Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes killed one person and destroyed homes in multiple areas in Nabatieh overnight, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
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[2026-03-31 16:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Israel’s new chief diplomat in Australia has declined to directly apologise to the family of Zomi Frankcom, as her relatives push for the Israeli investigation into the soldiers who killed the Australian aid worker in a drone strike two years ago to be resolved.
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[2026-03-31 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un cartel indica que “el combustible diésel se ha agotado” en una gasolinera en Prajuab Kirikhan, Tailandia, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Grant Peck, Archivo)
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[2026-03-31 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Portraits of Hezbollah’s late leaders Hassan Nasrallah, right, and his cousin, Hashem Safieddine, are seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-31 16:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is launching its first strategic oil swap program, lending government crude reserves to refiners in exchange for future deliveries of alternative supplies, as tensions in the Middle East threaten key shipping routes.
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[2026-03-31 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — The Iran war is squeezing a global commodities market already pressured by China's export controls and stockpiling efforts.
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[2026-03-31 16:28 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: On second anniversary of aid worker’s killing in Gaza, her family renews calls for an open and transparent investigation
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[2026-03-31 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: As global oil markets tremble amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both cheap and environmentally friendly. While gas prices soar globally, tens of millions of Brazilian drivers have a choice at the pump: fill up with 100% sugarcane-based ethanol or a gasoline blend that contains 30% of biofuel.
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[2026-03-31 16:16 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Savings from a 26 cent a litre cut to fuel excise tax could be wiped out within weeks with the global oil price expected to continue its climb, increasing motorists’ bills for diesel and petrol into the foreseeable future and regardless of when the Iran war ends.
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[2026-03-31 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea on Tuesday proposed a supplementary budget worth 26.2 trillion won (about $17.1 billion) to ease the burden of rising energy prices on households and industries as the Middle east conflict has created a supply crunch.
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[2026-03-31 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Tuesday as its capital was hit by fresh explosions, after US President Donald Trump threatened the country's key oil export hub, power stations and desalination plants.
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[2026-03-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Tuesday as uncertainty lingers over the likelihood of a peace deal to bring an end to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-31 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Food] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This Easter feast is steeped in the flavours and traditions of the Middle East
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[2026-03-31 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-03-31 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US struck a school and sports hall in Iran’s southern city of Lamerd with a ballistic missile previously untested in combat, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Sunday, citing its own analysis of footage and weapons experts.
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[2026-03-31 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-03-31 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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[2026-03-31 15:44 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: As Australia braces for fuel shortages and the world confronts the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran that could trigger a global recession, one country is reaping the spoils: Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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[2026-03-31 15:42 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested American troops could seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, even as he added in comments published Monday that a deal with Tehran to end the war “could be made fairly quickly.”
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[2026-03-31 15:33 UTC+10:00] [Nato] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘An alliance has to be mutually beneficial. It cannot be a one-way street. Let’s hope we can fix it,’ America’s top diplomat says
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[2026-03-31 15:33 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The won is at a 17-year low, parliament is in damage control mode and shop shelves are being stripped clean of plastic bags
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[2026-03-31 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Indonesia urged warring parties in the Middle East "to respect international humanitarian law" after three of its peacekeepers were killed in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-31 15:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul government on Tuesday proposed a supplementary budget of 26.2 trillion won ($17.1 billion) largely aimed at cushioning the impact of surging fuel prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle East that will include cash handouts for about 70 percent of the population.
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[2026-03-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Viktor Orbán] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Hungary, the Iran war is exposing tensions. Voters may decide on 12 April that the prime minister’s geopolitical contortions are a liability
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[2026-03-31 14:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters
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[2026-03-31 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Asian stocks fell sharply in early trade Tuesday and oil prices rose as the Middle East crisis further escalated with US President Donald Trump threatening to destroy Iran's main export terminal.
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[2026-03-31 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Petrol prices have skyrocketed over the last few months. (ABC News: Timothy Ailwood)
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[2026-03-31 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East, Iran is accusing Washington of privately plotting a ground assault while publicly touting ceasefire talks. Donald Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure, said his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ in Iran and that US forces could seize the regime’s export hub on Kharg Island, while also claiming he was in talks with a new ‘reasonable regime’.
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[2026-03-31 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is set to hold a press briefing on the war in Iran on Tuesday morning, its first such briefing in nearly two weeks, CNN reported.
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[2026-03-31 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Power outages in parts of Tehran were caused by shrapnel damage to electrical infrastructure, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
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[2026-03-31 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump shared video footage Monday of a massive explosion in Iran from an airstrike on Isfahan – where the majority of Tehran’s 60% enriched uranium is located.
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[2026-03-31 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Falling debris from a downed drone damaged several homes in Saudi Arabia’s al-Kharj province, the Saudi Civil Defence said.
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[2026-03-31 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity expanded in March, ending two months of contraction, the government said Tuesday, but analysts say prolonged impacts of the Iran war could weigh on growth.
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[2026-03-31 14:10 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-31 13:55 UTC+10:00] [Houthis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Any campaign by the Houthis against ships in the waterway and near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait would further roil global energy markets
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[2026-03-31 13:49 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Philippines is uniquely exposed to the surging oil price caused by the war in the Middle East. The government is facing protests and widespread anger
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[2026-03-31 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DETROIT, Michigan — An armed man who crashed his pickup truck into a major Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and had sought to inflict as much damage as he could on Jewish people, the FBI said Monday.
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[2026-03-31 13:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn't been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to US, Gulf and Israeli officials.
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[2026-03-31 13:17 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-31 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign announcing ‘Diesel fuel has run out’ is displayed on a gas staton, in Prajuab Kirikhan, Thailand, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Grant Peck, file)
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[2026-03-31 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States carried out a large-scale airstrike on a major ammunition depot in Iran’s Isfahan, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a US official.
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[2026-03-31 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States said it respects Israel’s right to determine its own laws after the Israeli parliament approved legislation allowing the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks.
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[2026-03-31 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Even in times of war, the Duterte family is still the favorite of fake news peddlers.
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[2026-03-31 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump posted a video showing a series of large explosions on his Truth Social platform, as reports emerged of new attacks on Iran.
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[2026-03-31 12:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday instructed senior officials to take bold measures to address concerns over the energy situation caused by the war in the Middle East, saying the government may issue an emergency economic decree if necessary.:
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[2026-03-31 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces said US-Israeli air strikes targeted two of its bases in the provinces of Babil and Anbar. The group said the attacks hit the 45th Brigade in the Jurf al-Nasr area of Babil and the 31st Brigade site in al-Karma, east of Anbar.
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[2026-03-31 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices reversed course to drop in early Asia trading as traders assess President Donald Trump's statements on ending the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-31 12:50 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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