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[2026-09-16 08:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-16 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Republican Representative Thomas Massie, an outspoken critic of the Trump administration’s war on Iran, has sought to force a long-shot vote in the US Congress on the impeachment of Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-09-16 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German Defense Ministry has a secretive military unit dedicated solely to facilitating cooperation between Berlin and Kiev, including meeting Ukraine’s weapons demands, the Financial Times has reported. Dubbed Sonderstab Ukraine (Special Staff Ukraine), the unit processes arms procurement contracts signed by Kiev under Berlin’s military support program, which amounts to €11.5 billion ($13.27 billion) this year alone.
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[2026-09-16 08:33 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia is being pressured to hasten the termination of a Chinese company’s lease over the Port of Darwin, with a visiting US congressional delegation raising the issue – as well as defence spending – with top government ministers.
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[2026-09-16 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-09-16 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-09-16 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US taxpayers are set to foot the bill for a $2.8bn weapons package to Israel that includes 2,000-pound bombs, The Washington Post reported, citing a US official.
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[2026-09-16 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate takes part in the International Fleet Review at Sagami Bay in 2022. © Reuters
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[2026-09-16 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India’s relations with US have frayed over trade and tariffs recently, but strong defence ties still remain between the two countries
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[2026-09-16 07:34 UTC+10:00] [Galwan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India’s relations with US have frayed over trade and tariffs recently, but strong defence ties still remain between the two countries
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[2026-09-16 07:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-09-16 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A year after the US and its Arab partners announced a plan to secure a ceasefire in Sudan, Washington is increasing pressure on the country's warring generals and saying neither can have a role in governing the country after the war.
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[2026-09-16 07:16 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Congressman says defense secretary repeatedly violated constitution through his handling of Iran war
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[2026-09-16 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Matt and Kaia Wright say allegations relating to Mr Wright's history of alleged safety breaches are "inflammatory" and "unproven". (ABC News: Michael Franchi)
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[2026-09-16 06:50 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-16 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-16 06:44 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-16 06:42 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-16 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF and Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) issued a joint statement on Tuesday, saying that they struck a senior Hamas terrorist operative in the southern Gaza Strip.
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[2026-09-16 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy (1) is pushed out of bounds by Denver Broncos cornerback Riley Moss (21) during the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-09-16 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war had cost the US taxpayer at least $38 billion by August 1 and expenses are projected to run at about $3 billion a month if the conflict continues, a new report has found.
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[2026-09-16 05:51 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese ‘cold war’
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[2026-09-16 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-16 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The circumstances of US/Canadian trade should be common knowledge by now, but the details often get mired in the swamp of political rhetoric. When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney describes the tariff issue as the US "waging war" on Canada, he knows exactly what he's doing. Carney has turned a simple trade issue over reasonable 10% tariffs into an existential crisis, an invasion, an ethnic cleansing, a last stand against "evil" imperialists.
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[2026-09-16 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mobile polling teams visited homes in rural areas on 14 September, carrying ballot boxes and portable voting booths. Footage showed residents casting their ballots outside their homes, while members of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission oversaw the process alongside Russian servicemen and police officers. Russia’s parliamentary election is due to take place nationwide from 18 to 20 September.
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[2026-09-16 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Houthis’ latest advances along Yemen’s Red Sea coast mark a significant escalation amid the war with Iran, but US President Donald Trump has so far resisted greater military involvement in the region.
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[2026-09-16 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Areas in war-devastated Gaza continue to be razed by Israeli bulldozers with “no respect for the dead”, the United Nations’ human rights chief has said.
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[2026-09-16 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Amazon Web Services said Tuesday it can't restore access to cloud-computing facilities in Bahrain and parts of the United Arab Emirates, more than six months after the sites were damaged by drone strikes in the early days of the Iran war.
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[2026-09-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The eldest son of one of Melbourne’s most established families, the Valmorbidas, has launched court action over the management of their late mother’s estate as a war brews over the distribution of the noted family’s assets.
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[2026-09-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police and PSOs would have the power to randomly search people anywhere in public with metal detectors, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion they have a weapon, under an election promise by Premier Ben Carroll.
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[2026-09-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday introduced privileged articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, ignoring a congressional directive to end it, conducting extrajudicial killings at sea, retaliating against a U.S. senator, seizing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro without legal authority, and launching unauthorized operations in Yemen.
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[2026-09-16 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The six-month-old US war on Iran has cost $38bn so far, and that amount is projected to rise by $3bn a month, Congress's nonpartisan bookkeeper reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration searches for ways to end the war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-16 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen from the air, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Washington (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-09-16 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police forces at California’s K-12 schools have quietly been purchasing and using military equipment for decades — and some have yet to comply with a state law requiring them to disclose that to the public.
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[2026-09-16 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Less than a month after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman amid the war with Iran, his administration on Tuesday indicated a rapprochement with Muscat.
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[2026-09-16 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The loved ones of the 67 people who died last year when an airliner and Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., urged Congress and regulators Tuesday to do more to prevent such tragedies.
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[2026-09-16 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. war with Iran cost the Pentagon an estimated $38.1 billion through Aug. 1 and could cost another $2 billion to $3 billion for each additional month of fighting, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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[2026-09-16 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There is “every reason to believe” that chemical weapons have been used in Sudan, former war crime inspectors have said.
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[2026-09-16 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Throughout the summer, a major scandal has been brewing in Lithuania. In late July, the country suffered a landmark defeat in the European Court of Human Rights in a case brought by Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national held in secret detention and brutally tortured for four years in CIA black sites around the world – including Lithuania.
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[2026-09-16 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just in case Japan's bond yields weren't high enough already, Bloomberg reports that Japan is considering a new mid-term defense spending target of 3.5% of GDP in line with NATO and other US allies. Such a move would send a shockwave through financial markets concerned about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans at a time when Japan is preparing to trim tax receipts even more by cutting consumption tax to 1%.
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[2026-09-16 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is facing ammunition “shortfalls” as a result of the war on Iran, the US Department of War’s inspector general said in a report on Monday.
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[2026-09-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Yemen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Estimated 100,000 Yemenis displaced amid renewed fighting as Qatar sounds alarm over Bab al-Mandab strait
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[2026-09-16 03:17 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRIGHTON, England — The U.K. government must commit to spending 3 percent of GDP on defense by 2030, one of Britain’s most powerful union leaders told POLITICO.
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[2026-09-16 03:01 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court hears that two officers did not deal properly with allegation Jaysley Beck made against a superior
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[2026-09-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As Western Australians prepare for more shocks at the petrol station with the price of fuel set to increase once again due to the ongoing war in the Middle East, Klaveness Combination Carriers chief executive Engebret Dahm understands the situation in the Strait of Hormuz better than most.
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[2026-09-16 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Procurement procedures for USB devices will be reviewed to prevent a recurrence, GSDF officials said Tuesday in outlining the investigation report. (Photo by Ryota Ogata)
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[2026-09-16 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-16 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's critical East-West crude oil pipeline will start operating again "very soon" after Iran-backed attacks forced its closure, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Tuesday.
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[2026-09-16 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said countries that have been "no help" should "reimburse" the United States when the Iran war ends, as the U.S. has sought international cooperation in restoring free and safe passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-16 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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