[2026-03-16 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Captain of Iranian women’s soccer team is latest to withdraw asylum bid: ‘Family members are missing’

Snippet: The captain of Iran’s women’s soccer team has withdrawn her bid for asylum in Australia, making her the latest member to do so as fears grow that the players are being intimidated by Tehran to return home.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/world-news/captain-of-iranian-womens-soccer-team-withdraws-asylum-bid/

[2026-03-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war powers to Trump

Snippet: Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North Korea

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/cory-booker-trump-war-powers-congress

[2026-03-16 03:59 UTC+10:00] [Oil and gas companies] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Oil company shares soar to all-time highs as Middle East war turbocharges price per barrel

Snippet: Energy supply shock from US-Israeli attack on Iran fuels record valuations for Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/15/oil-company-shares-soar-to-all-time-highs-as-middle-east-war-turbocharges-price-per-barrel

[2026-03-16 03:55 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Nicola Jennings on Trump’s Iran war strategy – cartoon

Snippet: Nicola Jennings on Trump’s Iran war strategy – cartoon

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/15/nicola-jennings-donald-trump-iran-war-strategy-cartoon

[2026-03-16 03:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Israel claims brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander

Snippet: Israeli military also says on social media brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was ‘eliminated in airstrike last week’

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/michigan-synagogue-attacker-brother-hezbollah-commander

[2026-03-16 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Dubai influencers have harsh words for ‘ungrateful’ creators fleeing during Iran war

Snippet: Influencers still living in Dubai have criticized fleeing internet creators in the wake of Iran’s missile strikes on the United Arab Emirates.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/world-news/dubai-influencers-have-harsh-words-for-ungrateful-creators-fleeing-during-iran-war/

[2026-03-16 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Middle East war exposes the ineptness of government

Snippet: THE current Middle East war — brewing for several months and finally erupting with the United States and Israel bombarding Iran with precision missiles, causing extensive damage to the oil-rich country, with Iran retaliating with its own arsenal of modern weapons targeting vital military installations of the US in the region, as well as important places in Israel — has thrown a monkey wrench on the economic structures of the warring countries, necessarily affecting the rest of the economies of

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/16/opinion/columns/middle-east-war-exposes-the-ineptness-of-government/2300291

[2026-03-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Iraq warns Kurdish authorities not to get drawn into war on Iran, sources say

Snippet: Iraq's federal government has warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) not to allow Kurdish groups to become involved in the war on Iran, telling Kurdish authorities that Iraqi forces could move to take control of border areas if they fail to prevent it from happening.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-warns-kurdish-authorities-not-get-drawn-war-iran-sources-say

[2026-03-16 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Iranian FM says strikes on Gulf in response to US-Israeli strikes on Iran

Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said Iran's missile and drone strikes on the Gulf were responses to US forces using the territory of its regional allies.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-fm-says-strikes-gulf-response-us-israeli-strikes-iran-0

[2026-03-16 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Se cancela la Finalissima Argentina-España en Qatar por guerra en Oriente Medio

Snippet: El astro argentino Lionel Messi alza una réplica de la Copa Mundial tras un partido amistoso contra Panamá, el 23 de marzo de 2023, en Buenos Aires. (AP Foto/Gustavo Garello)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/finalissima-espana-argentina-messi-cancelada-iran-guerra-caff362dc36b8be4aafd58c7f02968dc

[2026-03-16 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: RT News

Title: Military sites and 90% of crude oil trade: Why is Iranian island struck by US important

Snippet: US forces have struck military facilities on Kharg Island off Iran’s coast, with US President Donald Trump warning that a major oil terminal there might also be attacked if Tehran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/635086-iran-us-kharg-island/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-03-16 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: RT News

Title: Military sites and 90% of crude oil trade: Why this Iranian island struck by the US is so important

Snippet: US forces have struck military facilities on Kharg Island off Iran’s coast, with US President Donald Trump warning that a major oil terminal there might also be attacked if Tehran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/635086-iran-us-kharg-island/

[2026-03-16 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: UK, China and Japan among countries debating whether to send ships to strait of Hormuz

Snippet: Response to Donald Trump’s callout for military support in the waterway has so far been vague and reluctant

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/uk-china-japan-countries-debating-strait-of-hormuz-ships-iran-you-now

[2026-03-16 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Argentina vs. Spain Finalissima in Qatar called off after widening of Middle East war

Snippet: NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been canceled after the widening Middle East war.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/finalissima-spain-argentina-messi-canceled-iran-war-5cd25f5ad519465ccb90f183fc96a899

[2026-03-16 02:11 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Beyond the strait: why attacks on Kargh Island could keep oil prices high

Snippet: Oil could pass 2008 record of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding supply shock caused by Iran war

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/15/middle-east-oilfield-shutdowns-prices-high-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz

[2026-03-16 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Trump calls for naval coalition to open Strait of Hormuz: Can it work?

Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has called for a naval coalition to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil shipments transit, as oil markets reel from supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/trump-calls-for-naval-coalition-to-open-strait-of-hormuz-can-it-work

[2026-03-16 01:46 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Rappler

Title: Iran arrests dozens of people accused of being informants for Israel

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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/iran-arrests-people-accused-israel-informants/

[2026-03-16 01:36 UTC+10:00] [war] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Cease fire’! Pope Leo demands end to Middle East war, urging ‘those responsible’ to talk

Snippet: The pope did not cite the US or Israel by name but did mention the strike on a school in Iran that killed over 165 people

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3346681/cease-fire-pope-leo-demands-end-middle-east-war-urging-those-responsible-talk

[2026-03-16 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Iran arrests dozens accused of being informants for Israel

Snippet: DUBAI — Dozens of people accused of sharing sensitive information with Israel have been arrested in several ​areas of Iran, local media reported on Sunday, as ‌Israeli and U.S. fighter jets continue to strike new targets in the country.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/world-news/iran-arrests-dozens-accused-of-being-informants-for-israel/

[2026-03-16 01:31 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Rappler

Title: Pope Leo decries ‘atrocious violence’ in Iran war, urges ceasefire

Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.

Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/pope-leo-decries-violence-iran-war/

[2026-03-16 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: ‘SNL’ Cold Open Jokes About Rising Gas Prices and War With Iran as Trump Compares Country to Ballet: “We’re Timmy Chalamet”

Snippet: Gas prices are through the roof, the world might be at war, and somehow Timothée Chalamet is involved. Saturday Night Live’s March 14 cold open tackles it all, with James Austin Johnson’s Trump blaming Iran, ballet, and literally everything else for your $100 gas bill.

Read full article: https://decider.com/2026/03/15/snl-cold-open-gas-prices-war-iran-trump-chalamet/

[2026-03-16 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Oil prices will drop after Iran war ends ‘in the next few weeks,’ Energy Secretary Chris Wright says

Snippet: WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright predicted that soaring oil prices will cool off within the “next few weeks” after the war in Iran wraps up, while sidestepping a question about whether he expects it to top $200 a barrel.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/us-news/oil-prices-will-drop-after-iran-war-ends-in-the-next-few-weeks-energy-secretary-chris-wright-says/

[2026-03-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Religion] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: As an Iranian Australian I feel helpless watching the war unfold and pray for peace – but prayer must be coupled with action | Dellaram Vreeland

Snippet: My family fled Iran in 1979 as members of a religious minority. Now we watch from the safety of Australia as our community is persecuted again

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/16/iranian-australian-iran-war-prayer-action

[2026-03-16 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Papa intensifica su exhorto a un alto el fuego en Irán al dirigirse a responsables de la guerra

Snippet: El papa León XIV aparece en la ventana de su estudio con vistas a la Plaza de San Pedro en el Vaticano, donde fieles católicos y peregrinos se reunieron para la tradicional bendición dominical al finalizar el rezo del Ángelus del mediodía, el domingo 15 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Andrew Medichini)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-guerra-vaticano-papa-a9687f4571252fc3bc8e7d4981e3c6fd

[2026-03-16 00:34 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘Bit of treachery’: US attack on IRIS Dena undermines Indian security ties

Snippet: Defence analyst says torpedo strike is a ‘humiliation’ for Modi’s government that disregarded a US defence partner

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/us-attack-iris-dena-undermines-indian-security-ties-iran

[2026-03-16 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: After Iran, is Türkiye next on Israel’s menu?

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/635085-after-iran-turkiye-next/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-03-16 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: After Iran, is Türkiye next on Israel’s menu?

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/635085-after-iran-turkiye-next/

[2026-03-16 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: Tucker Carlson claims CIA read his texts with Iran, is ‘framing’ him as foreign agent

Snippet: Tucker Carlson has claimed the CIA read his text messages leading up to the war with Iran in an effort to frame him as a foreign agent.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/us-news/tucker-carlson-claims-cia-read-his-texts-with-iran-to-frame-him/

[2026-03-16 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Bahrain arrest five people 'suspected' of passing information to Iran

Snippet: Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior said it arrested five people for their alleged involvement in passing “precise and sensitive information” to the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/bahrain-arrest-five-people-suspected-passing-information-iran

[2026-03-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models

Snippet: From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/15/ai-defense-warfare-companies

[2026-03-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: UAE intercepts four ballistic missiles, six drones

Snippet: The UAE’s Ministry of Defence says it has intercepted several ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-intercepts-four-ballistic-missiles-six-drones

[2026-03-15 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: How Trump’s unchecked power has changed the world

Snippet: The decision by United States President Donald Trump to launch a war on Iran has left many international law experts questioning if the world order established after World War II is actually working.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/how-trumps-unchecked-power-has-changed-the-world

[2026-03-15 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Dozens arrested by Iran for sharing 'sensitive' information with Israel

Snippet: Iran's Tasnim news agency is reporting that dozens of people accused of sharing sensitive information with Israel have been arrested across the country.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-arrested-iran-sharing-sensitive-information-israel

[2026-03-15 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Pope Leo XIV demands end to war on Iran in appeal to leaders

