Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus, designed to check China’s military advance in the Indo-Pacific, is expected to cost Canberra up to US$250 billion over 30 years
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[2026-07-24 12:19 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus, designed to check China’s military advance in the Indo-Pacific, is expected to cost Canberra up to US$250 billion over 30 years
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[2026-07-24 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Friday requested a five-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigation by appointing him as ambassador to Australia in 2023.
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[2026-07-24 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United States appeals court has rejected immigration authorities’ push to re-detain a Georgetown University scholar, who is facing deportation for his activism against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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[2026-07-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit Damascus this week for the first time since taking office and meet President Ahmad Al Shara, as Syria seeks international support to recover from the civil war and deal with Israeli incursions in the south.
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[2026-07-24 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The global economy is not living rent-free in the mind of Donald Trump.
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[2026-07-24 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A military audit has uncovered unauthorized access to online records of soldiers' personal medical information late last year, prompting the military to shut down the program over a potential data breach, according to a lawmaker's office Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:32 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: EU unveils largest package in four years of measures against Russian individuals and interests; Laura Loomer shows up in Kyiv. What we know on day 1,612
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-24 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New York Times reports that list of those killed changed from 18 on Wednesday to 14 on Thursday
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[2026-07-24 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Patriotic signage in support of the Cambodian government and military leadership sits atop empty market stalls at Poipet's New Market. (Photo by Ananth Baliga)
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[2026-07-24 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's air defence was reportedly activated in its capital of Tehran to counter "hostile" threat, the Nour News agency reported.
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[2026-07-24 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 24 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has agreed with his European Union counterpart to deepen cooperation in security, defense and economic affairs, while pledging closer coordination with Britain on global challenges during separate talks in Manila, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations envoy for Yemen has warned that renewed attacks by the Houthis on Red Sea shipping risk dragging the country back into full-scale war.
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[2026-07-24 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-24 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK has been too complacent about the risk of foreign attack, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor BAE Systems has warned.
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[2026-07-24 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Anastasia Mironova, writer, publicist
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[2026-07-24 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
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[2026-07-24 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is shifting cross-strait military strategy, halving aerial missions and increasing coastguard patrols in the waters near the island
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[2026-07-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Nancy Pelosi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is shifting cross-strait military strategy, halving aerial missions and increasing coastguard patrols in the waters near the island
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[2026-07-24 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Goods coming from India, Malaysia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Cambodia are among the countries that were given a 10% tariff rate, while Chinese goods were given a 12.5% levy. © Reuters
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[2026-07-24 07:51 UTC+10:00] [Los Angeles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense attorneys question LAPD criminalist on third day of hearing to decide whether singer will stand trial
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[2026-07-24 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he may launch the largest strikes on Iran yet after Tehran carried out another wave of retaliatory attacks on US allies in the Gulf, including hitting a telecommunications tower in Kuwait.
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[2026-07-24 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The new troubling development is that maritime chokepoint chaos spread overnight from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where Iran-backed Houthis targeted two Saudi Arabian tankers. The attacks expose yet another maritime chokepoint and risk further physical market tightening, forcing traders to price a larger war-risk premium into Brent crude futures and pushing the benchmark above $100 a barrel Thursday morning.
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[2026-07-24 06:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-24 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Wuhan skyline and a wanted notice for "drug kingpin" Ye Chuanfa, also known as Yip Chuen Fat. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
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[2026-07-24 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike killed two Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, medics there said, and three others were shot dead in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities and the Israeli military.
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[2026-07-24 06:38 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Oil is trading at above $US100 for the time since the last phase of the Iran war after Houthi rebels fired at two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, prompting US President Donald Trump to warn of bigger strikes against the Iranian regime and its surrogates.
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[2026-07-24 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-24 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s air defences are currently confronting 'hostile' missile and drone attacks from Iran, the army said.
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[2026-07-24 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US military aircraft have been based at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, pictured here in April 2026
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[2026-07-24 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The House on Thursday approved a Democratic-led war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Trump's military operations in Iran, with four Republicans providing the decisive votes.
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[2026-07-24 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US State Department on Thursday widened a reward offer for information about an Iranian company accused of helping to procure materials for the country's missile programme.
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[2026-07-24 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A makeshift memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found inside a vehicle owned by singer D4vd, is displayed outside her home in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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[2026-07-24 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kuwaiti authorities are taking the necessary measures after the country's border crossing with Iraq was repeatedly attacked by “hostile drones", the army said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 05:10 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Billions of dollars of additional funding for the US defence industrial base have not improved the production rate of Virginia-class submarines, a top Pentagon official says, casting further doubt on whether Australia will receive its AUKUS subs on schedule.
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[2026-07-24 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.has had enough of China’s unceasing mockery of the Philippines and Beijing's consistent narrative twists of the real situation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS.)
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[2026-07-24 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US would continue to play a "constructive role" in finding a solution to the war, but stressed that new ideas were needed to jumpstart peace accords between the two countries.
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[2026-07-24 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Iran on Thursday that any attack on Israel would draw a devastating response, following a high-level security consultation attended by Israel’s senior military and defense leadership.
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[2026-07-24 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
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[2026-07-24 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
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[2026-07-24 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese tankers returning from the Saudi port of Yanbu may be able to negotiate passage on a case-by-case basis, a report says
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[2026-07-24 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Aspides] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese tankers returning from the Saudi port of Yanbu may be able to negotiate passage on a case-by-case basis, a report says
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[2026-07-24 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorised by Congress. The resolution reflects growing congressional concern, even among President Donald Trump's Republicans, over the war.
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[2026-07-24 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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[2026-07-24 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A static firing test of the Japanese space agency's small, solid-fueled rocket is seen as a step toward resuming progress on satellite launches. (JAXA)
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