Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-25 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the limits of US military leverage against Iran, according to CBS News, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-02-25 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Vladimir Putin has not broken Ukraine, its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, as the Kremlin marked the start of the fifth year of its invasion by vowing to keep fighting Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II until it achieves its goals.
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[2026-02-25 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is traversing the Mediterranean, reportedly set to dock in Israel's port of Haifa next, following a prior stop in Crete early this week, after having been ordered from the Caribbean to the Middle East area as the US threatens Iran.
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[2026-02-25 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The White House has insisted that last year’s strikes against Iran destroyed the country’s nuclear programme despite a recent claim by a senior US official that Tehran is a week away from having bombmaking material.
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[2026-02-25 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government and IDF entered the Israel-Hamas War without an approved national operational plan for evacuating civilians and were forced to manage the displacement of more than 200,000 Israelis through an ad hoc system that left local authorities improvising under fire, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman said in a report published Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DURING an event at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio over the weekend, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the Senate was still “considering possible actions” to take in the case of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who disappeared in November after rumors began circulating that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against him.
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[2026-02-25 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DURING an event at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio over the weekend, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the Senate was still “considering possible actions” to take in the case of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who disappeared in November after rumors began circulating that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against him.
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[2026-02-25 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KUALA LUMPUR — Previously we discussed Iran’s latest internal dynamics in this column. It is now perhaps worth turning to the longstanding and intensifying tension between the United States and Iran. For decades, relations between Washington and Tehran have been marked by sanctions, hostile rhetoric, proxy confrontations and periodic crises.
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[2026-02-25 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the fourth anniversary of the war in his country by accusing his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of trying to take it over, saying he had failed to achieve this and other war goals.
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[2026-02-25 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Five months ago, the “Super-Sparta” address captured the harrowing dissonance of a nation at war. The momentum of the speech was defined by a brutal paradox – a people whose hearts were buried in the darkness of Hamas tunnels, watching the clock run out on their captive loved ones, while their military might was being felt across the Middle East.
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[2026-02-25 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The military spokesperson for the M23 rebel group, Lieutenant-Colonel Willy Ngoma, was killed early Tuesday in a drone strike near Rubaya in North Kivu province, multiple sources confirmed, dealing a significant blow to the rebel movement amid ongoing ceasefire efforts.
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[2026-02-25 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
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[2026-02-25 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran seeks to buy Chinese weapons, human remains identified in JerusalemThe Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug as they gather with leaders of the BRICS group for the family photo during the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/PILAR OLIVARES)
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[2026-02-25 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Kremlin warned Tuesday that efforts to end the war could be undermined by what Russian foreign intelligence officials claimed to be attempts by France and the United Kingdom to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-02-25 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanon’s army blamed Israel for carrying out an attack near an observation post it is installing in the southern border area and commanded its forces to fire back.
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[2026-02-25 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Middle East leaders expect the US to follow through on its military build-up to strike Iran but experts warn that the duration of any campaign will be limited by constraints on Washington's arsenal.
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[2026-02-25 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police announced the detention of a suspect who is being investigated for an attempted ramming occured at a checkpoint in the West Bank near Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon.
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[2026-02-25 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort docks at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
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[2026-02-25 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether he wants to strike a deal with Iran, launch a weeks-long war to topple the regime, or initiate a narrow attack to try to pressure Tehran into a deal more to his liking, sources have indicated to The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-02-25 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A routine morning in a central Iran market turned into a disaster Tuesday when an Iranian army helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable bazaar in Isfahan province, killing four people and prompting an emergency response as officials blamed a mechanical problem for the deadly impact.
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[2026-02-25 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Egyptian drama series Sohab Al Ard, or People of the Land, is dominating Arab television screens during Ramadan – but for many Palestinians, the portrayal of wartime Gaza is too much too soon.
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[2026-02-25 02:18 UTC+10:00] [US] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The US military is slowly scaling down its presence in Okinawa following decades of talks and delays colored by lingering animosity between US forces and local residents — in large part stemming from the 1995 scandal which saw three US servicemen abduct, assault and rape a 12-year-old Okinawan girl.
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[2026-02-25 02:09 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Little sign Moscow’s ability to continue waging war for a fifth year is diminished, analysis suggests
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[2026-02-25 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Edward Jeremy alleged that the ex-president drew up ‘death lists’ and children were strangled with wire and ‘sold’ to funeral homes
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[2026-02-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Airbus Defence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Michael Schoellhorn, CEO von Airbus Defence and Space, bestätigt in einem Exklusivinterview mit der DW Presseberichte, nach denen es Schwierigkeiten zwischen seinem Unternehmen und dem französischen Partner Dassault Aviation gebe.
