Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-07-18 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three people were killed in US strikes on some parts of Iran’s Hormozgan province, IRNA reported, citing the region's deputy governor.
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[2026-07-18 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Saudi civil defence issued two early warnings for Al-Kharj city and Yanbu early Saturday to be alert to "potential danger," but it later said the danger had passed in both areas, without providing details on the danger that triggered the warnings, according to Reuters.
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[2026-07-18 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital said eight people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area of Nuseirat refugee camp.
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[2026-07-18 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 9:21am
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[2026-07-18 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said it intercepted and shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the southern port city of Bushehr using a newly developed air defence system.
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[2026-07-18 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that it destroyed a depot housing American unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that it destroyed a depot housing US unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Army has launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as a military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader warns of a full-scale offensive if US attacks continue.
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[2026-07-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in Yazd, in central Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, after the US military announced a seventh night of strikes against the country.
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[2026-07-18 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has lambasted Western governments for pushing for war with Russia and banning RT in order to freely disseminate the warmongering “propaganda of the ruling class.”
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[2026-07-18 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters slammed Western governments for pushing for war with Russia and banning RT so the warmongering “propaganda of the ruling class” can be freely disseminated.
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[2026-07-18 07:54 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-07-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities
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[2026-07-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ICBM test from a nuclear-powered submarine is a win from a defence perspective but comes with greater responsibilities
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[2026-07-18 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran fired several ballistic missiles and drones towards Kuwait on Friday, Kuwait's military stated in an X/Twitter post citing Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Maj.-Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi.
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[2026-07-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Punjab villager Charanjit Singh stands by a statue of his Agniveer son Ajay Singh, who died aged 24 in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024. The soldier's death received national media attention and was debated in India's parliament. (Photo by Nipun Prabhakar)
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[2026-07-18 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Newly released footage shows the moment a bomb exploded in an assassination attempt on exiled Ukrainian businessman Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco last month.
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[2026-07-18 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Newly released footage shows the moment a bomb exploded in an assassination attempt on exiled Ukrainian businessman Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco last month.
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[2026-07-18 06:52 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Central Command says attacks were designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’
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[2026-07-18 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An AR-15 style rifle is fired at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), National Services Center on March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-07-18 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nadezhdin briefly needed medical treatment when he appeared in court on Friday
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[2026-07-18 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has built one of the most sophisticated national security systems in human history.
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[2026-07-18 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Defense and Military Forces] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: An Israeli strike killed at least seven people and injured a number of others in central Gaza on Friday, according to hospital officials, the latest in a surge in attacks in the territory.
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[2026-07-18 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-18 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Crowds took to the streets of Kyiv on Thursday following the removal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov
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[2026-07-18 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
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[2026-07-18 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iraq and Syria signed an agreement on Friday to rebuild an oil pipeline that would provide an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-18 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 4:44am
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[2026-07-18 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president’s Orwellian speech on Thursday was just the latest instance of his denialism. It is up to us to resist
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[2026-07-18 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a "worse-case scenario" for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said.
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[2026-07-18 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian in Gaza before a second bombing killed eight more people at the funeral hours later, health officials said on Friday.
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[2026-07-18 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait is negotiating an expanded defence agreement with Pakistan in exchange for energy cooperation and investment with the South Asian country, according to a Reuters report.
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[2026-07-18 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The IRGC Navy Command said on Friday that the movements and military equipment of US forces are “under the surveillance” of Iran’s naval units.
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[2026-07-18 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Around 500 undersea cables carry 99% of international data traffic. (NEC)
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[2026-07-18 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defense pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the talks.
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[2026-07-18 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tax Authority Director Shay Aharonovich sent a scathing letter to Bnei Brak Mayor Hanoch Zeibert on Thursday, ordering the suspension of war damage claims in the city after Tax Authority employees were attacked earlier that day.
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[2026-07-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
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[2026-07-18 01:50 UTC+10:00] [Bonds] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Dan Jarvis is expected to be removed as defense secretary when incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham chooses his top team on Monday — with former Labour leadership rival Wes Streeting under discussion as his replacement.
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