Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Oleksandr Syrskyi as the country’s commander-in-chief, appointing Mykhailo Drapatyi to lead the military. The move came after six days of protests in the capital, Kyiv, sparked by the removal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov – who had previously clashed with Syrskyi.
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[2026-07-22 07:58 UTC+10:00] [Artillery] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Army Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi on Tuesday, just a week after ousting popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
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[2026-07-22 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait's army said on Tuesday that its air defences are currently intercepting Iranian drones over its terrority.
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[2026-07-22 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-22 07:40 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The United States condemned “dangerous and aggressive actions” by China following a clash with the Philippine Navy at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a meeting of Southeast Asian nations.
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[2026-07-22 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US war against Iran will cost at least $37.5 billion, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. It was an increase of $7.5 billion on the last public estimate.
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[2026-07-22 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday largely steered clear of the potential minefield that comes with being in front of the press alongside US President Donald Trump, as the two leaders met for the very first time at the White House.
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[2026-07-22 07:34 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After nationwide protests Oleksandr Syrskyi is to be replaced in reshuffle and popular defence minister returns to government
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[2026-07-22 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine military on Tuesday accused the Chinese Embassy of releasing an edited video that omitted the events leading up to Monday’s confrontation near the grounded BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
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[2026-07-22 07:28 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, under questioning from lawmakers, said on Tuesday that the Defense Department’s latest estimate of the cost of the Iran war was $37.5 billion.
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[2026-07-22 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, new commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Mykhailo Drapatyi looks on during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 20, 2026. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
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[2026-07-22 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Democrats desperately want to retake the House in November, not just to thwart President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, but to launch countless investigations under the guise of oversight. However, their most stubborn obstacle to achieving this goal isn't President Trump or the Republican Party. The biggest obstacle actually sits inside their own party.
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[2026-07-22 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has put the latest official price tag on the US-Israel war on Iran at $37.5bn.
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[2026-07-22 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — An arson charge was lodged Tuesday against a former Army soldier accused of going to a federal building in Manhattan that houses immigration court proceedings and setting a sidewalk fire, igniting fireworks and firing a pellet gun.
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[2026-07-22 07:04 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia’s foreign affairs minister discussed the importance of peace in the Pacific at her meeting with Wang Yi in the wings of Asean. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-07-22 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Fordo (Iran)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threat to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site known as Pickaxe Mountain, telling reporters that the United States would strike that area “pretty soon, and very heavily.”
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[2026-07-22 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he was dismissing Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's army, amid an ongoing political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular defense minister.
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[2026-07-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s move comes after days of protests triggered by the removal of his popular defence minister
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[2026-07-22 06:40 UTC+10:00] [Telegram] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president’s move comes after days of protests triggered by the removal of his popular defence minister
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[2026-07-22 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-22 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, center, and Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, left, pose for a photograph with U.S. Vice President JD Vance during a meeting on the sidelines of the Lake Lucerne Summit in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 21. © Getty Images
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: President Donald Trump appeared to blame US partner Jordan for the deaths of at least two American troops when an Iranian missile hit a Jordanian air base last week, while saying an attack on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site was imminent.
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Middle East Eye's editor-in-chief David Hearst argues in his latest column that both Israel and the US are "stuck in a doom loop of their own making" in the war that they have waged on Iran.
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[2026-07-22 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Nov. 19, 2024, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi speaks to parliamentarians at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP, File)
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[2026-07-22 05:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As new prime minister briefs cabinet on ‘cost of living government’, critics ask where money will come from
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[2026-07-22 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fatima Mokdad stands amid the rubble of her home, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike during the Israel-Hezbollah war, where she and her family continue to live, using the only room that remained intact, in Froun village, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Emergency Services
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There are concerns global energy supplies could be crippled and oil prices spike even further after Yemen's Houthi rebels opened up a new front in the US-Israeli war on Iran by vowing to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-07-22 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes on their ninth day and the Russia-Ukraine war grinding on in Eastern Europe, US inventories of certain air-delivered munitions are being depleted. This has made the rapid procurement of lower-cost missiles and bombs a top priority for the Trump administration.
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[2026-07-22 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese army has called on Israel to engage in military coordination rather than carrying out attacks after Israeli forces opened fire on Lebanese army personnel stationed in southern Lebanon earlier on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-22 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US-Iran tensions escalate as attacks hit Bahrain and Kuwait, raising wider war fears
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[2026-07-22 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J.
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[2026-07-22 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort
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[2026-07-22 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Like a slow-motion car crash, the US-Israeli attacks on Iran are morphing into a third Gulf war.
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[2026-07-22 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli officials believe US President Donald Trump is preparing to significantly escalate the American military campaign against Iran, according to two Israeli officials.
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[2026-07-22 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fliers hoping the recent dip in petrol prices would lead to discounted tickets to Europe are likely to be disappointed after jet fuel costs spiked harder than other fuels at the start of the war and have stayed more elevated.
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[2026-07-22 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The only consensus in most discussions about the artificial intelligence boom seems to be that the US and China are on the brink of a cold war.
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[2026-07-22 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The only consensus in most discussions about the artificial intelligence boom seems to be that the US and China are on the brink of a cold war.
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[2026-07-22 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As global crises push nations to rearm with advanced military technologies, Dun & Bradstreet’s Duns 100 index has published Israel’s first comprehensive ranking of defense-industry companies, mapping 60 firms across the country’s expanding defense-tech ecosystem.
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A group of drones flying alongside an Apache attack helicopter could provide another major layer of defence to Gulf states attacked by Iran.
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[2026-07-22 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the Pentagon Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
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[2026-07-22 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Each trip to the supermarket brings an unpleasant surprise for Leyla, a pensioner who lives in western Tehran.
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[2026-07-22 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gaza’s civil defence agency said that multiple Israeli strikes on several areas across Gaza have killed 12 Palestinians, including four children, on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-22 03:35 UTC+10:00] [Aerospace] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Britain, Japan and Italy are bringing Canada in on their project to field a sixth-generation fighter jet by 2035, defense ministers from the nations announced jointly on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-22 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner spokesperson, Thameen al-Kheetan, condemned on Tuesday the increased Israeli strikes on Gaza.
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[2026-07-22 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — On Tuesday (July 22), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) formally welcomed its 61st AFP chief of staff, Gen. Antonio Nafarrete from the Philippine Army having succeeded Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. in a change of command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo.
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