Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The progressive candidate won a Democratic congressional primary after boldly staking positions on voting rights, datacenters and the US war machine
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[2026-08-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
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[2026-08-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-14 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries have confirmed the creation of a maritime military coalition to safeguard freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, with more nations expected to join.
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[2026-08-14 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff-heavy trade policy has redrawn the supply chain map for American manufacturers. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-08-14 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine has quietly floated a deal through a third-party mediator to halt reciprocal strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea, Reuters reports, in what appears to be a calculated bid to unfreeze a critical global commodity corridor and to relieve pressure on Ukraine's battered wartime economy.
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[2026-08-14 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to hand over responsibility for civilian law enforcement to the police in Qusra, as criticism mounts over the country's failure to end a six-day siege by violent settlers against Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-14 22:01 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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[2026-08-14 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
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[2026-08-14 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia's Foreign Ministry on Friday dismissed the idea of a ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea, saying it saw no grounds for "half-measures" that would offer a respite to Ukrainian forces.
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[2026-08-14 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London-bound CX257 was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets over Romania in early July after losing contact with civilian air traffic control
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[2026-08-14 21:36 UTC+10:00] [CX] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: London-bound CX257 was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets over Romania in early July after losing contact with civilian air traffic control
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[2026-08-14 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A powerful Iranian-backed militia on Friday warned Iraq's government that using force to disarm armed groups before a September 30 deadline could result in internal conflict and set three conditions, including the withdrawal of US forces.
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[2026-08-14 21:24 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
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[2026-08-14 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has threatened to maintain an “indefinite” naval blockade on Iranian ports and impose new measures to isolate Iran economically as ceasefire talks between the two countries remain in deadlock.
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[2026-08-14 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine has declared the successful end of an operation in which it recaptured 745 square kilometres (287 square miles) of its territory this year in its southern region of Dnipropetrovsk.
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
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[2026-08-14 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym
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[2026-08-14 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States Navy Admiral Frank Bradley, commander U.S. Special Operation Command, gestures during an interview with the Associated Press Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Makati city Metro Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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[2026-08-14 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 10-day Han Kuang drills also rehearsed moving weapons production, leader’s emergency escape and internet outages.
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[2026-08-14 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: NATO fighters shot down a drone over eastern Latvia on Friday, the country's armed forces said, in an incident authorities linked to "Russian electromagnetic warfare."
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[2026-08-14 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: State prosecutors in the northwestern city of Pskov have asked a judge to sentence veteran opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 12 years and one month in prison for “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military, the liberal Yabloko party said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-14 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latvia’s military said a foreign drone had entered its airspace as a result of Russia’s electronic warfare activity over the Balvi region
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[2026-08-14 20:30 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latvia’s military said a foreign drone had entered its airspace as a result of Russia’s electronic warfare activity over the Balvi region
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[2026-08-14 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Convertible Y-20B aircraft give PLA Air Force operational flexibility to project power deeper into the western Pacific
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[2026-08-14 20:27 UTC+10:00] [Y-20B] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Convertible Y-20B aircraft give PLA Air Force operational flexibility to project power deeper into the western Pacific
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[2026-08-14 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has consistently denied that it has used starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
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[2026-08-14 20:18 UTC+10:00] [Drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Jets from NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace overnight, the country's armed forces reported on X.
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[2026-08-14 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Turkey has urged Egypt to join a defence agreement it signed in Mecca last week with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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[2026-08-14 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In January 2025, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich voted against the hostage deal, called the prisoners it released murderers with blood on their hands, and then did the one thing nobody in his camp expected. He stayed.
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[2026-08-14 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Blunders such as getting the name of the Red Army or revolutionary leaders wrong have prompted a flurry of public criticism
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[2026-08-14 19:22 UTC+10:00] [Chinese museums] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Blunders such as getting the name of the Red Army or revolutionary leaders wrong have prompted a flurry of public criticism
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[2026-08-14 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF troops attempted to prevent Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif from entering the West Bank village of Kusra, Cassif said on Friday, claiming the IDF was “allowing settlers to freely establish their outposts.”
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A powerful explosion has ripped through a weapons factory in Italy owned by Franco-German defense group KNDS, a major arms supplier to the Ukrainian military.
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A powerful explosion has ripped through a weapons factory in Italy owned by Franco-German defense group KNDS, a major arms supplier to the Ukrainian military.
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[2026-08-14 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image provided by Vantor shows smoke in an overview of port infrastructure in Novorossiysk, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)
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[2026-08-14 18:54 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Europe and Nato have known for years that interceptor production can’t keep up with demand and now disaster looms, putting us all in danger
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[2026-08-14 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which will not undergo immediate changes. (AP Photo: Giannis Angelakis)
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[2026-08-14 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry said Friday it will temporarily relocate the functions of the Air Force's 1st Fighter Wing in the southwestern city of Gwangju to three different locations.
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[2026-08-14 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli defense officials have been shocked by the rapid recovery of Iran’s military capabilities since the heavy bombardment by the US and Israel in the opening stages of the conflict, the Jerusalem Post has reported.
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