Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-28 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ALL of a sudden, the tensions in the West Philippine Sea subside. While the times just past saw frequent altercations between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) over their respective assertions of sovereignty over the contested waters, the sudden outbreak of hostilities between the United States-Israel tandem on the one hand and Iran on the other now appears to have worked wonders.
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[2026-03-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday it had struck what it described as Iran’s most central production site for missiles and naval mines, targeting a major hub used to develop advanced weapons systems for the Iranian Navy.
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[2026-03-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-28 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FBI Director Kash Patel, listens during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-03-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is only certain it has destroyed around a third of Iran's missiles, despite comments from President Donald Trump boasting of military success.
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said that the CIA told him that Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may be gay, quipping to Fox News that it puts the cleric “off to a bad start.”
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has banned its sports teams from traveling to countries it considers “hostile,” Iranian state TV reported Thursday ahead of Tractor FC’s scheduled soccer game in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Team make gesture before loss to Nigeria in Turkey
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[2026-03-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: One month into their war with Iran, the United States and Israel find themselves confronting an opponent that fights more like an insurgency than a nation — using increasingly limited resources to inflict maximum pain.
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[2026-03-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts see potential hallmarks of Iranian involvement in firebombing of four ambulances in Golders Green on Monday
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[2026-03-28 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down.
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[2026-03-28 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday firmly denied that Moscow is providing intelligence support to Iran, amid accusations from the European Union that Russia is aiding Tehran in targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-28 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume.
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[2026-03-28 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt has ordered shops, restaurants and shopping malls to close from 9:00pm, hoping to curb energy bills that have more than doubled because of the Iran war.
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[2026-03-28 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Markets across the Gulf region have diverged sharply since the Middle East conflict began, as investors traverse big swings in energy prices and markets remain rattled by geopolitical turmoil.
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[2026-03-28 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down.
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[2026-03-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It is looking awfully familiar
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[2026-03-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President’s move, dubbed Trump Always Chickens Out, appears to have soured as he loses hold on situation in Iran
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[2026-03-28 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel and President Trump’s extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz failed to assuage investors.
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[2026-03-28 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its "enemies".
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[2026-03-28 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Two US lawmakers are seeking to impose sanctions on officials in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, citing Budapest’s stance on Russian energy imports and its ongoing diplomatic dispute with Ukraine.
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[2026-03-28 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar’s prime minister has held talks with senior US officials in Washington, DC, amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran and fallout across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-28 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage shared by the Iranian Red Crescent showed damaged buildings and emergency teams at work, while Israel said it had carried out a "wide‑scale" wave of attacks in the capital and the north‑west province of West Azerbaijan. The images emerged as US media reported that Washington is considering sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East, a move that would deepen fears of a broader regional war.
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[2026-03-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has formally accused the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of allowing the US military to use their territory and airspace to launch and support strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to letters sent to the UN Security Council.
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[2026-03-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.
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[2026-03-27 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US and Israel are "burning through" their supply of Tomahawk and interceptor missiles in their war on Iran, alarming some in the Pentagon.
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[2026-03-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Our fate increasingly depends on the state of mind of leaders who are playing a nuclear-scale game of chicken
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[2026-03-27 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine says it has signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia as Gulf countries continue to come under Iranian attack amid the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.
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[2026-03-27 23:06 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US secretary of state chided allies for rebuffing Trump’s demand for military help in the Gulf
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[2026-03-27 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.
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[2026-03-27 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
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[2026-03-27 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Initiating peace talks in the Iran war "is no easy task," but it would be "conducive to restoring normal navigation through the Strait of Hormuz," Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said during a call with his Pakistani counterpart on Friday.
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[2026-03-27 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs due to supply disruption caused by the war in Iran, which could make food more expensive later this year.
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[2026-03-27 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 1,900 people have been killed and at least 20,000 injured in Iran since the start of US and Israeli attacks, said Maria Martinez of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Friday, citing figures provided by the Iranian Red Crescent.
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[2026-03-27 22:27 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The deal would mean TSA staff, who screen airport passengers, baggage and cargo, would start being paid for the first time since mid-February
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[2026-03-27 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sanaa, Yemen – Iran is facing the full might of the United States and Israel, and is fighting back, using the cards at its disposal.
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[2026-03-27 22:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and America has blundered into a defining strategic failure
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[2026-03-27 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday that it had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its "enemies".
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[2026-03-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump this week announced he’d postpone US strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure to give time to negotiate a ceasefire.
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[2026-03-27 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair, has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill in recent days, securing support from Republican senators he needs for confirmation and maybe a Democrat or two.
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[2026-03-27 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran has hit critical liquified natural gas (LNG) supplies in the Gulf, triggering the most severe disruptions in recent years to the global energy market.
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[2026-03-27 21:48 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Revolutionary Guards said that they had turned back three vessels seeking to cross the transit point
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[2026-03-27 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mohaddeseh Fallahat remembers combing her children’s hair on the morning of February 28, then tying their shoes and lifting their backpacks onto their shoulders before kissing them goodbye.
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[2026-03-27 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “We will not initiate war, but we possess overwhelming power to confront any aggression,” Iranian military commander Hossein Salami declared a year ago, just months before he was killed in an Israeli air strike.
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[2026-03-27 21:39 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-27 21:16 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-27 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s military says its air defences have intercepted a total of 154 missiles and 362 drones from Iran since the start of the war.
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[2026-03-27 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fitch Ratings says helium prices have roughly doubled since conflict began
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[2026-03-27 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands of No Kings events will be fueled by anger over ICE violence, the Epstein files released and a war in Iran. These protests have power
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