Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-11 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-President J.D. Vance to lead negotiations in Islamabad as Tehran sets preconditions, Trump warns of military action if diplomacy fails
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[2026-04-11 06:24 UTC+10:00] [Masoud Pezeshkian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-President J.D. Vance to lead negotiations in Islamabad as Tehran sets preconditions, Trump warns of military action if diplomacy fails
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[2026-04-11 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The White House warned staffers not to use insider information to place bets on prediction markets as critics grow suspicious of lucrative trading activity around the Iran war.
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[2026-04-11 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshipper takes part in prayers during Good Friday in Addis Ababa, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-11 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the 12th century, Maimonides wrote The Guide for the Perplexed to help educated readers reconcile belief with observance. Nearly 1,000 years later, we may need a new guide, not for theological confusion, but for something more immediate: informational confusion.
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[2026-04-11 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Israel's Ambassador to Australia has admitted his country was surprised by the scope of Iran's response to the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-11 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Israeli officials say the real test is whether military pressure and nuclear talks can produce a more durable outcome with Iran — and avoid another costly cycle of escalation.
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[2026-04-11 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ben Roberts-Smith was celebrated as Australia's most decorated living soldier. (AAP: Alan Porritt)
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[2026-04-11 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States delegation has already departed for Saturday’s planned ceasefire negotiations on the US-Israel war with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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[2026-04-11 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army claimed to have killed at least 180 Hezbollah fighters in its strikes on Wednesday, which hit 100 targets simultaneously across Lebanon - in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.
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[2026-04-11 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-11 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has killed 13 members of Lebanon’s state security in an air strike on the Nabatieh Government Complex, the largest number of Lebanese government personnel killed at once since the start of the war.
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[2026-04-11 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Extraordinary details have emerged about what went on inside the Situation Room as Benjamin Netanyahu pitched the war in Iran to Donald Trump. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun)
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[2026-04-11 04:26 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenBeirut, LebanonA woman trapped in a damaged building waits to be rescued following an Israeli strike in Beirut. Benjamin Netanyahu said there is ‘no ceasefire in Lebanon’ and Israel would continue ‘to strike Hezbollah with full force’ as the country’s military launched fresh strikes.Photograph: Emilie Madi/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenBeirut, LebanonA commercial plane prepares to land at Beirut airport as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh.
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[2026-04-11 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Iranian women’s soccer team arrived back from the Asia Cup on March 19, facing war and an uncertain future over acts of perceived dissidence during their trip.
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[2026-04-11 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV blesses faithful as he starts his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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[2026-04-11 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-11 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The fish market in the Sharq district in central Kuwait City remained strikingly busy even as a war raged across the Arabian Gulf.
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[2026-04-11 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon says that the death toll from the Israeli bombardment that took place on Wednesday has risen to 357, according to the health ministry.
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[2026-04-11 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They’re going apes–t.
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[2026-04-11 03:44 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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[2026-04-11 03:39 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-11 03:37 UTC+10:00] [Ammunition] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Péter Magyar’s potential election victory this Sunday is raising hopes Hungary will boost defense spending, stop treating Ukraine as an enemy and become a more reliable NATO partner.
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[2026-04-11 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Waking up multiple times a night to the sound of missile fire. Taking a short bus ride, only to end up sprawled on the ground, hands over your head, sirens screaming overhead. Sleeping on a friend’s lumpy spare mattress because your own apartment offers no shelter from a potentially devastating impact.
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[2026-04-11 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Emmanuel Macron wants to be the peacemaker between Israel and Lebanon. You cannot embargo a country's weapons, block its arms flights, condemn its military operations as "indiscriminate," and then demand a seat at its negotiating table. That is not diplomacy. That is audacity.
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[2026-04-11 03:17 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal
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[2026-04-11 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Should the United States set up fuel storage facilities in the country, these would be owned and controlled by the government under the enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Friday.
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[2026-04-11 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag with the portrait of the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in front the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-04-11 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a series of posts on X on Friday, Pope Leo XIV condemned the spread of “absurd and inhuman violence” through “sacred places of the Christian East”, ahead of the ceasefire talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan.
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[2026-04-11 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The world's largest known group of wild chimpanzees has split and been locked in a vicious "civil war" for the last eight years, according to researchers.
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[2026-04-11 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: More than 25 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon's southern town of Nabatieh, including 12 members of the Lebanese security forces, civil defence told The National. The other victims were civilians.
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[2026-04-11 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Spain of waging a diplomatic war against Israel and barred Madrid from participating in a coordination centre to oversee the Gaza “ceasefire“.
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[2026-04-11 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Trump has warned that US warships are being reloaded with weaponry to attack Iran if ceasefire talks in Pakistan fall through.
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[2026-04-11 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ambulances, firefighters and Home Front Command units arrived shortly after impact, evacuating residents and checking buildings for damage. Several people were reported injured, though no confirmed death toll was released at the time. The strike forms part of ongoing cross‑border exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah, which have intensified since early April 2026.
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[2026-04-11 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that US warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if talks in Pakistan fail to produce a deal, in an interview with the New York Post.
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[2026-04-11 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A parking lot in Safed was damaged by a direct impact of a Hezbollah rocket on Friday, after several barrages of rockets and drones pummeled the north of the country.
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[2026-04-11 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) – Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even as Beijing presses a message of peace and cooperation in meetings with Taiwan’s opposition leader.
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[2026-04-11 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IT had been obvious from the very beginning that the strategy of Operation Epic Fury was a swift, devastating victory over Iran. Reports carried United States President Donald Trump’s admission that the operation was meant to last for one week at most. Notice the reported cost to the US s of the initial salvos: a terrific $5 billion.
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[2026-04-11 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Vice President JD Vance has departed for Pakistan to engage in talks on ending the US-Israeli war with Iran, saying he expects “positive” results.
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[2026-04-11 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEL AVIV, Israel — When the news that the United States has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran broke, I was immediately reminded of an exchange described by the late American colonel Harry Summers in 1982. “You never defeated us on the battlefield,” Summers told a former North Vietnamese colonel.
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[2026-04-11 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-11 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-11 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has carried out multiple strikes across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, fueling fears that the escalating violence could unravel a fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran.
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[2026-04-11 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has carried out multiple strikes across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, fueling fears that the escalating violence could unravel a fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran.
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[2026-04-11 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Army Radio reported that 30 rockets had been fired towards northern Israel from Lebanon since this morning.
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[2026-04-11 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump lauded Palantir in a post to Truth Social on Friday as the artificial intelligence software stock headed for a 15% weekly plunge.
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[2026-04-11 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s army says Iran has targeted National Guard-linked facilities and injured personnel at the sites.
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[2026-04-11 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good afternoon Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-04-11 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post on Friday that US warships are being reloaded with “the best ammunition” to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan fail.
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[2026-04-11 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Consumer prices in the United States have risen by nearly 1 percent in March – one of the highest short-term inflation rates in years – largely due to the disruption of the energy markets amid the war on Iran.
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