Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-29 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strike hit a warehouse that appeared to have been storing ‘explosive objects’
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[2026-08-29 19:55 UTC+10:00] [Russian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strike hit a warehouse that appeared to have been storing ‘explosive objects’
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[2026-08-29 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Support is growing for a joint international criminal investigation into the drone strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, as Palestinian advocates call for Israeli military veterans visiting Australia to be subjected to police questioning.
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[2026-08-29 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Turkish military presence in Syria constitutes a significant threat to Israel due to its NATO combat doctrine, expert Dr. Eitan Hai Cohen told 103FM's Prof. Aryeh Eldad and Ron Koffman in an interview on Friday.
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[2026-08-29 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Military planners in Washington worry that dwindling munitions stores may reduce the US’s ability to defend against potential threats from Russia and China, according to a Friday Wall Street Journal report citing US officials familiar with the matter.
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[2026-08-29 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Early Sunday morning, the Islamic Republic executed Shahram Sadeghi, who had been arrested in connection with the nationwide protests that erupted in January. His death came just one day after an anniversary that, for my family, has marked the brutality of this regime for nearly half a century.
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[2026-08-29 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 27 people have been killed following a Russian attack on the Bucha district, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said Saturday.
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[2026-08-29 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-29 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Residents of Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday reported hearing gunfire overnight near a military base at the international airport, which has been attacked by jihadists twice this year.
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[2026-08-29 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military carried out two explosions Saturday morning on the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Jabal in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
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[2026-08-29 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US Navy sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) aircraft carrier earlier this month is facing disciplinary action, MS NOW reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-29 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF will be forced to take severe, immediate measures beginning in early September because of the Finance Ministry’s “foot-dragging” in transferring the funds, despite instructions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior military officials said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-29 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.
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[2026-08-29 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sustained gunfire and explosions were heard in several parts of Niger's capital Niamey early on Saturday after attacks on the city's international airport and a major military base, security sources said.
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[2026-08-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Smartphones] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As a war correspondent, I worked with photographers who said the camera was a buffer between them and reality. It is much the same now as we snap and scroll
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[2026-08-29 14:55 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-29 14:47 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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[2026-08-29 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The grieving father of Palestinian-American teenager Amer Rabee, who was shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank 16 months ago, has accused Washington of abandoning his family after offering little more than condolences.
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[2026-08-29 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The grieving father of Palestinian-American teenager Amer Rabee, who was shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank 16 months ago, has accused Washington of abandoning his family after offering little more than condolences.
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[2026-08-29 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, handing the country’s flag to his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, as the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stands at left, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social media clips show naval combat drone over Liaoning province while Beijing’s catapult-equipped drone carrier prepares for deployment
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [CCTV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social media clips show naval combat drone over Liaoning province while Beijing’s catapult-equipped drone carrier prepares for deployment
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[2026-08-29 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two US Congresswomen have criticised Trump administration’s “immoral” war on Iran, which completed six months on Sunday.
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[2026-08-29 13:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Defense officials of South Korea and France have agreed to bolster strategic coordination in the face of deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.
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[2026-08-29 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the war now at the six-month mark, the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to punish Iran financially with an ‘economic D-Day’
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[2026-08-29 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With the war now at the six-month mark, the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to punish Iran financially with an ‘economic D-Day’
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[2026-08-29 13:15 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Beijing – China removed two high-ranking officers from the country’s main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were being investigated for “serious violations of the law.”
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[2026-08-29 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Defense officials of South Korea and France have agreed to bolster strategic coordination in the face of deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.
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[2026-08-29 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Europe only ranks fourth among Washington’s global security priorities, US envoy to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said, as President Donald Trump pushes the bloc’s members to take greater responsibility for their own defense.
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[2026-08-29 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Europe only ranks fourth among Washington’s global security priorities, US envoy to NATO Matthew Whitaker has said, as President Donald Trump pushes the bloc’s members to take greater responsibility for their own defense.
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[2026-08-29 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-29 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court temporarily froze the legal proceedings against the former Military Advocate General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, regarding her role in leaking a video alleging abuse of Palestinian prisoners at Sde Teman prison, after Likud MK Avichai Boaron and the right-wing Lavi organization requested an additional hearing on the matter.
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[2026-08-29 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s acting defence minister Majid Ebn al-Reza has said that Tehran has many “surprises” in store for its enemies, Iranian media reported.
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[2026-08-29 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tuareg rebels have freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders, a former Malian army officer turned defector named Inkinane Ag Attaher, security sources have said.
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[2026-08-29 11:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump could put on the table the "tacit" acceptance of North Korea's nuclear program, a peace treaty and an end to South Korea-U.S. military exercises should a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take place, a former U.S. official has said.
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[2026-08-29 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Nolan Denaro via Antiwar.com,
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[2026-08-29 11:26 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kyiv to ramp up attacks; Russian gasoline production drops after drone strikes; Fedorov joins Italy’s defence ministry. What we know on day 1,648
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[2026-08-29 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli drone strike injured one person in the Doha area of Kfar Remman, in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-08-29 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Pirates manage to board ships operating a long way from the coast and then guide them closer to the shore
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[2026-08-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US military redirected has 82 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two others to "ensure compliance" with its naval blockade of Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) said.
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[2026-08-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Stavroula Pabst via Responsible Statecraft,
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[2026-08-29 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombia’s President Abelardo De la Espriella announces a joint effort with Bogota’s Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan to strengthen security in the Colombian capital through increased police presence, intelligence, technology, and urban capabilities in Bogota, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-08-29 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea has repeatedly test-fired ballistic missiles into regional waters, including the Sea of Japan, in recent years
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[2026-08-29 10:21 UTC+10:00] [Tokyo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea has repeatedly test-fired ballistic missiles into regional waters, including the Sea of Japan, in recent years
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[2026-08-29 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Several of Saturday's papers focus on the UK's defence spending. The Financial Times says Chancellor John Healey "will shelve his own target of spending 3% of Britain's GDP on defence by 2030" in his first Budget in October.
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[2026-08-29 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains about 90 percent below pre-conflict levels, with operators increasingly favouring a northern route, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
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[2026-08-29 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-08-29 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military operations across Lebanon since 2 March have killed 4,352 people and injured 12,318, the Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.
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[2026-08-29 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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