Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-27 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Six months into the Middle East war, the army of foreign workers and expatriates in the Gulf has largely stayed put, hoping to ride out the uncertainty caused by conflict rather than return to dim prospects back home.
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[2026-08-27 02:06 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French presidential candidate Gabriel Attal said that if he wins the race to succeed Emmanuel Macron next year, he would move into the Elysée Palace with his romantic partner, EU industry chief Stéphane Séjourné.
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[2026-08-27 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Marvel has a new franchise crossover, and it isn’t the one Disney is marketing. Over the past week, more than 20 actors with Marvel Cinematic Universe credits – Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Mark Ruffalo (the Hulk), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Ian McKellen, whose X-Men run predates the MCU but whose fandom overlaps it – signed onto “Freedom for Marwan,” a campaign demanding the release of Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison.
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[2026-08-27 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 250 academics and lawyers have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to end military cooperation with Israel and de-proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
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[2026-08-27 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced their dissolution in Syria as part of an agreement with the interim government.
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[2026-08-27 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices extended their declines for a third straight day after the US plan to ramp up economic pressure on Iran spared the country’s trading partners from harsher measures for now, while mediators said they were continuing efforts to end the conflict.
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[2026-08-27 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai is set to award an additional Dh55 billion ($14.9 billion) in contracts by the end of this year for the expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), the city's second hub, with construction continuing unhindered by the regional conflict.
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[2026-08-27 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Uganda's military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba has announced plans to run for president in 2031, signalling a possible bid to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni.
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[2026-08-27 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that he had dispatched CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow the day before, expressing hope that the spy chief’s unannounced visit could help end the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-08-27 00:09 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ´Hungary’s government has formally condemned Russia’s military aggression and announced its support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, according to policy guidelines published late Tuesday — marking a sharp break with the Russia-friendly policies of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
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[2026-08-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 250 academics and lawyers have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to end military cooperation with Israel and de-proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
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[2026-08-26 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mozambique government has begun a two-day forum to discuss the future of displaced people in the country as a devastating armed conflict in the northern Cabo Delgado region enters its ninth year.
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[2026-08-26 23:37 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-26 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai International Airport (DXB) expects to retain its position as the world's busiest international hub this year, despite a 42 per cent drop in second-quarter passenger traffic as the Iran war disrupted travel.
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[2026-08-26 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif accused IDF troops on Wednesday of physically and verbally assaulting him while attempting to reach Palestinian families in the West Bank village of Kusra, whose homes have been surrounded amid an ongoing confrontation involving extremist settlers and Israeli security forces.
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[2026-08-26 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinians in the West Bank village of Madama say they fear further violence after Israeli MP Zvi Sukkot smashed a local memorial with a sledgehammer as IDF soldiers stood by. The military later insisted the incident was neither authorized nor anticipated.
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[2026-08-26 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinians in the West Bank village of Madama say they fear further violence after Israeli MP Zvi Sukkot smashed a local memorial with a sledgehammer as IDF soldiers stood by. The military later insisted the incident was neither authorized nor anticipated.
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[2026-08-26 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian teen during a raid on a UN-run training center in East Jerusalem, local officials have reported.
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[2026-08-26 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian teen during a raid on a UN-run training center in East Jerusalem, local officials have reported.
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[2026-08-26 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pedestrians and bicyclists wait outside the pedestrian gate on the south side of the Golden Gate Bridge, which is closed due to protesters, April 15, 2024, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
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[2026-08-26 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A scheduled visit to Toronto and Montreal by West Jerusalem's Deputy Mayor Arieh King was cancelled on Tuesday after Canadian authorities barred the hardline politician from entering the country.
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[2026-08-26 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF struck and destroyed a structure in the Jabalya area of the Gaza Strip that was used as an ambush position for Hamas terrorists and as a storage facility for various types of weapons on Tuesday, the military said on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person carries a shopping bag in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Asean] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US threat to sever Iran’s economic lifeline with a raft of new sanctions, coupled with Tehran’s warnings of military retaliation and further restrictions on oil exports, has raised the stakes across the region.
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[2026-08-26 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Passengers leave the baggage claim hall at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)
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[2026-08-26 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: China is the world’s biggest crude importer and the largest buyer of Iranian oil. It imported about 12.4 million bpd of crude last year, with roughly half coming from the Middle East. Beijing has also been a reliable buyer of Iranian oil, accounting for 90 per cent of Iran’s sanctioned oil exports.
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[2026-08-26 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 21:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-26 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “America’s impatience in this war has brought the US into the conflict without coherent policy, without clear strategy, and without even trying to create a coalition to support the operation,” Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, a military historian and former head of the Strategic Horizons Unit in the UK Cabinet Office, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks with Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham at Horodetskyi House during their bilateral meeting in Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-08-26 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: India has taken a major step towards opening one of its most sensitive areas of defence production to private companies.
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[2026-08-26 21:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement the Islamic Republic is currently negotiating with Oman, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister told state TV late on Tuesday night.
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[2026-08-26 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-26 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Robert Walton of UtilityDive
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[2026-08-26 21:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tensions boiled over Wednesday at a government-hosted public hearing on its plan to consolidate the military academies, as their graduates and cadets blasted government officials as "gangsters" in protest of the plan.
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[2026-08-26 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer saw net profits jump over 23 per cent in the first half amid turbulence in the Middle East
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[2026-08-26 21:08 UTC+10:00] [China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer saw net profits jump over 23 per cent in the first half amid turbulence in the Middle East
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[2026-08-26 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian election authorities said Wednesday that they have registered nearly 1,600 Ukraine war veterans to run as candidates in federal, regional and local elections taking place next month.
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[2026-08-26 20:20 UTC+10:00] [Syria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The leader of a Kurdish-led militia in Syria said that the group would disband and be integrated into the Syrian army, dissolving a once-powerful American ally and handing President Ahmed al-Sharaa greater control over the country.
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[2026-08-26 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has held new talks with neighbouring Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, blockaded over nearly six months of conflict, with Oman's foreign minister saying he was hopeful a temporary corridor through the waterway could be announced soon.
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This biopic of the great Gallic general – which culminates at Bir Hakeim, in advance of a second film – is a fine, quietly amusing romp with a touch of classic 60s war films
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila plans to use drones as force multipliers, but analysts warn building a credible deterrence network will require multi-year investment
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manila plans to use drones as force multipliers, but analysts warn building a credible deterrence network will require multi-year investment
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics $533 million for an artillery factory that failed to produce a single usable shell.
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Germany's military mission to Iraq formally ended on Wednesday, in the first major departure from the Kurdistan Region as part of the US-led, anti-ISIS coalition’s broader withdrawal from the country by September 30, Iraqi authorities announced.
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[2026-08-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: A Russian businessman planning a luxury home on a beautiful Swedish island will have his property seized by the state in a dramatic move to protect a nearby naval base, highlighting European concerns about conflict with Moscow.
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