Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-20 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas has named Khalil al-Hayya as its new leader, succeeding Yahya Sinwar who was killed in Gaza by the Israeli army in October 2024.
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[2026-07-20 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has thanked Jordanian civilians and military personnel for allegedly providing the “accurate intelligence” it used to strike US forces and aircraft stationed in the kingdom.
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[2026-07-20 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has thanked Jordanian civilians and military personnel for allegedly providing the “accurate intelligence” it used to strike US forces and aircraft stationed in the kingdom.
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[2026-07-20 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In an official statement, Hamas announced that Khalil al-Hayya has been elected as the head of the political bureau of the Islamic movement, succeeding Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in Gaza by the Israeli army in October 2024.
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[2026-07-20 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the Strait of Hormuz already disrupted, the Red Sea is now a critical alternative outlet for Gulf oil and other products.
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[2026-07-20 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace has approved a pilot project to house Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, abandoning, at least for now, its initial plans for the reconstruction of the war-devastated territory.
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[2026-07-20 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton Monday in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, injuring him and damaging his smaller vessel.
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[2026-07-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The death of two American service members in a missile attack blamed on Tehran has prompted Washington to expand strikes on Iran, raising fears of a wider confrontation in what is being described as an escalatory trap.
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[2026-07-20 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
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[2026-07-20 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pamela Smart answers questions from the defense in her murder conspiracy trial, March 18, 1991, in Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Jon Pierre Lasseigne, File)
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[2026-07-20 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Iran are on the precipice of all out conflict, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with discussions in the While House. According to the paper’s sources, Washington is ramping up its air war assets in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-20 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Iran are on the precipice of all out conflict, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with discussions in the White House. According to the paper’s sources, Washington is ramping up its air war assets in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-20 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA Daily says unmanned platforms have allowed Tokyo to circumvent constitutional constraints on military development
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[2026-07-20 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Osumi Strait] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA Daily says unmanned platforms have allowed Tokyo to circumvent constitutional constraints on military development
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[2026-07-20 20:05 UTC+10:00] [West Philippine Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday condemned the latest incident involving the China Coast Guard (CCG) against the Philippine Navy personnel assigned to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
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[2026-07-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-20 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: After years of being the primary backer of the internationally recognised government in Tripoli, Turkiye is now rapidly expanding its military footprint to a rival authority in eastern Libya.
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[2026-07-20 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for supporting his war against Ukraine, in the latest high-level diplomacy between the countries, Russian state media reported.
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[2026-07-20 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Monday as Wall Street monitors the latest developments amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-20 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is planning a fresh attempt to meet his U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth during a trip to Washington and Texas in September, internal planning notes seen by POLITICO show.
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[2026-07-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator says Trump revisiting failed run against Biden ‘distracts from important things’ such as Iran war
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[2026-07-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through broken windows. The last people to live here moved away long ago. Yet a bright orange pipe with a black fiber-optic cable inside runs from the outer wall down into the surrounding soil.
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[2026-07-20 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli fire killed two Palestinians during an army-backed settler attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.
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[2026-07-20 18:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-20 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas pumps are seen at a gas station in Buffalo Grove, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-07-20 18:39 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: HIGH-RISK ZONE. A cargo vessel leaves a Black Sea port in Odesa, Ukraine, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, March 26, 2025.
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[2026-07-20 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents look at their ruined home following a Russian air guided bomb strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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[2026-07-20 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — As if the monkey video wasn't enough, China once again displayed its aggressive behavior in another video, this time on the West Philippine Sea when a personnel from its Coast Guard hit a Philippine Navy personnel on the head with a wooden baton on Monday in the lastest clash between Manila and Beijing in the disputed territory.
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[2026-07-20 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Israel is seeking to water down criticism of the Jewish state in Labor’s policy platform, which is set to call out settler violence in the West Bank, condemn a controversial new death penalty law and back two international courts considering genocide and war crimes charges against Israel.
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[2026-07-20 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine Navy personnel was injured after members of the China Coast Guard (CCG) allegedly assaulted him during a confrontation in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
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[2026-07-20 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The evolution of autonomous warfare will center on teams of FPV drones, unmanned aircraft, and ground robots operating across a single network. Our view is that the battlefield of the 2030s has already been pulled forward by conflicts across Eurasia, from the Russia-Ukraine war to the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-07-20 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 6:13pm
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[2026-07-20 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The extension of mandatory IDF service approved by the Knesset last week will not solve the military's growing manpower shortage, Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, said in a letter sent to service members and commanders on Friday.
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[2026-07-20 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A pilot program under which Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) troops will enter designated areas in southern Lebanon to verify they have been cleared of Hezbollah operatives and weapons is expected to begin in the near future, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
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[2026-07-20 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ryanair said it had to cut fares due to customer hesitancy around air travel due to the Middle East conflict
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[2026-07-20 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models could become a strategic, geopolitical asset akin to nuclear weapons, South Korea's science minister said Monday, as he reiterated his stance that the country should develop its own frontier AI model.
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[2026-07-20 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People walk past a smoldering residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in the Lukianivka neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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[2026-07-20 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US strikes several locations in Iran's southern port city of Bushehr, home to the country's civilian nuclear plant, state news media reported.
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[2026-07-20 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China is expanding its planetary defense efforts with a new asteroid detection network aimed at spotting dangerous space rocks long before they become a threat to Earth, according to the South China Morning Post.
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[2026-07-20 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Explosions were heard across several Iranian cities after the US launched strikes overnight
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[2026-07-20 16:31 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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[2026-07-20 16:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-20 16:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The prolonged US-Iran conflict is expected to boost demand for South Korean air defense systems as countries replenish interceptor missile stockpiles depleted by sustained missile attacks, DS Investment & Securities said Monday.
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[2026-07-20 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ryanair warned on Monday that struggling European airlines are facing a "difficult winter" ahead, as the budget carrier reported first-quarter profit that took a 34% hit due to consumers delaying bookings amid the Middle East crisis
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[2026-07-20 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain's state television is reporting that the country's air defence systems are responding to attacks from Iran.
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[2026-07-20 16:03 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai/Cairo: US forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised.
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[2026-07-20 16:02 UTC+10:00] [Rubio, Marco] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the United States remained open to diplomacy with Iran, even as U.S. forces intensified their military campaign with a ninth consecutive night of strikes in the country.
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[2026-07-20 15:42 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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[2026-07-20 15:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor’s union ramped up pressure on the automaker Monday by launching a second round of partial strikes as wage talks with South Korea’s largest automaker remained stalled.
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[2026-07-20 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent crude topped $90 a barrel on Monday, as intensifying US-Iran hostilities revived fears of a wider regional conflict following the deaths of US service personnel in Jordan and Iranian strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure.
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