Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 00:25 UTC+10:00] [Ukrainian-American] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Poland says its role as a hub for military and other supplies to neighbouring Ukraine has made it a target for Russian espionage
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[2026-08-14 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian military has rejected the US claims that vessels are transiting the Strait of Hormuz normally, saying that no ship can pass through without its permission.
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[2026-08-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A magazine article about stolen gold sparks a culture war between a cast of politically polarised characters
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[2026-08-13 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hezbollah has yet to pay out compensation for damage to homes in southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs during its latest war with Israel, according to residents, suggesting the Tehran-backed group might be feeling the impact of the war in Iran and a crackdown on its funding networks.
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[2026-08-13 23:26 UTC+10:00] [Italy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Valter Lavitola’s lawyer says he had intended attack to boost security for investigative reporter Sigfrido Ranucci
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[2026-08-13 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For nearly five years, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky has lived under the constant threat of Russian missiles and drones, watching a country at war struggle to preserve some semblance of normal life.
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[2026-08-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Global Times] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese military analyst says a larger munitions payload directly affords guided-missile frigate stronger independent combat capabilities
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[2026-08-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese military analyst says a larger munitions payload directly affords guided-missile frigate stronger independent combat capabilities
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[2026-08-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Top adviser to the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, has been signaling Iran's more aggressive stance in media appearances this week, also following a significant reshuffling of top military leadership.
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[2026-08-13 22:56 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Japanese PM says islands seized by Soviets late in second world war are part of Japan under international law
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[2026-08-13 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank, the country's central bank chief said Thursday, as Tehran seeks to shore up its economic alliances almost six months into its war with the U.S. and Israel.
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[2026-08-13 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force on Thursday attacked a Gazan terror cell in Khan Yunis, the second "attack of choice" in two days after a pause in such attacks since a new US-Hamas deal in late July.
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[2026-08-13 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkiye’s defence ministry says.
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[2026-08-13 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Latest updatesIran war latest: Ships must take permission to safely transit Strait of Hormuz, Iran says
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[2026-08-13 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will establish political and military mechanisms to co-ordinate their defence and security policies under a pact signed last week, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday, as the three countries deepen military and defence industry co-operation.
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[2026-08-13 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tens of thousands have been displaced in Laos and Myanmar, with rescue efforts hampered by threadbare resources
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[2026-08-13 22:31 UTC+10:00] [Andaman Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tens of thousands have been displaced in Laos and Myanmar, with rescue efforts hampered by threadbare resources
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[2026-08-13 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian military commanders and politicians have recently underlined a shift in Iran's military doctrine, moving from a defensive to an offensive strategy against US forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-13 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A senior Russian military officer was killed in a targeted bombing in annexed Crimea, Kremlin-installed officials and the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A German court this month decided that comparing Israel to Nazi Germany is protected legal speech, highlighting a growing conflict between constitutional protections and Berlin’s political commitment to Tel Aviv.
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[2026-08-13 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Taiwan condemns China's plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia off the democratic island's east coast, saying Beijing seeks to create the 'false impression' that it has jurisdiction over the area. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and insists it has authority over the waters surrounding the island, which Taipei rejects.
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[2026-08-13 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claims on Aug. 12, 2026 that the United States has 'total control' over the Strait of Hormuz and will 'keep it.' Trump said on Truth Social that the US naval blockade of the waterway had been described as a 'wall of steel' and said Iran lacked the capability to challenge it.
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[2026-08-13 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Two US Army soldiers die when an Apache military helicopter attached to the service's Fort Hood base crashed into a field in Texas on Aug. 12, 2026, sparking a large grass fire, officials said. Reuters was able to confirm the location of the fire by corroborating media visuals and NASA Firms detected thermal activity in the area.
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[2026-08-13 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The residents of Taybeh, a village east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, continue to face settler attacks despite an Israeli military order declaring the surrounding area a closed military zone.
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[2026-08-13 21:47 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-13 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International condemnation of Israel is mounting as settlers lay siege to Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra for a fifth day and reports mount that Israel is planning a military operation in the village.
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[2026-08-13 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.
