Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: BRICS allies Russia and South Africa are taking steps to heal tensions related to the Ukraine war and allegations that groups of South African men were 'lured' to fight on behalf of Moscow.
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[2026-02-26 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Sikorski pledged loyalty to Washington but called for greater EU security responsibility amid Trump’s policy shifts
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[2026-02-26 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Greek court has sentenced four people, including two Israelis, to prison over a major wiretapping scandal involving the illegal use of Predator software to target dozens of politicians, journalists, business leaders and military officials.
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[2026-02-26 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Sources have told various press agencies that the drone strike near the Rubaya mining site on 24 February that killed M23 military spokesperson Willy Ngoma also killed nine other people. It however missed the movement's military commander.
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[2026-02-26 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For years, Hezbollah moved through Syria like a second army: thousands of fighters, open supply lines, and bases visible on satellite imagery. The group helped keep Bashar Assad in power and made no effort to hide it.
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[2026-02-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Rick Moran via PJMedia.com,
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[2026-02-26 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of being a member of a human trafficking scheme that lured Kenyans to Russia with false promises of work, only for them to end up fighting on the front lines of Ukrainian battlefields.
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[2026-02-26 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: New data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) project showed that various jihadist groups, such as Al-Qaida and JNIM have recently expanded their activity in the border region between Nigeria, Niger and Benin, turning the zone into a flashpoint of violence.
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[2026-02-26 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined?
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[2026-02-26 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Local residents walk a dog near a damaged apartment building hit by Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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[2026-02-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Health Care] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the United States, warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.
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[2026-02-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday again accused Ukraine of plotting to sabotage Hungary's energy infrastructure, following a Ukrainian drone attack on a key Transneft oil pumping station in the Russian republic of Tatarstan early Monday, which was further detrimental to the Druzhba oil pipeline.
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[2026-02-26 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At least 23 people were injured in overnight strikes, with 420 drones and 39 missiles used by Russia to target Ukraine, Kyiv says
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[2026-02-26 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — There are many things that China and Germany do not see eye-to-eye on — notably Russia's war in Ukraine — but the leaders of the world's second and third largest economies nonetheless pledged Wednesday to work to deepen ties in an era of global turbulence.
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[2026-02-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The couple joined a World Health Organization delegation led by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a two day trip centred on mental health and conflict trauma. In Amman, they met children receiving treatment after being medically evacuated from Gaza and spoke with doctors dealing with long term injuries linked to the war.
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[2026-02-26 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The incident comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, with a large American military force positioned near Iran
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[2026-02-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Family members of Kenyans who joined the Russian army in Ukraine hold photos of their loved ones during a protest calling on the government to urgently repatriate them and their remains in Nairobi, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-02-26 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to China continues with a tour of Beijing’s Forbidden City on Thursday, a symbolic stop during talks focused on trade and global tensions. Merz said Germany and Europe want a partnership with China that is balanced and reliable. His visit comes as Beijing looks for allies against renewed US tariffs.
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[2026-02-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The navy’s most senior former Muslim officer has been sacked from the Advisory Board of Multicultural NSW over two reposts on LinkedIn about Israel.
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[2026-02-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dozens of Israeli military vehicles have staged an incursion into Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province in the Golan Heights, local media have reported, in yet another breach of the country’s sovereignty.
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[2026-02-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV released on Tuesday a video showing the country’s Revolutionary Guard holding a drill that included launching missiles, flying drones and firing guns at targets along its coast, without elaborating on the exact time or place of the exercise.
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[2026-02-26 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A large Chinese military drone has conducted regular flights over the South China Sea in recent months while transmitting false transponder signals that made it appear to be other aircraft, including a sanctioned Belarusian cargo plane and a British Typhoon fighter jet.
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[2026-02-26 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A major new trend which has been heating up on Europe's periphery over the last years of war in Ukraine has been the use of suicide drones and drone swarms, which have proven effective as well as frightening for anyone on the receiving end.
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[2026-02-26 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior advisors to US President Donald Trump would prefer if Israel struck Iran first, believing that such a move would provide better optics and help muster voter support for a US strike, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the discussions.
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[2026-02-26 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-26 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia pounded Ukraine with a barrage of missile and drone attacks across the country overnight, wounding at least eight people, in advance of the latest high-level meeting between Kyiv and Washington aimed at ending the war, now in its fifth year.
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Moscow accuses London and Paris of preparing to give nuclear weapons to Kyiv, Beijing doubles down
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[2026-02-26 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran and the United States are talking in Geneva for a third time on Thursday as President Donald Trump seeks to delay Tehran’s nuclear program while threatening it by deploying a massive number of aircraft and warships to the Middle East.
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[2026-02-26 16:42 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-26 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte is expected to present evidence intended to prove that allegations against his anti-drug campaign were "rhetorical, politically motivated or selectively quoted" and dispute the number of victims and the scope of evidence presented by the prosecution.
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[2026-02-26 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-02-26 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedFebruary 26 2026
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[2026-02-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-02-26 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-26 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Army on Thursday staged live-fire drills involving combat engineering vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and topped with remote control systems as it seeks to strengthen the military's capabilities to respond to future warfare.
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[2026-02-26 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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[2026-02-26 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has seized municipal powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians in a move widely seen as undermining Islamic administration of the site.
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[2026-02-26 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BALTIMORE (AP) — Jinwoo Kim scored 25 points and Navy defeated Loyola (Md.) 78-51 on Wednesday night for its 12th win in a row.
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[2026-02-26 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A former United States Air Force officer and “elite fighter pilot” has been arrested and accused of betraying his country for illegally providing training to Chinese military pilots.
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[2026-02-26 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia advises dependants of officials in Israel and Lebanon to leave amid vast US military buildup in the region
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[2026-02-26 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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[2026-02-26 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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[2026-02-26 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran and the United States are set to begin a third round of nuclear negotiations in Switzerland, with both sides maintaining their preference for a diplomatic solution, even as Washington imposed sweeping new sanctions and continued to build up its military presence in the Middle East.
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[2026-02-26 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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[2026-02-26 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details from 5th para; CHANGES photos)By Chae Yun-hwan
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[2026-02-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With nuclear talks hanging in the balance, and the potential for yet another US war of choice in the Middle East, President Donald Trump escalated the rhetoric Tuesday night, warning that Iran is moving beyond just regional missile capabilities and setting its sights farther west by developing missiles capable of hitting the United States.
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[2026-02-26 12:27 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence minister says pace has already increased but more nets needed amid Russian attacks; Zelenskyy says Ukrainian delegation to meet Trump envoys. What we know on day 1,464
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[2026-02-26 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 280,000 people have been displaced in the past two months by a renewed conflict in Jonglei state between the government army, known as the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition. As the fighting continues, survivors face an impending humanitarian crisis
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[2026-02-26 12:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubia/St Kitts and Nevis: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran was attempting to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles as the Trump administration ramped up pressure on the regime over its nuclear program ahead of critical talks in Geneva.
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