Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-13 14:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-13 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s resignation – following allegations of plagiarism and scrutiny of his research practices, credentials and biographical claims – has poured fuel on the culture-war fire in Anglo-American society. Mr Arday, who in 2023 became Cambridge’s youngest ever black professor, was accused of research misconduct by another academic last month.
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[2026-08-13 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The majority of Israeli youth are seeking combat roles in the IDF, however draftees generally lack trust in the army leadership, according to a survey conducted by the IDSF in August 2026.
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[2026-08-13 13:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Taiwan's armed forces carried out an anti-blockade drill during annual war games, using the navy and coast guard to simulate escorting a merchant ship, the Defense Ministry said Thursday, as China steps up its maritime pressure.
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[2026-08-13 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Demand for short-term monthly rental units in the UAE is increasing as more people decide against committing to long-term contracts amid uncertainty driven by the war.
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[2026-08-13 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Demand for short-term monthly rental units in the UAE is increasing as more people decide against committing to long-term contracts amid uncertainty driven by the war.
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[2026-08-13 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Demand for short-term monthly rental units in the UAE is increasing as more people decide against committing to long-term contracts amid uncertainty driven by the war.
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[2026-08-13 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Libya was plunged into fresh turmoil this week after a car bomb killed eastern military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, drone attacks struck the country’s largest operational oil refinery and the central bank governor resigned from his post.
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[2026-08-13 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has been escalating in the past month. (Sputnik: Gavriil Grigorov via Reuters)
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[2026-08-13 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: CHANGWON, South Korea, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Firefighting water tankers and military vehicles from across the nation were mobilized Thursday to supply water to South Gyeongsang Province as a deepening drought grips the nation's southeast.
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[2026-08-13 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iranian authorities have pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that Washington has "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-13 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehículos de catering surten al Air Force One en la pista, mientras la caravana en la que viaja el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, llega para dejar la cumbre de la OTAN, el miércoles 8 de julio de 2026, en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Ankara, Turquía. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-13 12:01 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: As US President Donald Trump secretly left an Air Force One jet on a catering truck in response to a potential Iranian assassination threat in Turkey, he was accompanied by some of his most loyal and longest-serving aides – but no cabinet officials.
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[2026-08-13 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In the office of New York University Abu Dhabi vice chancellor Fabio Piano, everything has a story, from the books on the shelves to the art on the walls.
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[2026-08-13 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-13 11:41 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Iran has reorganized its military to be more aggressive abroad as talks on ending the war with the U.S. remain mired in stalemate, a sign that Tehran is preparing for a protracted era of regional conflict.
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[2026-08-13 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 11:37 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Zelenskyy announces recapture of 745 sq km in Oleksandrivskyi sector; plea from stranded Ukrainian frontline troops. What we know on day 1,632
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[2026-08-13 11:08 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attorney general grants former army lawyer’s release after 27 months in jail
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[2026-08-13 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Hyundai Rotem Co. said Thursday they have agreed to jointly develop and integrate long-range air-to-air missiles for the KF-21 fighter jet and explore opportunities to export aircraft and weapons packages to global markets.
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[2026-08-13 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two US Army soldiers died when an Apache military helicopter attached to the service's Fort Hood base crashed into a field in Texas on Wednesday, sparking a large grass fire, officials said.
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[2026-08-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 13 August 2026 11:21am
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[2026-08-13 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea stayed silent Thursday on the ballistic missile it launched the previous day, marking the second straight time Pyongyang has departed from its usual practice of announcing such launches the following morning.
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[2026-08-13 08:49 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Two pilots have been killed after a US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed in a field in central Texas and burst into flames, sparking a large wildfire and prompting evacuations in the surrounding area.
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[2026-08-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Two pilots have been killed after a US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed in a field in central Texas and burst into flames, sparking a large wildfire and prompting evacuations in the surrounding area.
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[2026-08-13 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-13 08:27 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Military official says AH-64 Apache had been on a routine training flight near Fort Hood when it went down
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[2026-08-13 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-13 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States military strikes targeting Yemen’s Houthis killed 153 civilians last year and wounded another 243, according to a Pentagon assessment of the attacks.
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[2026-08-13 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could investigate US military actions in Latin America, including strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean decried by rights groups as extrajudicial killings.
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[2026-08-13 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Lebanese firefighters have accused Israel of intentionally igniting wildfires across southern Lebanon using drones and various munitions. They reported to the Guardian that both drones and incendiary weapons have been repeatedly employed to set fire to forests and agricultural land.
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[2026-08-13 07:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 13 August 2026 7:22am
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[2026-08-13 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US Army Apache helicopter
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[2026-08-13 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two senior Democratic US senators on Wednesday pressed Trump administration officials to explain why they have paused imposing fresh sanctions on companies, banks, and other entities that help Russia evade existing restrictions over its invasion of Ukraine, even though peace talks have not proved fruitful.
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[2026-08-13 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, sheriff’s official said.
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[2026-08-13 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This satellite photo taken Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026, shows the tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded and partly submerged off the coast of Oman, leaking crude oil into the sea. (Pléiades © CNES 2026, Distribution Airbus DS via AP)
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[2026-08-13 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree on a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
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[2026-08-13 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian forces have liberated 745 square km (288 square miles) of Russian-occupied land this year across a swathe of the southeastern front, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, hailing an operation he said went "exactly as planned."
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[2026-08-13 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No country was singled out, but five countries boycotted this year’s competition over Israel’s participation
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[2026-08-13 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No country was singled out, but five countries boycotted this year’s competition over Israel’s participation
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[2026-08-13 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military “under no circumstances” will withdraw from land it occupies in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, Israel’s i24 news reported the defence minister saying.
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[2026-08-13 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has said that the September 30 deadline for ending the US-led international coalition’s military mission in Iraq and completing the withdrawal of its forces is “fixed and final”.
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[2026-08-13 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The last total solar eclipse visible from Spain was nearly 121 years ago, and, just like this year, it drew crowds from around the world. Among the spectators for the event, on Aug. 30, 1905, were the crews of three warships sent by the U.S. military to take high-definition photographs of the sun’s corona.
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[2026-08-13 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A reformed extremist has warned that terror groups including Islamic State will exploit the anger and grievance felt over war in the Middle East in an attempt to fracture Australian society and inspire more attacks like the one in Bondi.
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[2026-08-13 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi said that the country will be free of any foreign military presence on its soil and that weapons will be solely under state control by 1 October.
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[2026-08-13 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US State Department is requesting that US embassies in the Middle East develop “reduced operations” plans, as the conflict with Iran shows no immediate signs of resolution, according to a CNN report published on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-13 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio on Wednesday slammed the proposed 2027 national budget as “anti-poor and anti-people,” criticizing the government for cutting social services while increasing allocations for defense, infrastructure and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
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