Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-20 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police guard outside the venue of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Post-Ministerial Conferences, and the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia on Monday, July 20, 2026, in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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[2026-07-20 12:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when the last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for a second time. She was barely feeding the 18-month-old regularly, let alone with nutritious foods.
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[2026-07-20 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended losses late Monday morning, led by semiconductor stocks, as the escalating conflict in the Middle East renewed concerns over energy supplies from the region.
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[2026-07-20 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israel is preparing to receive more US refueling aircraft, an Israeli military official said Sunday, as attacks launched by the US and Iran have escalated over the past week.
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[2026-07-20 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Iran of using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage amid the ongoing conflict in the region, calling on other countries to "step up" to protect global shipping.
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[2026-07-20 12:10 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: PARIS – The United Nations looks set to list a biblical site, Lebanese castles, an antelope migration path and the world’s deepest lake as world treasures under threat, including from war or climate change.
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[2026-07-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has called on Washington to withdraw its forces and abandon its bases in the Middle East, arguing that months of military confrontation have demonstrated Iran’s strengthened regional position and warning that further escalation would damage both the US and the global economy.
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[2026-07-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has called on Washington to withdraw its forces from the Middle East and abandon its bases, arguing that months of military confrontation have demonstrated Iran’s strengthened regional position and warning that further escalation would damage both the US and global economy.
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[2026-07-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-20 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry has advised short-term visitors to leave the Middle East promptly amid rising tensions stemming from the renewed conflict between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-07-20 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US enters the ninth night of Iran strikes, oil has climbed to the highest level in more than a month to over US$91 a barrel
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[2026-07-20 11:20 UTC+10:00] [Gulf Cooperation Council] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US enters the ninth night of Iran strikes, oil has climbed to the highest level in more than a month to over US$91 a barrel
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[2026-07-20 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose Monday after as continued conflict between the United States and Iran heightened concerns over disruptions to energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, following another round of U.S. strikes and American military casualties.
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[2026-07-20 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military began a ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Sunday, extending a campaign aimed at destroying Tehran's ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-20 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US began its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran only after the World Cup final and trophy presentation had concluded, marking an unusually late start to Washington’s nightly bombing campaign.
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[2026-07-20 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US began its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran only after the World Cup final and trophy presentation had concluded, marking an unusually late start to Washington’s nightly bombing campaign.
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[2026-07-20 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 10:40am
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[2026-07-20 10:29 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cargo ship attack kills six people; Russian president tells visiting foreign minister that Moscow will ‘never forget’ Pyongyang’s support. What we know on day 1,608
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[2026-07-20 10:06 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Preliminary deal aimed at ending the war has collapsed as US and Iran fight to break deadlock over strait of Hormuz
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[2026-07-20 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-20 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US soldier killed in Iraq as Iran conflict death toll rises
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[2026-07-20 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine’s navy said 6 died when Russia launched cruise missiles at the Golden Leo as it was ‘leaving the combat zone with a cargo of grain’
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[2026-07-20 09:43 UTC+10:00] [Golden Leo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine’s navy said 6 died when Russia launched cruise missiles at the Golden Leo as it was ‘leaving the combat zone with a cargo of grain’
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[2026-07-20 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kuwait army said that its air defences were responding to "hostile drone threats" from Iran, urging the public to "adhere to safety and security instructions issued by the relevant authorities".
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[2026-07-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The military has placed its troops in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur on heightened alert following two separate grenade attacks as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) classified 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the red category ahead of the region’s first parliamentary elections on Sept.
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[2026-07-20 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has committed 3,795 violations of the “ceasefire” agreement since it came into force in October, Al Jazeera reported, citing the government media office in Gaza.
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[2026-07-20 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 7:00am
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[2026-07-20 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has brushed aside Democratic lawmakers’ calls to end the war with Iran after two US service members were killed in a missile strike on a military base in the Middle East. The Republican appeared to downplay the extent of the casualties in the conflict, suggesting that the death tolls suffered by the US military during the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars were far higher.
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[2026-07-20 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has brushed aside Democratic lawmakers’ calls to end the war with Iran after four US service members were killed in a missile strike on a military base in the Middle East. The Republican appeared to downplay the extent of the casualties in the conflict, suggesting that the death tolls suffered by the US military during the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars were far higher.
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[2026-07-20 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese and Cambodian officials meet to sign the Official Security Assistance agreement. (Keito Nakaoka)
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[2026-07-20 06:16 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US military says service member was killed in Iraq during ‘controlled detonation’ as it launches more airstrikes at Iran
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[2026-07-20 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran12:30 p.m. July 20
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[2026-07-20 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran11:48 p.m. July 19
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[2026-07-20 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s defence ministry says Iran “continues to target civilian and vital facilities in the country”, and has caused fires and “severe damage” to facilities by its attacks.
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[2026-07-20 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The sell-off for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom deepened and yanked stock markets lower worldwide. Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to jump because of the war with Iran.
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[2026-07-20 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Cindy Wockner is a senior reporter at the ABC based in the Southern Queensland newsroom in Toowoomba. She has previously served as the network investigations editor at News Corporation newspapers in Australia and has worked as a foreign correspondent. Cindy has co-authored three books: The Pastor and the Painter, Bali 9 and Evil in the Suburbs.
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[2026-07-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy secretary grapples with mounting criticism over length of US war as Democrat calls conflict ‘war of choice’
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[2026-07-20 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-20 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Middle East has a long history of wars of attrition. It now appears that the Trump administration is prepared for a war of attrition with the Iranian regime.
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[2026-07-20 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A message attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has promised “unforgettable lessons” to Washington during their escalating conflict. But it also homed in on another theme that tempered some of the fire of his warnings against the US, amid eight nights of renewed fighting between the two countries.
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[2026-07-20 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hours after shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile, which had been fired at Jordan, ultimately landed in Israel just north of Eilat, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir threatened the Islamic Republic with a potential harsh counterstrike if the regime gets any closer to the Jewish state.
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[2026-07-20 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin announced he would end his involvement in opposition politics, saying mounting pressure from the Russian authorities had left him with no choice.
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[2026-07-20 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian attacks damaged a power generation and water desalination complex in Kuwait and triggered air defences in Jordan and Bahrain on Sunday, hours after the US carried out an eighth consecutive night of military strikes on Iran.
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[2026-07-20 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-07-20 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-07-20 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia overnight and into early Sunday morning unleashed what Ukrainian officials have described as its largest barrage of ballistic missiles focused on Kiev of the war.
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[2026-07-20 02:12 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Tehran struck U.S. allies across the Persian Gulf region on Sunday and American forces bombed Iran for an eighth straight night, with the interim peace deal dead and neither side backing down.
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[2026-07-20 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States launched new airstrikes Saturday to "punish" Iran after reporting the first US military deaths since renewing its hostilities with the Islamic republic.
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[2026-07-20 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s nuclear energy watchdog condemned the United States for bombing the construction site of the Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant.
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