Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-08 10:42 UTC+10:00] [House of Representatives] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Voters pick Clay Fuller, deciding Iran war was not enough to propel a Democrat into a conservative-leaning House seat
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[2026-04-08 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La policía detiene a Emir Balat luego que intentó detonar un artefacto explosivo durante una protesta en Nueva York el 7 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Julius Constantine Motal)
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[2026-04-08 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details throughout, photos)
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[2026-04-08 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In combination with the downed F-15 weapons systems officer, known publicly only as "Dude 44 Bravo," activating Boeing's Combat Survivor Evader Locator, or CSEL, U.S. forces were reportedly able to narrow the search area and then locate the second crew member shot down over southern Iran using a secret CIA reconnaissance tool known as "Ghost Murmur."
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[2026-04-08 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-08 10:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-04-08 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said.
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[2026-04-08 10:09 UTC+10:00] [New Zealand] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After meeting with Marco Rubio, foreign minister Winston Peters says he made sure US understands ‘significant economic impacts on New Zealand and Pacific’
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[2026-04-08 10:09 UTC+10:00] [Ben Roberts-Smith] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who has always denied wrongdoing, did not immediately apply for bail on Wednesday
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[2026-04-08 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Wednesday as Iran said that it would guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz for a two-week ceasefire.
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[2026-04-08 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (3rd LD) Lee says S. Korea, France agree to cooperate on safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-04-08 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iran has exerted military control over the Strait of Hormuz, seen here from the International Space Station, since the end of February. Credit: AAP
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[2026-04-08 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Australia's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been charged with war crimes. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi
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[2026-04-08 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Demonstrations were held in Iran after the ceasefire announcement, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says does not include Lebanon. Source: AAP, AP, Getty / Ronen Zvulun/Abedin Taherkenareh/Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call
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[2026-04-08 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ben Roberts-Smith will remain in custody. (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)
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[2026-04-08 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had agreed to suspend planned attacks on Iranian infrastructure for two weeks.
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[2026-04-08 09:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-08 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Close US ally Kuwait finds itself under growing political pressure from its neighbor Iraq, related to the ongoing Iran war.
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[2026-04-08 09:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face widespread attacks on its civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-04-08 09:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea launched an unidentified projectile from its capital area Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in a move that came just a day after President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret over drone flights by individuals into the North.
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[2026-04-08 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched an unidentified projectile from its capital area Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in a move that came just a day after President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret over drone flights by individuals into the North.
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[2026-04-08 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dark rumor has long held that the Roman emperor Nero set Rome ablaze in search of inspiration for a song on the destruction of Troy. Judicious historians and classicists dismiss this account as apocryphal.
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[2026-04-08 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dark rumor has long held that the Roman emperor Nero set Rome ablaze in search of inspiration for a song on the destruction of Troy. Judicious historians and classicists dismiss this account as apocryphal.
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[2026-04-08 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dark rumor has long held that the Roman emperor Nero set Rome ablaze in search of inspiration for a song on the destruction of Troy. Judicious historians and classicists dismiss this account as apocryphal.
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[2026-04-08 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 7 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks in response to Pakistan's request to do so to allow for diplomacy to continue to end the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-08 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The AP, AFP, and others have cited Iranian state media to say that US-Israeli strikes have "completely destroyed" a synagogue in Tehran, as attacks have intensified overnight and into Tuesday.
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[2026-04-08 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is pausing his planned military strikes on Iran for two weeks after direct appeals from Pakistani leadership, he announced on Truth Social Tuesday evening — a dramatic pivot that he claimed could lead to a broader Middle East peace deal.
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[2026-04-08 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US soldier's wife who was detained by immigration agents at the military base where he is stationed - just days after their wedding - has been released.
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[2026-04-08 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar's interior ministry said on Wednesday that falling debris from an Iranian missile attack had hurt four people, including a child, as Iran presses an aerial campaign against Gulf states.
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[2026-04-08 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. crude oil prices tumbled Tuesday evening after President Donald Trump agreed to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks.
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[2026-04-08 08:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gina Rinehart has slammed prosecutors’ pursuit of Ben Roberts-Smith and other SAS veterans, after the Victoria Cross recipient was arrested and charged with multiple war crimes.
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[2026-04-08 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The reticence expressed by Democrats about removing President Donald Trump from office — even after he ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and attacked Iran without seeking congressional approval — quickly fell away after his latest threat to Iran.
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[2026-04-08 08:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-08 08:00 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-08 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington is providing a real-time laboratory of modern warfare and Beijing is paying close attention to the lessons
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[2026-04-08 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington is providing a real-time laboratory of modern warfare and Beijing is paying close attention to the lessons
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[2026-04-08 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UN chief and the Pope have condemned US President Donald Trump's threat that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" unless Iran agrees a deal to end the war and unblock the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-08 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan issued a last-minute plea for a two-week extension for negotiations to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, as the clock ticks down on President Donald Trump’s 8 pm EST deadline to destroy the country’s “whole civilization”.
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[2026-04-08 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Pakistan has made an 11-hour appeal to United States President Donald Trump to push back his deadline for an Iran deal by two weeks and to Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz during the same period, citing progress in a diplomatic push to end the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-08 07:30 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Annie Ramos, who came to US from Honduras as a toddler, was detained last week at husband’s base in Louisiana
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[2026-04-08 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An anarchist group is waging a war on Chevron and has released a detailed map and cookbook on how its activists should target the oil giant.
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[2026-04-08 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.
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[2026-04-08 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An 8-year-old boy in Sacramento County made a jaw-dropping discovery in his backyard — a live military mortar — setting off a neighborhood evacuation.
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[2026-04-08 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with Pakistan Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday as part of diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the Iran war, Turkish foreign ministry sources said.
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[2026-04-08 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the 17th hole during a practice round ahead of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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[2026-04-08 06:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-08 06:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister brings forward trip to Singapore in scramble for petrol supplies; former soldier charged with five war crime murders. Follow updates live
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[2026-04-08 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by Jen Rickling shows U.S. Army staff sergeant, Matthew Blank, left, and his wife, Annie Ramos, posing for a photo while celebrating their wedding, in March, 2026, in Houston. (Jen Rickling via AP)
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[2026-04-08 06:28 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alarm among military observers after president says ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran ignores demands
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[2026-04-08 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: With US and Israeli strikes on Iran's critical infrastructure already underway Tuesday amid threats of more to come, the UN and other organizations have warned that such attacks could constitute war crimes.
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