Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) commander in an elite IDF unit left the military after senior Shas party rabbi Rabbi Avraham Salim ordered him to do so, according to a KAN News report on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: New studies examining what they described as Turkey’s use of antisemitism as a tool for diplomatic attacks against Israel, including efforts to incriminate Israeli soldiers through false allegations of “war crimes,” were released by the Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry on Wednesday
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[2026-09-03 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz has effectively been closed since the start of the war in Iran (file photo)
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[2026-09-03 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A diesel-price shock may be approaching Western economies.
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[2026-09-03 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suggestion follows US president’s renaming of Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’, and comes despite the waterway remaining contested
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[2026-09-03 02:41 UTC+10:00] [Lake America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suggestion follows US president’s renaming of Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’, and comes despite the waterway remaining contested
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[2026-09-03 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: New reports emerged late Tuesday during the US cash session that the US military had struck targets inside Iran. If confirmed, the operation would mark a rare instance of US strikes occurring during regular market hours. Market(ing) tactics aside, the now six-month military campaign against Iran has also exposed a critical operational vulnerability: the US military is facing an alarming shortage of advanced missiles and interceptors.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russian investigators said on Wednesday they had detained children's hospice founder Lida Moniava and charged her with deliberately spreading false information about the actions of Russian armed forces against Ukrainian civilians.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF destroyed a terror tunnel in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Wednesday, noting that Israeli soldiers have demolished 26 kilometers of such tunnels east of the Yellow Line since the ceasefire with Hamas began.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted an on-campus event hosting two Israel Defense Forces veterans at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, on Sunday, prompting a police response and forcing attendees to use an alternate exit.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IRGC’s decision to target American bases, assets and allies, barring Israel, is part of a strategy to see the US knocked out of the region before any renewed war with Israel, military historian and analyst Tom Cooper told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) watches from the sideline during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
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[2026-09-03 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll speaks at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-09-03 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine Navy has deployed the BRP Herminigildo Yurong (PG-204), a Shaldag Mk V fast attack missile craft, to Joint Task Force (JTF) Poseidon for maritime security operations in Western Mindanao.
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[2026-09-03 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAGAWE, Ifugao — The municipality of Hingyon has approved an ordinance seeking to keep schools free from deadly weapons to protect students, teachers, non-teaching personnel and visitors.
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[2026-09-03 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz — the central point of contention in the ongoing war against Iran that the U.S. and Israel started — after himself.
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[2026-09-03 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An American fighter pilot teams up with a retired KGB officer for hijinks and hilarity in Soviet Russia
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[2026-09-03 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tonight at 7pm ET, two prominent voices on opposite ends of the Iran debate will face off as constitutional lawyer and professor Alan Dershowitz debates the world’s most famous libertarian, Dave Smith, over the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A federal judge had no authority to overturn former US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces captured him and held him for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled.
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[2026-09-03 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s most technologically advanced submarine, the INS Drakon, is on its way from Germany, expanding the navy’s operational capabilities for years to come.
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[2026-09-03 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The clearest picture of what China is offering Egypt during Xi Jinping's state visit this week is visible not at the meetings in central Cairo but at Egyptian airbases, where Chinese jet fighters, aerial tankers, radar planes and helicopters have been operating for the past 10 days.
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[2026-09-03 01:19 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Blast also injures 68 guests at the wedding in southern Iran, prompting fears of escalation in hostilities
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[2026-09-03 01:14 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 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-03 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan Self-Defense Forces drones fly during a live-fire drill with U.S. Marines in Japan. Drones are becoming a mainstay of combat worldwide. © Reuters
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[2026-09-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Egypt for the first time in a decade, as Cairo looks to foster deeper economic and military ties with Beijing while maintaining its long-standing relationship with Washington.
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[2026-09-03 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sankyo Optical Industry manufactures lenses used in telescopes, microscopes and other products. (Sankyo Optical Industry)
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[2026-09-03 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-03 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived in port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after 286 days at sea, including a lengthy deployment in the Middle East, amid reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions on board.
