Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-15 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Spain has beefed up police and military presence in its North African enclave of Ceuta amid social media messages encouraging migrants to attempt another mass border breach on Saturday, two weeks after tens of thousands rushed into the city.
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[2026-08-15 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties expressed regret Saturday over visits by Japanese officials and politicians to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's imperialistic past.
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[2026-08-15 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF soldiers facing financial difficulties will receive personal financial guidance as part of a joint initiative by the Bank of Israel, the Class Actions Fund, and the IDF Manpower Directorate, the military announced on Friday.
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[2026-08-15 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Doves are released as a symbol of peace at Yasukuni Shrine for the war dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. © Reuters
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[2026-08-15 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 5 paras, photo)By Park Boram
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[2026-08-15 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree has said the rebels “targeted concentrations and weapons belonging to the Saudi enemy”.
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[2026-08-15 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info, photo from 7th para; ADDS photo)By Park Boram
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[2026-08-15 12:01 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. wants to know how loyal each NATO ally is to Donald Trump’s policies before cutting military assets defending the alliance.
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[2026-08-15 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah’s secretary general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said Israel’s 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006 has proved that “the occupying regime only understands the language of force”, Press TV reported.
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[2026-08-15 11:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has paid tribute to Soviet soldiers who fought against Japan during World War II to mark Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, vowing to further strengthen ties with Russia, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-08-15 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI — United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil giant ADNOC said Saturday one of its vessels came under attack in the Hormuz strait, the latest incident in the waterway at the center of the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-08-15 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday proposed that the two Koreas begin talks on ending their long-running war and discuss practical ways to halt the advancement of Pyongyang's nuclear program, pledging to seek a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
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[2026-08-15 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-08-15 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has paid tribute to Soviet soldiers who fought against Japan during World War II to mark Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, vowing to further strengthen ties with Russia, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday.
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[2026-08-15 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's imperialistic past Saturday to mark the country's 1945 surrender in World War II.
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[2026-08-15 11:05 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Efforts have been made to preserve the history of public housing for those who returned to Japan from former Manchuria, a northeastern China region once controlled by Japan, and elsewhere after the end of World War II.
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[2026-08-15 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians were injured in firing by the Israeli army and settlers in the occupied West Bank on Friday evening, Wafa reported.
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[2026-08-15 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At the top of the Times is the news that ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who has been at the centre of a row in-part focused on accusations of plagiarism, has been found dead. The police have said his death is being treated as "unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious".
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[2026-08-15 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: TOKYO, Aug. 15 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent an offering to a war shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's imperialistic past Saturday to mark the country's 1945 surrender in World War II.
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[2026-08-15 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A small army of recruits has been hired to help save Aaron Glenn.
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[2026-08-15 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Byron King and Sean Ring via DailyReckoning.com,
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[2026-08-15 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is pushing for a clear timetable for Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory, as Hezbollah’s leader accuses Lebanon’s government of exposing the country’s own army to disgrace by pursuing the deal at all.
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[2026-08-15 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Once the naked hatred of German journalism prompted Vladimir Zelensky’s most fervent British backers to criticize Ukraine’s “gamification of killing” Russians, things went from bad to worse for Kiev – on the battlefield and in the diplomatic arena.
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[2026-08-15 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Kiev regime is fighting a NATO proxy war against Russia at the expense of its own people while its leadership pockets Western funding, US journalist and geopolitical analyst John Varoli has said.
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[2026-08-15 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Kiev regime is fighting a NATO proxy war against Russia at the expense of its own people, while its leadership pockets Western funding, US journalist and geopolitical analyst John Varoli said.
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[2026-08-15 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Physicists working on research for the Imperial Japanese Navy, including Hideki Yukawa, fourth from right in front row, and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, third from right. (Courtesy of Masami Shinma of the Shimada Association for Modern Heritage)
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[2026-08-15 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Back in mid-2025, when Trump's renewed trade war with China was all the rage, we said that much of this was hot air and theatrics for the simple reason that many Chinese exporters would find easy ways to evade US tariffs thanks to "transshipments", or using intermediary countries as fake points of origin ...
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[2026-08-15 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the top US priority in the Iran war was keeping oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, with preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon ranking second.
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[2026-08-15 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Some sailors have reportedly tried throwing themselves into the sea, basic supplies can run short and sanitation is going awry: life on America's giant Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is increasingly difficult as the Iran war drags on.
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[2026-08-15 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has depleted or destroyed more than $1.3bn worth of the US's MQ-9 Reaper drones, roughly translating to 25 percent of the country's pre-war fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a report by The Washington Post published on Friday.
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[2026-08-15 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about conditions on board the USS Abraham Lincoln during its lengthy deployment as part of the US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-08-15 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Honouliuli National Historic Site Superintendent Christine Ogura orients docents during training Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at Hawai’i Plantation Village in Waipahu, Hawaii. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat via AP)
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[2026-08-15 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest ruling gives Shenzhen-based company hope after years-long legal battle with the US Department of Defence
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[2026-08-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest ruling gives Shenzhen-based company hope after years-long legal battle with the US Department of Defence
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[2026-08-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Years after civil war drove many Muslims from Sibut, the call to prayer is echoing again from the town’s rebuilt central mosque. Returning residents and Christian neighbours are seeking to restore trust and revive a community once known for peaceful coexistence.
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[2026-08-15 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-08-15 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-08-15 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has depleted or destroyed more than $1.3bn worth of the US's MQ-9 Reaper drones, roughly translating to 25 percent of the country's pre-war fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a report by The Washington Post published on Friday.
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[2026-08-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is making military support for NATO allies contingent on how closely they align with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, Bloomberg has reported.
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[2026-08-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is making military support for NATO members contingent on how closely they align with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, Bloomberg has reported.
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[2026-08-15 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There have been reports of sailors jumping overboard, raising questions about their mental health during the nine-month-long deployment
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[2026-08-15 06:08 UTC+10:00] [USS Abraham Lincoln] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There have been reports of sailors jumping overboard, raising questions about their mental health during the nine-month-long deployment
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[2026-08-15 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A deal to free an American hostage held by an Islamic State affiliate in West Africa's Sahel region was brokered with the help of the eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, four sources told Reuters.
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[2026-08-15 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Kentucky woman has been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War Two memorial in Washington, US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, said on Friday.
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[2026-08-15 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump habla con los periodistas antes de abordar el Air Force One, el viernes 14 de agosto de 2026, en la Base Conjunta Andrews, Maryland. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-15 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A woman has been arrested and charged with two felonies over the vandalism of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, weeks after President Donald Trump publicly rebuked his own US attorney over a separate vandalism case at the nearby Reflecting Pool.
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[2026-08-15 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The USS Abraham Lincoln has been grappling with dismal conditions for months during the US-Israeli war on Iran, amid mounting reports of severe exhaustion, supply shortages, and mental-health problems among crew members. The problems have sparked an uproar among crew members’ families and prompted demands for answers from US lawmakers.
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[2026-08-15 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The USS Abraham Lincoln has been grappling with dismal conditions for months during the US-Israeli war on Iran, amid mounting reports of severe exhaustion, supply shortages, and mental-health problems among crew members. The problems have sparked an uproar among crew members’ families and prompted demands for answers from US lawmakers.
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[2026-08-15 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid a recent avalanche of media headlines warning of significantly depleted US weapons stockpiles, The Washington Post is out with another fresh report Thursday which sounds the alarm, this time over advanced drones.
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