Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-26 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Latest updatesIran war latest: Ceasefire under strain as Israel says military killed Hezbollah members in Lebanon
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[2026-06-26 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia is recruiting a “gaming army” of 165,000 troops to control its growing drone legions to counter Ukraine’s dominance in an increasingly robot-driven war.
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[2026-06-26 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has rejected comments by Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte that Rome allowed US aircraft to use Italian air bases during the war on Iran.
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[2026-06-26 23:03 UTC+10:00] [Democracy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Turkish authorities have carried out hundreds of arrests, banned protests and curbed media freedoms ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, with campaigners accusing the government of using the gathering as a pretext for a clampdown on civil society.
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[2026-06-26 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Three years of war have devastated much of Sudan. The impact has been pressed into the skin of survivors, and their memories.
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[2026-06-26 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that troops will maintain an indefinite presence in southern Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-06-26 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has rejected comments by Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte that Rome allowed US aircraft to use Italian air bases during the war on Iran.
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[2026-06-26 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on the first day of a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-06-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of the more mature and polished performances of Sam Walker’s career has all but extinguished the Brisbane Broncos’ hopes of a premiership defence, and issued an ominous State of Origin warning ahead of the series decider.
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[2026-06-26 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Venezuela's massive twin-earthquake disaster, which unfolded on Wednesday evening, has left dozens of apartment towers and other structures in ruins. The death toll has climbed to about 235, with at least 4,300 people injured. On one independent monitoring platform, the number of missing topped 50,000 overnight.
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[2026-06-26 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World Economic Forum meeting also told Iran’s leadership now views economic survival – not geopolitical ambition – as primary priority
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[2026-06-26 22:00 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World Economic Forum meeting also told Iran’s leadership now views economic survival – not geopolitical ambition – as primary priority
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[2026-06-26 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Friday morning that the military intercepted at least 660 Ukrainian drones across the country and Crimea, in what shaped up to be one of the most massive overnight aerial assaults since the 2022 invasion began. Drones being sent across the border in the hundreds has become a nightly, highly escalatory affair of late.
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[2026-06-26 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-26 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany’s new military registration program has fallen disastrously short of the numbers expected by the Bundeswehr, Die Zeit has reported, citing data from the Defense Ministry.
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[2026-06-26 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday called for “clarification” of the US role in trying to end the war in Ukraine, in a letter to his counterpart Marco Rubio.
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[2026-06-26 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have said that troops will maintain an indefinite presence in southern Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-06-26 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With each week and month that passes since the start of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, more and more reports have come out revealing the massive extent of damage to US military facilities in the Mideast region based on Iran's retaliation across the region.
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[2026-06-26 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: ISIS attacks against Syrian government forces have risen sharply in 2026, a conflict monitor has reported, after the country's authorities launched a nationwide campaign targeting the group.
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[2026-06-26 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
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[2026-06-26 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly four months since the United States and Israel first launched strikes on Iran, sending energy prices soaring and disrupting global trade, the two sides are holding talks in Switzerland with a memorandum of understanding in place establishing a 60-day ceasefire and framework for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme, sanctions relief and the future of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-06-26 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after a near four-month halt, shipping data showed, as the world's biggest oil exporter joined a rush to move cargoes amid industry hopes of a return to normal following the war on Iran.
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[2026-06-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Commission on Friday proposed extending temporary protection status for individuals fleeing the war in Ukraine until March 2028 — but excluding newly arrived men of fighting age.
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[2026-06-26 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has reported that it downed 660 drones overnight, as Ukraine maintains a barrage that is straining Russian air defences and energy infrastructure.
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[2026-06-26 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Chetz (Arrow), a dog from Ness Ziona who was severely wounded in an Iranian missile strike during Operation Rising Lion, has spent the past year recovering with his family by his side.
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[2026-06-26 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel.
