{
  "id": 1673115,
  "title": "General : Strengthening National Defence Requires Additional Allocation - PM Anwar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/general-strengthening-national-defence-requires-additional-allocation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T06:40:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2595914"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia needs additional defence spending, potentially ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of ringgit, to ensure it has sufficient assets and capabilities to address an increasingly complex security environment, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}