Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-05 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: “Thousands” of civilians have been displaced by a sharp rise in fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's Taiz and Hodeidah, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour said on Saturday, before Yemeni forces announced a counter-offensive in the western part of the country.
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[2026-09-05 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States investigators have subjected about 50 members of the US military’s Joint Staff to lie detector tests following a series of unauthorised media leaks, according to a report by The New York Times (NYT).
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[2026-09-05 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia has the right to strike NATO plants making weapons for Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is showing great restraint to avoid a direct clash with the bloc, former American judge Andrew Napolitano has said.
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[2026-09-05 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, a Chinese national is seen after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)
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[2026-09-05 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Qatar's credit rating at “AA” because of its strong economy and expects its liquefied natural gas exports to reach pre-war levels in the second half of next year.
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[2026-09-05 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump plans to continue flying in his new Qatari-gifted Boeing 747, which is set to serve as the president's new Air Force One, for upcoming domestic and international travel despite concerns regarding the security of the jet, The Washington Post reported Friday.
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[2026-09-05 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US has begun developing a post-war strategy aimed at expanding regional efforts to contain Iran and the normalization of relations between Israel and US allies, according to a Friday Axios report.
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[2026-09-05 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Peace with Israel and unity between rival Palestinian factions may seem like very different challenges, but both require some of the same difficult abilities: putting aside a history of conflict, accepting vastly different ideologies, and confronting reality as it is, rather than holding out for an idealized society.
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[2026-09-05 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘The rise mainly came from the military conflict in the Middle East earlier this year. Of the rest, half involved lost identity documents,’ immigration chief says
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[2026-09-05 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘The rise mainly came from the military conflict in the Middle East earlier this year. Of the rest, half involved lost identity documents,’ immigration chief says
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[2026-09-05 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel claimed ‘operational control’ of Lebanon’s Ali Taher and a network of tunnels beneath it, in a rare flashpoint after the ceasefire. Israel’s military said Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran, had used the tunnels to shelter its fighters, and weapons, and had repeatedly attacked Israeli forces in the area with drones.
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[2026-09-05 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US envoys are carrying a proposal to end the war in Ukraine and are due to meet Putin and Zelensky as drone strikes escalate
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[2026-09-05 16:31 UTC+10:00] [Steve Witkoff] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US envoys are carrying a proposal to end the war in Ukraine and are due to meet Putin and Zelensky as drone strikes escalate
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[2026-09-05 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian media has reported land seizure, vandalism and raids by the Israeli military and settlers in the occupied West Bank:
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[2026-09-05 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: 1951 -- South Korea establishes the Women's Army Corps amid the 1950-53 Korean War.
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[2026-09-05 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Momen Abu Jarrad is preparing for his wedding but furnishing his future home feels almost impossible. The 29-year-old lives in the Tal Al Hawa neighbourhood west of Gaza city and has scoured the few pieces of furniture for sale that have survived the war. Prices, however, have become the biggest obstacle.
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[2026-09-05 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns, Yasin Willis ran for 72 yards and two scores in his Kansas debut, and the Jayhawks rolled after a sluggish start to a 51-6 victory over Long Island University in their season-opener on Friday night.
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[2026-09-05 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two explosions at a military facility in the Bolivian city of Viacha have killed at least 10 people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.
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[2026-09-05 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (19 miles) from La Paz, local authorities said.
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[2026-09-05 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran responded decisively to the US attempt to weaken or eliminate the Iranian forces’ control over the Strait of Hormuz, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said.
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[2026-09-05 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The explosion on Friday afternoon happened at the Bolivian defence ministry's fireworks stockpile. (Reuters: Red Siglo XXI)
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[2026-09-05 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US government investigators have subjected some 50 members of the US military's Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including information about the US's diminishing stockpile of munitions due to the Iran war, The New York Times reported on Saturday morning, citing officials briefed on the situation.
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[2026-09-05 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran may be considering a significant escalation in its war with the United States, having grown more confident in its ability to attack targets in the Middle East, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing recent US intelligence reports.
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[2026-09-05 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – When Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) signed the Pretoria Agreement in November 2022, it was meant to end two years of devastating war.
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[2026-09-05 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The explosion happened at a barracks in Viacha, about 30km from La Paz
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[2026-09-05 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-05 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In an extraordinary move, US government investigators have subjected 50 members of the American military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists, including about how the Iran war has created a shortage of crucial munitions, New York Times reported.
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[2026-09-05 12:32 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The head of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command (PACOM) has met with the Chinese military in charge of operations covering Taiwan and other areas, amid rising tensions over the democratic island.
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[2026-09-05 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials say the blast originated from the defence ministry’s fireworks stockpile at a facility in the western city of Viacha
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[2026-09-05 12:29 UTC+10:00] [military personnel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials say the blast originated from the defence ministry’s fireworks stockpile at a facility in the western city of Viacha
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[2026-09-05 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said that the US and Israel suffered a “major defeat” in their latest aggression against Iran, and “failed” to achieve their stated objectives.
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[2026-09-05 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Portrait of a Lady is an 18th-century painting that was stolen after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. (AP: Christian Heit)
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[2026-09-05 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid five years of devastating conflict, young fighters embrace traditional bloodsport as both self-defence and refuge
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[2026-09-05 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Myanmar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid five years of devastating conflict, young fighters embrace traditional bloodsport as both self-defence and refuge
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[2026-09-05 11:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-05 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen’s internationally recognised government has said that its air force carried out more than 15 air strikes, targeting the sites, gatherings and vehicles of the Houthi fighters on the western coastal fronts in the provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-09-05 11:35 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Direct hit on SBU headquarters in Kyiv targeted intelligence chief; airline suspends Moscow flights after Zelenskyy warning. What we know on day 1,655
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[2026-09-05 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Natasha Stott Despoja will lead an inquiry into sexual violence within the Australian Defence Force. (Supplied: Defence and Veterans' Services Commission)
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[2026-09-05 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has blamed flight price rises on "foolish leaders" starting wars, in a thinly veiled reference to the US-Israel conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-05 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”
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[2026-09-05 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The price of diesel hit a new record Friday in the United States, as disruption from the US war with Iran squeezes voters.
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[2026-09-05 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has told Americans to ask themselves: “Why should your sons and daughters be offered debt forgiveness in exchange for fighting and dying in a war Israel wants continued & expanded?”
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[2026-09-05 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mladic’s body arrives to full military honours in Serbia | AJ Shorts
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[2026-09-05 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths
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[2026-09-05 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
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[2026-09-05 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States and Israel’s war on Iran enters its seventh month with no clear end in sight, President Donald Trump has become the latest US official to downplay the conflict.
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security concerns in Beijing and Washington could create ‘bottleneck’ if Elon Musk attempts to combine the two flagship companies
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[2026-09-05 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The White House has returned to its prior talking point that the war against Iran shouldn't be called a war. In earlier stages of the conflict President Trump had applied various monikers that stopped far short, from an "excursion" to a "little detour" to a "stopover" to a mere limited "military operation".
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