Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-04 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week's NATO summit in Turkey. But host Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn on his close ties with the U.S. leader to secure his presence at the Ankara event — an appearance that may even come with a significant gift related to Turkish defense.
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[2026-07-04 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States has warned Poland that Russia is preparing a potential military "provocation" against the country, according to sources close to Polish President Karol Nawrocki cited by Polish outlet Onet.
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[2026-07-04 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement “threatens to betray the victims of war crimes” in Lebanon, according to six prominent human rights and media freedom organisations.
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[2026-07-04 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The picnic spot at Ficks Crossing is an eerie place after dark.
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[2026-07-04 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-04 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The University of Birmingham has been accused of significantly weakening its restrictions on investing in weapons companies.
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[2026-07-04 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mona Mhanna feared for her life on many occasions once the Gaza war erupted, but would never leave her home or tent without Bella, her cat.
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[2026-07-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In managing protracted conflicts, pressure does not always succeed where war itself has failed, nor can political settlements alone guarantee a change in behaviour shaped over decades. For this reason, states sometimes resort to instruments more complex than conventional deterrence, designed not merely to raise costs, but to redefine interests themselves.
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[2026-07-04 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine shattered Europe’s sleepy assumption that war in Europe was a relic of history while also showing that the breakneck speed of technical advances is becoming a barrier to scaling up defences.
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[2026-07-04 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the survivors of Operation Entebbe, marking the 50th anniversary was less a celebration of one of Israel’s most mythologized military operations than a reckoning with the distance between the country that rescued them and the one that failed to prevent another mass hostage crisis decades later.
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[2026-07-04 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE said there must be an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, adding that the only way forward is "an urgent humanitarian truce".
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[2026-07-04 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Polish and Lithuanian forces carried out a joint military exercise in late June
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[2026-07-04 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The African Union called an emergency meeting on Friday about its military mission in Somalia after the United States said it would end critical funding from next year.
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[2026-07-04 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia is in the throes of a fuel crisis that has triggered rationing, long lines at gas stations, soaring prices and reports of empty pumps in several regions following a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and energy infrastructure.
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[2026-07-04 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has defended his country’s NATO defence spending, shortly after US President Donald Trump re-upped his criticism of alliance members.
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[2026-07-04 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 640,000 displaced people in Lebanon have returned home after a deal to end the war, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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[2026-07-04 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEN years after its promulgation, the 2016 ruling of the arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague on the China-Philippines conflict over the South China Sea draws focus of interest invariably on the legal angle. This matter is amply taken care of by the book “The South China Sea Arbitration Awards: A Critical Study” published by the Chinese Journal of International Law in 2018.
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[2026-07-04 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Criminal Court's prosecutor’s office has not applied for a single arrest warrant over crimes committed in Sudan's Darfur region since the country's devastating war began in April 2023, despite more than three years of investigation and repeated public assurances that charges were imminent, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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[2026-07-04 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen's armed forces said on Friday they confronted Saudi "warplanes" that they said attempted to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa International Airport, according to a statement by military spokesperson Yahya Sarea.
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[2026-07-04 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Lithuanian lawmakers have introduced a constitutional amendment to scrap the country’s ban on hosting nuclear weapons.
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[2026-07-04 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Friday morning, Abdullah, a lawyer in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, had a moment of peace to reflect on two weeks of drone strikes and over three years of war.
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[2026-07-04 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: General view of the outside of the Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey, in London, Oct. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
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[2026-07-04 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana's inflation nearly doubled in June as high fuel prices caused by the war on Iran continued to rattle the economy.
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[2026-07-04 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda warned Friday that NATO risks fracturing if some member states fail to meet the alliance's target of spending 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense.
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[2026-07-04 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syrians have filed through the capital, Damascus, to mourn the victims of a bomb blast that ripped through a cafe, near the Palace of Justice, killing nine people, including six lawyers.
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[2026-07-04 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Three men were acquitted of murder Friday in the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by a member of a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group while covering a 2019 riot in Northern Ireland.
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[2026-07-04 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week's NATO summit in Turkey. But host Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn on his close ties with the U.S. leader to secure his presence at the Ankara event — an appearance that may even come with a significant gift related to Turkish defense.
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[2026-07-03 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, speaks with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich, right, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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[2026-07-03 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The German chancellor defended Berlin’s increased military spending and highlighted his commitment to Nato targets
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[2026-07-03 23:43 UTC+10:00] [The Hague] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The German chancellor defended Berlin’s increased military spending and highlighted his commitment to Nato targets
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[2026-07-03 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Interpol has identified a Ukrainian woman as the main suspect in a bomb attack in Monaco that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia, according to officials.
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[2026-07-03 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bashar Hilal, 10, plays with dogs left behind by their owners after they fled following the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, at an animal shelter in the village of Kfaroue, near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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[2026-07-03 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 3 Jul 2026 at 11:02pm
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[2026-07-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Once a Trump cheerleader, the former Fox News host turned podcaster has broken with the administration over the Iran war
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[2026-07-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Congress] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Once a Trump cheerleader, the former Fox News host turned podcaster has broken with the administration over the Iran war
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[2026-07-03 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mahmoud Mabrouk is a classical Arabic singer from Gaza who has been given the prospect of a fresh start outside the war-torn enclave with a one-way ticket to France to settle with his wife and toddler to work on his art.
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[2026-07-03 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Thursday a bomb ripped through crowded cafe in central Damascus, killing at least nine people and wounding 22 others, in an attack very near the main entrance of the Palace of Justice - in an area frequented by lawyers, courthouse employees and visitors.
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[2026-07-03 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hussein Hamza, feeds dogs left behind by their owners after they fled following the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, at his animal shelter in the village of Kfaroue, near Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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[2026-07-03 21:36 UTC+10:00] [Wildfires] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Numerous wildfires are raging across parts of France and Spain, after record temperatures in Europe caused dry conditions and a worsening drought. Two thousand firefighters battled several wildfires fanned by strong winds along France's Mediterranean coast on Thursday, while Spain’s military emergency unit (UME) said it had deployed more than 100 personnel and about 40 vehicles to support firefighting efforts in the Aragon region
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[2026-07-03 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Islamic law requires swift burials, exceptions are made in times of war.
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[2026-07-03 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-03 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-03 21:08 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble
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[2026-07-03 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The extent of damage to some of Iran's military and nuclear sites has been revealed for the first time after more than a quarter of a million previously restricted high-resolution satellite images were released.
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[2026-07-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN think tank chief calls for pragmatic dialogue on AI warfare amid ‘dangerous’ security environment
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[2026-07-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: UN think tank chief calls for pragmatic dialogue on AI warfare amid ‘dangerous’ security environment
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[2026-07-03 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jury acquits Ng Ka-sing of murder, accepting defence that he may have accidentally killed his girlfriend during her diet plan
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[2026-07-03 20:25 UTC+10:00] [murder] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jury acquits Ng Ka-sing of murder, accepting defence that he may have accidentally killed his girlfriend during her diet plan
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[2026-07-03 20:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province — As the countdown begins, the cockpit-shaped simulator spins faster, and the body sinks deeper into the seat as the force surges to six times the pull of gravity.
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[2026-07-03 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Agent Kim Reactivated] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: So’s bank worker with a dark past is forced back into action to find his daughter in this series that quickly sates viewers’ lust for combat
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