Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-07 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Navy veteran pulled back the curtain on the “violent” experience airmen like the ones on the downed F-15E endure when ejecting from an aircraft — revealing the emergency maneuver includes little to no parachute training.
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[2026-04-07 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung was set to hold a meeting with leaders of the ruling and the main opposition parties Tuesday, officials said, as they were expected to discuss measures to mitigate economic fallout from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-07 10:08 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 92]
Source: 9News
Snippet: An Australian Army reservist accused of fighting for the Ukrainian military will face court in Adelaide today.He is the first person ever to be charged with breaching defence legislation, after he allegedly worked for a foreign military without authorisation.Federal police began investigating after the Department of Defence referred the 25-year-old man's case to the AFP.LIVE UPDATES: Trump says the Iranian people are pleading for him to 'please keep bombing'An army reservist will face court in Adelaide after he was charged
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[2026-04-07 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Conflict in the Middle East is overshadowing the outlook for South Korea's Samsung Electronics. © Reuters
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[2026-04-07 10:01 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 7, 2026 10:01 | News
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Egyptian-Danish-Australian journalist’s second novel spans continents, following a Palestinian teen as he comes of age during the Syrian civil war and is forced into exile
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Australian Federal Police officers arrested an Australian Army reservist following the execution of a search warrant at a home in South Australia. Source: AAP / Australian Federal Police
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The United States and Israel have continued to launch airstrikes at Tehran as a deadline imposed by US President Donald Trump for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz approaches. Source: Anadolu / Tolga Akbaba / Anadolu via Getty Images
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[2026-04-07 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Australian War Memorial director Matt Anderson said the display had been updated to reflect the recent developments. Source: SBS News
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[2026-04-07 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: From a country whose diplomats are careful by tradition and always conscious of Washington's preferences, the language was striking.
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[2026-04-07 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, as traders assess mixed messaging on Iran war.
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[2026-04-07 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters targeted Israeli soldiers and tanks with rockets and drones in the Lebanese towns of Aainata and Markaba, and also struck Israeli positions in and around Kiryat Shmona and Sasa, according to statements from the group.
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[2026-04-07 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the war on Iran will drive higher inflation and slower global growth, even if the conflict ends quickly.
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[2026-04-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Georgina Jedikovska via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-04-07 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
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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[2026-04-07 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he’s “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants if Tehran does not meet his Tuesday 8 p.m. ET deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney)
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[2026-04-07 08:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-07 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump has set a Tuesday evening deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran facing severe consequences if it refuses. Trump’s messaging suggests the next phase of the conflict could shift toward strikes on power plants, bridges, and other critical infrastructure nationwide.
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[2026-04-07 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of America’s “doomsday planes” was spotted circling above a key Nebraska air force base on Monday — just hours before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to accept his peace deal is set to expire.
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[2026-04-07 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Holocaust survivor Miriam celebrated her 105th birthday on March 25 in her home in Haifa, as sirens continued to sound throughout the North.
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[2026-04-07 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A South Australian army reservist was arrested after he allegedly working for Ukrainian military without authorisation. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
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[2026-04-07 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Lefty Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner, a Marine veteran who has positioned himself as a staunch anti-war candidate and critic of the US military campaign in Iran, once defended a Marine who urinated on a dead Taliban fighter, newly unearthed Reddit posts show.
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[2026-04-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US-Israeli strikes have been on a noticeable uptick against Iranian institutions of higher learning over the last days. This has included a large-scale aerial assault on Tehran’s Sharif University, which is often dubbed the "MIT of Iran".
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[2026-04-07 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Construction Materials
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[2026-04-07 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Issue: The US military’s rescue of a missing crewman from a downed fighter jet in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has suggested the United States may be looking to charge a toll in the Strait of Hormuz after the war, a move that would likely require direct US military control over the strategic waterway.
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[2026-04-07 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump threatened Iran's "complete demolition" could "happen over a period of four hours". (AP: Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-07 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Four relatives in Israel were killed when an Iranian missile slammed into a residential building overnight, in an incident that could have been deadlier if its bomb wasn’t a dud, officials said.
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[2026-04-07 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday afternoon that he’s unconcerned about critics claiming that airstrikes on critical infrastructure would amount to a war crime — insisting that Iranian civilians “want us to keep bombing.”
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[2026-04-07 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-07 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-07 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market drifted higher in tentative trading ahead of a deadline President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants.
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[2026-04-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has been driven by a “council of one” style of decision-making and could have serious repercussions for the United States, his former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has warned.
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[2026-04-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has been driven by a “council of one” style of decision-making and could have serious repercussions for the United States, his former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has warned.
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[2026-04-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan has proposed a two-stage plan to end the US-Israel war on Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides now mulling the framework, a source has told the Reuters news agency.
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[2026-04-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. defense stocks showed signs of stabilizing in April after tumbling since Operation Epic Fury began in late February and sustaining a Mach bloodbath. The improvement followed Friday's White House proposal to lift military spending sharply, to roughly $1.5 trillion in 2027.
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[2026-04-07 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: America and Israel have dragged other nations into a war, against Iran. The ripple effects are strongly felt across the world. Energy security is affected to alarming levels. The entire annual operating budget of the United Nations stands at $3.45 billion for 2026- covering diplomacy, political missions, human rights monitoring and the institutional machinery designed to prevent conflict.In the first six days of the United States military campaign against Iran, Washington spent $11 billion, according to a Pentagon briefing.In less
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[2026-04-07 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday claimed to have killed Majid Khatem-Hosseini Khadami, Chairman of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ (IRGC) intelligence organisation, in an air strike in Tehran on Sunday night.
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[2026-04-07 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: German males aged between 17 and 45 may need to seek approval for lengthy stays abroad, under changes introduced as part of a new law which introduced voluntary military service.
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[2026-04-07 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s defence exports for the fiscal year to March reached 384.24 billion rupees ($4.11 billion), a jump of more than 62% from the previous period, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump looks to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine as he speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: While Rasha (right) said she understood some of the "basic human instinct(s)" she shared with US Iraq War veterans, she also asked them: "When did the dehumanisation of Iraqis start? The joy that came from hurting and humiliating us?" Credit: Deeyah Khan / Darin Prindle
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[2026-04-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: St. Benedict’s College Kotahena will meet their arch rivals Wesley College Colombo in the semi final of the under 19 Division One tier ‘B’ inter schools two day Cricket tournament from today at Army ground Salawa Kosgama.
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[2026-04-07 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an unspecified media outlet with jail time if it does not reveal the person who leaked information about a US military pilot who was missing in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes and fighting between Hamas and an Israel-backed Palestinian militia in central Gaza, local sources say.
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[2026-04-07 05:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 7.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 7, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW government is using reams of commercially sensitive data from fuel companies to assess whether the state’s supply will be significantly disrupted by war in the Middle East and to prepare for possible “further action” to ensure petrol reaches critical regional areas.
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