Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-23 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: It’s Europe’s biggest war since World War II. It’s also Russia’s deadliest war since that conflict. And it has reshaped the global economy — with Moscow facing the most sanctions that any country has ever encountered.
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[2026-02-23 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukrainian leader says his country was preventing it from becoming a ‘broad full-scale third world war’
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[2026-02-23 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-02-23 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iranian ballistic missile threat is not one to be underestimated, former MK Matan Kahana said during a Sunday interview with 103FM, warning that it represents the same kind of danger as the possibility that the Islamic Republic gets its hands on nuclear weapons.
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[2026-02-23 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At first glance, Yelets in winter looks like something from a Russian fairy tale.
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[2026-02-23 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Fighting between the Congolese army and the paramilitary AFC-M23 has resumed in eastern DRC, despite the ceasefire proposed last week by Angola's President João Lourenço.
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[2026-02-23 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: President Donald Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted US attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will consider a much bigger attack in the coming months intended to drive that country’s leaders from power, people briefed on internal administration deliberations said.
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[2026-02-23 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the US military’s highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
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[2026-02-23 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-23 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The former United States Coast Guard Cutter DECISIVE departed Baltimore, Maryland on February 21 to join the fleet of the Sri Lanka Navy, marking a historic milestone in bilateral maritime cooperation.
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[2026-02-23 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Within hours of the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, better known as El Mencho, in a military raid on Sunday, gunmen suspected to be his supporters blocked highways across several states and set cars and businesses ablaze.
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[2026-02-23 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan has carried out multiple overnight air strikes on Afghanistan, which the Taliban has said killed at least 18 people, including women and children.
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[2026-02-23 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea formally protests display in the heart of its capital as the Ukraine-Russia war enters its fifth year
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[2026-02-23 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's response to US attacks would be "severe" even if President Donald Trump orders "limited" military action, Tehran said on Monday.
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[2026-02-23 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A strong 7.1-magnitude quake struck early Monday off Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island, US seismologists said.
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[2026-02-23 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Message seen as reference to Ukraine war could create unnecessary tensions, says Seoul; Hungary to block new EU sanctions against Russia amid oil feud. What we know on day 1,461
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[2026-02-23 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian missiles and drones pound Ukraine’s capital ahead of invasion anniversary
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[2026-02-23 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Trump administration may have finally blinked, also knowing that yet another US-led war in the Middle East remains deeply unpopular among the American people. No attacks have come this weekend, as some were predicting last week, as President Trump appears to be exercising some level of patience and restraint, for now at least.
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[2026-02-23 12:32 UTC+10:00] [Rodrigo Duterte] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Duterte, 80, is accused of crimes against humanity over an anti-drugs crackdowns in which thousands of people were killed in the South-east Asian nation
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[2026-02-23 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging that many people there are sick and not receiving care, even though both of the US Navy’s hospital ships are currently docked at a shipyard in Alabama.
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[2026-02-23 11:46 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-23 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — Iranian officials held out hope for progress towards a deal to forestall fresh conflict when talks with US negotiators resume on Thursday, despite a huge build-up of American military might in the Middle East.
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[2026-02-23 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: February 23, 2026 — 11:30am
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[2026-02-23 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea's ruling party reelected Kim Jong-un as its general secretary at the ongoing party congress, touting the rapid improvement of the country's nuclear-based war deterrence under his leadership, state media said Monday.
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[2026-02-23 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi figures with links to Iran are distancing themselves from Tehran as the Middle East braces for US attack that could weaken the revolutionary Islamic Republic, analysts told The National.
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[2026-02-23 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The US and Iran will hold a third round of talks in Geneva this week. Source: SBS News
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[2026-02-23 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Afghan Red Crescent Society said 18 people were killed and several others wounded. (AFP)
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[2026-02-23 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Report of a deal for 2,500 advanced anti-aircraft missiles emerges as the US weighs military action against Iran
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[2026-02-23 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “As I understand it, this is the biggest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003,” Col. Richard Kemp, a former British Army commander, told The Media Line. He paused on the comparison. The amount of force now in place, he said, is greater than what was visible during the 12-day war in June 2025.
