Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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)
Snippet: CloseGet news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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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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[2026-09-03 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Pentagon has restricted access to decades of classified military documents on an internal computer system, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, days after the newspaper reported that senior US commanders had raised concerns about sustaining large-scale military operations against Iran.
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[2026-09-03 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces at the runway of the military headquarters of Gyeryongdae next month, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares extended their gains late Thursday morning as oil prices eased after U.S. President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen’s armed forces have said that Houthi launched 10 ballistic missiles targeting the provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 12:31 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has sprung to the defence of axed rival and close friend Alastair Clarkson, declaring the treatment of the four-time premiership coach to be unfair.
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[2026-09-03 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will introduce new accident and indemnity health insurance for active-duty and discharged conscripts, in an effort to expand state support for young men serving mandatory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kuwait's army on Thursday said it was confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran, a day after President Donald Trump said that renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran would not last "too long."
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[2026-09-03 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Several of the papers on Thursday home in on a warning to Andy Burnham from the City of London. It says there will be "markets chaos" if the new prime minister does not rein in spending, cautioning that he cannot "borrow his way out of this". The Telegraph notes Burnham refused to rule out more borrowing during his first Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 12:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-03 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping in a rare trip to the Cairo told his Egyptian counterpart on Wednesday that "external interference" in the Middle East should be opposed, Chinese state media reported.
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[2026-09-03 12:01 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The man leading the charge to make Germany proud again won’t say he wants his fellow Germans to “forget” the Nazi past, but that is where his ideas invariably lead.
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[2026-09-03 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kuwaiti army said the country's air defences are confronting "hostile" missile and drone attacks from Iran.
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[2026-09-03 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with comments on military academies in paras 7-9)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-09-03 11:31 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-03 11:26 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Only shoot at Russian occupiers, president says, after three officers wounded in clash; Patriots could take years to make, says Rubio. What we know on day 1,653
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[2026-09-03 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian research vessel in Svalbard at the request of Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz, amid growing tensions between Moscow and NATO states over access to and control of the Arctic.
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[2026-09-03 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Mourners carry a banner against US President Donald Trump as they gather on the day of the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026.
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[2026-09-03 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Mourners carry a banner against US President Donald Trump as they gather on the day of the burial of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026.
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[2026-09-03 10:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul shares opened higher Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, while oil prices eased after US President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 10:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount after admitting the budget overhaul is contributing to the fall in housing prices, insisting the downturn is temporary and will resolve over time.
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[2026-09-03 10:10 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 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares opened higher Thursday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, while oil prices eased after U.S. President Donald Trump played down the prospect of a prolonged conflict with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 09:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia and the US flagged further acceleration of America’s military presence in Australia following a meeting between the countries’ defence ministers – though they stopped short of saying it could mean more US troops stationed in Australia.
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[2026-09-03 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Yet another major allegation against Russia has emerged this week in the pages of the London-based Financial Times, which says that Moscow has been helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles, in a clandestine program that has been ongoing throughout the war with the US and Israel.
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[2026-09-03 09:16 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 09:01 UTC+10:00] [Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award
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[2026-09-03 09:01 UTC+10:00] [Greenhouse gas emissions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price falls
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[2026-09-03 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The latest shooting occurred in Merrylands West. (ABC News: Digby Werthmuller)
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[2026-09-03 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Senator Thom Tillis has called on President Donald Trump to fire Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth for creating a “leadership void” within the military amid the ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-03 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Ministry of Defence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Tobias Ellwood says he gave MPs inaccurate information in 2018 provided by his department, the MoD
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[2026-09-03 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army have announced on Wednesday that troops will take part in a military exercise in the northern occupied West Bank area on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel is still working to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has admitted, saying that US President Donald Trump has only frozen a plan that rights advocates say amounts to ethnic cleansing.
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[2026-09-03 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: On August 9, 1945, a notorious Japanese army unit executed dozens of civilian prisoners in the city of Hailar, on the day the Soviet Union launched an offensive against the Imperial Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
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[2026-09-03 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly half of Americans believe their country's military operations and surveillance infrastructure that followed the 11 September 2001 attacks have been "worth it", according to a YouGov poll published on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 07:13 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, is leading a fierce behind-the-scenes push against Franco-German plans to overhaul her diplomatic service — courting capitals and using a new secretary-general to develop alternative reform plans.
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[2026-09-03 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer huddled with House Republicans on Wednesday as lawmakers reel from President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada and plans to import beef.
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[2026-09-03 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Earlier this week, Daniel Driscoll, the secretary of the United States Army, resigned from his post after he reportedly tried to directly appeal to US President Donald Trump about how changes in the military’s leadership were having an impact on the institution’s readiness for war.
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[2026-09-03 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself, reasserting that the waterway is under Washington’s control despite near-daily Iranian attacks on ships in the area.
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[2026-09-03 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Gadi Eisenkot presents himself as one of the most serious and honest figures in Israeli politics. His record of military and public service gives him credibility on the questions that will determine Israel’s future: security, the Palestinians, and the character of the State of Israel.
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[2026-09-03 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A bizarre mini civil war of sorts has erupted among rival Ukrainian security agencies, complete with a wild street shootout and police standoff which has threatened to create more political scandal for President Zelensky - whose office has issued a statement - in an unprecedented saga which seems straight from the plot of a Lioness episode.
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[2026-09-03 05:22 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 05:05 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The fire at a Polish drone factory supplying weapons to Ukraine was "deliberate arson," and Russia is likely behind the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a cabinet meeting Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The recent purges of Zhong Shaojun, Xi Jinping's "spy" within the military, and Gen. Zhang Youxia, pictured, are the latest examples of Xi's determination to take full control of the PLA ahead of the Communist Party's national congress in 2027. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-09-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For decades, a tiny Olympic badge, bearing the five rings and the US shield, sat in a glass display cabinet in our home in Mooroolbark, in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, beside my mother’s navy-blue air-hostess hat. The cabinet is now in her lounge in Montrose. I always knew the badge was there.
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