syrian military court on Thursday sentenced one defendant to death, another to 25 years in prison and a third to 20 years over deadly sectarian violence on Syria’s coast last year.
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[2026-09-17 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen is open to continue providing defensive military gear to Ukraine but is against sending money to the war-torn country.
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[2026-09-17 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump says the United States is “hopefully toward the end” of its war with Iran, claiming that he has directly spoken to officials in Tehran, raising the prospect of renewed diplomacy even as fighting has erupted in Yemen.
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[2026-09-17 20:29 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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[2026-09-17 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An English village has overwhelmingly voted to “secede” from the UK in protest over government plans to house more than 1,200 male migrants at a nearby former military base. The referendum in Piddington, Oxfordshire has no legal force but drew nearly 92% turnout.
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[2026-09-17 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European and Arab military chiefs are meeting in Paris to assess the Lebanese Armed Forces’ needs and discuss the looming end of the United Nations peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, amid fears of a renewed Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-09-17 20:08 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Four Melburnians have been linked to the gun used in a fatal shooting of an innocent university student in Sydney’s south-west as part of the city’s gangland war.
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[2026-09-17 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been injured in Russian missile and drone strikes targeting Kyiv and surrounding areas.
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[2026-09-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A shrewd performance by Simon Abkarian leads this blockbuster account of the wartime leader’s career as he ascends to political dominance
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[2026-09-17 19:53 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-17 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From sabotage and arson to cyberattacks and airspace violations, officials say Moscow’s hybrid actions have moved deeper into Europe
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[2026-09-17 19:51 UTC+10:00] [Nato] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From sabotage and arson to cyberattacks and airspace violations, officials say Moscow’s hybrid actions have moved deeper into Europe
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[2026-09-17 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday stressed the significance of collective action, particularly in protecting the Philippines’ maritime domain against foreign threats.
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[2026-09-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Early in his second term, US President Donald Trump wanted Canada so entwined with the United States that he even set out to make it the 51st state. Instead, he has driven Canada into the arms of the European Union after antagonising the Canadians for months, taunting the country’s prime minister and waging a relentless trade war.
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[2026-09-17 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this handout photograph provided by the Nepal Army, Nepalese soldiers carry the bodies of workers recovered during a search and rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project following earlier flash floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)
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[2026-09-17 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vietnamese army troops prepare boats for rescue works in flooding areas in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (Tran Van Hoang/VNA via AP)
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[2026-09-17 19:05 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in February constitute war crimes
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[2026-09-17 19:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Geneva: Human rights experts commissioned by the UN’s top rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-09-17 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Coles is keeping milk prices higher than before the Iran war, despite ending subsidy payments to farmers that the supermarket giant used to justify stinging consumers at the checkout.
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[2026-09-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As it faces off against Beijing in the region, Manila has been expanding its unofficial security cooperation with Taipei
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[2026-09-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Marshall Islands] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As it faces off against Beijing in the region, Manila has been expanding its unofficial security cooperation with Taipei
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[2026-09-17 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the stripping of citizenship from those who "defame" the Israeli army.
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[2026-09-17 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to pass a law to revoke the citizenship of anyone who criticises Israeli soldiers, following domestic outcry over Naza, an Israeli documentary on the Gaza war.
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[2026-09-17 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: GENEVA (AP) — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-09-17 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the stripping of citizenship from those who "defame" the Israeli army.
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[2026-09-17 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry on Wednesday launched its first comprehensive international campaign aimed at exposing what it says is the United Nation's mechanism of bias against Israel ahead of the UN General Assembly's general debate, which is set to begin in New York on September 22.
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