Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump lying on what appears to be a coffin and bearing anti-Trump messages, including the phrase “We Kill Trump,” is seen at Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-07-18 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military said early Saturday it ended a seventh straight night of strikes against Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported attacks by Iranian projectiles and commercial shipping continued to face disruptions.
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[2026-07-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Less than a month after hailing a ceasefire, Trump resumed strikes on Iran, a move experts warn could prolong the war and hurt Republicans ahead of midterms
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[2026-07-18 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Seven people were killed and 51 others were wounded in Russia overnight by Ukrainian drone attacks, Russian officials said Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched a “devastating and simultaneous missile and drone attack” targeting fighter jet shelters and a large aircraft parking area at the US base in al-Azraq, Jordan.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The head of the U.N. children's agency visited northwestern Nigeria on Friday as conflict, poverty and rising food insecurity leave millions of children in the region in need of aid.
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[2026-07-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm uses near-packaged optics to bypass traditional architecture limits and scale more than 1,000 processor cards across a cluster
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[2026-07-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Atlas SuperPoD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The firm uses near-packaged optics to bypass traditional architecture limits and scale more than 1,000 processor cards across a cluster
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[2026-07-18 17:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain activated its air sirens for a second time on Saturday, warning residents to shelter after it detected possible incoming drones or missiles.
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[2026-07-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's total real estate transactions surged 112 per cent year-on-year to hit Dh117 billion ($31.9 billion) in the first half of this year, underpinned by strong foreign direct investment despite the fallout from the US-Iran war.
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[2026-07-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The fifth in a special series of World Cup 2026-themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satirist
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[2026-07-18 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have ordered the confiscation of 16.577 dunums (4.09 acres) of land in the village of Dura al-Qar', northeast of Ramallah and al-Bireh, for what they described as military purposes, Wafa reported.
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[2026-07-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence minister seeks three ‘Naha’ outposts in Gaza as top commander says Israel now controls 65% of the strip, violating Trump ceasefire deal
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[2026-07-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned countries hosting US military forces to prepare for a "corresponding response", Iranian media reported.
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[2026-07-18 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Two soldiers and three civilians were injured after two motorcycle-riding suspects hurled a grenade at a military convoy in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday morning, police said.
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[2026-07-18 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media have reported that US missile strikes launched from Kuwait caused explosions in the city of Khorramabad in Lorestan province. Here are some other developments on Saturday:
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[2026-07-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire
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[2026-07-18 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) said it has filed a criminal complaint in Portugal against an Israeli soldier, Etamar Ivry, alleging war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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[2026-07-18 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-18 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Major General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian military adviser, has warned that if the US continues bombing Iran over the coming days, Tehran will launch “full-scale offensive operations”, according to state-controlled news agency IRIB.
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[2026-07-18 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: AFTERMATH. A resident removes debris inside his barbershop, which was damaged during Russian missile strikes, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 11, 2026.
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[2026-07-18 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has looted and destroyed three schools in southern Lebanon, Rima Karami, the country’s education and higher education minister, said in a statement carried by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) on Friday.
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[2026-07-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-18 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival, which began on July 9 and runs through July 19, had a far more festive atmosphere than the previous two editions, which took place while the war with Hamas continued and Israeli hostages were still held.
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[2026-07-18 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Jordanian military has said its air defences downed 10 Iranian missiles that breached the country’s airspace early on Saturday morning.
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[2026-07-18 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sunday’s World Cup final will see Argentina face off against Spain, setting up a showdown between two countries that have recently taken sharply opposing views on Israel.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Tehran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 11:43 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands gather outside presidential office for second day, following surprise government reshuffle. What we know on day 1,606
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[2026-07-18 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of Israeli settlers illegally crossed the border into Syria and spent a full day there before being apprehended by Israeli troops on Friday, according to the Times of Israel.
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[2026-07-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new book on the Spring and Autumn period and its experiments in conflict and diplomacy helps explain today’s global order
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[2026-07-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new book on the Spring and Autumn period and its experiments in conflict and diplomacy helps explain today’s global order
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[2026-07-18 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Moscow and Pyongyang have quite obviously deepened their relations in unprecedented ways over the past years since the Ukraine war began, and this has been most on display with the transfer of thousands of North Korean troops in support of Russian forces, and DPRK soldiers even losing their lives while fighting Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes.
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[2026-07-18 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has termed the US strike on Hormuzgan province, in which eight civilians were killed, as a “blatant war crime”.
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[2026-07-18 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy "unequivocally announces" that the Strait of Hormuz has become "highly perilous" and is now fully sealed off due to the "crimes of the US military", state broadcaster IRIB reported.
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[2026-07-18 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 10:33 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai/Cairo: The US struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News.
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[2026-07-18 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Genevieve Blandin de Chalain
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[2026-07-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF detained several Israeli civilians on Friday for illegally crossing into Syrian territory, the military said, following a search operation.
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[2026-07-18 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Saudi civil defence issued two early warnings for Al-Kharj city and Yanbu early Saturday to be alert to "potential danger," but it later said the danger had passed in both areas, without providing details on the danger that triggered the warnings, according to Reuters.
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[2026-07-18 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gaza's civil defence agency and a hospital said eight people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area of Nuseirat refugee camp.
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[2026-07-18 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 9:21am
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[2026-07-18 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said it intercepted and shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the southern port city of Bushehr using a newly developed air defence system.
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[2026-07-18 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Army has launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as a military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader warns of a full-scale offensive if US attacks continue.
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[2026-07-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in Yazd, in central Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, after the US military announced a seventh night of strikes against the country.
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