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[2026-08-13 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A billboard in Karachi displays the leaders of Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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[2026-08-13 21:20 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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[2026-08-13 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations has reported that civilian deaths in Ukraine have reached their highest level in July since the opening months of Russia’s invasion in 2022.
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[2026-08-13 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has accused the US of allowing faulty intelligence to drive it into war, as new reports revealed that CIA analysts doubted an Israeli warning that triggered a secret security operation during President Donald Trump’s visit to Turkey.
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[2026-08-13 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Senator Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) has demanded a formal inquiry into the conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in a letter sent Wednesday to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao.
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[2026-08-13 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage released by Russian state television showed President Vladimir Putin aboard the missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, watching live‑fire naval exercises and an underwater explosion off Russia’s Far East. He later travelled to one of the archipelago's four main islands, marking the first visit to the Kurils by a Russian president since Dmitry Medvedev went there in 2010.
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[2026-08-13 20:56 UTC+10:00] [Territorial Disputes] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday visited islands seized from Japan at the end of World War II for the first time, prompting an angry rebuke from Tokyo.
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[2026-08-13 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey confirmed on Thursday for the first time that it had joined efforts to establish a multinational maritime defence coalition aimed at ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-13 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage filmed in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Thursday 13 August 2026 by the national emergency services shows a severely damaged passenger train locomotive, as firefighters extinguish the flames. A nearby carriage has shattered windows, while passengers board evacuation buses with their luggage. A Russian jet-powered Shahed drone struck the locomotive of the Odesa-Dnipro passenger train in the Berezivka district on Thursday morning, killing the driver and his assistant, Ukrzaliznytsia chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said.
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[2026-08-13 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dark oil residue collects in shallow coastal waters on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-08-13 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have announced that any country involved in an “armed conflict” or “sensitive geopolitical situation” will no longer be allowed to host the annual tournament.
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[2026-08-13 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers say diverging strategic interests and a weak mutual security capacity will be the main challenges facing the agreement
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[2026-08-13 20:22 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers say diverging strategic interests and a weak mutual security capacity will be the main challenges facing the agreement
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[2026-08-13 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior US and Israeli officials on Wednesday night denied in conversations with The Jerusalem Post a Reuters report that Israel and Lebanon had already agreed on the countries that could participate in a future international mechanism in Lebanon that would oversee Hezbollah's disarmament and verify the Lebanese military's activities.
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[2026-08-13 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US intelligence officials were allegedly skeptical of Israeli warnings regarding Iranian threats against US President Donald Trump that led to Trump switching aircraft while leaving a NATO summit in Turkey, according to a Thursday Washington Post report citing current and former US officials.
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[2026-08-13 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey confirmed on Thursday for the first time that it had joined efforts to establish a multinational maritime defence coalition aimed at ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-13 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army says it has dismantled "two illegal outposts" on the outskirts of the Qusra and Jalud areas in the occupied West Bank, which Israeli settlers were using to trap two Palestinian families inside their homes.
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[2026-08-13 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: ‘When I assumed my position as chairman of HaBithonistim,” says Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Winner, “I defined the greatest threat to Israel as the war for our home.”
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[2026-08-13 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ali Safiuddin is the head of the Civil Defence in Tyre, and in his life and career as a first responder, he has had to come to terms with life and loss.
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[2026-08-13 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Air transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Incheon airport had 38.39m international passengers in first half of 2026, as traffic diverted from Middle East hubs
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[2026-08-13 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wall Street analysts are finally waking up to Unusual Machines as a pure-play in the effort to anchor America's sovereign drone supply chain. One-way attack drones and autonomous systems have forever changed modern warfare, forcing the Department of War to quickly fire up a massive procurement supercycle to stockpile these drones.
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[2026-08-13 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Qusai Abu Ridi, a Palestinian resident whose house in the village of Kusra, south of Nablus in the West Bank, has been targeted by radical Israeli settlers in recent days, said that despite actions taken by the Israeli military on Wednesday to remove the makeshift outpost outside his house, settlers are still present in its surroundings, posing a threat to him, his family, and his neighbors.
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[2026-08-13 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defence ministry said, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation.
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