Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-26 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfield Thomas Müller (13) slides into Minnesota United FC defense Morris Duggan (23) during the first half of an MLS soccer match on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
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[2026-07-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has, for now, set aside plans to sharply escalate the American military campaign against Iran, with growing concern that a wider war could dangerously deplete the Pentagon's stockpile of Patriot missile interceptors and other air defence munitions in the Middle East, The New York Times reports.
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[2026-07-26 12:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
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[2026-07-26 12:32 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-26 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Caught on camera: a 300 strong humpback whale supergroup gathering to feed
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[2026-07-26 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Rangers’ Wyatt Langford runs over third base on his way to scoring on a triple by teammate Ezequiel Duran during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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[2026-07-26 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Beijing prohibited 14 EU companies from obtaining Chinese dual-use goods on Friday, targeting Europe's defense industry shortly after the EU included 14 Chinese and Hong Kong firms in its 21st sanctions package against Russia.
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[2026-07-26 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Zelenskyy says Iran is using Russian satellite images to help direct strikes in Middle East. What we know on day 1,614
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[2026-07-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Removing statues of the country’s founding father appears aimed at stripping democratic legitimacy from his daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi
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[2026-07-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [National League for Democracy] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Removing statues of the country’s founding father appears aimed at stripping democratic legitimacy from his daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi
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[2026-07-26 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Brisbane’s premiership defence is done and dusted after North Queensland kept their own finals hopes on track with a deserved 18-10 derby win in Townsville.
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[2026-07-26 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump decided not to escalate the conflict with Iran, fearing that an extended war could deplete interceptor stockpiles, US officials told The New York Times on Saturday.
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[2026-07-26 11:10 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Pop star Katy Perry has slammed the White House for using one of her songs, Firework, in a TikTok video about US military strikes in Iran.
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[2026-07-26 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The majority of Germans do not believe their armed forces are capable of protecting the country, a recent YouGov survey has found.
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[2026-07-26 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The majority of Germans do not believe their armed forces are capable of protecting the country, a recent YouGov survey has found.
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[2026-07-26 10:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh wave of strikes Saturday, as Kazakhstan's president told Russia's Vladimir Putin the Ukraine war should end during a forum in Siberia's Omsk.
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[2026-07-26 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 10:49 UTC+10:00] [Liverpool] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Liverpool defeat Sunderland 4-2 in friendly in Nashville
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[2026-07-26 10:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang also planning to send more missile launchers to Moscow to support the war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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[2026-07-26 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Primark said on Monday it would reduce prices by up to 29% across hundreds of items
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[2026-07-26 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-07-26 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's army spokesperson, Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, has said that a "large portion" of US bases targeted by Iran were no longer operational, singling out the US base in Erbil, Iraq, where he claimed "nearly all US infrastructure has been destroyed", IRNA reported.
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[2026-07-26 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military has said that its naval blockade against Iran "remains in full effect" but did not explain why it halted a streak of 13 nights of escalating strikes.
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[2026-07-26 09:29 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Signs of the Iran war’s spread emerged this weekend despite a pause in US strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
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[2026-07-26 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military has said its naval blockade against Iran remains in full effect, as it redirected 12 commercial vessels attempting to reach Iranian ports, disabled two and boarded two others to enforce compliance.
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[2026-07-26 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine has rapidly expanded its one-way attack-drone campaign from the Sea of Azov into the Black Sea, claiming strikes against more than 180 vessels and maritime targets around the Crimean region over the past three weeks, according to Reuters. The widening maritime offensive follows a summer campaign in which Ukrainian drones struck dozens of Russian energy assets, warehouses and logistics hubs.
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[2026-07-26 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Following the recent series of terror attacks in the West Bank, IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth banned Palestinian workers from entering Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, a source told Walla on Saturday night.
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[2026-07-26 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As an Ethiopian-Israeli and American, and as a former New York City public servant who spent more than two decades serving New Yorkers through the city’s court system, I understand the meaning of public service.
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[2026-07-26 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Phil Brink of FreightWaves
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[2026-07-26 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: One person has died and more than a dozen were injured after a car was suspected of driving into a crowd at an LGBTQ parade in Berlin, German police say.
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[2026-07-26 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Residents abandon nearby villages as crossing points remain closed
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[2026-07-26 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang also planning to send more missile launchers to Moscow to support the war effort, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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[2026-07-26 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The halt came without any announcement or explanation after 13 consecutive days of attacks
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[2026-07-26 07:57 UTC+10:00] [iran attacks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The halt came without any announcement or explanation after 13 consecutive days of attacks
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[2026-07-26 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Syria on Saturday, in an important visit that Damascus sees as transformative. It comes in the wake of Syria signing a new pipeline deal to link Iraq to the port of Baniyas and also comes after Syria’s president met US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-07-26 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The vehicle was intercepted on a section of the N2 near Carrickmacross on Wednesday
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[2026-07-26 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Wall Street Journal recently revealed that Israel is spending roughly $50 million on an American influence campaign involving artificial-intelligence-generated text messages, conservative media, online influencers, and former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale.
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[2026-07-26 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian man during an army operation in the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, Saturday July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-07-26 03:33 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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[2026-07-26 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tanzania Army patrol the street during vote counting in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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[2026-07-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-07-26 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A shooting incident was reported on Saturday, the IDF said in a statement, with troops on their way to the site.
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[2026-07-26 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – A public rift has emerged between Iran’s government and state television over how to portray the state of war and negotiations with the United States, as mediators try to nudge both countries towards diplomacy.
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[2026-07-26 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE world is again facing a huge spike in oil prices and shortages of fertilizer and other oil-based commodities that are worsening world hunger and driving thousands more poor people to starvation in Africa as Iran continues to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and block oil tankers. Twenty percent of the world’s total oil supply and 33 percent of global fertilizers essential for food production passed through the strait daily.
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[2026-07-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SANAA — Tehran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Saturday as US President Donald Trump mulled fresh strikes on Iran in the deepening Middle East war.
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[2026-07-26 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — The era in which global order rested on a United States monopoly over military and economic power and values has finally come to an end, taking Europe’s long period of stability with it. The world has become significantly more turbulent and uncertain, and the near future will bring even more instability.
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