Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VENICE, Italy — Martin McDonagh had written a few versions of his new film “Wild Horse Nine,” which receives its world premiere on Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, before he homed in on the CIA and the 1973 military coup in Chile.
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[2026-09-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., discusses the war with Iran and the cost of living as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-09-03 22:36 UTC+10:00] [Cities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Police and military patrols arrested a man at Brussels’ Gare du Midi after customs officers found a Kalashnikov rifle in his bag during a security check, according to Belgian media.
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[2026-09-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA focuses largely on support functions while offensive combat uses are exploratory, says paper that drew heavily on US military analysis
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[2026-09-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [State Council] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA focuses largely on support functions while offensive combat uses are exploratory, says paper that drew heavily on US military analysis
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[2026-09-03 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel will release a number of Lebanese detainees on Thursday, reportedly four or five, who were arrested in recent months, as a “gesture to the Lebanese government,” an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-09-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India has been slowly trying to reduce its reliance on Russian-made weapons as Moscow prioritises its own needs for its ongoing war with Ukraine
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[2026-09-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India has been slowly trying to reduce its reliance on Russian-made weapons as Moscow prioritises its own needs for its ongoing war with Ukraine
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[2026-09-03 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's leaders are struggling to keep the war effort going while the economy reels from a record currency collapse, soaring prices and fuel shortages.
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[2026-09-03 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is our flagship newsletter Morning Wire. You can subscribe here and we’ll email it to you daily.
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[2026-09-03 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Airport ground handler Menzies Aviation is planning expansion in the Gulf and US, while the Syrian market is of interest, as it aims to sustain its “aggressive” growth despite Iran war-related travel disruptions and higher costs.
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[2026-09-03 20:38 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the recent wave of Kremlin-backed hybrid attacks across Europe calls for tighter restrictions on Russian diplomats and citizens traveling within the bloc.
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[2026-09-03 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iranian attack on Israel would release the IDF "from any restrictions," Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday during a speech to Defense Ministry employees ahead of the upcoming Rosh Hashanah holiday, Walla reported.
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[2026-09-03 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The son of Iran's former vice president received over $2 million in contracts from the Canadian government as he worked to further the regime's missile program and help it evade sanctions, Global News reported on Wednesday, citing obtained documents.
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[2026-09-03 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti watches during warm ups before the College Football Playoff national championship game between Miami and Indiana, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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[2026-09-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the Trump administration refuses to end its war in Iran, it is steering into the storm, not out of it
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[2026-09-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Life and style] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First published in 1941, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is not quite War and Peace. But it comes close
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[2026-09-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Breanna Stewart (10) and Chelsea Gray (8) of United States attend a training session ahead of the match between China and United States during the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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[2026-09-03 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia launched 14 ballistic missiles, with “concurrent drone attacks”, targeting areas along the Red Sea coast in the Taiz and Hodeidah provinces, government forces said on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shas leader Arye Deri claimed that the IDF "doesn't want haredi (ultra-Orthodox) soldiers" and prefers a secular army, during a podcast interview on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 19:49 UTC+10:00] [Ammunition] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur resigned Wednesday evening after national auditors accused his ministry of spending irregularities and a scandal involving undelivered ammunition for Ukraine.
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[2026-09-03 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Our coverage of rare earths dates back to President Trump's first trade war, when we warned that "Rare Earths Are China's Most Potent Weapon In A Trade War."
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[2026-09-03 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 15 militants attempting to cross into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, a sign of continuing tensions along the border.
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[2026-09-03 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: King Abdullah II of Jordan has appointed a new head of the military, bringing in a younger officer as the kingdom remains under Iranian aerial attack.
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[2026-09-03 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday that there is a "chance" at "peace" with Ukraine, but said Kyiv's warnings to airlines to avoid Russian airspace amounted to "state terrorism."
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[2026-09-03 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has accused the United States of committing a “war crime” by bombing a wedding gathering in southern Hormozgan province.
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[2026-09-03 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A West Bank resident was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the violent settler attacks on the Palestinian village of Kusra, the Israel Police announced on Thursday, marking the first suspect to be arrested in regard to the attacks.
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[2026-09-03 18:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-03 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A tradie standing in a front yard with kids. A university student asleep in his bed.
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[2026-09-03 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Wednesday EU leadership revealed that the Zelensky government has formally asked the European Commission to provide several billion euros from the EU’s €90 billion ($105 billion) support loan to purchase US-made Patriot air defense missiles.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: While Sri Lanka is not an obvious priority in Israel’s Asian policy, with India, Japan, and Singapore receiving far more strategic attention, it has considerable potential because of its location, its development needs and the direction its relationship with India is heading.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike deep into civilian areas, a United Nations fact-finding mission said in a report published on Thursday, warning that some attacks may amount to war crimes.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah terrorists, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters.
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Korean peninsula] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 17:51 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-03 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-03 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US strikes Iran: Wedding bombed near southern city of Sirik
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[2026-09-03 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Norway’s, left, and NATO’s flags are seen during a military exercise ‘Iron Wolf 2025-I’ at the Gaiziunai Training Area, Lithuania, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
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[2026-09-03 17:25 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-09-03 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by US military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese satellite before returning towards the spaceplane, according to US space-tracking firm LeoLabs.
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[2026-09-03 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nepalese Army has set up a temporary zip line to help residents cross the Trishuli River in Bidur, Nuwakot district after devastating floods damaged roads and disrupted regular routes in the area. (AP Video/Shonal Ganguly)
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Chief Rabbi of Israel Kalman Meir Ber called on Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday to reconsider the punishment of religious soldiers from the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion who refused to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic during an operational mission in the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The previously unknown author of a postcard sent to Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer praising her song Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) has been revealed to be Six-Day War veteran Aharon Bar-Oz, the National Library of Israel announced on Sunday.
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Officials in the Trump administration have once again begun speaking openly in recent days about the possibility that military and economic pressure on Iran could ultimately lead to an internal uprising or even the fall of the regime.
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[2026-09-03 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran launches missiles and drones at Gulf neighour following US strikes that killed at least 19
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[2026-09-03 16:15 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran launches missiles and drones at Gulf neighour following US strikes that killed at least 19
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[2026-09-03 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-03 16:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New guidelines take effect immediately but do not bind courts, leaving businesses to call for supplementary legislation
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[2026-09-03 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Thousands demonstrated in Niger's capital on Wednesday in support of the west African country's army chief, General Abdourahamane Tiani, following a thwarted army mutiny at the weekend, Nigerien journalists reported.
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