Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The upcoming round of diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran may be the last realistic chance for a negotiated outcome before a war breaks out, former Israel Navy commander, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer “Chayni” Marom said during a Wednesday interview with 103FM.
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[2026-02-26 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine Navy on Wednesday denied accusations that its personnel acted as “bagmen” delivering suitcases of cash to politicians and foreign officials.
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[2026-02-26 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, New Tuva has helped as many as 400 draft-eligible Tyvans escape death on the front lines.
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[2026-02-26 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE said on Wednesday that the governance of Gaza must remain under the control of the Palestinian people, as it reaffirmed its commitment to a two-state solution to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.
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[2026-02-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday, as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border.
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[2026-02-26 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has rejected accusations that it is seeking nuclear weapons, denouncing US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks as false and misleading.
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[2026-02-26 02:32 UTC+10:00] [Journalist safety] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi’s Edge Group signed an agreement with Spain’s EM&E Group on Thursday to explore the establishment of a joint venture in the UAE focused on advanced defence technologies. The companies said the agreement was supported by a commercial pipeline of about $1.5 billion.
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[2026-02-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weapons
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[2026-02-26 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered military units and additional police to guard energy infrastructure sites in his country’s east, citing the threat of potential Ukrainian attacks.
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[2026-02-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Gaza firm has been contracted to build an Emirati-funded compound for tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of the territory under Israeli military control, two Israeli officials and two Palestinian businessmen told Reuters.
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[2026-02-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Japan's defence minister said the deployment on Yonaguni island would take place in the 2030 fiscal year. (Reuters: Kyodo )
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[2026-02-26 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has abstained from a UN General Assembly vote on a Kiev-backed resolution condemning Russia’s actions in the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-02-26 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A behavioral AI simulation created by Israeli startup AskIt suggests that a decisive majority of senior commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would back a military leader, not a cleric, to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-02-26 01:11 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-02-26 01:02 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2026-02-26 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: ISIS has launched a wave of daily attacks on Syrian government forces in north-eastern Syria in the days following the group’s declaration of war on the country’s leadership, even as the authorities intensify counter-terrorism efforts amid fears of a security vacuum.
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[2026-02-26 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on Wednesday delivered its autonomous BlueWhale mini-submarine to the German Navy, further cementing defense relations between Israel and Germany.
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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unusually detailed posts by commercial firm MizarVision about America’s deployments in the Middle East are grabbing attention
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[2026-02-26 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana's Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on a rare visit to Ukraine on Wednesday urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to release two Ghanaian prisoners of war who were captured fighting for Russia.
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[2026-02-26 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Heavy battlefield losses are likely to prevent Russia from launching a major new offensive in Ukraine in the coming months, Western officials and military analysts told Bloomberg as the war entered its fifth year.
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[2026-02-26 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-02-26 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A row is simmering between the United States government and Anthropic, one of the tech companies that develops artificial intelligence (AI) tools for defence and civilian uses.
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[2026-02-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Guinea's military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil, while Freetown maintains its troops were on its own territory constructing a border post, the latest flare-up in a decades-old territorial dispute.
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[2026-02-25 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moscow, Russia — What was meant to be a swift military operation to topple the Ukrainian government and take control of the country has now dragged on for four devastating years.
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[2026-02-25 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Twelve American F-22 Raptor fighter jets landed at an Israel Air Force base on Tuesday evening as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise and uncertainty looms on the Iranian front.
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[2026-02-25 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's claim that it is building missiles that “could soon reach the US”, even as one expert called them “broadly true”.
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[2026-02-25 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians, like other people in the Middle East, are preparing for the possibility of war. This comes after weeks of US-Iran tensions.
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[2026-02-25 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Converge rookie Juan Gomez De Liano made the final 12, while his teammate Justine Baltazar, along with Ginebra’s Troy Rosario and RJ Abarrientos were left out as Gilas coach Tim Cone opted to put premium on familiarity of the team system as the Philippines go to war against New Zealand and Australia in the second window of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers.
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[2026-02-25 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Converge rookie Juan Gomez De Liano made the final 12, while his teammate Justine Baltazar, along with Ginebra’s Troy Rosario and RJ Abarrientos were left out as Gilas coach Tim Cone opted to put premium on familiarity of the team system as the Philippines go to war against New Zealand and Australia in the second window of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers.
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A military air strike by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state has killed at least 17 people and injured 14 others, local media reported, in the latest civil war carnage weeks after a military-backed governing party election win was dismissed as a “sham” by international observers.
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An F-16C fighter jet crashed near Yeongju in North Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday, but the pilot safely ejected, the Air Force said.
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[2026-02-25 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Police have arrested a man and are searching for another suspect for allegedly carrying weapons into a mosque in central Manchester on Tuesday evening.
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[2026-02-25 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a "message of partnership" to Israel on Wednesday as he welcomed the Gaza peace plan as a route out of the conflict.
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[2026-02-25 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- An F-16C fighter jet crashed near Yeongju in North Gyeongsang Province on Wednesday, but the pilot safely ejected, the Air Force said.
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[2026-02-25 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-25 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LIMA — The only survivor of a military helicopter crash in southern Peru that killed 15 people was a small dog belonging to a colonel who was among the passengers, an air force source told AFP Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Western European nations will not deploy troops to Ukraine without Russian consent, The Telegraph reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
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[2026-02-25 22:23 UTC+10:00] [State of the Union address] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President claimed during longest ever State of the Union speech that Tehran was building weapons that could strike the US
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[2026-02-25 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Tartan Army have been given the green light to wear sporrans with their kilts at World Cup matches this summer, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) has confirmed.
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[2026-02-25 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS, UPDATES throughout with briefing details) By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-02-25 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Guinea’s junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya watches over an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-02-25 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Eight Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a road accident in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, the Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran’s political and military structures are unique globally, with power concentrated in the supreme leader, who sits at the top of a multi-layered system of elected institutions, unelected bodies and parallel military forces.
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[2026-02-25 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shortly before US President Donald Trump gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, senior officials from the US House of Representatives and Senate emerged from a classified briefing on Iran held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA chief John Ratcliffe.
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[2026-02-25 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives of those killed during the Russian occupation react at the Wall of Remembrance during a ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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[2026-02-25 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-02-25 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal today dismissed two writ petitions filed by Avant-Garde Maritime Services and its employees, which sought to overturn an order issued by the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence to remove three of the company’s armouries.
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[2026-02-25 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A number of Palestinians have been injured in separate attacks by the Israeli army and settlers in the Hebron area of the occupied West Bank, amid an escalating wave of state-backed violence as Israel concurrently continues its genocidal war on Gaza.
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[2026-02-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Going to war with America, Israel and Nato will have very horrible and unpredictable consequences,’ a Tehran resident says
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