Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-13 04:20 UTC+10:00] [Eurovision] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Organisers says new rule will ensure contest provides ‘safe and welcoming environment’ for participants
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[2026-08-13 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The attack comes days after Netanyahu publicly rejected a Trump-backed ceasefire deal
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[2026-08-13 03:42 UTC+10:00] [Gaza Strip] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The attack comes days after Netanyahu publicly rejected a Trump-backed ceasefire deal
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[2026-08-13 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Most Poles would back the deportation of unemployed military-age Ukrainian men, a recent survey by the Warsaw-based IBRiS Institute for Market and Social Research has indicated.
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[2026-08-13 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Most Poles would back the deportation of unemployed military-age Ukrainian men, a recent survey by the Warsaw-based IBRiS Institute for Market and Social Research has indicated.
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[2026-08-13 03:32 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ukraine’s normally copious grain exports are stuck in the country — caught between Russian attacks in the Black Sea, drought on the Danube and distrust among Kyiv’s closest allies.
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[2026-08-13 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Environmental contamination from the US-Israeli war with Iran could continue for years, a leading researcher has said, as concerns grow over two major oil slicks in the Arabian Gulf.
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[2026-08-13 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Eurovision has changed its rules to block countries involved in armed conflict or any other “sensitive geopolitical situation” from hosting the annual song contest.
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[2026-08-13 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At first, the Hormuz lockdown was supposed to last a few weeks, tops. Not any more: the US now expects oil supply disruptions stemming from the US-Iran war to reach about 600,000 barrels per day through the end of next year as the conflict continues to crimp shipments via the critical Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-13 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump meets with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-13 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israel's defence minister said its military was "destroying all the houses" there.
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[2026-08-13 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon was accused of whitewashing US Army crimes after publishing its annual estimate of civilian casualties in 2025.The report, submitted to Congress late Monday and obtained by US news outlets, contains numbers that are far lower than estimates by independent outlets.The Pentagon concluded that US military operations killed 153 civilians and injured 243 last year.
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[2026-08-13 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon was accused of whitewashing US Army crimes after publishing its annual estimate of civilian casualties in 2025.The report, submitted to Congress late Monday and obtained by US news outlets, contains numbers that are far lower than estimates by independent outlets.The Pentagon concluded that US military operations killed 153 civilians and injured 243 last year.
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[2026-08-13 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In early August, the commander of US Special Operations Command Africa, Major General Claude Tudor, signed a deal with the president of Somalia’s northeastern, semi-autonomous Puntland State, Saeed Abdullahi Deni.
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[2026-08-13 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon have agreed on Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia as potential contributors to a proposed mechanism that could see foreign troops deployed to Lebanon to verify Hezbollah's disarmament, people familiar with the matter said.
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[2026-08-13 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is near a three-month low as doubt grows that the U.S. and Iran will reach an agreement to fully open the key Middle East oil export corridor.
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[2026-08-13 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former military site near Piddington, Oxfordshire, could become a centre for asylum-seekers
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[2026-08-13 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TAIPEI — Taiwan has condemned China’s plan to hold a navy drill with Indonesia off the democratic island’s east coast this month, saying Beijing seeks to create the “false impression” that it has jurisdiction over the area.
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[2026-08-13 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said Istanbul expects Egypt to join the pact ‘in the next stage’
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[2026-08-13 01:52 UTC+10:00] [Hakan Fidan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said Istanbul expects Egypt to join the pact ‘in the next stage’
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[2026-08-13 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Bulgarian singer Dara won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna
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[2026-08-13 01:37 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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[2026-08-13 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: War on Iran: Phase II: Day 32
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[2026-08-13 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel's military has withdrawn troops sent on Wednesday to end a days-long siege by settlers on Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-13 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on claims the United States maintains “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, even as transit through the arterial waterway fell to a one-week low amid the US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-08-13 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Petroleum production facilities in the United Arab Emirates have been damaged by the Iran war. © Reuters
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[2026-08-13 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Houthi rebels' missile advances have created a “global threat” with a military might that far outstrips many modern armies, experts have told The National.
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[2026-08-13 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued decrees on Monday appointing six military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials to leadership positions, filling vacancies left by commanders killed in Israeli and US strikes during Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury.
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[2026-08-13 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 15-point Gaza Board of Peace plan grants Hamas's military wing $160 million in cash, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman claimed in an X/Twitter post on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Standing two months away from the three-year anniversary of the start of the Israel-Hamas War, The Jerusalem Post has recently interviewed and spoken to top current and former defense officials, some of whom rarely speak to the media, to provide a broader view of where Israel stands on all of the military fronts.
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[2026-08-13 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21 starts.
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[2026-08-13 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Organizers of a major forum for Russian military drone operators have postponed this year’s event, citing intelligence that Ukraine was preparing an attack involving ballistic missiles and what they described as “terrorist bio-drones.”
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[2026-08-12 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Travel giant TUI said Wednesday that bookings were returning to normal levels despite the ongoing Mideast war, as it presented its latest financial results.
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[2026-08-12 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
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[2026-08-12 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas has intensified interrogations and torture against Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire came into effect in October 2025, IDF Arabic Spokesperson Lt.-Col. Ella Waweya said on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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[2026-08-12 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The global diamond industry has long been fond of drawing neat, seemingly impenetrable boundaries. For years, the narrative pitting natural diamonds against lab-grown alternatives was framed by commentators as an existential, zero-sum war.
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[2026-08-12 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Increasingly dragged into a war it did not choose, Saudi Arabia is building regional defensive alliances that it hopes will keep its enemies at bay and help it respond more robustly to attacks by Iran and its network of regional allies.
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[2026-08-12 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There were no discussions between Iran and the United States to extend their ceasefire because, from Tehran's perspective, the deal had no start date and therefore had nothing to extend, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-12 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham has been briefed that the UK economy will barely grow next year if disruption in the Strait of Hormuz continues until the end of 2026.
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[2026-08-12 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast, just days before the United States and South Korea begin annual military drills known as the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises in the region.
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[2026-08-12 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After her defiant femininity outraged many in Brazil, she lived through a military dictatorship and was boycotted for years. But after more than 30 albums, she explains how she kept going
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[2026-08-12 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In his latest Wednesday Truth Social post, Trump issues a familiar refrain (one that will likely be on repeat up to the November midterms), claiming that the USA has "total control" over the Strait of Hormuz and "I think we will keep it". It's also yet more confirmation that he's opting for economic siege warfare as the US military campaign is on halt.
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[2026-08-12 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: July's ongoing decline in oil prices (before the late July/early August rebound) should support lower prices in today's CPI print (with portfolio management impacts expected to be a bigger upside deal for PCE as stocks soared) but expectations were for an uneventful 0.1% MoM rise in the headline print.
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[2026-08-12 22:39 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy is cheaper than at its peak in late April, but gas is still nearly $1 a gallon more expensive than before the Iran war
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