Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-24 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE is an apparent contradiction in seeing university academics, people trained to examine evidence, question assumptions and resist simplistic explanations, remain diehard supporters of Rodrigo Duterte and his brand. The contradiction appears even sharper in Mindanao, where many professors continue to defend not only Duterte’s political legacy but also his family, despite controversies involving the drug war, confidential funds, human rights, governance and accountability.
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[2026-09-24 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea appears to have tested a hypersonic weapon that could evade missile defenses and prove hard to track and intercept, analysts told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-24 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the United States would uphold its commitments under its defense agreement with Saudi Arabia when asked about a military campaign by the Houthis.
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[2026-09-24 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The indirect talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, which many have viewed as a sign of Tehran’s willingness to reengage in negotiations aimed at ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, are only a “half-truth” of what is really taking place, INSS Iran expert Beni Sabti told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-24 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the UN General Assembly that it will never "bend the knee" after almost seven months of war with the US and Israel, but is ready for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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[2026-09-24 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Poland said a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter - like the one seen in this archive photo - stayed in Polish airspace for 42 seconds
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[2026-09-24 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli navy is moving toward becoming a semi-autonomous force and may eventually become nearly fully autonomous, the IDF said.
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[2026-09-24 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A proposal by US President Donald Trump for an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine appeared to be gaining ground this week when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was “ready” to make an agreement.
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[2026-09-24 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As expected, the United States delegation immediately walked out as Iran's president began speaking, in front of what was not a very well attended address to begin with. He listed out a series of war crimes by the US aggressor but an accompanying theme was Iranian defiance while under the bombs.
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[2026-09-24 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two days after seven Ethiopian armed groups announced the formation of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival and pledged to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a senior official of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) was asked whether the statement amounted to a declaration of war.
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[2026-09-24 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The German-made INS Drakon submarine, which will be officially accepted in Israel at a ceremony on Thursday, has stronger weapons and longer underwater capabilities than prior Israeli submarines, according to the IDF.
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[2026-09-24 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia seized control of airports and battled federal troops in the neighbouring Afar region, multiple sources told AFP on Wednesday, as long-standing tensions spilled into open conflict.
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[2026-09-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The China Aerospace Studies Institute published open-source research on the PLA’s air, space, cyber and missile capabilities
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[2026-09-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The China Aerospace Studies Institute published open-source research on the PLA’s air, space, cyber and missile capabilities
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[2026-09-23 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom will provide Saudi Arabia with military support in its escalating war against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, the British government said this week.
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[2026-09-23 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At the colloquium established shortly after the second world war to prevent future wars, United States President Donald Trump did just the inverse: He platformed his unceasing threats against Iran, suggesting almost casually on Tuesday that he could “annihilate” the country he has waged war against since February 28.
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[2026-09-23 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two British military pilots were injured in a crash involving a training aircraft in Wales, North Wales Police said on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran in months raised hopes on Wednesday that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending the Middle East war, although neither side spelled out any change in their positions.
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[2026-09-23 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK is reviewing its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the defence secretary has said, after US President Donald Trump called it "terrible" at the UN General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-23 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Kornev, military expert, founder and author of the MilitaryRussia project
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[2026-09-23 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Kornev, military expert, founder and author of the MilitaryRussia project
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[2026-09-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has presented the US with a road map to end their conflict that includes a regionwide ceasefire, the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the US blockade of the country, regional sources told The National on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has presented the US with a road map to end their conflict that includes a regionwide ceasefire, the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the US blockade of the country, regional sources told The National on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Major Russian drone attacks pummeled the Ukrainian capital overnight, resulting in two people killed and at least 23 wounded, also unleashing large-scale fires and damage, with plumes of black smoke seen hovering over the city.
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[2026-09-23 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly two years after the November 2024 cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, the Lebanese Armed Forces face a growing gap between the responsibilities they have been asked to assume and the international support provided to them.
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[2026-09-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by John Weeks via AntiWar.com
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[2026-09-23 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices rose slightly to $100 per barrel on Wednesday afternoon, after trading lower in the morning, as Iran and the US hold negotiations in New York to end the conflict and focus remains on Saudi supply.
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[2026-09-23 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Houthi-affiliated media on Wednesday said Saudi airstrikes killed 10 people and left 14 others wounded in Yemen's Taiz and Al-Jawf governorates over the past 24 hours. "Eight civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in Taiz, while two civilians were killed and three others wounded in Al-Jawf," Al-Masirah TV channel said.
