Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-16 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians.
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[2026-07-16 07:11 UTC+10:00] [Democrats] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has soured
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[2026-07-16 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance downplayed Israel's alleged political influence on US policies in the Iran war while talking to Joe Rogan on the latter's podcast, broadcast on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Defense team on Wednesday said that it is up to the Senate impeachment court to determine whether Vice President Sara Duterte violated the sub judice rule after she issued a statement on the fifth day of the impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-16 06:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-16 06:47 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mykhailo Fedorov, credited with transforming the ministry, ousted in reshuffle after six months in post
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[2026-07-16 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pentagon head says the screenings for those 30 and older will allow service members to operate at their ‘absolute best’
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[2026-07-16 06:42 UTC+10:00] [US Air Force] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pentagon head says the screenings for those 30 and older will allow service members to operate at their ‘absolute best’
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[2026-07-16 06:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-16 06:37 UTC+10:00] [Drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Mykhailo Fedorov, credited with bringing a technology overhaul to Ukraine's military but also clashing with top generals, is out as the country's defense minister in a government reshuffle launched by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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[2026-07-16 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's participation in this year's NATO summit and his commitment to expanding defense industrial cooperation with the alliance have received widespread praise at home. Supporters view the visit as an opportunity to strengthen Korea's defense industry and deepen strategic cooperation with like-minded partners. The visit has also drawn criticism.
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[2026-07-16 06:28 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-16 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran "wants to settle", adding that he would decide whether or not to take that step.
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[2026-07-16 06:01 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cairo/Dubai: The US has launched another wave of strikes on Iran’s coastal defences and missile sites after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports, while Iran has threatened to shut off more regional energy exports, saying it is engaged in an “existential war” with America.
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[2026-07-16 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US and Iraq have had their ups and downs. In the 1980s, the US had to get involved in the Gulf due to the Iran-Iraq War, and in 1991 America led an alliance to eject Iraq from Kuwait. In 2003, America invaded the country and took over Baghdad, and now it looks like the US and Iraq are turning over a new leaf again.
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[2026-07-16 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command's Wednesday wave of strikes against Iran, the first daytime strikes since the ceasefire was signed, demonstrates Washington's continued readiness to act against the threat to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM Spokesperson Navy Captain Tim Hawkins told The Jerusalem Post later on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syrian authorities have arrested a former officer they say was a chemical weapons specialist in charge of sarin gas depots and chemical weapons manufacturing in the regime of ousted former President Bashar al-Assad.
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[2026-07-16 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 4:48am
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[2026-07-16 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-16 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese companies that make drones and their components are seeing a surge of investor money. (Illustration by Nikkei)
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[2026-07-16 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States granted the United Arab Emirates increased access to AI chips and servers, in recognition of the UAE’s support in advancing national security interests, including Operation Epic Fury, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on Friday.
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[2026-07-16 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Jehanzeb Iqbal, Defense and Security Analyst at the Pakistani Ministry of Defence, specializing in multilateral counterterrorism exchanges
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[2026-07-16 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Jehanzeb Iqbal, Defense and Security Analyst at the Pakistani Ministry of Defence, specializing in multilateral counterterrorism exchanges
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[2026-07-16 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has launched hundreds of air attacks across Iran over the past week, killing at least 35 people and wounding 300, according to Iranian health officials.
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[2026-07-16 03:34 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’
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[2026-07-16 03:04 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The U.S. missile attack on Greater Tunb island in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday struck at the heart of a longstanding dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-07-16 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF is racing to finish eliminating Hezbollah terror infrastructure in 52 southern Lebanese villages in the coming weeks before the US presses Israel for a wider withdrawal, IDF sources said on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An Iranian-occupied UAE island in the Arabian Gulf was hit by US strikes on Wednesday during a 90-minute wave of attacks.
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[2026-07-16 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior Israeli military officials told the Security Cabinet on Tuesday that the IDF now controls between 67% and 70% of the Gaza Strip, according to two Israeli sources.
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[2026-07-16 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-16 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-16 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO/WASHINGTON, D.C./BEIRUT — Tehran threatened on Wednesday to shut off more regional energy exports after the United States reimposed a naval blockade of Iran’s ports and both sides launched more strikes as they vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-16 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CANNES, France — The Gulf ceasefire lasted barely three weeks. After Iran attacked three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the United States struck more than 80 targets, revoked Iran’s oil-sanctions waiver and declared their memorandum of understanding (MOU) “over.” Yet the market response was telling: Brent crude rose to around $79 per barrel — a meaningful jump, but far below April’s $120 peak, when the strait was closed outright.
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[2026-07-16 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis appeared on the brink of renewed war after the fighters claimed their first large-scale strikes on the kingdom since 2022, analysts and a Gulf source said.
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[2026-07-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Matt Damon anchors a visually stunning epic in which the women – Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya – outshine the men
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[2026-07-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [The Odyssey] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Matt Damon anchors a visually stunning epic in which the women – Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya – outshine the men
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[2026-07-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Doing full justice to the Homeric legend, Christopher Nolan amasses an epic cast to convey the true cost of war with film-making of thrilling ambition
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[2026-07-16 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In the north-eastern city of Sumy, close to the Russian border, six guided aerial bombs struck medical and civilian facilities, killing three people and wounding 17. Firefighters extinguished burning vehicles outside a medical centre while rescue teams evacuated survivors. Regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said one of the victims was so badly injured that they could not immediately be identified.
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[2026-07-16 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At the beginning of the war, I sat with Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist Party) in a Tel Aviv studio before a recording. A technician was clipping a mic to his jacket, and I asked Sofer how he was doing.
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[2026-07-16 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Defense team on Wednesday said it is shifting its strategy in the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte after the Senate impeachment court grants the request for subpoena to the three witnesses on the alleged misuse of confidential funds during her tenures at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
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[2026-07-16 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Marcus Plunkett of the United States fills his water bottle on the 15th hole during a practice round for the British Open Golf championships at Royal Birkdale golf club, in Southport, England, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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[2026-07-16 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-07-16 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Helen (left) and Joanne were able to meet for the first time after David Griffiths pleaded guilty to defrauding them by misrepresentation
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[2026-07-16 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Iranian foreign minister and current member of parliament Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran should launch a ground war, infiltrate and seize a US military base in the Middle East, and take thousands of US military personnel hostage in Iran during an interview broadcast on Iranian state media on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and Iran have shaken the Middle East. The interim deal to end the conflict is in tatters. Now there are fears the region could tip back into all-out war.
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[2026-07-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
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[2026-07-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Renewed strikes put Washington’s appetite for a prolonged war to a familiar historical test, analysts say
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[2026-07-16 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nuclear test veterans met then Labour opposition leader, Sir Keir Starmer, in 2021, campaigning for full disclosure of the impact of the UK's nuclear bomb testing programme.
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[2026-07-16 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday warned its citizens in Gulf countries to exercise caution after an interim deal to end the war in the Middle East fell apart and Iran and the United States exchanged back-and-forth strikes.
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[2026-07-16 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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