Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-14 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNDER traditional international law and the UN Charter, the threshold for a formal "act of war" (or an "armed attack" under Article 51) has historically been tied to kinetic force or the actual firing of weapons resulting in physical destruction.
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[2026-07-14 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Allies of Ukraine will gather in Paris on Monday with the war-torn country’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reaffirm support for Kyiv and step up pressure on Russia, according to the French presidency.
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[2026-07-14 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Between foreign reports, public confirmation by former head of Military Intelligence Tamir Hayman, and The Jerusalem Post’s own Western sources, it has been known now for some time that the Mossad sought to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei with former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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[2026-07-14 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen's Houthi rebels have declared an end to the “de-escalation phase” of the country's civil war after Sanaa's international airport was hit by air strikes.
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[2026-07-14 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The coalition aims to develop ‘purely defensive’ anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe
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[2026-07-14 01:37 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The coalition aims to develop ‘purely defensive’ anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe
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[2026-07-14 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli high-school student is facing possible disciplinary action after distributing flyers urging classmates to refuse military service over Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank, according to a report published by Haaretz.
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[2026-07-14 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The number of tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to its lowest level in two months, shipping data showed on Monday, as renewed strikes between the US and Iran and attacks on vessels raise safety concerns.
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[2026-07-14 00:49 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-14 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command (CENTCOM) used “one-way attack sea drones for the first time,” according to a statement on Monday referring to a new round of strikes by the US against Islamic regime targets.
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[2026-07-14 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Monday battled with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz over the government’s plan to pass a law exempting haredim from arrest when they dodge their legal obligations under Israel’s existing military draft laws.
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[2026-07-14 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Prosecution and defense teams react after the fourth day of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.
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[2026-07-14 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-14 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice questioned on Monday whether there was any need to continue hearing a petition challenging tax benefits for donations to yeshivot attended by draft-eligible students who have not regularized their military status, after the state accepted the petitioners’ central legal argument and began implementing it.
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[2026-07-14 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Gulf’s patience with Iran is being “tested” by the Islamic Republic’s continued attacks on Gulf states and maritime shipping, potentially pushing regional governments to consider “limited strikes” against the Iranian regime, Bahraini analyst Ahmed Alkhuzaie told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
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[2026-07-14 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The European Commission and more than a dozen countries launched an initiative on Monday to deliver €883.6 million ($1 billion) in aid projects to help Gaza recover from war.
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[2026-07-14 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Paris on Monday to ask two dozen European leaders for help developing measures against Russia's ballistic missiles, which have pummeled his country's power grid in the more than four years since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion.
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[2026-07-14 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen's Houthi movement declared the end of the country's de-escalation phase on Sunday and vowed retaliation, alleging that Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes on Sanaa International Airport.
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[2026-07-14 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. and Switzerland announced a services free trade agreement on Monday, in a deal that is expected to lend a multi-billion-dollar boost to British exports and ease travel between the two nations.
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[2026-07-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As US sanctions block access to advanced lithography, a Shanghai-based firm is betting on chip redesign and 3D memory stacking to break through bottlenecks
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[2026-07-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As US sanctions block access to advanced lithography, a Shanghai-based firm is betting on chip redesign and 3D memory stacking to break through bottlenecks
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[2026-07-13 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russian military officers, hackers and private companies, denouncing what it called a years-long cyber-espionage campaign against the bloc.
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[2026-07-13 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany will fund the purchase of 50,000 attack drones for the Ukrainian military, Reuters has reported, citing informed sources.
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[2026-07-13 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Slovakia was not the only NATO state that refused to participate in the bloc’s latest military aid package for Ukraine, the country’s president, Peter Pellegrini, has said.
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[2026-07-13 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military has used one-way attack sea drones during operations against Iran overnight, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. It was the first time that such unmanned surface vessels have been used in the ongoing war.
