Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen have completed preparations to attack ships transiting the Red Sea's southern access point, a maritime security group led by the U.S. Navy has warned.
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[2026-07-22 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lucy Letby is currently serving 15 whole life terms
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[2026-07-22 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The head of Burkina Faso's military government, Ibrahim Traore, has sought to stamp out speculation of a power struggle within its ranks, warning he intends remaining the country's only leader.
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[2026-07-22 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky dismissed Mikhail Fedorov over fears that the former defense minister might become a political rival, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported, citing sources in Kiev. Zelensky justified his decision to sack his sixth defense minister in as many years by pointing to a conflict between Fedorov and Ukraine’s top military commander, General Aleksandr Syrsky.
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[2026-07-22 23:20 UTC+10:00] [Games] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inspired by interactive theatre and fuelled by the motion capture tech used by VTubers, the vampire spies in Red Kiss have personality in spades
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[2026-07-22 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi residential prices continued to rise in the first half of the year as demand for property remained strong in the emirate despite uncertainty driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-07-22 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed legislation on Wednesday that would cut off exiled anti-war Russians from online banking, real estate transactions and consular services, a move rights advocates warn will severely disrupt the lives of emigres abroad.
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[2026-07-22 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)
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[2026-07-22 23:08 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: VEEP. This file photo shows Vice President Sara Duterte.
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[2026-07-22 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "From this point forward, any time Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon, United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran," Trump announced in a post on Truth Social.
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[2026-07-22 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The House of Representatives will vote today on final passage of the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) - and with it, Section 219, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, a provision directing the Pentagon to expand and accelerate the integration of US and Israeli military technology, supply chains, and defense industrial capacity.
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[2026-07-22 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanese army deployed in ‘pilot zone’ as families wait to return home
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[2026-07-22 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In an official statement, the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Forces announced that its air defence systems "confronted, intercepted, and destroyed a number of Iranian aerial assaults".
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[2026-07-22 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has adjusted his cabinet amid the oil shock from the war in Iran. © Reuters
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[2026-07-22 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Labor party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthony Albanese will cast ‘practical’ policies as the key to countering the anxiety and frustration in Australia
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[2026-07-22 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal has not helped Russia on the battlefield
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[2026-07-22 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Nato] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal has not helped Russia on the battlefield
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[2026-07-22 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that the months-long US-led war on Iran is estimated to have cost about $37.5bn so far, asking for twice that amount to continue fighting.
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[2026-07-22 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s Parliament on Wednesday backed a government proposal to allow the U.S. military to use an air base in the Balkan country to support U.S. operations in the Middle East, while some expressed concern about becoming involved in the Iran war.
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[2026-07-22 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In Gaza, the Israeli military only needs to move a yellow concrete block a few metres to rewrite the geography on the ground. Originally placed as field markers following the ceasefire to separate Israeli forces from areas slated for withdrawal, these blocks have transformed into an advancing front line.
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[2026-07-22 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shaul and Iris Elovitch asked Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Wednesday to state whether the prosecution will withdraw the bribery charge in Case 4000, arguing that the unresolved question is preventing them from properly planning the remainder of the defense case.
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[2026-07-22 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over the last few weeks, it appears Ukraine has increased the types of targets of its drone strikes in Russia. Among the recent targets have been massive warehouses and facilities of the Wildberries retailer. “Ukrainian drones have hit warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer again, injuring 10 people, according to Russian media and the region's governor,” BBC noted on July 22.
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[2026-07-22 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon decried a Wednesday statement released by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in which he accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “war criminal” responsible for an alleged “genocide against the Palestinian people.”
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[2026-07-22 21:41 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND — Israel has “fallen short” of Britain's standards of conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, the U.K.'s new Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-22 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US on Wednesday carried out an 11th consecutive night of attacks on Iran, extending a US-Israeli war that has killed American troops, paralysed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and pushed oil prices higher.
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[2026-07-22 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia’s invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief.
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[2026-07-22 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s historic meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday went spectacularly well, delivering almost everything Beirut had hoped for. But Mr Aoun’s real test lies at home, where he must persuade a wary public that disarming Hezbollah will not drag Lebanon back into civil war.
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[2026-07-22 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that they targeted Prince Hassan and King Faisal military bases in Jordan, according to reports by Iran's state news agency.
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[2026-07-22 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. military said it completed the 11th night of strikes on Iran early Wednesday as attacks across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed.
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[2026-07-22 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: MANILA, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea held separate foreign ministers' talks with Canada, Australia and New Zealand in Manila on Wednesday, discussing ways to expand cooperation in economic security, energy, defense and other strategic sectors amid geopolitical uncertainties, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-07-22 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-07-22 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-07-22 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-07-22 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lockheed Martin has unveiled its MORFIUS X-Rotor system, an airborne high-power microwave (HPM) platform designed to disable large numbers of hostile drones in a single mission.
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[2026-07-22 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The prosecution filed a precedent-setting request on Wednesday to revoke the Israeli citizenship of two security prisoners convicted of plotting to help Hamas disable Cellcom’s communications infrastructure during a future war or military operation.
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[2026-07-22 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Bulgaria played down on Wednesday Iran's warning that its plan to host US tanker aircraft would constitute complicity in "aggression and war crimes" in the Middle East, arguing that the planes would only serve logistical purposes.
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[2026-07-22 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meanwhile, responding to the top military brass reshuffle in Ukraine, the Kremlin said these changes will not affect the situation on the frontline, AFP reported.
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[2026-07-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ottawa gains front-row insight into the next-gen combat jet as it seeks to diversify ties amid Washington tensions
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[2026-07-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [F-35] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ottawa gains front-row insight into the next-gen combat jet as it seeks to diversify ties amid Washington tensions
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[2026-07-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister Penny Wong will deliver speech criticising China’s recent launch of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile
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[2026-07-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: He decried endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he may be stuck in one of his own making
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[2026-07-22 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ethiopia's opposition People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) has accused the federal government of pushing the northern Tigray region towards a new war.
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[2026-07-22 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two residents of Wadi Ara are suspected of possessing and carrying a variety of illegal weapons, which constitutes a threat to national security, police said on Wednesday at the conclusion of the investigation into the matter.
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[2026-07-22 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- A senior defense ministry official said Wednesday that now is the right time to push ahead with a plan to establish an integrated military academy for the Army, Navy and Air Force to better prepare future officers for the post-wartime operational control (OPCON) transfer era.
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[2026-07-22 18:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-07-22 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US defence chief Hegseth says war on Iran has cost $37.5bn, seeks $87.6bn more
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[2026-07-22 18:39 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Equinor benefits from move to increase oil and gas production during strait of Hormuz blockades
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[2026-07-22 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Scientists and wildlife preservationists have spent the past five years attempting to save the northern spotted owl in the US, no matter the cost - which has so far included killing thousands of other birds, according to an article published in Science.
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[2026-07-22 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Smoke was seen rising from the Aqaba area in Jordan after Iran launched missiles towards Jordan on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-22 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Dramatic footage posted on X shows what appears to be a Russian Geran-4 jet-powered, one-way attack drone striking a passenger train in Ukraine.
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