Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-07-16 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Thousands of jubilant supporters poured into the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday 15 July after Argentina secured its place in the FIFA World Cup final. Fireworks lit up the night sky as fans danced, chanted, waved Argentine flags and climbed lampposts and traffic lights in celebration. The defending champions sealed victory in stoppage time when Lautaro Martínez scored two minutes into added time in Atlanta, setting up a final against Spain on Sunday.
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[2026-07-16 17:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz
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[2026-07-16 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US and Iran have continued to exchange fire as negotiations stall
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[2026-07-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Racing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Bjorn Baker stable believes the return of blinkers has helped veteran War Eternal find peak form, while the best is yet to come from Midnight Dynamite, as the pair strive to give the Warwick Farm operation back-to-back Winter Challenge wins.
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[2026-07-16 16:48 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-16 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia is struggling to deliver all of the crude it’s being forced to ship overseas in the face of escalating Ukrainian drone strikes on its refineries.
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[2026-07-16 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Chief Rabbi and Chabad shaliach Yonatan Markovitch, with the support of volunteers, has mobilized an extensive humanitarian operation for the local community amid a recent wave of devastating Russian bombings.
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[2026-07-16 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two boats carrying more than 500 people may have capsized off the coast of Myanmar in recent days, UN agencies said on Thursday, as refugees from the war-torn country continue to make perilous maritime journeys in search of safety and better opportunities.
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[2026-07-16 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States imposed sanctions on a network of people supporting the procurement of weapons for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, according to a press release from the US Treasury Department.
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[2026-07-16 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 14-19, 23-26, photo)By Yi Wonju and Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-07-16 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Christopher Pyne says the AUKUS pact is unlikely to be delivered on time and on budget, but the former defence minister believes acquiring a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines will still provide an important deterrent to China and powerful boost to Australia’s military capabilities.
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[2026-07-16 15:51 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-16 15:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media reported new attacks in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm island, Sirik, Chabahar, Konarak, Rask, Khondab, Khorramabad and Semnan.
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[2026-07-16 15:42 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia should send military assets to the Gulf to help protect commercial shipping, former prime minister Scott Morrison has urged, as US bombing of Iran intensifies and a crisis redevelops in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-16 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sport’s chief Dato’ Amarjit Singh Gill launches defence of schedule that has angered city team’s head coach Herve Dagorne,
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[2026-07-16 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Montreal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sport’s chief Dato’ Amarjit Singh Gill launches defence of schedule that has angered city team’s head coach Herve Dagorne,
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[2026-07-16 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced targeting a C-RAM early warning radar system at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait as well as a gathering of "criminal soldiers of the US terrorist army".
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[2026-07-16 15:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Washington’s push to rebuild naval capacity could expand opportunities for Hanwha, HD Hyundai, Samsung Heavy Industries
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[2026-07-16 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-16 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An honor guard carries the coffins of unidentified Ukrainian soldiers killed in battle during the Russian-Ukrainian war at a funeral ceremony at a military cemetery near Kyiv, Ukraine, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
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[2026-07-16 15:10 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 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1946 -- The U.S. military government, which occupied the southern half of the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II, places a ban on civilian passage across the inter-Korean border set along the 38th parallel. Following the surrender of Japan, which controlled Korea as a colony from 1910 to 1945, the southern half of the peninsula was occupied by U.S.
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[2026-07-16 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese army said on Wednesday that it received the body of a soldier killed and withheld by the Israeli army nearly three months ago.
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[2026-07-16 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 12 people over the past two days, according to Palestinian health officials.
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[2026-07-16 14:33 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prosecutors will launch an appeal after a teenager accused of telling a youth detention inmate he knew how to make bombs to “blow up the whole of Melbourne” was released on bail.
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[2026-07-16 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-16 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-16 14:01 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: No one starts a war expecting it to last forever.
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[2026-07-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Taking war to heart of Russian territory has seized initiative and reset Zelenskyy’s relationship with Trump
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[2026-07-16 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Netherlands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Uncrewed systems are the future for armed forces and the Netherlands is leading the way ‘to keep people out of danger zones’
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[2026-07-16 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-16 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-16 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced mandatory annual testosterone screening for troops 30 years old or above on Wednesday, an initiative he said was aimed at combating testosterone deficiency that can undermine health.
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[2026-07-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Picket Defense Systems is developing a next-generation counter-drone turret designed to eliminate the delays conventional systems face when targeting fast-moving, one-way attack drones or incoming swarms. This is a major vulnerability confronting the US military and allied forces as drone threats proliferate across modern battlefields that Picket plans to solve.
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[2026-07-16 12:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in US aid for Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.
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[2026-07-16 12:40 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US disables unladen oil tanker using Hellfire missiles in strait of Hormuz amid concerns strikes could spiral into open conflict
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[2026-07-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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