Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-17 14:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russians are to elect members of the lower house, the State Duma. They also will cast ballots in local elections. Balloting will be spread over three days in a bid to boost turnout among the 111 million eligible voters, which includes, for the first time, Ukraine’s territories taken by Russia since 2022.
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[2026-09-17 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump plans to meet Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next Tuesday to discuss next steps for the war with Iran, Axios reported Thursday.
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[2026-09-17 13:10 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza War (2023- )] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The State Department announced Wednesday that it would continue to deny visas to Palestinian officials because of actions taken by their governing and political groups that “internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” including trying to bring cases to international tribunals.
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[2026-09-17 13:01 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: CHANGWON, South Korea, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- A logistics soldier stood waiting beside a stack of supplies as a compact, crouching military vehicle rolled across the grounds.
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: According to the World Food Programme this week, 20 million Sudanese civilians facing acute hunger in their war-torn country. Five million are at emergency levels of hunger and 200,000 are already experiencing what the UN organisation calls “catastrophic” shortages of food. None of this is hyperbole – it is on a scale of suffering that should command the world’s full attention.
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hilton will press ahead with an aggressive expansion plan in the Middle East despite the global hospitality company suffering a sharp hit to its revenue from the Iran war, its regional head has said.
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[2026-09-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. That is the plan laid out by researchers from the Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute, a top Chinese military aircraft design organisation, in a paper last month, the SCMP reported.
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[2026-09-17 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israelis should be stripped of their citizenship if they are found guilty of slandering the military, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, as the IDF faces new accusations of killing Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
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[2026-09-17 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Harrison Berger via Responsible Statecraft,
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[2026-09-17 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Australian Broadcasting Corporation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Managing director Hugh Marks says Acma’s interpretation could hurt investigative journalism
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[2026-09-17 12:29 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Thimphu, Bhutan – Engineer Rinzin Galley stands on a platform overlooking a former military shooting range on the edge of Bhutan’s capital Thimphu, now home to a gleaming field of solar panels.
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[2026-09-17 12:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) -- Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on, two regional officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-17 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over half of countries at high risk on Verisk Maplecroft’s Food Security Index also sit at the top of its predictive Civil Unrest Index
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[2026-09-17 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Severe weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over half of countries at high risk on Verisk Maplecroft’s Food Security Index also sit at the top of its predictive Civil Unrest Index
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[2026-09-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's auto exports plunged 29.8 percent in August from a year earlier due to fewer working days and production disruptions caused by strikes, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-09-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Houthi rebels are experimenting with new weapons such as “loitering torpedoes” as they increase their ability to wage war in Yemen and launch attacks across the Middle East, arms experts have revealed.
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[2026-09-17 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices extended their decline to Thursday as concerns over disruptions to supply following attacks on the Saudi Arabia's key East-West pipeline eased.
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[2026-09-17 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-17 11:21 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Maj Gen Anton Grunis was praised by Vladimir Putin for purported capture of Kostiantynivka; UK names intel officer who died in Ukraine road crash. What we know on day 1,667
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[2026-09-17 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the inauguration ceremony of the Innovation and Excellence Compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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[2026-09-17 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held their first bilateral meeting to advance cooperation on defence and artificial intelligence, capped by an evening watching a football match together at Everton’s stadium in Liverpool.
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[2026-09-17 11:13 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president call the move a ‘hostile act’, as Canada seeks to move closer to the EU and diversify its defence ties
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[2026-09-17 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is the first overt military tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours since they engaged in a four-day conflict last year
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[2026-09-17 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Indian High Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is the first overt military tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours since they engaged in a four-day conflict last year
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[2026-09-17 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States remains committed to disarming Hamas, and Defense Minister Israel Katz's statement claiming that "everyone understands" that it will not happen goes against the Board of Peace's efforts, a source close to the BoP told KAN News on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-17 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense firm Hanwha Systems Co. said Thursday it has agreed with the United Arab Emirates' EDGE Group to cooperate on building an integrated air defense network in the Middle Eastern country.
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[2026-09-17 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Violent protests have erupted in Serbia’s breakaway region of Kosovo and abroad after a Hague-based special tribunal convicted former politician and paramilitary commander Hashim Thaci of war crimes.
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[2026-09-17 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russia over its continued war in Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un says ‘familiar silly talk’ about denuclearisation will not change the country’s status
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[2026-09-17 10:33 UTC+10:00] [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un says ‘familiar silly talk’ about denuclearisation will not change the country’s status
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[2026-09-17 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has again responded to allegations of European officials that Moscow seeks to expand the war beyond Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: CloseGet news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-09-17 09:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The ABC’s managing director has rejected the findings of an investigation conducted by the media regulator that found a Four Corners program on the Australian War Memorial redevelopment unduly favoured a critical perspective and failed its impartiality obligations.
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[2026-09-17 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance - who was said to have opposed launching Operation Epic Fury from the beginning - has issued some fresh statements on the future of the Iran conflict which sound a bit off-rampy.
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[2026-09-17 09:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-17 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite an ongoing blockade on Iranian maritime trade and attacks by Iran’s military on commercial ships, the United States military has said US forces have kept the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping, including the facilitation of hundreds of millions of barrels of oil through the strategic waterway.
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[2026-09-17 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-17 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Saudi Arabia struck the Al-Barh bridge in southwestern Yemen early on Thursday morning, Ynet reported citing the Houthi-linked news channel Al-Masirah.
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[2026-09-17 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Yemeni government’s army says that its air force targeted Houthi outposts and equipment around the southwestern port city of Mocha and on northern fronts.
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[2026-09-17 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The comments by Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come soon after the US revealed that it has deployed weapons in space
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[2026-09-17 07:47 UTC+10:00] [Combat Forces Command] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The comments by Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come soon after the US revealed that it has deployed weapons in space
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[2026-09-17 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith (7) passes over Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons (98) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-09-17 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: First row, from left, France’s Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Digital Security Bruno Le Maire; German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, middle and back row, from left, Google’s James Manyika, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Tino Cuellar,
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[2026-09-17 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: America's already-diminished inventory of air defense interceptor missiles took another significant hit last week, as dozens more were expended to defend US troops in Jordan from an Iranian attack. This latest incident illustrates Iran's use of crafty and increasingly technologically-advanced attacks to further sap US munitions supply and degrade the Pentagon's ability to continue mounting defenses -- or provoking attacks -- in a war nearing the seven-month mark.
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[2026-09-17 07:19 UTC+10:00] [Space] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Gen Dan Caine comments at Washington summit come after US revealed it has deployed weapons in space
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[2026-09-17 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US House Speaker Mike Johnson has cancelled the last day of voting in the lower chamber until after the November midterm elections, just after a Republican congressman introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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