Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-02 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Stocks fell and oil prices continued to climb following another round of US military strikes on Iran, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation.
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[2026-09-02 05:17 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25m
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[2026-09-02 04:57 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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[2026-09-02 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The final of six submarines that Germany manufactured as part of a long-ago signed deal is on its way to Israel, the IDF and the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday night.
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[2026-09-02 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-09-02 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Army's top civilian leader, Dan Driscoll, has submitted his resignation, the White House confirmed on Monday, following reports of tensions with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-09-02 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El primer ministro canadiense, Mark Carney, habla con miembros de los medios a su llegada a la oficina del primer ministro y Consejo privado en Ottawa, el martes 1 de septiembre de 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press vía AP)
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[2026-09-02 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Britain wants its trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council signed within weeks as it seeks deeper economic ties with a region whose importance to global energy, investment and trade is critical amid the six-month Iran war.
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[2026-09-02 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Army's top civilian leader, Dan Driscoll, has submitted his resignation, the White House confirmed on Monday, following reports of tensions with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-09-02 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-02 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Six employees killed on Tuesday after Moscow escalates attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian capital
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[2026-09-02 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military launched new strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post, after a pair of oil tankers came under attack in the critical shipping route.
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[2026-09-02 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a well-timed ploy to ramp up defense spending? The late-autumn drone sighting hysteria that swept across Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium, was used by the bloc to amplify and entrench an anti-Russia stance that has seen it throw hundreds of billions it cannot afford into weapons and a war its chosen side cannot win.
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[2026-09-02 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: More than 10 EU states are willing to contribute resources and people to a new military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces after the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers later this year, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Visitors view a recreation of a cell at Military Security Branch 248 containing original items from the facility, at “When the Walls Speak,” an exhibit at the Damascus International Fair about prisons during the rule of former President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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[2026-09-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the night between Sunday and Monday last week, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliahu (both from Otzma Yehudit) announced that the remains of the Altalena – an Irgun ship which had brought weapons and immigrants from France to Israel, and on June 22, 1948, had been shelled by the IDF off the shore of Tel Aviv – had been found complete at a depth of 503 meters, 27 kilometers from the shore.
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[2026-09-02 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-09-02 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military says it is conducting new strikes against Iran as the fighting renews between the two countries.
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[2026-09-02 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An Iraqi oil field. The country is working to refurbish a pipeline connection to Syria, with U.S. help. © Reuters
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[2026-09-02 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SURGING global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) hardware kept Asia’s factories humming in August, private surveys showed on Tuesday, brightening prospects for the export-reliant region even as the prolonged Middle East war fuels uncertainty and rising costs.
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[2026-09-02 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to match any move by the United States to return to a June deal aimed at ending their war, as he prepares to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a regional summit.
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[2026-09-02 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU CITY — A property inside Monterrazas de Cebu has put Mayor Nestor Archival Sr. at the center of a conflict-of-interest complaint, but the Cebu City’s chief executive maintained on Monday that his ownership did not influence his decision not to issue a cease and desist order against the controversial development.
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[2026-09-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Army’s top civilian leader Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation, the White House confirmed on Monday, following reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-09-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TWENTY-TWO Filipino seafarers have safely arrived in the Philippines last Sunday, Aug. 30, following another series of tragic bombing of merchant vessels in the Black Sea.
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[2026-09-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-09-02 01:48 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Canadian PM is set to retaliate against tariffs levied by Donald Trump and criticized US officials over insults
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[2026-09-02 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar is holding talks with Oman and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions in the region, the country’s Foreign Ministry has said, after a recent flare-up in fighting between the US and Iran.
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[2026-09-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE is gearing up for a September reset with mega projects taking shape and conference season getting back in full swing, experts said.
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[2026-09-02 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: More than 10 European Union member states are willing to contribute resources and people to a new military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces, the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran will prevent Washington from reopening the Strait of Hormuz and will target vessels that use routes authorised by the US.
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[2026-09-02 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for "doing memes" and "throwing shade" against his nation amid a growing trade war.
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[2026-09-02 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be taking steps to increase contact with key figures in Moscow, even as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and US-backed peace efforts remain stalled.
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[2026-09-02 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Estonia is contemplating purchasing Israel’s David Sling missile defense system as it bolsters its long-range air defenses and plans to invest over €1 billion in a new long-range ground-based air defense system to protect strategic sites.
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[2026-09-02 00:35 UTC+10:00] [Regulation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: The leading scientist urging policymakers not to criminalize kratom, a substance that has left a trail of death and addiction around the world, has routinely failed to disclose longstanding financial ties to the industry’s most powerful lobbying group, ProPublica has found.
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[2026-09-02 00:31 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-09-02 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US killed multiple civilians in southern Iran using new “precision” missiles with a wide damage radius, conflict monitoring group Airwars has found. Tehran has repeatedly accused Washington of war crimes since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran which has killed up to 3,000 civilians.
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[2026-09-02 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yevhen Yurko, 41, and his son Darii, a 6-year-old first-grader, pose for a photo in the courtyard of a public school damaged by a Russian attack, in Kyiv, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov) CORRECTION: Name of child corrected from Dayri to Darii.
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[2026-09-02 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s defense establishment is increasingly concerned about developments in Syria and the processes Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is leading as he seeks to rebuild the country, a senior defense official told Walla on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Throughout most of the more than four-year long Russia-Ukraine war, Russian forces have largely held off from any sustained and large-scale attack against the key southern port city of Odesa, but this restraint has clearly changed.
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[2026-09-02 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: In the early weeks of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, observers were quick to declare Russia a major beneficiary of the conflict. After all, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted roughly a fifth of global oil supplies, forcing countries to scramble for alternative sources and turning attention toward Russian crude.
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[2026-09-01 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Oman’s Sultan Haitham met in Jeddah on Tuesday to discuss regional developments and efforts to maintain security, as the US-Iran war continues to threaten stability, shipping and energy supplies across the Gulf.
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[2026-09-01 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have signed a joint statement condemning the US and Israel’s war on Iran and Western sanctions on some of their members, after a two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek.
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[2026-09-01 23:30 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘There are no negotiations happening on trade right now,’ Jamieson Greer told Politico
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[2026-09-01 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sudan's leading pro-civilian rule alliance condemned an African Union Commission statement welcoming a call by the Sudanese Armed Forces, one of the two sides in the civil war and accused of committing atrocities, to hold an inconclusive dialogue.
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[2026-09-01 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-09-01 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian presidency has warned that escalating Israeli attacks on Islamic holy sites risk triggering a religious conflict across the region.
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[2026-09-01 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for Moscow's position on the Iran war and resulting sanctions, and said that together, Moscow and Tehran can resist what he called US "unilateralism."
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[2026-09-01 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is ready to return to the terms of an interim agreement reached with the United States in June, which was aimed at ending the war, if Washington also does the same.
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[2026-09-01 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has said the United States' position on the Falkland Islands is "one of many" under review, as he pressed the UK to increase military spending.
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[2026-09-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Opium War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While China does have a large trade surplus, economist Michael Pettis’ argument that Beijing is most vulnerable to a global adjustment is not convincing
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