Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-26 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan plans to export surplus food supplies to the Arab Gulf states as food security concerns mount due to Iran's control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-26 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in mid-May, delaying a planned trip by several weeks as the war against Iran drags on.
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[2026-03-26 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hope for a possible end to the war with Iran pushed stocks higher again, while oil prices eased.
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[2026-03-26 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: American farmers, already dealt stiff blows from tariff costs, are struggling to survive as the war in Iran sends fertilizer, feed and energy prices sky-high – threatening to push grocery prices even higher.
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[2026-03-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The escalating conflict between Iran with the United States (US) and Israel continues to have its ripple effect around the world. Sri Lanka is no exception. The government and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake are engaging in continuous efforts to minimise its impact on the economy.
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[2026-03-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Karoline Leavitt would not say who the US has been in talks with to end the war in Iran. (Reuters: Kylie Cooper)
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[2026-03-26 06:58 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia co-sponsored resolution affirming support for sovereignty and security of Gulf states. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-03-26 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-26 06:53 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
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[2026-03-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-26 06:41 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tehran skeptical of president’s offer – and troop deployments for potential ground operations – suggest claim of imminent end to war not credible
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[2026-03-26 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s acting deputy foreign minister Aziz Al-Daihani handed a protest note to Iran’s ambassador over what he described as repeated attacks on the country.
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[2026-03-26 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A photo exhibition featuring photographs of the children who died in the American-Israeli attack on the Martyr Students of Minab School in Southern Iran will be held at the Cultural Section of the Iranian Embassy in Colombo today, tomorrow (March 26, 27) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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[2026-03-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says his country is ready to “facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks” to end the war in the Middle East amid attempts to push Islamabad as a possible venue for negotiations between the US and Iran.
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[2026-03-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran has turned back a vessel headed for Karachi at the Strait of Hormuz, delivering a sharp blow to Pakistan’s projection of itself as a mediator in the ongoing Iran-US conflict.
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[2026-03-26 06:22 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Merseyside club to demand formal explanation from Premier League
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[2026-03-26 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is “prepared to unleash hell” on Iran if it won’t “come to a deal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday — as thousands of US Marines arrive in the region for a possible mission to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-26 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday it was still in talks with Iran despite Tehran reportedly rejecting a US plan to end the war -- but warned President Donald Trump is ready to "unleash hell" if there is no deal.
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[2026-03-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,’ Iranian state television quoted an official as saying
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[2026-03-26 05:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-26 05:38 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The conflict in Iran has absorbed global attention, but attacks on civilian infrastructure and occupation threats must be challenged
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[2026-03-26 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has made a surprise announcement that talks with Iran over the war were going well. (Supplied: White House)
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[2026-03-26 05:21 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Thursday, March 26.
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[2026-03-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-26 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Majid Mousavi, commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, said any threats or ultimatums against Iran should be seen as an act of war.
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[2026-03-26 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran are pushing stocks higher again on Wall Street Wednesday, while oil prices ease.
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[2026-03-26 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has rejected a US proposal to end the war with the Islamic Republic, setting out its own conditions for peace, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-03-26 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump escucha a un periodista durante la toma de posesión del secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Markwayne Mullin, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el martes 24 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-26 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has evacuated another 163 staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, according to state-run RIA news agency.
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[2026-03-26 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens to a reporter during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-26 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A residential building in Tabriz, north-western Iran, was hit in an air strike. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)
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[2026-03-26 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia said Wednesday it was "deeply outraged" by a reported strike on the grounds of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which it partially constructed and helps operate.
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[2026-03-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An employee works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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[2026-03-26 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — State media in Iran said Wednesday that Tehran had rejected a US plan to end fighting, as the head of the United Nations warned that the Middle East war was spiraling out of control.
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[2026-03-26 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-03-26 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Goldman Sachs' senior chairman and ex-CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that the damage from the Iran war "is going to last," even if there were "a resolution tomorrow" — and urged investors to prioritize contingency planning amid the turmoil.
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[2026-03-26 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the war on Iran lurches towards its second month, a steady stream of voices from the intelligence communities in the US and Israel are making public their dissension with the whole project.
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[2026-03-26 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said his country reserves the right to respond to Iranian attacks.
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[2026-03-26 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-26 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Iran’s attack on the kingdom’s energy facilities was “a blatant attempt at blackmail”.
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[2026-03-26 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko began on Wednesday his first official visit to North Korea, with the two countries united by Western sanctions, closeness to Russia and accusations of rights violations.
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[2026-03-26 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly four weeks into Operation Epic Fury, United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington is engaged in negotiations with Tehran – talks that Iran denies are happening – while amassing thousands of troops in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-26 02:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pakistani intermediaries deliver 15-point plan but some proposals proved intractable in previous negotiations
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[2026-03-26 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s state broadcaster Press TV says, quoting a “senior political-security official”, that Iran has rejected a US proposal aimed at ending the current war.
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[2026-03-26 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An unnamed Iranian official has told state TV that Tehran rejects the US proposal for ending the war, and has instead outlined five of its own conditions.
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[2026-03-26 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rising costs of agricultural fertilizers, triggered by ongoing tensions in the Middle East, are threatening Africa's fragile food security.
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[2026-03-26 02:21 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s restrictive voting bill, ICE agents at US airports and a mysterious ‘gift’ from Iran
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[2026-03-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state television, citing a senior official, said Wednesday that Iran had rejected a ceasefire plan proposed by the United States to end the war.
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[2026-03-26 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has sent Iran a 15-point peace proposal demanding the dismantlement of its nuclear program, curbs on missiles, and an end to support for regional allies, US and Israeli media outlets report. Iran has denied holding talks with the US, and has reportedly insisted on several major concessions, including ending its military presence in the Gulf.
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