Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Airport ground handler Menzies Aviation is planning expansion in the Gulf and US, while the Syrian market is of interest, as it aims to sustain its “aggressive” growth despite Iran war-related travel disruptions and higher costs.
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[2026-09-03 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The son of Iran's former vice president received over $2 million in contracts from the Canadian government as he worked to further the regime's missile program and help it evade sanctions, Global News reported on Wednesday, citing obtained documents.
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[2026-09-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the Trump administration refuses to end its war in Iran, it is steering into the storm, not out of it
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[2026-09-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Life and style] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First published in 1941, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is not quite War and Peace. But it comes close
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[2026-09-03 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia launched 14 ballistic missiles, with “concurrent drone attacks”, targeting areas along the Red Sea coast in the Taiz and Hodeidah provinces, government forces said on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shas leader Arye Deri claimed that the IDF "doesn't want haredi (ultra-Orthodox) soldiers" and prefers a secular army, during a podcast interview on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Our coverage of rare earths dates back to President Trump's first trade war, when we warned that "Rare Earths Are China's Most Potent Weapon In A Trade War."
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[2026-09-03 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 15 militants attempting to cross into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, a sign of continuing tensions along the border.
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[2026-09-03 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joining the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani security alliance offers Dhaka leverage, but could also threaten its non-aligned stance
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[2026-09-03 19:27 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joining the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani security alliance offers Dhaka leverage, but could also threaten its non-aligned stance
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[2026-09-03 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: King Abdullah II of Jordan has appointed a new head of the military, bringing in a younger officer as the kingdom remains under Iranian aerial attack.
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[2026-09-03 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Thursday that there is a "chance" at "peace" with Ukraine, but said Kyiv's warnings to airlines to avoid Russian airspace amounted to "state terrorism."
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[2026-09-03 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has accused the United States of committing a “war crime” by bombing a wedding gathering in southern Hormozgan province.
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[2026-09-03 18:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-03 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A tradie standing in a front yard with kids. A university student asleep in his bed.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike deep into civilian areas, a United Nations fact-finding mission said in a report published on Thursday, warning that some attacks may amount to war crimes.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah terrorists, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters.
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Korean peninsula] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-03 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Norway’s, left, and NATO’s flags are seen during a military exercise ‘Iron Wolf 2025-I’ at the Gaiziunai Training Area, Lithuania, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
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[2026-09-03 17:25 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-09-03 17:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares closed higher Thursday, driven by easing oil prices after US President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by US military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese satellite before returning towards the spaceplane, according to US space-tracking firm LeoLabs.
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[2026-09-03 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nepalese Army has set up a temporary zip line to help residents cross the Trishuli River in Bidur, Nuwakot district after devastating floods damaged roads and disrupted regular routes in the area. (AP Video/Shonal Ganguly)
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[2026-09-03 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares closed higher Thursday, driven by easing oil prices after U.S. President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The previously unknown author of a postcard sent to Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer praising her song Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) has been revealed to be Six-Day War veteran Aharon Bar-Oz, the National Library of Israel announced on Sunday.
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Officials in the Trump administration have once again begun speaking openly in recent days about the possibility that military and economic pressure on Iran could ultimately lead to an internal uprising or even the fall of the regime.
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[2026-09-03 16:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-03 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Thousands demonstrated in Niger's capital on Wednesday in support of the west African country's army chief, General Abdourahamane Tiani, following a thwarted army mutiny at the weekend, Nigerien journalists reported.
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[2026-09-03 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military is extending deployments across the Middle East as the Trump administration prepares for the possibility that its conflict with Iran could continue well into 2027, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-09-03 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defendants were convicted in 2022 for failing to register legal defence fund for protestors involved in the 2019 Hong Kong protests
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[2026-09-03 15:25 UTC+10:00] [Hui Po-keung] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defendants were convicted in 2022 for failing to register legal defence fund for protestors involved in the 2019 Hong Kong protests
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[2026-09-03 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany’s world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground. The far-right Alternative for Germany party has called the Bauhaus an “aberration of modernism.” Its attacks comes ahead of an election in Saxony-Anhalt, where the iconic Bauhaus school building is located.
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[2026-09-03 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, Kuwait says its air defences are repelling what its military called a “heinous Iranian aggression”, involving hostile missile and drone attacks. It comes as Tehran escalates its attacks on other countries across the region.
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[2026-09-03 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean military official has underscored the need for deeper cooperation in joint operational readiness among Indo-Pacific nations, highlighting Seoul's role as a key security partner in the region.
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[2026-09-03 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Why US troops have a history in this raucous Thai city
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[2026-09-03 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-09-03 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Business activity in the UAE's non-oil private sector in August improved at the fastest pace since December 2024 in a clear sign of recovery as companies shake off the impact of the Iran war.
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[2026-09-03 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anthony Albanese has been critical of China's missile test in July. (ABC News: Mark Moore)
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[2026-09-03 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walk in front of an electronic stock chart board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-09-03 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A plume of black smoke rises over the port of St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2026, after a Ukrainian drone attack. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-09-03 13:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-09-03 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Koror City, Palau: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the chair of the Pacific Islands Forum have rejected any equivalence between American and Chinese missile testing in the Pacific as they struggle to convince regional leaders to unite in condemnation of Beijing’s recent ballistic missile testing.
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[2026-09-03 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the best long-term defence against Himalayan disasters, the Ukraine war, and development of the Northern Metropolis in Hong Kong
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[2026-09-03 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran-Iraq war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the best long-term defence against Himalayan disasters, the Ukraine war, and development of the Northern Metropolis in Hong Kong
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[2026-09-03 13:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CHICAGO — Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to "Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada.
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[2026-09-03 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-03 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The world is facing a shortage of refining capacity that could keep petrol, diesel and jet fuel prices elevated well into 2027, even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and millions of barrels of crude stranded by the war return to the market.
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[2026-09-03 12:54 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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