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[2026-09-23 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are down modestly, but at session lows, as oil reverses earlier losses (crude was on pace for a sixth straight day of declines, its longest losing run in a year) sending Brent back over $100 and pushing 10Y yields back to 4.99%. As of 8:30am, S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower with Nasdaq 100 futures sliding 0.3%, and also at session lows after hitting a record on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)
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[2026-09-23 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Baltic states have secretly asked the European Commission for hundreds of millions of euros to boost their defense against drones, citing an alleged Russian threat, Lithuania’s Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told to Reuters on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UK is launching a new space squadron to defend Britain's satellites from “hostile action”, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
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[2026-09-23 22:14 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ADMM-PLUS DRILLS. Ten navy vessels from eight different countries sail behind the BRP Jose Rizal on September 23, 2026, during a joint cooperative activity in waters off the coast of Zambales.
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[2026-09-23 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The tech giant OpenAI will share its AI cyber defence system Daybreak for free with the Ukraine government to help it protect civilian infrastructure, like hospitals and power plants, from cyber-attacks.
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[2026-09-23 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a programme that at one point served as a pathway to safety for people fleeing war and strife from countries around the world.
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[2026-09-23 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A war crimes complaint has been filed in France against the Israeli army over its uprooting of a historic olive grove in Lebanon.
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[2026-09-23 21:41 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenNagoya, JapanSingapore’s Emma Yap in action on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final at the Asian Games Photograph: Edgar Su/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenKyiv, UkraineSmoke rises after Russian drone strikes around residential buildingsPhotograph: Alina Smutko/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenParis, FranceNotre Dame Cathedral decorated with Vatican flags as preparations continue ahead of Pope Leo’s visitPhotograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenRome, Italy Tourists wait to enter the Colosseum, which was closed temporarily after a worker fell to
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[2026-09-23 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Palestinians were indicted after working to promote terrorist activity, acquire weapons, conduct shooting training, recruit operatives, and plan deadly attacks in Nablus, the Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) and Judea and Samaria District Police’s Counterterrorism Unit announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Greenland's government and residents expressed relief that a military pact with the US and Denmark may end anxiety over US President Donald Trump's threats to seize their Arctic island, but many remain distrustful of Washington.
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[2026-09-23 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the war in Gaza approaches its fourth year, the Guardian follows five ordinary Palestinians as they go about their lives. Each tells the story of their day, revealing the terrible toll of the conflict. At 76, Mansoura’s most precious possession is the key to her former home
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[2026-09-23 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Since the early days of the US-Iran conflict, we have tracked the rewiring of global energy flows. That theme continues today and is accelerating as LNG buyers seek supplies and shipping routes well beyond the Gulf. Before the conflict, roughly one-fifth of global LNG trade transited through the Strait of Hormuz, concentrating risk at a single chokepoint.
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[2026-09-23 20:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeks
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[2026-09-23 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A French businessman born in Lebanon has filed a complaint against persons unknown for war crimes, targeting the Israeli army, which he accuses of uprooting 600 centuries-old olive trees belonging to his family, his lawyers told AFP on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Frenchman denounces the uprooting of trees, some of which he claims were half a millennium old, on land cultivated for 250 years by his family in Zawtar el-Charqiyé, his native village in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-09-23 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Seleka rebel group commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, left, speaks with lawyer Dov Jacobs in the courtroom during a hearing in the case in which he is accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed in Bangui in 2013, in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (Remko De Waal/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-09-23 20:18 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany is keen for one of the main missiles used by the U.S.-made Patriot air-defense system to be produced in Europe, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday, as demand for the weapons surges across NATO and in Ukraine.
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[2026-09-23 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Army is deploying 1,200 National Guard soldiers from its newly formed Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT) to the Middle East to support Operation Inherent Resolve, marking the National Guard's first combat deployment under its restructured brigade concept.
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[2026-09-23 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The opening day of the 81st UN General Assembly general debate highlighted Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation on Tuesday, as a succession of world leaders made the war in Gaza, Israeli policy in the West Bank, and Israeli activity across the region central themes of their speeches.
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[2026-09-23 20:11 UTC+10:00] [Chagos Islands] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence secretary places annual payments to Mauritius on hold as UK government reviews deal over Diego Garcia base
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[2026-09-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran war, rising prices and president’s low ratings give Democrats advantage, but Republicans have poured cash into key races – could it be decisive?
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