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[2026-02-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s next visit to Israel could do more than generate headlines. It could lower the friction that constrains the defense relationship and help India and Israel deepen cooperation at a moment when they are confronting the same strategic problem: how to defend societies and critical infrastructure against air and missile threats in an age of saturation.
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[2026-02-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It's hard to know what's true amid the fog of war, but when Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) comes out with whatever new accusation it lodges against Ukraine it usually 'goes big'.
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[2026-02-25 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanese soldiers conducting an operation in southern Lebanon came under fire from the IDF near Marjeyoun, the Lebanese Armed Forces claimed on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Firefighters and civil defense workers help at the site where homes collapsed due to heavy rains and severe flooding in the Parque Burnier neighborhood of Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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[2026-02-25 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amikam Norkin does not mince words when assessing Israel’s most formidable adversary. “Iran has advanced technology – we can’t disparage it,” he warned in an exclusive interview with Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post. “After years of handling Russian technology, now we have to handle Iranian technology.”
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[2026-02-25 01:47 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Soldiers spend weeks or even months in a cramped shelter in a so-called "kill zone," a stretch as long as 20 kilometers (12 miles) that is largely controlled by enemy drones. There is no way to reach a position by vehicle or evacuate the wounded. Ammunition and food supplies are constantly interrupted.
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[2026-02-25 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanon's Hezbollah will not necessarily take military action against Israel or the United States if Iran is attacked, The National has been told, despite assessments in Washington that the group could retaliate.
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[2026-02-25 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV released on Tuesday a video showing the country’s Revolutionary Guard holding a drill that included launching missiles, flying drones and firing guns at targets along its coast, without elaborating on the exact time or place of the exercise.
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[2026-02-25 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES throughout with USFK statement)
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[2026-02-25 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: An update to a running independent tally of Russian war deaths has put the number of soldiers killed fighting on the side of Moscow at more than 200,000, a figure that journalists maintaining the list say remains a conservative estimate of the human toll Russia has faced since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched four years ago.
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[2026-02-25 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana has renamed its main international airport, dropping the name of a military officer linked to the 1966 overthrow of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. This move has reignited old political and historical tensions.
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[2026-02-25 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Recent developments have made clear that a US strike on Iran is a only matter of time, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee member and Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud) said in an interview on 104.5 FM on Sunday.
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[2026-02-25 01:21 UTC+10:00] [Latest News Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—As the confirmation of charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte got underway before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, a misleading claim resurfaced online: that only 78 people were killed in Duterte’s war on drugs.
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[2026-02-25 01:03 UTC+10:00] [Italy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meloni government had claimed case showed why officers using weapons in self-defence needed more protection
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[2026-02-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top Ukrainian envoy urges Beijing to ‘walk this last mile together’ on anniversary of Russia’s invasion
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[2026-02-25 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian military helicopter crashed into a fruit and vegetable market in central Iran on Tuesday, reportedly killing at least four people.
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[2026-02-25 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
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[2026-02-25 00:11 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenKyiv, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the first lady, Olena Zelenska, meet troops in Independence Square after a ceremony to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of UkrainePhotograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenKyiv, UkraineA person stands in front of a makeshift memorial for Ukrainian and foreign soldiers in Independence SquarePhotograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenGuatire, Venezuela People light candles during a vigil to demand the release of political prisoners outside El Rodeo I
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[2026-02-25 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US AI lab says DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax AI used its systems to improve their models’ capabilities
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[2026-02-25 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There's been another killing by explosive device in the heart of Moscow - this time coming on the fourth anniversary of the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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[2026-02-25 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sudan's army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan has pledged to fight on in the country until the Rapid Support Forces are defeated or surrender, and offered amnesty to “misled” fighters who took up arms against the armed forces.
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[2026-02-24 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that he will learn alongside the American public whether his department holds records proving the existence of aliens.
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[2026-02-24 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)
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[2026-02-24 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has renewed his threats of military action against Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic will face a “very bad day” unless it agrees to a nuclear deal.
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[2026-02-24 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel must stand with Ukraine without hesitation as the two countries face similar, existential threats, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk said in an interview with Walla, marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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