Snippet: Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/vatican-pope-iran-war-trump-aa33df8902ca4f30f38e39f1d4b651b2

[2026-03-15 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Gatchalian urges DMW to ready OFW evacuations amid Middle East tensions

Snippet: SENATOR Win Gatchalian urged the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to initiate preparations for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iran, Israel, and other countries in the Middle east amid escalating conflict in the region.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/15/tmt-newswire/gatchalian-urges-dmw-to-ready-ofw-evacuations-amid-middle-east-tensions/2300248

[2026-03-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Fiction in translation] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Shahrnush Parsipur: ‘The women of Iran will cause the fall of the Islamic Republic’

Snippet: As her banned 1989 novella, Women Without Men, is published for the first time in the UK, the Iranian author looks back on a life of resistance and repression

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/15/shahrnush-parsipur-the-women-of-iran-will-cause-the-fall-of-the-islamic-republic

[2026-03-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: The next generation of AI warfare is here—how we handle it is crucial to our own survival

Snippet: President Trump’s historic dismantling of the Iranian regime is unfolding at blinding speed, showcasing the next generation of AI warfare. Far from replacing human judgment, the US military’s use of AI in Iran has focused in large measure on solving one of war’s oldest and most vexing problems: processing vast troves of intelligence.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/15/us-news/ai-warfare-is-here-in-the-form-of-quadcopters-and-high-tech-drones/

[2026-03-15 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: US-Israeli strikes kill 223 women in Iran since start of war: Fars

Snippet: Iran's Fars News agency reported that 223 women have been killed in attacks since the start of the war, including three pregnant women.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-israeli-strikes-kill-223-women-iran-start-war-fars

[2026-03-15 22:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again | Simon Tisdall

Snippet: Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/us-iran-war-donald-trump-failure

[2026-03-15 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Egyptian Foreign Minister to begin 'solidarity tour' of Gulf

Snippet: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty will head to Qatar on Sunday as part of a tour of the Gulf to "research regional developments" during the US-Israel war on Iran.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/egyptian-foreign-minister-begin-solidarity-tour-gulf

[2026-03-15 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Iran vows to kill Israel's Netanyahu as impact of war on Gulf region widens

Snippet: Tehran on Sunday vowed to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continued to threaten oil supplies in the Gulf.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/15/iran-war.html

[2026-03-15 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Price caps, taking the stairs, and short-sleeved shirts: How countries are coping with the Iran war energy shock

Snippet: Countries around the world have scrambled to cope with the fallout of the energy shock from the Iran war, imposing measures from fuel export bans, loosening refining standards, and even getting workers to climb stairs instead of taking elevators.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/15/price-caps-and-stairs-how-nations-are-coping-with-the-iran-oil-shock.html

[2026-03-15 21:25 UTC+10:00] [pollution] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Black rain’: Iran war’s toxic pollution will spread and last for decades

Snippet: Missiles and bombs contain pollutants which are released into the air, soil and water when they explode and crash, posing many health risks

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3346662/black-rain-iran-wars-toxic-pollution-will-spread-and-last-decades

[2026-03-15 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Iran‑allied groups join in Mideast war as Yemen's Houthis hold back

Snippet: Houthi supporters hold posters of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an attack by Israel and the U.S., next to a giant Iranian flag as they protest the war on Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-iran-war-gulf-us-israel-1fc2a646d0cc42131385e7e61c409565

[2026-03-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘War leader’ Trump fixates on trivial matters as Iran death toll mounts

Snippet: Experts query ‘mix-up of priorities’ as president plays golf, posts old pictures and repeats details of Bill Maher feud

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/trump-iran-war-truth-social-pictures

[2026-03-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: How the US war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack – and how that may be the point

Snippet: ‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/us-iran-war-terrorist-attack

[2026-03-15 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: 'Dubai is safe': UAE pushes to contain fallout from Iran onslaught

Snippet: DUBAI — Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government's message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/15/world/dubai-is-safe-uae-pushes-to-contain-fallout-from-iran-onslaught/2300234

[2026-03-15 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Iran says ready to help investigate strikes on civilian areas

Snippet: Iran's foreign minister has denied that Tehran has targeted civilian or residential areas in the Middle East, saying the country is ready to form a committee with its neighbours to investigate responsibility for such strikes.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-ready-help-investigate-strikes-civilian-areas

[2026-03-15 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Trump says US may hit Iran’s Kharg Island again ‘just for fun’

Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island and urged allies to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway critical for global energy supplies, as Tehran promises to ⁠intensify its response.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/15/trump-says-us-may-hit-irans-kharg-island-again-just-for-fun

[2026-03-15 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: War on Iran: How Algeria and Morocco manoeuvre the fallout

Snippet: The Maghreb is following the US-Israeli war on Iran and its expansion across the Middle East with particular interest, and for good reason: the geopolitical and economic implications of this major crisis will certainly impact regional balances in North Africa as well.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/war-iran-how-algeria-and-morocco-manoeuvre-fallout