Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-14 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel and the United States are reshaping the strategic balance of the Middle East through a joint military campaign aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities and weakening its network of proxy militias, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday night.
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[2026-03-14 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERBIL, Iraque — A drone strike killed two members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in northern Iraq on Friday, a senior official from the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran.
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[2026-03-14 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: War Secretary Pete Hegseth took aim at CNN’s coverage of the war in Iran, saying that “the sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,” as Paramount Skydance moves ahead with its $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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[2026-03-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tehran residents report relentless bombing with US and Israeli planes launching wave of attacks
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[2026-03-14 03:36 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US defense head is eager to frame operation as a success – and slam journalists for not portraying it in a positive light
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[2026-03-14 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has launched a new phase of its assault on Iran, targeting checkpoints manned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) based on tip-offs from informants on the ground, Reuters is reporting, citing a source briefed on Israel's military strategy.
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[2026-03-14 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday that American forces would strike Iranian targets "very hard" in the coming days, signaling an intensification of the US-Israeli campaign as the war in the Middle East approaches its third week.
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[2026-03-14 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday said it is working with its attached agency, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), to ensure stable access to farm inputs following concerns of global petroleum supply disruption amid the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-14 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
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[2026-03-14 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El humo de una explosión se levanta detrás de los manifestantes que asistieron a la manifestación del Día Quds, o Día de Jerusalén, que se celebra anualmente en contra de Israel en apoyo de los palestinos, en Teherán, Irán, el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026. (Mohammad Mahdi Dehghani/Fars News Agency vía AP)
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[2026-03-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-14 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran is starting to weigh on Turkey's economy, as inflation continues to exceed expectations and Ankara faces both an outflow of foreign investors and a widening current account deficit.
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[2026-03-14 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is facing a dilemma that could define its role in the escalating confrontation with Iran. Supporting Washington’s military campaign may strengthen transatlantic unity, but it also risks dragging the continent into a conflict that could trigger severe economic and energy consequences for the bloc.
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[2026-03-14 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is facing a dilemma that could define its role in the escalating confrontation with Iran. Supporting Washington’s military campaign may strengthen transatlantic unity, but it also risks dragging the continent into a conflict that could trigger severe economic and energy consequences for the bloc.
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[2026-03-14 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran is starting to weigh on Turkey's economy, as inflation continues to exceed expectations and Ankara faces both an outflow of foreign investors and a widening current account deficit.
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[2026-03-14 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The state government of Punjab held a moment of silence in solidarity with the Iranian people last week, becoming the first and only Indian state to directly condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-14 02:23 UTC+10:00] [Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth downplays worries over vital shipping lane but offers few details about US measures to restore oil flow
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[2026-03-14 02:15 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By choking the world’s energy artery, Tehran is betting it can endure longer than a far stronger enemy
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[2026-03-14 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-03-14 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-14 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has claimed that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been wounded in US-Israeli attacks on the country.
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[2026-03-14 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: GENEVA — Pushing back on US President Donald Trump’s comments, Iran’s national soccer team says “no one can exclude” it from playing in the men’s World Cup in the United States.
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[2026-03-14 01:24 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenMieh Mieh, LebanonAn injured woman is helped away from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a town east of SidonPhotograph: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenTehran, IranRescue workers search for survivors in the rubble after a strike in the capitalPhotograph: Sajjad Safari/APShareView image in fullscreenTehran, IranSecurity forces stand guard next to a billboard of the country’s new leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during an al-Quds Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on
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[2026-03-14 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The war on Iran will ultimately be solved by diplomatic means, one of the UAE's top diplomats has said.
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[2026-03-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While its weapons, materiel and personnel are on their way to the conflict, Australia finds itself part of a coalition of the reticent, insisting its role is purely defensive
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[2026-03-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s not all fun and games
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[2026-03-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The path to this reckless war was paved by the collapse of accountability in Washington
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[2026-03-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Matt Canavan has emerged as the leader of the National party. But, ask Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry, is he the right person to take on One Nation? And will the upcoming South Australian election be an extinction-level event for the Coalition?
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[2026-03-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While cutting-edge technologies process vast amounts of data, human decisions remain the focal point when systems fail, observers say
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[2026-03-14 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una mujer se sienta sobre los escombros frente a un edificio residencial dañado el domingo durante la campaña aérea de Estados Unidos e Israel en Teherán, Irán, el jueves 12 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-14 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States and Israel have struck more than 15,000 targets since launching a war against Iran last month, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.
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[2026-03-14 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: France’s President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, Friday, March 13, 2026, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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[2026-03-14 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los jugadores de la selección de Irán posan para una foto previo a un partido contra Corea del Norte por las eliminatorias del Mundial, el 10 de junio de 2025, en Teherán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-14 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces attend a funeral in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 13, 2026 for colleagues who were killed in an airstrike in Qaim. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
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[2026-03-14 00:21 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy prices have soared as Iranian strikes and reports of mines prevent ships from transiting the chokepoint
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[2026-03-14 00:12 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-14 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran’s missile volume is “down 90%” and that its on-way suicide drone attacks have decreased 95%.
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[2026-03-14 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The International Energy Agency (IEA), a global energy watchdog, with several of the wealthiest countries as member nations, has announced the largest release of government oil reserves in its history, two weeks after the United States and Israel started their war on Iran with strikes on Tehran.
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[2026-03-14 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The prospect of a U.S. move to seize Kharg Island, a strategically vital hub often referred to as Iran's "oil lifeline," is considered extremely high risk, both from a geopolitical and economic standpoint.
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[2026-03-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Detroit] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Drivers in Detroit are unhappy with the spike in gas prices, even if reactions are mixed to the US-Israel war on Iran
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[2026-03-13 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: With the eyes of the world on the United States and Israel’s war in Iran, Israeli strikes and raids in Gaza and settler attacks and military operations in the occupied West Bank have continued unabated.
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[2026-03-13 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “Why we should go to war” ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the commentator Julie Burchill.
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[2026-03-13 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts see ‘diplomatic bulletproofing’ in vessels leveraging Beijing’s neutrality, while some Chinese-linked ships clear chokepoint
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[2026-03-13 23:30 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Inevitably, the world will be split between those committed to peace and harmony, and those who want to fight to secure dominance
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[2026-03-13 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ridiculed Iran’s leadership Friday — claiming the theocracy’s “rat”-like executives had “gone underground” and that new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “likely disfigured.”
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[2026-03-13 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “Why we should go to war” ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the commentator Julie Burchill.
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[2026-03-13 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tension hangs over Dubai. Social occasions and day-to-day activities are being interrupted by evacuation alerts and flashes in the sky as air defenses intercept drones, but much of life continues as normal, residents told CNBC.
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[2026-03-13 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday brushed aside concerns that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz because of the Iran war, which has spiked oil prices, would continue being a problem for the U.S. and the world for much longer.
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[2026-03-13 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-13 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Uncertainty continues to reign over global supply chains and Middle East-based projects as the Iran war nears the two-week mark.
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