Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran could push up to 32 million people into poverty worldwide, despite the current tentative ceasefire, as global economic shocks ripple far beyond the conflict zone, according to a new UN report.
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[2026-04-14 04:50 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in Brazil
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[2026-04-14 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The appointment of Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, the prime minister’s military secretary, as the next Mossad chief, signals a final nail in the coffin of the prior intelligence establishment.
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[2026-04-14 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign marks the entrance to a series of hardened tents at the Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, file)
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[2026-04-14 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-04-14 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US blockade of Iranian ports, which began on Monday, is expected to cut off about $150 million a day in oil revenue for Tehran, which relied on the receipts to finance its war and keep its sanctioned economy afloat.
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[2026-04-14 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-14 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — President Trump’s naval blockade of Iranian ports is targeting one of the Islamic Republic’s most sensitive points — and it may be enough to inspire Tehran to respond to the US’ peace overtures, a former senior Pakistani official told The Post on Monday after weekend talks here ended without a deal.
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[2026-04-14 04:10 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Orbán is out in Hungary and talks have failed to end the war in Iran – ill-fated roadtrip has been setback for Maga aims
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[2026-04-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Compulsory military service could be reinstated in the EU, Andre Denk, the head of the European Defense Agency (EDA), has said, citing a lack of volunteers.
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[2026-04-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Compulsory military service could be reinstated in the EU, Andre Denk, the head of the European Defense Agency (EDA), has said, citing a lack of volunteers.
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[2026-04-14 03:59 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran warns Americans they face higher pump prices due to prohibition scheduled to start on Monday evening
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[2026-04-14 03:47 UTC+10:00] [Catholic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media tirade against Leo XIV, even as the president continued his war of words with the first American pope.
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[2026-04-14 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The blacker the berry, the better for you — at least that’s how it would seem, given that this one little berry carries such a staggering array of health benefits.
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[2026-04-14 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice ruled on Monday that the IDF is under a legal duty to implement, as far as possible, equal opportunity for women and men in access to combat roles, and in a split operative outcome ordered the military to begin its long-delayed pilot integration of women into the maneuvering armored corps by the November 2026 draft cycle.
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[2026-04-14 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 14, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-14 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump refused to apologize Monday to Pope Leo XIV amid their public fight over the US-Iran war, claiming the leader of the Roman Catholic Church “said things that are wrong.”
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[2026-04-14 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: JAL and ANA aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Prices for nonstop flights between Japan and Europe have risen as demand for flights that connect in the Middle East has dropped. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)
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[2026-04-14 03:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The military approach has backfired, with Iran’s position only strengthened. But the door is still open to a deal
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[2026-04-14 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asset management giant BlackRock raised its outlook for U.S. stocks, reasoning that contained impacts from the Iran war and strong corporate earnings will create a favorable backdrop for domestic equities.
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[2026-04-14 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A siren will sound on Tuesday morning, not to alert to yet another Islamic Regime missile attack, but in commemoration of the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. After weeks of sirens, at 10 am, a long siren will sound, and the country will come to a halt, not to rush for bomb shelters, but to contemplate in silence the fate of those taken in the wake of another war, on
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[2026-04-14 03:05 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The looming shortage of medicines and fertiliser is only going to get worse with the latest US blockade. Europe and the UK need to step up diplomatically
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[2026-04-14 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: SYDNEY — Australia on Monday said a woman would lead its army for the first time in history, as part of a reshuffle of the country’s defense force leadership.
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[2026-04-14 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three Palestine Action activists have been found not guilty of violent disorder at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.
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[2026-04-14 02:53 UTC+10:00] [The Masters] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Northern Irishman moves the needle like no one else in his sport, even more so after his thrilling Masters defence
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[2026-04-14 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military on Monday began blockading ships entering or exiting Iranian ports, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamic Republic after Washington and Tehran failed to reach an agreement during their peace talks in Pakistan over the weekend.
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[2026-04-14 02:40 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran will levy tolls on ships from ‘hostile’ countries crossing the Strait of Hormuz as compensation for damage caused by sanctions and US-Israeli strikes, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said.
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran will levy tolls on ships from ‘hostile’ countries crossing the Strait of Hormuz as compensation for damage caused by sanctions and US-Israeli strikes, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said.
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The State Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an indictment with the Lod District Court against military defense attorney Idan Dvir, 42, of Netanya, accusing him of exploiting his position as counsel to commit multiple sexual offenses against 10 women, including female soldiers, women awaiting enlistment, and an undercover police agent.
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed several Hamas terrorists in Gaza this week, including one who had previously been involved in killing several dozen Israeli soldiers, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded, and six others were lightly wounded when an explosive drone fell in the area the soldiers were operating in within southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-04-14 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German defense giant Rheinmetall is reportedly falling behind smaller competitors in the race to develop a new kamikaze drone, which in its current state is “not dangerous even to inflatable tanks,” according to the Berliner Zeitung.
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[2026-04-14 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German defense giant Rheinmetall is reportedly falling behind smaller competitors in the race to develop a new kamikaze drone, which in its current state is “not dangerous even to inflatable tanks,” according to the Berliner Zeitung.
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[2026-04-14 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A French court has fined cement group Lafarge $1.3 million for paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists to keep its factory running in Syria during the civil war.
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[2026-04-14 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump is once again engaged in a high risk bet in hopes that Iran will buckle to US demands after failed initial truce talks in Pakistan. The blockade now in effect as of Monday seeks to starve Iran of $200 million in daily oil revenues.
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[2026-04-14 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump's threat that a "whole civilisation" would die unless Iran agreed to end the war was "wrong", Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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[2026-04-14 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, as the Southeast Asian country aims to expand energy supplies in the face of Middle East constraints. © Reuters
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[2026-04-14 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Luxury conglomerate and industry bellwether LVMH reported quarterly sales that missed expectations on Monday as the sector begins to decipher the fallout from the war in the Middle East and its impact on stocks.
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[2026-04-14 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is losing the information war against Iran, as social media platforms allow the “raw, unfiltered truth” about the conflict to instantly reach millions, undermining Washington’s narrative, an Iranian-American Lego cartoonist has told RT.
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[2026-04-14 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is losing the information war against Iran, as social media platforms allow the “raw, unfiltered truth” about the conflict to instantly reach millions, undermining Washington’s narrative, an Iranian-American Lego cartoonist has told RT.
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[2026-04-14 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-14 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A student drinks from a water fountain inside Cuyama Elementary School, Sept. 20, 2023, in New Cuyama, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)
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[2026-04-14 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: There's no doubt the US military has the capability to mount a blockade of vessels moving in and out of the Gulf. The question is: to what end?
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[2026-04-14 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war wiped out 7.88 million barrels per day of Opec’s production in March, resulting in the biggest supply collapse for the producers’ group in recent decades, the Vienna-based organisation said in its latest monthly report.
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[2026-04-14 01:18 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The director, who cast Chalamet in 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, spoke out in the actor’s defence ahead of the premiere of his staging of opera The Death of Klinghoffer
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[2026-04-14 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It is entirely in keeping with the way he has managed this war that US President Donald Trump’s first reaction to the collapse of talks in Islamabad was to announce a measure that helps Iran more than it hurts it.
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[2026-04-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid the daily horror show in the Middle East is the realisation the so-called adults in the room are insane or powerless or just as bewildered as you are
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[2026-04-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Monarchy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Promotional events with hefty price tags are on the agenda, alongside visits to a children’s hospital, women’s homeless service and the war memorial
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