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[2026-02-23 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A police officer was killed, 25 other people were wounded in bomb explosions in Lviv
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[2026-02-23 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-23 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Last weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference, where he delivered a speech that was both reassuring to the European dignitaries in the audience and nerve-wracking because of its references to the kind of MAGA culture-inspired war themes that Europe generally shivers at.
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[2026-02-23 07:13 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: People attend funeral ceremony for those who lost their lives after Pakistani jets carried out airstrikes in eastern and southeastern Afghanistan. Source: Getty / Anadolu
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[2026-02-23 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s latest strikes in Lebanon are not just another round in the slow-burning shadow war with Hezbollah. They are part of something larger: an effort to ensure that if the US – or Israel – strikes Iran, Tehran’s most powerful proxy will not be able to carry out the mission it was built for.
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[2026-02-23 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Defence Deputy Minister, Major General (Retd.) Aruna Jayasekera said that there is vast untapped potential to strengthen cooperation between Sri Lanka and Russia, particularly in the areas of technology, energy expertise, logistics and maritime infrastructure.
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[2026-02-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Stephen T. “Web” Koehler, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka from February 19 to 21, met Defence Deputy Minister Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara at his office in Colombo on Friday (20).
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[2026-02-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Based on intelligence received by the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, a special search operation was conducted off Thoduwawa sea areas in coordination with the Sri Lanka Navy and arrested two suspects along with 25 sacks containing of 992.8 kgs of Kendu leaves, 140,000 foreign cigarettes and agrochemical consignment with a dingy boat on Saturday (21).
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[2026-02-23 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mexican army killed ‘El Mencho’, the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during an operation to capture him
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[2026-02-23 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gaza children learn yoga to heal from war trauma and find joy
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[2026-02-23 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians, while "waiting every minute and second" for a US strike against the Islamic Regime, would prefer an Israeli strike due to the precise nature of the Air Force's strikes in June, while there is a perception that US strikes would "bring terrible destruction, like in Iraq and Afghanistan," a local, identified as Ali told KAN Reshet Bet on Sunday.
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[2026-02-23 03:12 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Moscow continues to invest in strikes more than diplomacy,’ says Zelenskyy, as logistics and energy facilities targeted
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[2026-02-23 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BIHSUD, Afghanistan — Pakistan said Sunday it launched multiple air strikes targeting militants in neighboring Afghanistan, where the government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.
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[2026-02-23 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN August 2025, President Marcos Jr. said that “a war over Taiwan will drag the Philippines, kicking and screaming, into the conflict.”
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[2026-02-23 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker,
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[2026-02-23 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: अफगान अधिकारियों ने कहा कि ये हमले रात के समय नंगरहार और पक्तिका प्रांतों में किए गए, जिनमें आम रिहायशी इलाकों को निशाना बनाया गया. पक्तिका में किसी के जान जाने की सूचना नहीं है. अफगानिस्तान में तालिबान सरकार के रक्षा मंत्रालय ने हमलों की निंदा की है और "उचित और संतुलित जवाब” की चेतावनी दी है.
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[2026-02-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Next-generation SSN features advanced acoustic stealth and strike capacity, narrowing tech gap with rival US
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[2026-02-22 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Russia carried out a barrage of drone and missile strikes on energy infrastructure across Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday.
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[2026-02-22 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Europe's lack of military readiness has become painfully obvious in recent years, due largely to the war in Ukraine as well as the Trump Administration's efforts to force NATO members to fulfill their basic obligations.
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[2026-02-22 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Journalist Kostiantyn Honcharov worked with DW until 2022, when he, like many Ukrainians, returned home to join the volunteer army defending against Russia's invasion. The following is his personal report on four years of war in his country.
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[2026-02-22 23:33 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Journalist Kostiantyn Honcharov worked with DW until 2022, when he, like many Ukrainians, returned home to join the volunteer army defending against Russia's invasion. The following is his personal report on four years of war in his country.
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