Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-31 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The artist, who rose to fame with Culture Club, had released a song supporting Israel with lyrics including ‘you say genocide, I say war’
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[2026-07-31 21:24 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The artist, who rose to fame with Culture Club, had released a song supporting Israel with lyrics including ‘you say genocide, I say war’
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[2026-07-31 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas says it has agreed to a deal aimed at fully ending Israel’s war on Gaza, including making provisions to disarm and surrender its weapons in stages. Under the agreement, Israel must withdraw its forces over a period of time.
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[2026-07-31 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The genocide in Gaza since October 2023, which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, has marked a historic turning point in the Palestinian struggle and in the nature of the conflict with the Zionist project.
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[2026-07-31 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-07-31 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to end the war with Israel, that includes it handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
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[2026-07-31 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: New figures from Spain's Department of National Security indicate that 49,000 people illegally entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta within 24 hours, according to Reuters.
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[2026-07-31 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ExxonMobil and Chevron on Friday reported second-quarter profits that surged on rising oil prices due to the Iran war.
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[2026-07-31 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-07-31 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 14 members of the Givati Brigade’s Tzabar Battalion who led the mass walkout on the Sde Teiman military base on Thursday were sentenced on Friday to 30 days in military prison and removal from combat service, according to the military.
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[2026-07-31 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his criticism of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has said the Israeli leader could be arrested on war-crimes charges if he visits the city.
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[2026-07-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Back-to-back military drills and new logistics arrangements point to shift in US and allied air power, with northern Australia as a key hub
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[2026-07-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Perceptum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Back-to-back military drills and new logistics arrangements point to shift in US and allied air power, with northern Australia as a key hub
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[2026-07-31 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official involved in negotiations tells Reuters that the group will hand over its weapons to the new National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the technocratic body set up to run the enclave within the Board of Peace framework.
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[2026-07-31 19:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The families of four Australian Defence Force members killed in a helicopter crash in North Queensland during a training exercise have launched a class action against the Commonwealth and aerospace manufacturer Airbus, alleging failings led to their death.
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[2026-07-31 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran is suggesting that Wednesday's unprecedented drone attack on a US-owned gas-processing vessel moored at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta was a false flag.
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[2026-07-31 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The IMF approved $1.8 billion in funding to Egypt following a review of two reform programmes, bringing total disbursements to $7.3 billion.
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[2026-07-31 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two people have been wounded in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of people near Khadija mosque in northern Gaza City, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-07-31 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The war of words just grew deadlier. The Palestinians have not just coined a new word; they’ve created an entirely new narrative.
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[2026-07-31 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Spain on Friday sent troops to help maintain security in its North African enclave of Ceuta after about 49,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco.
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[2026-07-31 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly near USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP, file)
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[2026-07-31 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran announced on Friday that it had targeted United States military assets at Kuwait’s Ahmad Al-Jaber airbase, describing the attack as retaliation for US strikes a day earlier.
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[2026-07-31 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: DeepSeek’s pricing plans for its AI models are far cheaper than those of U.S. rivals. © Getty Images
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[2026-07-31 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest sanctions suggest Chinese effort to ramp up pressure on Europe and strike fear into member states before crunch time in October
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[2026-07-31 19:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Latest sanctions suggest Chinese effort to ramp up pressure on Europe and strike fear into member states before crunch time in October
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[2026-07-31 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: On the northeast edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, nearly 1,100 people gathered in late June for the International Bridge Walk across the long span that links two cities with the same name: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Both the sun and the sentiments were bright.
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[2026-07-31 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: How is a news outlet supposed to report on war casualties? This question is particularly worth asking when it comes to a news outlet that promises its readers journalistic professionalism “without fear or favor”, and even defines itself as "a newspaper of record", or a media outlet whose information archive is supposed to serve as a reliable historical reference.
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[2026-07-31 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Hamas said on Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-07-31 18:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-31 18:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-07-31 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: NATO leaders stand for a family photo at a leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8. © Reuters
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[2026-07-31 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have carried out a series of powerful detonations near Lebanon’s UNESCO-listed Beaufort Castle, as they continue to occupy southern Lebanon despite a United States-brokered “ceasefire” agreement.
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[2026-07-31 17:58 UTC+10:00] [European politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Spain’s government deployed military units to Ceuta on Thursday after thousands of migrants forced their way from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.
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[2026-07-31 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco’s border
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[2026-07-31 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children, and injured more than 50 others, officials said Thursday, and NATO scrambled its warplanes after one of the missiles crossed the country's western border into Poland.
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[2026-07-31 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U-2 spy aircraft prepares for landing at the U.K.'s RAF Akrotiri air base near Limassol, Cyprus, on March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
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[2026-07-31 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine hopes a new push for ceasefire talks with Russia could halt the five-year war before a potentially brutal winter, but needs new anti-ballistic missiles now to defend against strikes by Moscow, the country's envoy to Washington said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-31 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Within only the first week of Operation Epic Fury there was concern that war spillover could reach all the way into the Mediterranean, after Iranian Shahed drones believed launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon targeted UK airbases in Cyprus. On March 1-2, 2026, an Iranian-made drone struck a hangar and runway at the RAF Akrotiri military base in southern Cyprus.
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[2026-07-31 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's army said on Friday it had launched attacks on strategic U.S. assets and military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, following the latest wave of U.S. strikes against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-07-31 16:34 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Friday it is tracking reports of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessel and an unmanned surface vessel allegedly operating within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), following a Reuters report on an encounter involving a commercial sea drone.
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[2026-07-31 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xi was speaking ahead of the PLA’s 99th anniversary and his comments offer a rare insight into how its modernisation is progressing
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[2026-07-31 16:25 UTC+10:00] [anti-corruption campaign] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xi was speaking ahead of the PLA’s 99th anniversary and his comments offer a rare insight into how its modernisation is progressing
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[2026-07-31 16:07 UTC+10:00] [Korea Defence Network] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Incidents like this could ‘deepen mistrust’ between the allies, experts say, urging a comprehensive review to avoid it recurring
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[2026-07-31 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has revised the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-issued identification code system for its arms equipment suppliers in a bid to help boost defense exports to the United States, the arms agency said Friday.
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[2026-07-31 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-07-31 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) called on the defense minister to step down Friday, urging him to take responsibility for the military mistaking a U.S. spy drone near the inter-Korean border as an enemy threat.
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[2026-07-31 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces carried out "violent explosions" overnight in the southern Lebanese towns of Yahmar al-Shaqif, located near the strategic Beaufort Castle, Arnoun and Kfar Tebnit, the National News Agency reported.
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[2026-07-31 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- The Army's Special Warfare Command has conducted maritime infiltration drills designed to strengthen its capabilities to execute special operations at sea, the armed service said Friday.
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[2026-07-31 15:48 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: ADF personnel who were discriminated against for being LGBTQ+ are owed a national apology, federal government told
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[2026-07-31 15:42 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Response from Hamas and Israeli officials suggest Gaza deal still faces obstacles; Tehran launches drone strikes at Kuwait in retaliation for recent US attacks
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