Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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
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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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[2026-08-21 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An aircraft carrier previously deployed to the Western Pacific has arrived in the Middle East, following an outcry over reported conditions on a sister vessel that had been deployed to the region amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-08-21 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The South Korean government has observed an alarming new launch of a missile barrage by North Korea on Thursday, announcing that an unidentified projectile was fired off the peninsula's east coast on Thursday.
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[2026-08-21 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Max D Lederer Jr, the longtime publisher of the United States military publication Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement in a memo to staff on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-20 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia and China are both opposed to Japan’s accelerating militarization and growing debate over acquiring nuclear weapons, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, has said, warning that Tokyo’s policies could trigger a new arms race.
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[2026-08-20 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia and China are both opposed to Japan’s accelerating militarization and growing debate over acquiring nuclear weapons, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, has said, warning that Tokyo’s policies could trigger a new arms race.
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[2026-08-20 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Tel Aviv man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of stealing property from an apartment evacuated after its building was damaged by Iranian missile fire during Operation Roaring Lion back in February, police said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-20 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara has called for renewed arrests and broader economic sanctions against military draft evaders, warning that weak enforcement against ultra-Orthodox men is undermining the draft, leaving potential recruits out of the army and producing unequal enforcement against the rest of the population.
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[2026-08-20 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine election debate grows as ousted defence minister challenges wartime politics
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[2026-08-20 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Palestinian salesman shows an iPhone 17 Pro Max to the camera at a mobile phone store in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-08-20 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Residents of a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut have said they will not trade the group’s weapons for reconstruction money, while decrying a US-brokered framework peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
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[2026-08-20 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Residents of a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut have said they will not trade the group’s weapons for reconstruction money, while decrying a US-brokered framework peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
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[2026-08-20 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details in last 4 paras)
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[2026-08-20 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Myanmar’s military chief has met Thailand’s top general in Bangkok during the former’s first international trip since assuming the role, as the post-coup leaders seek to boost their legitimacy.
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[2026-08-20 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Schools in the UAE are all set to welcome pupils for the 2026-27 academic year, with principals saying there are no changes to opening arrangements despite the missile alert this week.
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[2026-08-20 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 50 Palestinians whose bodies were retrieved recently from the rubble have been laid to rest in Gaza City, in the latest mass funeral held in the enclave for victims of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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[2026-08-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government is targeting an 18.2 per cent increase in spending, with much of the extra money needed to pay for US weapons
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[2026-08-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [F-V Block fighters] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government is targeting an 18.2 per cent increase in spending, with much of the extra money needed to pay for US weapons
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[2026-08-20 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel issued a veiled threat against Turkey on Thursday, following Israeli strikes on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria, about 70km from the Turkish border.
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[2026-08-20 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Pirates hijacked a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week and took the vessel, which was carrying Turkish weapons, toward the region’s Nugaal coast, a Somali official said Thursday.
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[2026-08-20 22:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Thursday that Washington's recent decision to scale down the ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise has placed Seoul "in a poor plight of canceling 'war games' it liked very much."
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[2026-08-20 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees has criticised Israel’s decision to investigate the killing of Hind Rajab through its own military justice system, after the army acknowledged for the first time that its troops fired on the car carrying the five-year-old and her family.
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[2026-08-20 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One question captures the whole Syrian scene: Why does Israel respond to a Turkish presence that differs in kind - not degree - from the Iranian presence with exactly the same military tools?
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[2026-08-20 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Thursday that Washington's recent decision to scale down the ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise has placed Seoul "in a poor plight of canceling 'war games' it liked very much."
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[2026-08-20 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, right, and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in New Delhi on Aug. 20. (Photo from Rajnath Singh's X post)
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[2026-08-20 22:34 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists
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[2026-08-20 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Purchases from the Gulf accounted for 27.6 per cent of China’s total crude imports in July, up over 10 percentage points from the month before
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[2026-08-20 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Chim Lee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Purchases from the Gulf accounted for 27.6 per cent of China’s total crude imports in July, up over 10 percentage points from the month before
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[2026-08-20 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-20 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
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[2026-08-20 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN CARLOS CITY — Heavy rains failed to dampen the spirit of volunteerism as over 1,000 volunteers from the Philippine Army, Bureau of Fire Protection, students and civic organizations from various parts of Pangasinan took part in the eighth annual bloodletting activity spearheaded by Provincial Board Member VC Ventanilla on Saturday, Aug.
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[2026-08-20 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A TV screen at a Seoul railway station aired news footage of North Korea's missile launch. (AP: Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-08-20 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than two years after the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian child shook the world, the Israeli military has officially admitted to firing on the civilian vehicle she was trapped in and has announced a criminal investigation into the incident, following years of denial and intense international scrutiny.
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[2026-08-20 21:43 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Taipei – Taiwan’s government on Thursday proposed an 18% rise in defense spending for next year, including for drones and missiles, taking it above 1 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($31.41 billion) for the first time as Taipei bolsters its military to ward off China.
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[2026-08-20 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In early August, the Ugandan military unveiled a bronze statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the country in 1976.
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[2026-08-20 21:25 UTC+10:00] [career] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: German kebab shops want you for the country’s army: German citizens can now join the Bundeswehr’s medical service by scanning QR codes on street-food wrappers nationwide.
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[2026-08-20 21:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-08-20 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-20 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Idite Lesom (“Get Lost”), a group that helps Russian men avoid military service, has reported receiving a growing number of complaints from individuals who were forcibly detained and coerced into signing contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry.
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[2026-08-20 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: At least 13 people have died after Russian ballistic missiles damaged buildings and severed the power supply to some parts of Kyiv, officials say.
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[2026-08-20 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria has no plans to establish a Turkish military presence at the Abu al-Duhur airbase attacked by Israel earlier this week, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has said.
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[2026-08-20 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, left, shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar before their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. (Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)
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[2026-08-20 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South Florida quarterback Byrum Brown (17) runs against Navy during the first half of a NCAA college football game, Nov. 15, 2025, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
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