Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The defense secretary has announced a screening program for troops. Get ready for a high-T Department of War
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[2026-07-16 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hundreds of people have gathered near the Ivan Franko National Theatre in central Kyiv to protest against the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, calling on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reverse the decision.
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[2026-07-16 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A majority of Iranian political figures have said a full-scale military conflict between Iran and the US is unlikely, but warned that limited confrontations will possibly continue.
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[2026-07-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Higher School of Economics, one of Russia’s most prestigious universities, announced Thursday that it will offer free tuition to applicants who sign a one-year military contract to fight in Ukraine, even if they fail to meet the university’s entrance exam requirements.
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[2026-07-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Riding on the AI boom, the Taiwanese chipmaker’s net income jumped 77 per cent to NT$706.6 billion (US$22 billion) in the second quarter
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[2026-07-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [US] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Riding on the AI boom, the Taiwanese chipmaker’s net income jumped 77 per cent to NT$706.6 billion (US$22 billion) in the second quarter
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[2026-07-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com
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[2026-07-16 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Firefighters battled a large blaze that engulfed a warehouse in Kyiv overnight into Thursday 16 July, after Russian ballistic missiles struck multiple areas of the Ukrainian capital, Ukrainian authorities said. According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, at least two people were killed and five others injured, including a child, in the attack.
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[2026-07-16 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A taxi in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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[2026-07-16 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Yemeni pro-government force said it intercepted a boat in the Bab Al Mandeb strait that was carrying weapons-manufacturing equipment for the Houthi rebels.
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[2026-07-16 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense firm Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Ltd. said Thursday it has completed the delivery of six additional T-50i advanced trainer jets to Indonesia.
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[2026-07-16 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a sophisticated network of scammers who target people caught in immigration proceedings, bilking them of their savings and causing some to be deported, following a ProPublica report that complaints of such fraud doubled under the second administration of President Donald Trump.
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[2026-07-16 19:56 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German military personnel are set to take part in France’s flagship nuclear drill Poker for the first time this fall, according to a German government official.
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[2026-07-16 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a US base in Jordan as American strikes continued to hit the country.
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[2026-07-16 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Junaid Rashid was five when his father vanished from military custody nearly three decades ago, one of the thousands who disappeared during the armed rebellion in India-administered Kashmir.
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[2026-07-16 19:34 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Dutch punch above their weight in technology transfers that shaped the modern world. In the 17th century their financial and farming innovations spread to Britain, spurring the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire’s expansion. Peter the Great, a Russian tsar, studied Dutch shipbuilding techniques to build the navy that made Russia a maritime power in the 18th century.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia carried out precision strikes overnight on Ukrainian military-industrial and port infrastructure, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia carried out precision strikes overnight on Ukrainian military-industrial and port infrastructure, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Protesters gathered in central Kyiv on Thursday morning
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[2026-07-16 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The air force’s deputy commander has resigned in protest, calling Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal ‘a great evil’ for Ukraine’s defence
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[2026-07-16 19:26 UTC+10:00] [Pavlo Yelizarov] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The air force’s deputy commander has resigned in protest, calling Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal ‘a great evil’ for Ukraine’s defence
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[2026-07-16 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Malacañang on Thursday reiterated that no one is above the law as it questioned the defense team's opposition to allowing access to the bank and tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte during the resumption of the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-16 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 7:22pm
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[2026-07-16 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An IDF soldier from Bat Yam was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of supplying IDF grenades, ammunition, and other weapons to people in possible connection with a wave of recent grenade attacks in central Israel.
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[2026-07-16 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF forces operating in the security buffer in southern Lebanon located a dead body tied to a stretcher on Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A fire tore through an orphanage on the outskirts of Algiers early Thursday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 19 others, Algerian civil defence officials said.
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[2026-07-16 18:55 UTC+10:00] [War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — A top U.K. minister is calling on FIFA to investigate the “entirely inappropriate” banner unfurled by some of Argentina’s players after their World Cup victory against England.
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[2026-07-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of advanced weapons and missiles across the Syria-Iraq border, a source at the Interior Ministry told state news agency Sana on Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 18:51 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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[2026-07-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran12:14 p.m. July 16
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[2026-07-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran5:31 p.m. July 16
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[2026-07-16 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Aerospace Co. has won the contract to supply unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to the Army, the arms procurement agency said Thursday, a move expected to speed up the military's high-tech modernization drive.
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[2026-07-16 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Syrian security forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle in a shipment of advanced weapons and missiles through the Syrian-Iraqi borders, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported.
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[2026-07-16 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 6:31pm
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[2026-07-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation
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[2026-07-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [flooding] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even as disasters in Spain and China dominate headlines, demand for defence and investment spending is crowding out climate mitigation
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[2026-07-16 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Live from Kyiv where protesters have gathered after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved to dismiss his defense minister as the parliament convened to appoint a new prime minister.
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[2026-07-16 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US military has continued strikes against Iran, hitting targets further to the country’s north as well as close to capital Tehran for the first time in the latest round of violence.
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[2026-07-16 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, while Tehran says it retaliated with missile and drone attacks against US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
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[2026-07-16 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor's union said Thursday its workers will extend their partial strikes next week in a bid to secure higher wages, raising concerns over production disruptions at South Korea's largest automaker.
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[2026-07-16 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a new annual testosterone screening programme for US service members aged 30 and over.
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[2026-07-16 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
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[2026-07-16 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
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[2026-07-16 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The crisis over the American refueling aircraft parked at Ben-Gurion Airport, thought to be resolved, is now escalating from the military to the diplomatic arena.
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[2026-07-16 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli defense tech companies Airwayz and Tenna Systems have launched a strategic partnership that embeds Tenna’s real-time spectrum‑intelligence capabilities into OVERWATCH, Airwayz’s command-and-control and airspace-governance platform. The integration, already deployed through Israel’s National Drone Initiative (INDI), is operating in the field with additional data layers under development.
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[2026-07-16 17:46 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-16 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has been dismissed from his post in a surprise move as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy undertakes his fourth major government reshuffle since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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[2026-07-16 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is directing the nation’s intelligence services not to spare civilians in their operations abroad, Vitaly Zhikovich, an acting colonel of the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (HUR), said in an exclusive audio recording obtained by RT.
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[2026-07-16 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is directing the nation’s intelligence services not to spare civilians in their operations abroad, Vitaly Zhikovich, an acting colonel of the Ukrainian military intelligence agency (HUR), said in an exclusive audio recording obtained by RT.
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[2026-07-16 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “In November, when the elections are over, and these talks have reached an impasse yet again, Trump doesn’t have to start bombing Iran again. Most of the high-value targets have been destroyed. There’s little military action that the Iranians can do. They’re not in any kind of nuclear breakout situation.
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