Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taipei to move weapons production, prepare for internet outages and adopt US ‘back briefs’ during Han Kuang drills
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Tamsui River] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taipei to move weapons production, prepare for internet outages and adopt US ‘back briefs’ during Han Kuang drills
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 5 Aug 2026 at 12:00am
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ghulam Ali was 10 when he left Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion and spent four decades in Iran. Arrested in a purge last year, he was deported back alongside 14 family members. “I grew up there, worked there, buried my parents there,” he recently told a journalist. “But in the end, they threw us out like trash.
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[2026-08-04 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — A group of eight South Korean students were detained Tuesday for allegedly breaking into a United States air base while shouting anti-U.S. slogans, South Korean authorities said.
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[2026-08-04 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point has secured agreements from over a dozen European defense companies to provide radar, guidance and other systems for the Freyja missile defense project, and is starting to integrate the various systems, its CEO has said.
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[2026-08-04 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El Air Force One con el presidente estadounidense Joe Biden llega a la Base Aérea de Osan en Pyeongtaek, Corea del Sur, el viernes 20 de mayo de 2022. (Foto AP/Lee Jin-man, archivo)
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[2026-08-04 23:15 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’
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[2026-08-04 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and Syria have revived their joint business council to boost trade and investment ties, as Damascus seeks Gulf capital to help rebuild an economy battered by years of civil war and sanctions.
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[2026-08-04 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-08-04 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump camina hacia el Air Force One en el Aeropuerto Municipal Morristown en Nueva Jersey, el 2 de agosto del 2026. (AP foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-04 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Air Force One with U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)
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[2026-08-04 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Another fake ceasefire in progress? Or are we to believe it's for real this time? There's nothing on the ground-level at all that currently suggests the warring sides are imminently about to agree to a new ceasefire, or are so much as back at the negotiating table.
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[2026-08-04 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-04 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A seventh round of United States-mediated talks has begun in the Italian capital with the aim of establishing new “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon from which Israeli forces will begin withdrawing, and the Lebanese army will assume control.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On July 8, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump had a face-to-face meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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[2026-08-04 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Tuesday that they carried out a drone strike on a “sensitive target” at Najran Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns
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[2026-08-04 22:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns
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[2026-08-04 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A serviceman in Russian-held Crimea opened fire on fellow soldiers and civilians, killing four people and wounding four, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claims that direct negotiations with Iran are under way, and has warned that the latest round is Tehran’s “last chance” to secure a deal to end the war.
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[2026-08-04 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Long-range attacks have killed at least five people in Russia and four in Ukraine, according to local officials, as escalating long-range missile and drone attacks kill a mounting toll of civilians.
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[2026-08-04 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-04 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ON DISPLAY. An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is displayed during the inauguration of a new artillery plant of ammunition maker Rheinmetall, in Unterluess, Germany, on August 27, 2025.
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[2026-08-04 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer by volume, reported a 33% jump in second-quarter profits on Tuesday as the war-driven surge in Brent crude, which averaged $97 a barrel, boosted earnings. The company maintained export flows by redirecting crude around the disrupted Strait of Hormuz through its East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-04 21:19 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Chinese naval drills were monitored near Bajo de Masinloc on July 31 and during the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) anniversary on Aug. 1, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, en route to return to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-04 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In July, Morocco became the first Arab and African nation to deploy its military to the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Palestine under Donald Trump’s "peace plan" for Gaza, bolstered by his equally dubious Board of Peace (BoP).
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[2026-08-04 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: BP on Tuesday reported a second-quarter profit of $5.73 billion, more than doubling the total from the same period last year amid higher energy prices, trading and refining margins, as chief executive Meg O'Neill outlined the group's priorities.
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spirit AI’s Spirit v1.6 briefly dethroned Nvidia on the RoboArena robotics benchmark, but the model was then removed following a methodology overhaul
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Spirit AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spirit AI’s Spirit v1.6 briefly dethroned Nvidia on the RoboArena robotics benchmark, but the model was then removed following a methodology overhaul
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[2026-08-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-04 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has denied reports that he had been seeking to resign, saying the claims were aimed at “creating discord” among Tehran's political and military leadership.
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[2026-08-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA anniversary series suggests the world’s first operational weapon of its kind may have achieved a ‘constant state of readiness’
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[2026-08-04 20:04 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA anniversary series suggests the world’s first operational weapon of its kind may have achieved a ‘constant state of readiness’
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[2026-08-04 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday confirmed that People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warships conducted drills within Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) as Beijing continues to flex its naval muscles in the entire South China Sea.
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[2026-08-04 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's weekend somewhat comical, hyperbolic, or even absurd proclamation that he was planning an attack on Iran which would have been "the biggest attack since World War II" and could have been "disastrous" for Iran - before being called off - is raising serious questions.
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[2026-08-04 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil company Saudi Aramco reported a 44 percent surge in net profits on Tuesday, as the war on Iran sent oil prices soaring. Its net income of 122.6 billion Saudi riyals ($32.7 billion) from April to June was up from 85 billion riyals ($22.7 billion) a year prior, a quarterly statement said.
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[2026-08-04 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a firefighter puts out a fire following a Russian missile attack in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-08-04 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-04 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Profits at BP have surged to a four-year high after the war in the Middle East pushed up oil prices.
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[2026-08-04 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to boost its military with a "sense of urgency and crisis," its defense minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted growing risks from China, North Korea and Russia.
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[2026-08-04 18:54 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’
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[2026-08-04 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF completed disciplinary proceedings against the four remaining soldiers involved in the mutiny in the Tzabar Battalion at Sde Teiman, the military said.
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[2026-08-04 17:38 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will now include a declaration on of conflict of interest in the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) beginning on the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
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[2026-08-04 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran believes it is in a position of strategic advantage because the United States is seeking to avoid a broader conflict, former senior Israeli security official Avner Vilan said in an interview with 103FM on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran killed hundreds of US soldiers in strikes throughout July and wounded hundreds more, claimed Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's military advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in an interview on Monday with regime-owned Press TV.
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[2026-08-04 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- A front-line Army unit nearly shot down a South Korean military drone during a flight test earlier this week, an opposition lawmaker said Tuesday, just days after the same unit mistook a U.S. spy drone for an enemy threat.
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