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[2026-07-13 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US has used "one-way" attack drones against Iran for the first time, the military's Central Command has announced, as the two countries continue to trade blows despite a supposed regional ceasefire.
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[2026-07-13 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least two people have been killed by US missiles which struck three locations in the Iranian city of Abadan in the western province of Khuzestan on Monday.
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[2026-07-13 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While plenty of jaws are still agape following Saturday night's shockingly sudden death of Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, scheming over his vacant seat is already well underway. With Graham having been a chief champion of the West's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, and a zealous collaborator with Israel in promoting American warfare against Iran, it's not just South Carolinians who are concerned about their representation in Washington.
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[2026-07-13 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Movies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Brazil is in the midst of a cinematic golden age. In the past two years, the country has produced two Oscar-caliber films, “I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent,” both of which grapple with the country’s grim era under military dictatorship.
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[2026-07-13 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-13 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin was briefly detained north of Moscow on Monday and charged with displaying “extremist” symbols, just days after Russia’s Justice Ministry designated him a “foreign agent.”
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[2026-07-13 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-13 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Boris Nadezhdin attempted to run against Vladimir Putin in 2024
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[2026-07-13 23:07 UTC+10:00] [Defense budgets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron warned against nationalism and made a last plea for deeper European defense cooperation Monday in his final speech to the armed forces before leaving office next year.
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[2026-07-13 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Japan is setting up its first centralised intelligence agency since World War II to try to modernise its defence capabilities against spies, foreign interference and other attacks from foreign adversaries.
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[2026-07-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The island hopes contractors at military academies will free up personnel for combat missions, but critics raise infiltration concerns
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[2026-07-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The island hopes contractors at military academies will free up personnel for combat missions, but critics raise infiltration concerns
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[2026-07-13 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A court in Sudan has sentenced Gen Mohamed Dagalo, commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, to death for his alleged part in ethnically motivated killings in Darfur, the military-aligned judiciary said.
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[2026-07-13 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. is "going to get paid for guarding" the Strait of Hormuz, the major oil-shipping route and epicenter of the re-escalating war with Iran.
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[2026-07-13 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Renewed conflict continues to be potentially breaking out over Yemen, as on Monday Saudi Arabia struck the runway of the Houthi-controlled Sanaa International Airport, amid growing allegations that Iranian flights have increasingly made use of Yemen's airspace.
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[2026-07-13 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Chinese and Russian ships were seen holding joint naval drills in the Yellow Sea in video published Monday by Russia's Defence Ministry.
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[2026-07-13 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are lower on a combination of US/Iran escalation (which is feeding inflationary concerns) and a violent crash in South Korean stocks (which saw SK Hynix plunge by 15% overnight, the most on record, and unironically follows its record ADR launch in the US), which has put Semis and tech under renewed pressure.
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[2026-07-13 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Aq Taqeh Khan bridge attack shows the war has expanded to the infrastructure that lets Iran function when the strait is contested
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[2026-07-13 22:30 UTC+10:00] [blockade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Aq Taqeh Khan bridge attack shows the war has expanded to the infrastructure that lets Iran function when the strait is contested
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[2026-07-13 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials and analysts say Manila’s deterrence strategies can now make China ‘at least hesitate’, even though there is still much to be done
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[2026-07-13 22:16 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials and analysts say Manila’s deterrence strategies can now make China ‘at least hesitate’, even though there is still much to be done
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[2026-07-13 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: US military says its latest wave of strikes targeting Iran is over, insisting Tehran does not control Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-13 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US and Iran exchanged another round of strikes overnight, extending a weeklong surge in fighting and casting dark clouds of uncertainty over whether the Strait of Hormuz remains open to commercial shipping.
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[2026-07-13 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Firefighting teams from the UAE Armed Forces have dealt with a fire in a warehouse at Zayed Military City.
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[2026-07-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Expectations are high that when banks start posting second-quarter results Tuesday, led by JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, revenue from trading equities and fixed income will approach, or even exceed, the records set earlier this year.
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