Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Department of War has announced a $750 million investment aimed at securing long-term supplies of critical rare-earth elements from Serra Verde’s Pela Ema mine in central Brazil, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce its dependence on China for strategically important minerals, according to a DOW press release out this week.
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[2026-08-26 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which spearheaded the fight in Syria against the ISIL (ISIS) armed group, has announced its dissolution as part of a deal struck with the government in Damascus.
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[2026-08-26 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
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[2026-08-26 05:03 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
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[2026-08-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Molly Picklum has been having Fijian flashbacks all week.
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[2026-08-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly six months into the war with Iran, the Middle East is rediscovering an old truth: when a great power becomes entangled in a prolonged conflict, small and medium-sized states begin looking for insurance.
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[2026-08-26 04:43 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 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to declare that all mines have been removed from the Strait of Hormuz - it what seems yet another attempt to declare all is well at a moment Washington has shifted from prior military operations to an economic 'strangulation' and siege policy targeting the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-08-26 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel.
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[2026-08-26 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel.
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[2026-08-26 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration’s threat of an “economic D-Day” against Iran sounded impressive but so far appears to have dropped to a bit of a whimper.
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[2026-08-26 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada should consider launching an MH17-style joint criminal investigation into the fatal Israeli drone strike that killed aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her World Central Kitchen colleagues in Gaza, some of the nation’s top international law experts have argued.
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[2026-08-26 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his earlier remarks about a directive to scale back South Korea-U.S. 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 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
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 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Most United States Democratic voters in states that will play a key role in choosing the party’s nominee in the 2028 presidential election oppose providing aid and weapons to Israel, a new poll suggests.
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[2026-08-26 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The removal of Syria from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism clears one of the biggest remaining obstacles to investment, opening the door for greater access to international banking, technology and capital. as the country rebuilds its war-ravaged economy.
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[2026-08-26 03:12 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: At the start of the year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on the world’s middle powers to band together against Donald Trump. But a new trade war with the U.S. came before they were ready.
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[2026-08-26 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities asked for clues about problems in PLARF’s purchases spanning all stages of the process and different forms of procurement
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[2026-08-26 03:07 UTC+10:00] [Wang Houbin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities asked for clues about problems in PLARF’s purchases spanning all stages of the process and different forms of procurement
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[2026-08-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [Defence policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
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[2026-08-26 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US “economic D-Day” sanctions threaten to further squeeze China’s imports of Iranian crude, which have fallen 48 per cent since the Iran war began, as the Strait of Hormuz blockade and Houthi attacks on the Bab Al Mandeb disrupt supply.
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[2026-08-26 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Artist Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alex, was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, poses for a photograph amongst the figures thats make up her sculpture titled “Dark Elegy” in her backyard in Montauk, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-08-26 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt faces a region erupting in crisis, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said, as Cairo works to mediate between the US and Iran, contain the war in Gaza and protect its share of the Nile waters.
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[2026-08-26 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians were killed and others injured on Tuesday after an Israeli drone attack in the vicinity of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wafa news reported.
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[2026-08-26 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly six months since the United States and Israel launched the first missiles in their war on Iran, Washington is pivoting to a strategy of tougher sanctions and economic isolation in a bid to force Tehran to accept its terms for a peace deal.
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[2026-08-26 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. The currency had already been under pressure before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 - now Trump’s administration has promised even stronger sanctions than those already in place would be announced Monday, including secondary sanctions on countries that continue to do business with Iran.
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[2026-08-26 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Syria condemned a visit by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to troops in the country's south where he vowed to keep forces while "threats" persisted.
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[2026-08-26 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The move came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
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[2026-08-26 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada said it would announce on Tuesday its response to United States President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, as neighbo rs that used to be close allies spiral into a trade war.
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[2026-08-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ASUS Philippines today announced the arrival of its newest battle-tested desktop family, bringing heavy-duty performance and military-grade durability to Filipino gamers.
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[2026-08-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Notre Dame celebrates a score against Navy during an NCAA college football game in Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
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[2026-08-26 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OUR barangay (village) elections got another jolt. First, it was oil prices from the Middle East war. Now it’s a Senate bill resetting the polls to 2028 and stretching barangay terms to five years over the objection of election watchdogs, including the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia has warned that billions already spent could go to waste.
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[2026-08-26 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KOTA KINABALU — Last week, United States President Donald Trump appeared once again to be extending an olive branch to North Korea, signaling his willingness to engage its leader Kim Jong Un while calling for a reduction in the scale of joint US-South Korean military exercises. To some observers, this may look like Washington is softening its stance toward Pyongyang.
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[2026-08-26 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGLADESH — Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps protested dire conditions on Tuesday, as they marked nine years since a military crackdown drove them out of neighboring Myanmar.
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[2026-08-26 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Montreal city council adopted an amended motion regarding the Middle East conflict on Monday. The final version of the motion passed during a council session by a 54-6 vote, stripping out initial opposition proposals that called on the city to sever institutional ties with Israel or accuse the state of apartheid and genocide.
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[2026-08-26 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Rather than shy away from controversy, “Drug War: A Conspiracy of Silence” confronts the country’s contentious anti-drug campaign head-on, reaching a wider audience through its free YouTube release while encouraging viewers to consider perspectives beyond their own.
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[2026-08-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In an open letter published last week in the Guardian, addressed to "fellow activists, students, thinkers, workers, artists, and other prisoners of conscience held behind the walls of all detention centers across Iran", a group of renowned academics and activists resorted to the nauseating cliche of bothsidesism over the devastating war waged against Iran by two nuclear powers.
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[2026-08-26 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Muskö island, a scenic location, is also home to a major naval base
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[2026-08-26 01:17 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Countries should ban or restrict the use of autonomous weaponry, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, in a joint appeal with the Red Cross.
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[2026-08-26 01:05 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled the nation’s top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations.
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[2026-08-26 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US has said "the single greatest financial offensive ever" will help it and Israel end their ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The main economic flash point in the US campaign against Iran has been the Strait of Hormuz, which carried roughly 20 million barrels of oil a day before the war. That choke point no longer dominates the global energy market the way many feared it would.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that the US Navy informed him that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz in a Tuesday Truth Social post.
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[2026-08-26 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Board of Peace (BoP) has conveyed a message to Hamas in recent days through Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators, demanding that the terrorist organization halt the launching of kites and all other activity directed at Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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