Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-02 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SURGING global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) hardware kept Asia’s factories humming in August, private surveys showed on Tuesday, brightening prospects for the export-reliant region even as the prolonged Middle East war fuels uncertainty and rising costs.
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[2026-09-02 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — Hyundai Motor’s South Korean labor union approved a tentative wage agreement with the automaker, bringing an end to this year’s pay negotiations after weeks of strikes and talks.
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[2026-09-02 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any move by the United States to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit.
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[2026-09-02 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WICKLOW, Ireland — European Union defense ministers on Tuesday grappled with bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses as worries grow over Russia’s campaign to destabilize Kyiv’s European backers.
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[2026-09-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Army’s top civilian leader Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation, the White House confirmed on Monday, following reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-09-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TWENTY-TWO Filipino seafarers have safely arrived in the Philippines last Sunday, Aug. 30, following another series of tragic bombing of merchant vessels in the Black Sea.
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[2026-09-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-09-02 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Among the targets hit by Russian drones is a residential building in Kyiv. (AP: Francisco Seco)
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[2026-09-02 01:48 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Canadian PM is set to retaliate against tariffs levied by Donald Trump and criticized US officials over insults
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[2026-09-02 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar is holding talks with Oman and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in the region, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said, after a recent flare-up in fighting between the US and Iran.
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[2026-09-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is gearing up for a September reset with mega projects taking shape and conference season getting back in full swing, experts said.
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[2026-09-02 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: More than 10 European Union member states are willing to contribute resources and people to a new military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces, the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran will prevent Washington from reopening the Strait of Hormuz and will target vessels that use routes authorised by the US.
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[2026-09-02 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for "doing memes" and "throwing shade" against his nation amid a growing trade war.
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[2026-09-02 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be taking steps to increase contact with key figures in Moscow, even as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and US-backed peace efforts remain stalled.
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[2026-09-02 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Estonia is contemplating purchasing Israel’s David Sling missile defense system as it bolsters its long-range air defenses and plans to invest over €1 billion in a new long-range ground-based air defense system to protect strategic sites.
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[2026-09-02 00:31 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-09-02 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US killed multiple civilians in southern Iran using new “precision” missiles with a wide damage radius, conflict monitoring group Airwars has found. Tehran has repeatedly accused Washington of war crimes since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran which has killed up to 3,000 civilians.
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[2026-09-02 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yevhen Yurko, 41, and his son Darii, a 6-year-old first-grader, pose for a photo in the courtyard of a public school damaged by a Russian attack, in Kyiv, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov) CORRECTION: Name of child corrected from Dayri to Darii.
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[2026-09-02 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s defense establishment is increasingly concerned about developments in Syria and the processes Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is leading as he seeks to rebuild the country, a senior defense official told Walla on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Throughout most of the more than four-year long Russia-Ukraine war, Russian forces have largely held off from any sustained and large-scale attack against the key southern port city of Odesa, but this restraint has clearly changed.
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[2026-09-02 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: In the early weeks of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, observers were quick to declare Russia a major beneficiary of the conflict. After all, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted roughly a fifth of global oil supplies, forcing countries to scramble for alternative sources and turning attention toward Russian crude.
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[2026-09-01 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least one civilian was killed and eleven other people were injured after a car bomb exploded outside a police station in northeastern Colombia, officials said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-01 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Oman’s Sultan Haitham met in Jeddah on Tuesday to discuss regional developments and efforts to maintain security, as the US-Iran war continues to threaten stability, shipping and energy supplies across the Gulf.
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[2026-09-01 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have signed a joint statement condemning the US and Israel’s war on Iran and Western sanctions on some of their members, after a two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek.
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[2026-09-01 23:30 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘There are no negotiations happening on trade right now,’ Jamieson Greer told Politico
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[2026-09-01 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sudan's leading pro-civilian rule alliance condemned an African Union Commission statement welcoming a call by the Sudanese Armed Forces, one of the two sides in the civil war and accused of committing atrocities, to hold an inconclusive dialogue.
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[2026-09-01 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-01 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for Moscow's position on the Iran war and resulting sanctions, and said that together, Moscow and Tehran can resist what he called US "unilateralism."
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[2026-09-01 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is ready to return to the terms of an interim agreement reached with the United States in June, which was aimed at ending the war, if Washington also does the same.
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[2026-09-01 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has said the United States' position on the Falkland Islands is "one of many" under review, as he pressed the UK to increase military spending.
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[2026-09-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Opium War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While China does have a large trade surplus, economist Michael Pettis’ argument that Beijing is most vulnerable to a global adjustment is not convincing
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[2026-09-01 22:01 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Kaja Kallas, the EU's chief diplomat, announced Tuesday a high-level group made of former political and military leaders who will reflect on how the bloc can defend itself amid a changing U.S. presence.
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[2026-09-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Brazil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Claims that Trump and Rubio are trying to influence result have parallels with CIA intervention 64 years ago
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[2026-09-01 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Modi tells Putin "move on from an endless war to an end of war"
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[2026-09-01 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Montana Republican’s trip coincides with intensifying tech war that has become a core front in the US-China strategic rivalry
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[2026-09-01 21:54 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Montana Republican’s trip coincides with intensifying tech war that has become a core front in the US-China strategic rivalry
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[2026-09-01 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Following the first strikes in the US-Iran war for a month, this week, United States President Donald Trump appeared to signal a new phase in the war, which marked its first six months on Friday last week.
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[2026-09-01 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US State Department has approved Iraq's request to buy combat and utility helicopters, along with related equipment and services, totalling about $800 million.
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[2026-09-01 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the Nepal Army, shows Nepal army soldiers undertake rescue operation at the site of a hydropower project in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)
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[2026-09-01 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-01 20:47 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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[2026-09-01 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two weeks after Israel bombed a Syrian base in the north to draw a red line against Turkish troops moving south, Ankara did exactly that, with no military response from Israel.
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[2026-09-01 20:41 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: German defense entrepreneur Stefan Thumann argued sabotage operations carried out by Moscow against his country are an “act of war … controlled and coordinated here by the Russian armed forces.”
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[2026-09-01 20:33 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: TESTIFY. Colonel Manaros Boransing II takes the witness stand on Day 20 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on September 1, 2026.
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[2026-09-01 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war is “relatively little” for the US compared with the vast amount of weaponry Washington gave Ukraine under Joe Biden, President Donald Trump has said. He claimed his predecessor handed Kiev $300 billion worth of arms for free.
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[2026-09-01 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Peyvand Khorsandi was only four years old when he and his family left Iran for the United Kingdom in 1976, three years before the Islamic revolution.
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[2026-09-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: A former Australian Defence Force soldier hailed as a legendary combat medic has been killed in Ukraine while under fire from Russian forces, drawing praise for his “selfless” commitment to others.
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[2026-09-01 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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[2026-09-01 20:06 UTC+10:00] [People's Court Daily] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The first amendment to the law in 16 years is also expected to cover cyberspace, biotechnology and quantum technology, analysts say
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