Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-15 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives with Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger, to the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
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[2026-08-15 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-15 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from police body camera video provided by the Akron, Ohio Police Department, officers display their weapons as they confront 15-year-old boy Jazmir Tucker in Akron, Ohio, late Nov. 28, 2024. (Akron Police Department via AP)
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[2026-08-15 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: We have become remarkably good at watching war. It floods our screens sandwiched between entertainment and advertisement, competes for the same attention as everything else, and loses. Never have we had such constant exposure to human suffering, yet it has become increasingly difficult for many to truly absorb it. Perhaps we need art to do what the news cannot: to put us inside the experience rather than in front of it.
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[2026-08-15 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-15 03:52 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexation
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[2026-08-15 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel is awaiting US approval for a military operation aimed at taking control of the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria reported Friday morning, citing a senior security official.
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[2026-08-15 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a Hamas commander in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday who had been involved in attacks on troops, the army said on Friday afternoon.
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[2026-08-15 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-15 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Australian drivers' switch to electric vehicles has accelerated since fuel prices started climbing due to the U.S.-Iran war. (AAP Image)
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[2026-08-15 02:35 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-15 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Via The Libertarian Institute
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[2026-08-15 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States’ top priority now in the war on Iran is no longer its nuclear program, but to bring gasoline prices down for American consumers, Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday, with the treasury chief adding that new economic punishment to wear down Tehran was imminent.
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[2026-08-15 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: China and Egypt are set to strengthen military cooperation with a new round of joint air force exercises scheduled to take place in Egypt from mid-August through early September.
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[2026-08-15 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: QUSRA, Palestinian Territories — Activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians under an almost weeklong settler siege in the West Bank on Friday, with the Israeli military again deployed at the flash point site.
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[2026-08-15 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon’s Madre de Dios region. (AP Video by Steven Grattan. Produced by Julián Trejo Bax)
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[2026-08-15 02:02 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-15 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Army on Friday identified the two Fort Hood helicopter pilots who were killed when their Apache crashed during a maintenance test flight in central Texas.
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[2026-08-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At the end of June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an unusual move declared the start of a 40-day intensified pressure campaign against Russia, designed to force Moscow to the negotiating table and agree on terms favorable to Ukraine to end the war.
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[2026-08-15 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A text book, shown Tuesday, Aug 11, 2026 in Washington, to be used by the Pentagon this fall when they will begin implementing a curriculum that centers on Western civilization and Christianity in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning.
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[2026-08-15 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East amid reports of deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the war with Iran.
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[2026-08-15 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
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[2026-08-15 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
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[2026-08-15 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: NATO jets have shot down another drone which spilled over into Baltic territory from the Ukraine war, Latvia's defense ministry announced Friday.
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[2026-08-15 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For almost a week, Israeli settlers, with the military standing by in full view, have besieged Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, in an attempt to force them from their land and take over their homes.
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Five years after the fall of Kabul, the former Afghan soldier is stuck in the middle of a new American war
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[2026-08-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Civilian casualties in Ukraine in July reached their highest level since the early months of Russia's full-scale invasion, as Russian forces intensified long-range missile and drone strikes on towns and cities far from the front line, the UN said in a report published Friday.
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[2026-08-15 00:50 UTC+10:00] [Extreme heat] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM urges people not to risk lives and homes by starting fires as military brought in to help deal with wildfires
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[2026-08-15 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, is set to travel to Israel and Egypt next week to support a US-backed Board of Peace plan for a permanent end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
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[2026-08-15 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-15 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Emergency crews worked through the night on Friday to rescue residents trapped under rubble and extinguish fires after eight FAB‑250 guided aerial bombs hit the city, local authorities said. Several private homes and a garage caught fire, while an apartment building suffered extensive damage. The strike caused sections of the ten‑storey apartment building from the first to the sixth floors to collapse, the emergency service said.
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[2026-08-15 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-15 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-15 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: One week on from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye signing their joint defence agreement, the Turkish defence ministry revealed more details about the alliance on Thursday. They include plans to hold joint military exercises and to deepen cooperation between their defence industries.
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[2026-08-15 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz inaugurated an illegal new settlement in Jenin on Thursday, shortly after Israeli soldiers demolished Palestinian shops and properties on the same day pic.twitter.com/lQAqpOpMEb
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[2026-08-15 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following July's rebound to pre-war levels, the preliminary August University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index was expected to weaken modestly as the MidEast re-escalated (and with it the price of gas).
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[2026-08-15 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
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[2026-08-14 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.
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[2026-08-14 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Army Staff Sgt. Alexis Jaramillo shows photos of his wife, Maisa Lopes Eliaser, a Brazilian national who is detained by ICE, near the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center where she is currently held, in Basile, La., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Vidrine)
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[2026-08-14 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq's average daily oil exports since the beginning of August are the highest since the outbreak of the Middle East war between Iran and the United States, which has choked off the Strait of Hormuz, the oil ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt must “carefully” consider legal and constitutional issues before it decides whether to join a defence pact signed last week by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said.
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[2026-08-14 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has taken another step towards formalising its control of the Strait of Hormuz, as the US threatens unprecedented sanctions while struggling to sustain the war it launched alongside Israel.
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