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[2026-06-26 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli soldiers are being unduly restricted in Lebanon due to the ceasefire agreement, ministers complained during a cabinet meeting on Thursday.
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[2026-06-26 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 40-volume project marks the first time that the complete court records from the tribunal have been published in Chinese
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[2026-06-26 20:04 UTC+10:00] [Hideki Tojo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 40-volume project marks the first time that the complete court records from the tribunal have been published in Chinese
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[2026-06-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman holds her cat after it being found during search and rescue works in the damaged residential building following Russia’s missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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[2026-06-26 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanon has insisted that Israeli troops withdraw from several areas close to the border, while the Israeli military has instead suggested a "redeployment" further back, Lebanese and Israeli security sources said on Friday.
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[2026-06-26 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-26 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US military is still conducting attacks inside Syria, at a moment its close regional ally Israel is gobbling up territory in the south, and Golan region, with IDF ground forces holding territory within dozens of miles of Damascus.
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[2026-06-26 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Nabatiyeh during Ashoura, when Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-06-26 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-06-26 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday morning that it downed 660 Ukrainian drones across the country and annexed Crimea, marking one of the largest overnight drone attacks since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-06-26 18:38 UTC+10:00] [Drones (Pilotless Planes)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, partly from the territory of Belarus, Ukraine has handled relations with its northern neighbor cautiously. It did not sever diplomatic relations and kept open lines of communication with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s longtime autocrat.
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[2026-06-26 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On the edge of the Ukrainian capital, inside the Kyiv Islamic Cultural Centre, a handful of Crimean Tatars conclude their Friday prayer with the taslim greeting. Isa Akayev exits the masjid last.
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[2026-06-26 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “Let us not deceive ourselves. This was an extraordinary operation and achievement. However, the problem is not over. Terrorism continues to operate. What further problems terrorism will place before us and what lessons we must still learn from this matter, it is too early to say. We finished one battle, but the war continues.”
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[2026-06-26 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Military personnel, firefighters and volunteers joined the search in the coastal city, where emergency crews recovered the bodies of siblings Leyder Rojas, aged three, and Leymar Rojas, aged 10, while another child from the same family was pulled out alive. Officials said inspections at the country’s main international airport were slowing relief efforts, adding to the strain on emergency operations.
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[2026-06-26 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korea has conducted major weapons tests as part of its push to strengthen its military capabilities and reinforce its southern border amid ongoing tensions with South Korea.
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[2026-06-26 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: JEJU, South Korea, June 26 (Yonhap) -- There currently is little incentive for Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear weapons, yet diplomacy may be possible if strategic conditions change, a former security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday.
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[2026-06-26 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After his Oval Office visit today, an affair dominated by foreign reporters speaking truth to power by clamoring for more global military spending, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had to defend his alliance’s often-touted moral assertion: that NATO is defensive in nature.
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[2026-06-26 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Server cabinets are seen in a data center of the AI factory "Industrial AI Cloud" of Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA during an official opening on Feb. 4. © AP
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[2026-06-26 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Server cabinets are seen in a data center of the AI factory "Industrial AI Cloud" of Deutsche Telekom and NVIDIA during an official opening on Feb. 4. © AP
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[2026-06-26 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi said in Tokyo that a "very strong verification system" needed to be in place to make sure Iran was not developing nuclear weapons. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-06-26 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the 2024 collapse of the Assad government and the subsequent expansion of Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights beyond the 1974 ceasefire line into southern Syria, a number of right-wing groups have advocated the establishment of Jewish settlements on this land.
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[2026-06-26 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country says it is asking Norway to mediate between the two parties so that the company can settle the claims
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[2026-06-26 17:17 UTC+10:00] [Norway] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country says it is asking Norway to mediate between the two parties so that the company can settle the claims
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[2026-06-26 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday reported intercepting 660 Ukrainian drones overnight over 12 Russian regions, as well as the illegally annexed Crimea, the Azov and the Black Sea.
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