Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm’s chip unit T-Head aims to lower migration barriers to Zhenwu AI computing architectures, following similar initiatives by Huawei and Moore Threads
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[2026-07-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm’s chip unit T-Head aims to lower migration barriers to Zhenwu AI computing architectures, following similar initiatives by Huawei and Moore Threads
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[2026-07-18 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Seven people have been killed and 49 injured after Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, according to Russian officials.
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[2026-07-18 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Iran launched a fresh spate of strikes on Washington’s Gulf allies on Saturday morning after the United States bombed the country for a seventh consecutive night following the collapse of a ceasefire deal.
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[2026-07-18 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The escalating conflict between the United States and Iran is taking a growing toll on civilian infrastructure, with Iranian officials saying overnight US strikes destroyed a desalination facility supplying drinking water to about 10,000 people.
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[2026-07-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump lying on what appears to be a coffin and bearing anti-Trump messages, including the phrase “We Kill Trump,” is seen at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-07-18 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military said early Saturday it ended a seventh straight night of strikes against Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported attacks by Iranian projectiles and commercial shipping continued to face disruptions.
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[2026-07-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Less than a month after hailing a ceasefire, Trump resumed strikes on Iran, a move experts warn could prolong the war and hurt Republicans ahead of midterms
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[2026-07-18 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Local Iranian media have reported that US attacks on Iran’s southern Hormozgan province over the past two nights killed “about seven to eight people”, all of them civilians, according to Ahmad Moradi, a representative for the province who spoke to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-07-18 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Seven people were killed and 51 others were wounded in Russia overnight by Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian officials said Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched a “devastating and simultaneous missile and drone attack” targeting fighter jet shelters and a large aircraft parking area at the US base in al-Azraq, Jordan.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait on Saturday said Iran struck another of its power and water plants, leading to the deactivation of several power generation units, a day after a similar attack.
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[2026-07-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm uses near-packaged optics to bypass traditional architecture limits and scale more than 1,000 processor cards across a cluster
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[2026-07-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Atlas SuperPoD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm uses near-packaged optics to bypass traditional architecture limits and scale more than 1,000 processor cards across a cluster
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[2026-07-18 17:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain activated its air sirens for a second time on Saturday, warning residents to shelter after it detected possible incoming drones or missiles.
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[2026-07-18 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Hunger Strikes] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A prominent Indian activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than 20 days in New Delhi, demanding education reforms and justice for millions of students, was removed by the police on Saturday and taken to a hospital, the authorities said.
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[2026-07-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's total real estate transactions surged 112 per cent year-on-year to hit Dh117 billion ($31.9 billion) in the first half of this year, underpinned by strong foreign direct investment despite the fallout from the US-Iran war.
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[2026-07-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The fifth in a special series of World Cup 2026-themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satirist
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[2026-07-18 16:57 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Saturday dismissed Beijing’s assertion that an AI-generated China Daily video portraying Filipinos as monkeys was not a government act.
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[2026-07-18 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have ordered the confiscation of 16.577 dunums (4.09 acres) of land in the village of Dura al-Qar', northeast of Ramallah and al-Bireh, for what they described as military purposes, Wafa reported.
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[2026-07-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal
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[2026-07-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned countries hosting US military forces to prepare for a "corresponding response", Iranian media reported.
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[2026-07-18 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Two soldiers and three civilians were injured after two motorcycle-riding suspects hurled a grenade at a military convoy in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday morning, police said.
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[2026-07-18 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media have reported that US missile strikes launched from Kuwait caused explosions in the city of Khorramabad in Lorestan province. Here are some other developments on Saturday:
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[2026-07-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire
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[2026-07-18 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) said it has filed a criminal complaint in Portugal against an Israeli soldier, Etamar Ivry, alleging war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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[2026-07-18 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Major General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian military adviser, has warned that if the US continues bombing Iran over the coming days, Tehran will launch “full-scale offensive operations”, according to state-controlled news agency IRIB.
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[2026-07-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: AFTERMATH. A resident removes debris inside his barbershop, which was damaged during Russian missile strikes, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 11, 2026.
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[2026-07-18 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has looted and destroyed three schools in southern Lebanon, Rima Karami, the country’s education and higher education minister, said in a statement carried by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) on Friday.
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[2026-07-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-18 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which began on July 9 and runs through July 19, had a far more festive atmosphere than the previous two editions, which took place while the war with Hamas continued and Israeli hostages were still held.
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[2026-07-18 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Jordanian military has said its air defences downed 10 Iranian missiles that breached the country’s airspace early on Saturday morning.
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[2026-07-18 12:42 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Police Scene of the Crime Operatives and bomb disposal experts inspect the blast site in front of a mosque in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, after a grenade attack wounded five people on Saturday, July 18, 2026. — Photo courtesy of Shariff Aguak Vice Mayor Oping Ampatuan
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Tehran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 11:43 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands gather outside presidential office for second day, following surprise government reshuffle. What we know on day 1,606
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[2026-07-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Moscow and Pyongyang have quite obviously deepened their relations in unprecedented ways over the past years since the Ukraine war began, and this has been most on display with the transfer of thousands of North Korean troops in support of Russian forces, and DPRK soldiers even losing their lives while fighting Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Images shared on Friday showed a damaged bridge in Iran's southern Hormozgan province
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[2026-07-18 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes.
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[2026-07-18 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has termed the US strike on Hormuzgan province, in which eight civilians were killed, as a “blatant war crime”.
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[2026-07-18 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy "unequivocally announces" that the Strait of Hormuz has become "highly perilous" and is now fully sealed off due to the "crimes of the US military", state broadcaster IRIB reported.
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[2026-07-18 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 10:33 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai/Cairo: The US struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News.
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[2026-07-18 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Genevieve Blandin de Chalain
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[2026-07-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF detained several Israeli civilians on Friday for illegally crossing into Syrian territory, the military said, following a search operation.
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