Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced strikes on US facilities in Jordan in retaliation to Washington's attack on a wedding, which killed and wounded several civilians.
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[2026-09-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-09-02 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose Wednesday, as Mideast tensions continue to escalate after the U.S. carried out its latest round of attacks on Iran, while Tehran reportedly struck back at U.S. allies.
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[2026-09-02 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Aerospace Co. said Wednesday that a U.S. Army delegation visited its Changwon plant following the U.S. Army's selection of the company's K9-based system for an artillery prototype program.
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[2026-09-02 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military struck two Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) tankers on Tuesday in the first direct retaliatory attack on Iranian ships since the beginning of the war, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.
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[2026-09-02 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran launched strikes on Wednesday targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after vowing "severe punishment" in response to US attacks, including one that the Iranian Red Crescent said left four people dead at a wedding celebration.
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[2026-09-02 11:42 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has added to Canada’s growing list of grievances against the Trump administration by mocking the appearance of female military cadets in a nighttime social media jibe.
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[2026-09-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has accused the United States of bombing a house during a wedding celebration in the southern county of Sirik, killing at least five people, including a child.
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[2026-09-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Answer to strategic airlift shortage is becoming a family of support aircraft able to sustain combat missions deep into western Pacific
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[2026-09-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Taiwan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Answer to strategic airlift shortage is becoming a family of support aircraft able to sustain combat missions deep into western Pacific
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[2026-09-02 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military on Tuesday attacked two Iranian government tankers, according to Axios citing American officials,
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[2026-09-02 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin has outlined Russia’s accelerating battlefield gains in Ukraine, denounced Kiev’s increasingly desperate threats to civilian aviation as a bid for “state terrorism,” and warned that British military facilities on Ukrainian soil would be “legitimate targets.”
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[2026-09-02 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran late Tuesday stateside, hitting multiple sites across the country, in a renewed exchange of fire between the warring parties after a nearly month-long hiatus.
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[2026-09-02 10:35 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Germany accuses Russia over Leipzig airport attack, citing solid evidence; Russian economy in risky ‘berserk mode’ says Putin development tsar. What we know on day 1,652
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[2026-09-02 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: University of Chicago professor Robert Pape tore into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's so-called "Economic D-Day" campaign against Iran, branding it a dangerous "escalation trap" that history shows will not force Tehran to fold, and may instead drag the United States deeper into war.
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[2026-09-02 10:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks started sharply lower Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as the United States and Iran continued exchanging military attacks, which pushed up oil prices.
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[2026-09-02 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Tyler Robinson consults with defence attorney Staci Visser on 1 September 2026
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[2026-09-02 10:22 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ATTACK. Iranian missiles are launched, as Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out attacks against a U.S. base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, from a location given as Tehran, Iran, released June 10, 2026, in this still image taken from a video.
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[2026-09-02 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched attacks targeting US infrastructure in Iraq's Erbil, according to a statement published by the country's state media.
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[2026-09-02 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- A court has ordered a man in his 20s to pay 12.56 million won (US$9,136) in damages for wasting police resources last year by making a hoax bomb threat online targeting a Seoul department store, police said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hung Cao speaks during the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
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[2026-09-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain's air defence systems "successfully intercepted and destroyed" Iranian drones that targeted the country, the official Bahrain News Agency reported.
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[2026-09-02 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started sharply lower Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as the United States and Iran continued exchanging military attacks, which pushed up oil prices.
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[2026-09-02 09:48 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-02 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Tuesday that Iran will respond "with firmness" to the lastest round of US strikes on the country, despite US President Donald Trump's warnings that Iran would be "totally wiped out" if it attempts to retaliate.
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[2026-09-02 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The below Trump exchange with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday seems a tacit admission from the Commander-in-Chief that yes, the United States is running out of standoff munitions...
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[2026-09-02 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: No casualties or damage to airport infrastructure have been reported after US strikes targeting Jiroft Airport on Tuesday, according to the deputy governor of Iran's Kerman province.
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[2026-09-02 08:37 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The sudden departure of Daniel Driscoll comes after Pentagon chief removed senior officers and blocked promotions, prompting warnings of a leadership crisis
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[2026-09-02 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait's army said on Tuesday that its air defences are currently responding to "hostile drone" attacks.
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[2026-09-02 08:33 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-02 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — A federal judge has sided with Republican states and fossil fuel industry groups to strike down a landmark New York law that would have made polluters pay for the damages caused by global warming.
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[2026-09-02 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CHICAGO — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps app, his administration's interior chief said Monday, days after signing an executive order over the body of water now in the spotlight amid his escalating trade war with Canada.
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[2026-09-02 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel plans to “scale up” the export of the layered air-defence system it sold to Greece, with the UAE as its desired buyer, one current and one former US official familiar with ongoing discussions told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-09-02 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Captain Wilson, with his daughter Sharon, was part of the historic Pilbara strikes. (ABC Pilbara: Alistair Bates)
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[2026-09-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence ministry says PLA exercises are increasingly focused on plans to cut off the island and control air and sea routes
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[2026-09-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Taiwan blockade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence ministry says PLA exercises are increasingly focused on plans to cut off the island and control air and sea routes
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[2026-09-02 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky just issued a crazy and unexpected threat which portends a major escalation in the war. Certainly it will provoke the Kremlin into even more uncontrolled escalation and massive strikes, such as has been (somewhat unusually) happening on Odesa port as well as the capital city of late.
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[2026-09-02 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Markets
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[2026-09-02 07:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move from Washington quashes hopes that exchange of fire last weekend might not presage wider renewal of hostilities
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[2026-09-02 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
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[2026-09-02 07:35 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-02 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US and Iran traded strikes on Tuesday, as concerns rose that the weeks-long lull in the war is at an end.
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[2026-09-02 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-02 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-02 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd), then concurrently headed by Vice President Sara Duterte, repurposed a routine Philippine Army certification to support a separate ₱15.54-million confidential-fund claim, House prosecution spokesperson and Lanao Del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday warned airlines and passengers that Russian airspace would be "completely unsafe" and filled with Ukrainian drones for the duration of the war.
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[2026-09-02 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-02 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-02 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its ban on transgender troops serving in the military, appealing a lower court ruling that has, for now, blocked enforcement against service members already in uniform.
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[2026-09-02 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Alarm sirens have been activated in Jordan's Mafraq and Aqaba governorates, the country's state TV reported on Tuesday, as Iran announced it had launched attacks against US interests and bases in the region in retaliation against its strikes on Iran.
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