Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In a show of force in Cape Town, around 500 military and police personnel paraded ahead of a year-long deployment targeting gangs, illegal mining, and organized crime across the Western Cape. The operation, set to begin in April, will cover five of South Africa’s nine provinces, focusing on areas struggling with rampant crime.
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[2026-04-01 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: North Korea's state news agency and Russian counterpart TASS have agreed to counter jointly what they call "disinformation" delivered by their "many enemies," the outlets reported Tuesday, in a further deepening of ties.
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[2026-04-01 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan’s first long-range missiles were deployed at a military camp in the country’s southwest, its defense chief said on Tuesday, as Tokyo pushes to bolster its offensive capabilities amid tensions with China.
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[2026-04-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BILLED as a clean decapitation strike, Operation “Epic Fury” fractured the post‑Cold War economic order triggering a cascading breakdown in global supply chains as longstanding guardrails erode. Donald Trump, pretending control over a conflict with no strategic clarity, doubled down.
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[2026-04-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — After declaring Iran’s military “gone,” United States President Donald Trump appealed to the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and South Korea — as well as China, Iran’s strategic partner — to send minesweepers and naval forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. When allies balked, the request turned into a warning: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would face “a very bad” future if it refused.
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[2026-04-01 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s defence ministry said its forces intercepted and destroyed five ballistic missiles and seven drones that entered the country’s airspace over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-04-01 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Whitney Cummings continued to bring the laughs on Tuesday’s episode of The View, this time skewering Kid Rock alongside Joy Behar.
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[2026-04-01 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A decisive US victory in the Iran war is far more important than market swings, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday, after weeks of Wall Street jitters sparked by the conflict.
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[2026-04-01 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump and King Charles III interacting at a state banquet at Windsor Castle in 2025. (Reuters: Yui Mok / Pool)
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[2026-04-01 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian seaborne oil exports have fell by about 1.75 million barrels per day (bpd) last week as repeated Ukrainian drone strikes knocked key Baltic terminals out of order, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing shipping data and sources.
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[2026-04-01 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON - Dove soap maker Unilever ULVR.L has implemented a global hiring freeze "at all levels" that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
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[2026-04-01 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A diplomat at the United Nations resigned from his post on Friday and accused the international body of preparing for a scenario involving the possible use of nuclear weapons on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross instructs the jury to reach a verdict as prosecution and defense attorneys and the defendants ex-FirstEnergy Senior Vice President Michael Dowling and former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones listen during hearing in their case in Baker Ross’ courtroom, in Akron, Ohio, Monday, March 30, 2026.
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[2026-04-01 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s players sing the national anthem, holding pictures of children allegedly killed in U.S. and Israel strikes in Iran, before a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-01 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Authorities in the Ryazan region have ordered businesses to nominate a minimum number of employees for contract military service, marking the latest iteration of government efforts to maintain a steady flow of troops to the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-01 02:09 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A group of toddlers evacuated as premature infants just a month into the Israel-Hamas war returned Monday to families overjoyed yet worried about their futures in a transformed Gaza.
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[2026-04-01 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — King Charles III will visit the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, despite some calls for the trip to be cancelled or delayed amid the Iran war.
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[2026-04-01 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Type-12 land-to-ship missile launcher is shown at the Camp Kengun in the Kumamoto prefecture, western Japan. (AP: Kyodo News)
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[2026-04-01 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a Colorado law restricting licensed mental health professionals from performing voluntary conversion therapy to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors.
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China and Pakistan's foreign ministers have called for an immediate ceasefire to end hostilities amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, urging peace talks as soon as possible, Pakistan's foreign ministry and Chinese state news agency Xinhua is reporting.
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has positioned himself as an unlikely financial adviser during the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ray Ruda fills his van with fuel at a gas station Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-04-01 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On the night of 7 March, air strikes hit four oil depots and refineries in and around Tehran.
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[2026-04-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump ‘interested’ in asking Arab countries to pay for war on Iran. Analyst: ‘Israel should pay’
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[2026-04-01 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has told aides that he is willing to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday night, citing Trump administration officials.
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[2026-04-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted never-before-seen photos on Tuesday of his secret Saturday trip to visit troops prosecuting America’s war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 00:39 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Visit with Camilla to go ahead in late April despite calls for delay over conflict and Trump-Starmer tensions
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[2026-04-01 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli-US strikes have hit one of Iran’s largest pharmaceutical companies in Tehran, which produces anaesthetics and cancer drugs, the Iranian government said.
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[2026-04-01 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, left, is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for their lunch after they announced their statements at the Akasaka guesthouse in Tokyo Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-01 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-01 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pilots shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait early in the war on Iran are already back in the fight, carrying out a bombing campaign over the enemy’s capital city overnight, Hegseth said.
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[2026-04-01 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russia has found itself in the curious position of benefiting from the turmoil hitting its Middle East partner and ally, Iran.
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[2026-04-01 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities have all been gripped by volatility over the course of the past month, with many assets seeing wild swings and major losses as the U.S.-Iran war drags on.
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[2026-04-01 00:05 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistani foreign minister arrives in Beijing amid speculation that Tehran is seeking security guarantees from China
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[2026-04-01 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DOHA — The Gulf states are unified in calling for a de-escalation of the Middle East war, Qatar said Tuesday as Tehran launched new strikes against its neighbors.
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[2026-04-01 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Data shows slowdown in price growth across the country after consecutive RBA cash rate hikes
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[2026-04-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Huang Yiping] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As US-Israel war with Iran sends prices up, a monetary expert says impact on China depends on conflict’s severity, while higher energy costs are worrying
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[2026-03-31 23:50 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has claimed in a press briefing that morale remains high among US troops stationed in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-31 23:36 UTC+10:00] [Charlie Kirk shooting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tyler Robinson’s defense team may try to use analysis to clear him of blame, as prosecutors aim to show there’s enough evidence to proceed with trial
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[2026-03-31 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's IRGC has confirmed that top military general Jamshid Eshaghi has been killed along with his family in an attack.
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[2026-03-31 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Violent crime committed by active-duty Russian servicemen has surged since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Poland-based news outlet Vot Tak reported, with murders, sexual assaults and robberies rising far faster than the military’s expansion.
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[2026-03-31 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are using sexual violence as a "weapon of war" in Darfur to control civilians, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
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[2026-03-31 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Critics say president is locking into 20th century energy systems even as his ‘bet’ on oil and gas ‘isn’t going so well’
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[2026-03-31 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Asia faces the gravest fallout from the war on Iran and is confronting a major energy crisis, a global maritime analytics firm warned in an interview with Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-31 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the UK and France on Tuesday for staying out of the Iran war, suggesting the Brits should “just take” the Strait of Hormuz themselves to replenish lost oil.
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