Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-26 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The seaman was the last of six navy special forces personnel to be rescued after they missed their landing site and ended up in the sea
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[2026-08-26 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Malaysian navy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The seaman was the last of six navy special forces personnel to be rescued after they missed their landing site and ended up in the sea
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- The Navy said Wednesday it was forced to abort a combat test of a suicide drone off the southern coast the previous day, following an unsuccessful launch of the unmanned vehicle.
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[2026-08-26 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OTTAWA — Canada on Tuesday announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15 and 50 percent, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies.
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[2026-08-26 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The United States is preparing to conduct a trilateral military exercise with South Korea and Japan, the US Pacific Command said Wednesday, suggesting that the drills are on track despite the recent scaling back of a Seoul-Washington combined exercise at US President Donald Trump's directive.
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[2026-08-26 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria's northeast.
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[2026-08-26 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The confrontation between the United States and Iran has entered a new phase. The military conflict that dominated headlines earlier this year is increasingly giving way to a broader contest of economic pressure, maritime security, diplomacy, and great-power competition. This is part of the changing world order, as the conflict accelerates new trends around the world.
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[2026-08-26 12:05 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President won’t name supplier and has previously said he ‘does some things I can’t even share’ to obtain vital air defence missiles. What we know on day 1,644
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[2026-08-26 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces are advancing into the village of Jumla in the Yarmouk Basin, located in Syria's Daraa province, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-08-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pyongyang slams Tokyo’s record defence budget and war shrine visits, framing regional tension as a Cold War-style clash
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[2026-08-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pyongyang slams Tokyo’s record defence budget and war shrine visits, framing regional tension as a Cold War-style clash
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[2026-08-26 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-26 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-08-26 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Darline Graham has won South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary runoff, putting the political novice in a strong position to secure a full six-year term in the seat held for more than two decades by her famously hawkish late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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[2026-08-26 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil fell Wednesday, amid easing concerns about military conflict as the U.S. leans towards economic sanctions to pressure Iran.
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[2026-08-26 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The United States is preparing to conduct a trilateral military exercise with South Korea and Japan, the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) said Wednesday, suggesting that the drills are on track despite the recent scaling back of a Seoul-Washington combined exercise at U.S. President Donald Trump's directive.
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[2026-08-26 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a forum of The Americas Counter Cartel Coalition in Panama City, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sudan’s war is showing signs of a changing dynamic. Sudanese armed forces (SAF) have made a series of gains in North Kordofan state; the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is facing a new wave of defections; and army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is opening a political track while insisting the military campaign will continue.
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Comprehensive Archipelagic Defence Concept] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US embassy says American military personnel wanted to assess Sanjia Steel’s premises as a potential site for next year’s Balikatan exercises
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US embassy says American military personnel wanted to assess Sanjia Steel’s premises as a potential site for next year’s Balikatan exercises
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[2026-08-26 10:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Several Russian military aircraft briefly entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) above its eastern waters before exiting, prompting the Korean military to dispatch fighter jets in response, officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's move last week to scale back annual military drills with South Korea came as Seoul finalizes hundreds of billions of dollars in investment commitments to Washington.
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[2026-08-26 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Queensland Police have had expanded powers to search someone for weapons without a warrant since July last year.
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[2026-08-26 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US Army Black Hawk went down during a training flight in Colorado on Tuesday, just a day after CNN reported that the service’s Apache attack helicopters are crashing at a historically high rate amid persistent mechanical problems.
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[2026-08-26 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US Army Black Hawk went down during a training flight in Colorado on Tuesday, just a day after CNN reported that Apache attack helicopters are crashing at a historically high rate amid persistent mechanical problems.
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[2026-08-26 09:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his earlier remarks about a directive to scale back South Korea-US military exercises and his "very good" relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as he seeks to reengage with Kim this year.
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[2026-08-26 09:11 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: RETURN. Repatriated Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates arrive in the Philippines on March 9, 2026, as conflict rages on in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-26 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shopkeepers across the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Armenian quarters of Jerusalem’s Old City say the weakened state of inbound tourism to Israel over the last three years, since the outbreak of war, has put businesses under prolonged strain.
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[2026-08-26 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MONTREAL — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is more seasoned as a banker than a politician but has shown a confident touch in standing up to US President Donald Trump and navigating a trade war that threatens his nation's economy.
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[2026-08-26 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) has reported that the Israeli military carried out a large-scale detonation in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam.
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[2026-08-26 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli strikes have killed at least seven Palestinians across Gaza, according to local medical sources, in ongoing violations of a “ceasefire” that went into effect last October.
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[2026-08-26 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli military strike targeting a nearby building destroyed a warehouse storing nutritional supplies for malnourished children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Air Force said it is seeking charges under the military justice system against Major Jason Watson for his public call for the impeachment and removal from office of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-08-26 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A perceived shift in the Iran war from a military conflict to an economic one has seen the oil price and Treasury yields dive and shares rise.
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[2026-08-26 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 40 members of the United States Congress have penned a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on him to push for the release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old US citizen who has been detained by the Israeli military since June.
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[2026-08-26 06:56 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 26, 2026 06:56 | News
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[2026-08-26 06:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 26 August 2026 6:52am
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[2026-08-26 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is facing an unprecedented challenge. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-26 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Americans' approval of the US-Israeli war on Iran has reached another record low, pulling Trump's approval rating down with it, to the worst reading of either of his two terms in office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The new findings also show likely spillover effects for the November midterms that will benefit Democrats seeking to retake the majority in Congress.
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[2026-08-26 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States announced new sanctions on Iran and a slew of global entities doing business with the country on Monday, in what officials have called an “economic D-Day” and officially dubbed “Operation Economic Outcast”, in an effort to force Tehran to negotiate an end to the war.
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[2026-08-26 06:23 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo, deported to Honduras, is latest military spouse to face removal amid Trump 2.0
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[2026-08-26 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bangladesh may be joining the defence agreement signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan earlier this month.
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[2026-08-26 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: La Trobe University is preparing student teachers with an AI-trained robot called Fletch that has learned common gripes from parents.
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[2026-08-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo courtesy of Katherine Delgado shows her step-father Luis Manuel Aviles, left, and her brother Joshua Aviles stand outside their home in Oct. 2025, shortly before Joshua deployed on the USS Lincoln the following month in Key West, Fla. (Katherine Delgado via the AP)
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[2026-08-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Before attacking Iran, US President Donald Trump was warned by US intelligence that killing Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could result in him being replaced by a more radical regime with greater interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) managing director said on Tuesday that the global economy is faring better than expected as energy supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz drive uncertainty, although she warned of rising fiscal pressures.
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[2026-08-26 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy.
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[2026-08-26 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: ATT Monitor team, the body charged with overseeing the global Arms Trade Treaty, condemned on Tuesday a lack of transparency around states reporting the weapons they are buying and selling.
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[2026-08-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Hind Rajab Foundation announced on Tuesday that it had submitted a request to the US Justice Department (DOJ) to open criminal proceedings against Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, accusing him of involvement in what the organization describes as a “war crime of illegal population transfer” and “incitement to genocide.”
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[2026-08-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held separate phone conversations with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir and Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
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