Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-18 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks on a podcast hosted by Radio Nikkei. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-06-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 18, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-06-18 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US officials on Wednesday detailed the 14-point plan to end the war with Iran.
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[2026-06-18 04:55 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The United States will immediately waive restrictions on Iranian oil exports and ultimately lift all sanctions, as well as help develop a $US300 billion ($425 billion) development fund for Iran, under President Donald Trump’s deal to end the war.
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[2026-06-18 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is pouring resources into developing drones. (Photos by Nikkei and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
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[2026-06-18 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is pouring resources into developing drones. (Photos by Nikkei and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
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[2026-06-18 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gen. Wieslaw Kukula, the Polish armed forces chief of staff, right, and Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk, left, discuss strengthening security of Poland’s border, May, 27, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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[2026-06-18 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strategy involves seeking a lighter sentence by convincing jurors that Mangione was facing an extreme mental health crisis at the time
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[2026-06-18 04:48 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strategy involves seeking a lighter sentence by convincing jurors that Mangione was facing an extreme mental health crisis at the time
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[2026-06-18 04:42 UTC+10:00] [England v New Zealand 2026] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Second Test, day one: New Zealand 291-7
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[2026-06-18 04:31 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It is the question that anchors – and unsettles – the new Afghanistan gallery at the Australian War Memorial, where the answers come not as resolution but as contradiction.
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[2026-06-18 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in late February, Turkish officials found themselves sidelined.
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[2026-06-18 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has suggested that the signing of a memorandum of understanding beginning the process of ending the US-Israeli war with Iran could still fall through.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The economic relief granted to Iran under the reported terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would likely allow the Islamic regime to immediately reconstitute its military powers, according to an assessment published by the American think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on Tuesday.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is an ongoing heated debate about the positives and negatives of US President Donald Trump's new deal with Iran - a debate that will likely be resolved by whether a few major nuclear issues are properly resolved in the next several months.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior figures in Israel's defense establishment voiced frustration during a Security Cabinet meeting this week following the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, arguing that the pressure campaign against Tehran was beginning to produce significant results.
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[2026-06-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as new chairman Kevin Warsh took the reins of an increasingly hawkish committee that is concerned with rising inflation exacerbated by the Iran war.
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[2026-06-18 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
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[2026-06-18 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Senior U.S. officials on Wednesday read the memorandum of understanding with Iran to journalists after days of secrecy over what is in the document.
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[2026-06-18 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Defense Department has renamed U.S. Indo-Pacific Command back to U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), saying that restoring the legacy USPACOM designation honors the Hawaii-headquartered command's deep historical roots.
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[2026-06-18 03:19 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-18 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California’s Mojave Desert and burst into flames Monday, killing all eight people aboard, military officials said.
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[2026-06-18 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's Edge Group and Italy's Leonardo have established a joint venture expected to attract about €4 billion ($4.64 billion) worth of defence systems orders, as Edge expands its collaborations in Europe.
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[2026-06-18 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, will argue a psychiatric defence during his trial.
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[2026-06-18 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he liked the idea of blaming Vice President JD Vance if a deal to end the war with Iran does not work out.
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[2026-06-18 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: "SVO children, f*** you, let me get into university," a Russian teenager says in a TikTok video, using the Kremlin-sanctioned term for the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-06-18 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 02:35 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-18 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures tumbled below the $80-per-barrel level earlier this morning for the first time since March as traders priced in the U.S.-Iran peace deal and the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz maritime chokepoint on Friday. Goldman Sachs and RBC Capital Markets both slashed their fourth-quarter Brent crude forecasts, reinforcing the view that the war-risk premium is rapidly deflating.
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[2026-06-18 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Israeli official has questioned whether Israel would have launched its operation against Iran had it known the political consequences in advance amid growing public anger.
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[2026-06-18 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in late February, Turkish officials found themselves sidelined.
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[2026-06-18 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor’s secondary circuit as officials and media visit the site near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
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[2026-06-18 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-06-18 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AFTER nearly four months of war, the United States and Iran have finally confirmed that a preliminary deal to end their conflict has been agreed, and is expected to be signed in Switzerland on Friday, June 19. This is welcome news for us here in the Philippines, as we have been hit hard by skyrocketing fuel prices, supply-chain disruptions and general uncertainty reducing economic activity.
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[2026-06-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 18 Jun 2026 at 1:47am
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[2026-06-18 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The office of EU chief António Costa has had "brief" diplomatic contacts with the Kremlin to open channels of communication, Brussels said Wednesday, as Europe debates whether to talk to Russia about ending the Ukraine war.
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[2026-06-18 01:30 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-18 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italy's embassy to Tehran will re-open on Friday after more than three months of closure because of the Iran war, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A proposed $300 billion investment fund has emerged as one of the most consequential-and politically explosive-features of the U.S.-Iran framework agreement, turning what began as a war-ending diplomatic effort into a test of whether private capital can be used as a substitute for reparations, sanctions relief and state-to-state reconstruction aid.
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[2026-06-18 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK will divert money from other government departments to increase the defense budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.
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[2026-06-18 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK will divert money from other government departments to increase the defense budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said.
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[2026-06-18 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Erias Lukwago, lawyer for Uganda’s veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye, speaks during a court session on a ruling on Besigye’s bail application at the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
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[2026-06-18 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America.
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[2026-06-18 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After a US watchdog report earlier this week said that the American fleet of F-35 stealth fighters has seen reduced readiness and usability as maintenance issues drag down mission-capable rates, Israeli sources said that their F-35s were faring better.
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[2026-06-18 00:46 UTC+10:00] [Family] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Selfish, lonely, maladjusted – the prejudices against only children persist, as well as of their parents for just having one child. But we are an army on the rise
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[2026-06-18 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
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[2026-06-18 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Barangay Ginebra turned to its defense to dethrone TNT, 88-76 en route to ruling the PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup after winning the title series, 4-3 before a jampacked crowd at the SM Mall of Arena in Pasay.
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[2026-06-18 00:26 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Finnish lawmakers voted by a margin of 125 to 61 on Wednesday to lift the country’s longstanding ban on nuclear weapons, marking a major shift in Helsinki’s security posture as it deepens its integration with NATO.
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