Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-21 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The United States is urging allies to join it in a bid to "collapse" Iran's economy to end the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-08-21 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has disproved one of the post-Cold War era’s most confident assumptions: that the Western model is the only route to modernity
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[2026-08-21 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China has disproved one of the post-Cold War era’s most confident assumptions: that the Western model is the only route to modernity
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[2026-08-21 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gen. Christopher LaNeve, vice chief of staff of the Army, testifies at the Capitol in Washington, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-08-21 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A wild and highly dangerous intercept incident happened in the Black Sea on Thursday. A pair of Romanian F-16s were dispatched to track and intercept a sea drone in the vicinity the huge Neptun Deep gas platform.
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[2026-08-21 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: An officer's cap from the Nazi Heer (army). Owned by JB Militaria auction house. (ABC News: Callum Liddelow)
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[2026-08-21 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The release of the hit video-game series’ latest instalment is expected to be one of the year’s biggest entertainment events
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[2026-08-21 07:16 UTC+10:00] [Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Hodgson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The release of the hit video-game series’ latest instalment is expected to be one of the year’s biggest entertainment events
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[2026-08-21 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participate in live-fire attack drone training at Camp Humphreys, a military base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Aug. 5. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-08-21 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Mexican Navy rescued two fishermen 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on 19 August, after they had been missing for 5 days.
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[2026-08-21 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Next Previous
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[2026-08-21 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hours before 18,000 South Korean troops were due to kick off this year's Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise alongside their American counterparts, President Trump pulled the rug - instructing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises" with Seoul. By Wednesday the allies confirmed the annual drills - the backbone of combined readiness against the North - had been chopped nearly in half, from 11 days to five, with live field-training events canceled or downgraded to computer
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[2026-08-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finding himself caught in a grinding war with Iran, US President Donald Trump has turned to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for help. Trump’s most consistent trait is a desire to control the narrative in his favor. Reaching out to Kim now offers Trump a chance to return to the “peacemaker” image he projected in the early days of his second term.
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[2026-08-21 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 20 June 2026, the Israeli army killed Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman Ahmed Wishah in a drone strike, less than two and a half months after the killing of his brother, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who was targeted by the same army on 8 April.
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[2026-08-21 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An opinion article on Thursday in the right-wing Israeli paper Israel Hayom has suggested that any Turkish troops in Syria would be considered sitting ducks for Israel, because Nato's collective defence pact would not apply outside a member state's borders.
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[2026-08-21 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military said Thursday that it is aware of North Korean ballistic missile launches this week, reaffirming America's commitment to the defense of regional allies.
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[2026-08-21 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Eva Bartlett, an American/Canadian journalist who has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, Venezuela and the Donbass, recipient of the 2017 International Journalism Award for International Reporting, granted by the Mexican Journalists’ Press Club and first recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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[2026-08-21 05:47 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-21 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US will impose "the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Thursday, vowing to ramp up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic even as the economic toll of the war builds.
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[2026-08-21 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said the US will impose its toughest ever sanctions on Iran, as Washington increases its economic threats amid an impasse in negotiations to end the conflict.
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[2026-08-21 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-21 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: USS George Washington will replace warship families say suffers from shortages, plumbing problems and low morale
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[2026-08-21 03:41 UTC+10:00] [Nord Stream 1 pipeline] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident
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[2026-08-21 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Investments in completed real estate projects in Dubai jumped by more than half in the first quarter of 2026, as the sector maintained its resilience despite the effects of the Iran war.
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[2026-08-21 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 20 June 2026, the Israeli army killed Al Jazeera Mubasher cameraman Ahmed Wishah in a drone strike, less than two and a half months after the killing of his brother, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Mohammed Wishah, who was targeted by the same army on 8 April.
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[2026-08-21 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemeni government forces said they have carried out “81 qualitative military operations” against Houthis in the past 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-08-21 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign stands outside the main gate of Fort Stewart, Ga., Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File)
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[2026-08-21 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “Independence means something very special for Ukrainian people,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk told The Jerusalem Post ahead of the August 24, 35th Ukrainian Independence Day.
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[2026-08-21 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told The Jerusalem Post that Israel had received clear intelligence indicating that Turkey intended to significantly expand its military presence in Syria, a move Jerusalem viewed as crossing a red line.
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[2026-08-21 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch of more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles, following military drills between Seoul and Washington that US President Donald Trump is seeking to curb.
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[2026-08-21 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said on Thursday, hours after United States President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang’s Kim Jong Un this year.
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[2026-08-21 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Russian bombardments killed at least 16 people in Ukraine’s capital and surrounding areas overnight, authorities said on Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urging a global response to Moscow’s “escalation” of the four-year war.
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[2026-08-21 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military chief met with Thailand’s top general in Bangkok on Thursday in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their pariah status.
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[2026-08-21 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has acknowledged that its troops killed Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, and opened a criminal investigation into the incident. At the same time, it has refused to pursue a probe into the death of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in a separate attack.
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[2026-08-21 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has acknowledged that its troops killed Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, and opened a criminal investigation into the incident. At the same time, it has refused to pursue a probe into the death of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in a separate attack.
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[2026-08-21 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man walks past as the body of local residents killed during an overnight Russian attack are removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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[2026-08-21 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The USS George Washington aircraft carrier is pictured off the coast of Argentina, May 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
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[2026-08-21 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Spain's National Police and Civil Guard launched a large-scale operation at El Trampolín beach in Ceuta on Thursday morning to voluntarily relocate migrants to reception centres set up in army tents.
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[2026-08-21 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Thursday struck down the Israeli government's decision to close Army Radio.
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[2026-08-21 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Fifteen years since the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya began, and with civil strife leading to the downfall of what was once one of Africa’s wealthiest countries, several actors are seeking to end the civil war and reunite the country.
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[2026-08-21 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: European natural gas prices surged to levels last seen during the energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, when severe supply disruptions sent global markets into turmoil.
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[2026-08-21 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration's plan to crush Iran's economy will likely negate the need for further U.S. military operations against the Islamic republic, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday.
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[2026-08-21 01:05 UTC+10:00] [Arsenal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Champions’ manager says team ready for long marathon
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[2026-08-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Alan Jones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the third week of the trial of former talkback radio star Alan Jones, a complainant took to the witness box to recount his time working at 2GB. Complainant C detailed allegations of indecent assault, a power dynamic, and why he felt he had to ‘cop it’.The defence has argued Jones never indecently assaulted the complainant.
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[2026-08-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Alan Jones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the third week of the trial of former talkback radio star Alan Jones, a complainant took to the witness box to recount his time working at 2GB. Complainant C detailed allegations of indecent assault, a power dynamic, and why he felt he had to ‘cop it’.The defence has argued Jones never indecently assaulted the complainant.
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[2026-08-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Alan Jones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the third week of the trial of former talkback radio star Alan Jones, a complainant took to the witness box to recount his time working at 2GB. Complainant C detailed allegations of indecent assault, a power dynamic, and why he felt he had to ‘cop it’. The defence has argued Jones never indecently assaulted the complainant.
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[2026-08-21 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-21 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rimas Abu Shalouf, 16, who lost both legs after being injured during the war between Israel and Hamas, receives swimming training from the Heal Palestine organization at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-21 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has announced what he describes as the “most crushing economic operation” against Iran, as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran and talks to end the war between the two countries continue to stall.
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[2026-08-21 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey, Egypt and Qatar on Thursday strongly condemned recent Israeli strikes in Gaza, saying in a joint statement that Israel must comply with its obligations under a ceasefire agreement and refrain from steps that could escalate tensions.
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