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[2026-09-03 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF late Tuesday-early Wednesday announced the firing of an IDF reservist commander who, along with his soldiers, was caught on video praying with Jewish extremists, some of whom attacked and some of whom placed Palestinian civilians under siege in the West Bank village of Kusra, which is a Palestinian-controlled area.
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[2026-09-03 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- The United States is considering frigate designs from South Korea, Japan and Turkey for a new class of warships, a news report said Wednesday, as it is seeking cooperation with trusted allies to rebuild its navy and shipbuilding industrial base.
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[2026-09-03 00:44 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US defense secretary faced backlash for attempting to mock Canada’s armed forces amid trade war
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[2026-09-03 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence Minister Israel Katz says there is ‘no real solution’ without migration and that Trump’s displacement plan is ‘frozen’
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[2026-09-03 00:43 UTC+10:00] [Palestinians] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence Minister Israel Katz says there is ‘no real solution’ without migration and that Trump’s displacement plan is ‘frozen’
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[2026-09-03 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Europe's accelerating reliance on Israeli air-defense technology has pushed the value of Israeli air-defense deals with European Union countries past an almost unimaginable $15 billion in less than five years, as the continent scrambles to rebuild defenses neglected after the Cold War.
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[2026-09-03 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue efforts to disarm Hamas during a visit to a military outpost in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday alongside IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir.
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[2026-09-03 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It is not surprising whatsoever that nearly every House Democrat voted against a Republican-led resolution condemning socialism, giving Republicans fresh campaign material for the upcoming midterm elections amid the rise of the cancerous Democratic Socialists of America within the increasingly unhinged left-wing party.
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[2026-09-02 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Ryanair said Wednesday that it would reduce its winter schedule in Europe as the Irish no-frills airline and other carriers come up against higher fuel costs caused by the US-Iran war.
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[2026-09-02 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran is assessing the aftermath in terms of casualties and damage in the wake of the new flare-up in fighting, after the US launched a series of deadly attacks on the Islamic Republic Tuesday, focused in the south and Hormuz Strait area, and Tehran in expected fashion retaliated with drone-and-missile strikes against Gulf nations and Jordan.
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[2026-09-02 23:44 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The EU and NATO will not back down from supporting Ukraine despite attacks against European countries blamed on Russia, the leaders of the two institutions said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-02 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge had no authority to overturn former U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces abducted him and held him captive for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled.
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[2026-09-02 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology
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[2026-09-02 23:30 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the high-stakes meeting just weeks away and tech tensions escalating, Beijing uses a G20 ministerial forum to advocate collaboration on the emerging technology
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[2026-09-02 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel's army has gradually expanded its so-called security zone despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, crossing its self-established “yellow line” into at least three villages in recent weeks, The National has found.
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[2026-09-02 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An army soldier helps a girl disembark from a helicopter after she is rescued from an area cut off by flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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[2026-09-02 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's defence minister has said his country is ready to expel the Palestinians from Gaza once the US settles on somewhere to send them.
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[2026-09-02 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian drone attacks across Ukraine have killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin threatened to escalate the conflict.
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[2026-09-02 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Aitan, formerly known as eyesAtop, has emerged with a new name, a broadened mission, and a $41 million financing round co‑led by Deep33 and Dell Technologies Capital. The new funding brings Aitan’s total capital raised to $54m., enabling the rapid scaling of its combat‑proven technology to allied nations.
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[2026-09-02 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran carried out a number of attacks on the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq as clashes with the US escalated overnight. The Iranian attacks fit a pattern going back to February. Iran has sought to spread the war to Iraq and other countries via attacks. It has often singled out the Kurdistan Region for attacks.
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[2026-09-02 22:34 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: PAGADIAN CITY – The Philippine Army (PA) has ramped up security in the Bangsamoro region with the deployment of three more battalions in the past two days, with another battalion expected to arrive before the Sept. 14 historic parliamentary elections.
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