Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-30 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Os rebeldes houthi do Iêmen, aliados do Irã, romperam sua aparente contenção diante do conflito que atinge Teerã e dispararam dois ataques a mísseis contra Israel neste sábado (29/03) – sua primeira ofensiva desde o início do conflito.
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[2026-03-30 07:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that his regional counterparts had covered possible ways to bring an early and permanent end to the war in the Middle East. Source: Getty / Anadolu
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[2026-03-30 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has thanked Iraq for backing Tehran in the war against the United States and Israel, according to a message carried by Iranian media.
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[2026-03-30 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Michael O'Brien and Daniel Capps are calling on the federal government to prioritise getting fuel to the fishing industry. (ABC News: Marcus Kennedy)
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[2026-03-30 07:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: While the rationale for US President Donald Trump’s Iran war is difficult to decipher, its main beneficiary is far easier to identify: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-03-30 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-03-30 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that both his father and presidential uncle would have approached the wars in Iran and Ukraine the same way as President Trump — who is an “empath’’ with an “encyclopedic’’ brain.
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and maritime devices now serve as key enablers of deep strikes, precision targeting, and real-time intelligence. Armed remotely piloted aircraft – commonly known as “drones” – are now central to many military operations. The use of uncrewed vehicles in armed conflicts has grown significantly in recent years, raising humanitarian, legal and operational concerns.
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: From today onwards, the majority of people will go to the ATM, bank, and pawning centre, or to meet a rich friend/relative. That is to borrow some money to ‘celebrate’ the New Year. During the past few weeks, they have spent all their money, especially salaries and bonuses, to make their homes mini storages of supermarkets and ‘mini fuel storages’!
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[2026-03-30 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tens of thousands of people have joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions. (AP video by Mike Pesoli, Mark Vancleave and Emily Wang)
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[2026-03-30 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s Health Ministry says more than 1,200 people have been killed over the past four weeks, as Israeli attacks intensify across the country.
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[2026-03-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Crowds of people protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Trump’s actions, in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and in Europe. Minnesota took center stage, in what organisers said were mass demonstrations involving millions of people.
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[2026-03-30 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has hit its one-month anniversary and it appears the conflict is sprawling with the entry of the Houthis into the fray.
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[2026-03-30 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is facing its most serious economic shock in decades, as the Israeli-US war on Iran delivers a direct hit to its core industries, from finance to aviation, exposing major vulnerabilities in its economic model.
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[2026-03-30 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The early celebrations over the increase in remittances to Pakistan in the first two months of this year proved short-lived following the US attack on Iran. Now, there are fears of the remittance inflow reducing by US$ 3-4 billion as well as disrupting overseas employment. All this is likely to exacerbate socio-economic challenges in Pakistan which is often described as a financially fragile and politically unstable state.
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[2026-03-30 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Qatar and Ukraine have signed a defence agreement seeking joint expertise on countering threats from missiles and drones, according to Qatar’s Ministry of Defence, as Iran continues attacking its Gulf neighbours.
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[2026-03-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A new actor has stepped into a war already being waged on multiple fronts: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who launched their first missile in months at Israel on Saturday.
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[2026-03-30 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel barred Catholic officials from privately praying at a historic Jerusalem church for the first time in centuries over security concerns involving the war — sparking outcry from US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
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[2026-03-30 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los postes de luz son apagados para ahorrar electricidad en El Cairo, Egipto, el 28 de marzo del 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
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[2026-03-30 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Three warships from San Diego and more than 2,000 Marines headed to the Middle East may have a crucial role to play in the U.S. fight against Iran.
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[2026-03-30 05:54 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-30 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican, has said Congress should have a say in any decisions to deploy troops to Iran, further underscoring division within US President Donald Trump’s political party.
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[2026-03-30 05:47 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-30 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anthony Albanese has stepped in to steer messaging over the fuel crisis. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-03-30 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-03-30 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles drive as light poles are switched off to save electricity, as part of a series of measures the government has taken to mitigate the fallout of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
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[2026-03-30 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Jordan as he continues his tour to bolster defence ties in the Gulf amid the ongoing United States and Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-30 05:27 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fresh Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping would be devastating – but the Iranian proxy has reasons to be cautious
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[2026-03-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Middle Eastern food has long been associated with hearty, home-style cooking, colourful family-run restaurants and bustling takeaways. But over the past 12 months, several new openings have reimagined the region’s rich culinary traditions, offering fresh takes on classic dishes, honed with precision and technique.
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[2026-03-30 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to further expand invasions of southern Lebanon, as regional tensions spike amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-30 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned Israel after authorities blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from leading Palm Sunday Mass at one of Christianity’s holiest sites.
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[2026-03-30 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NEW DELHI — Two liquefied petroleum gas tankers, BW Elm and BW Tyr, are crossing the Strait of Hormuz bound for India, according to ship tracking data from LSEG and Kpler.
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[2026-03-30 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Politico was forced to yank a controversial cartoon depicting a blood-soaked President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an oversized nose sitting among bags of cash.
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[2026-03-30 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan says it is stepping up diplomatic efforts to halt the widening Israeli-US war on Iran, hosting regional powers for urgent talks in Islamabad.
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[2026-03-30 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict shows signs of entering new, more dangerous phase as additional 3,500 US troops arrive in the Middle East
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[2026-03-30 03:43 UTC+10:00] [Farid Jubran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police said the Church of the Holy Sepulchre had been notified that no mass could take place on Palm Sunday because of safety considerations
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[2026-03-30 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US and Israeli attacks on Iran have driven up prices, darkened the outlook for the world economy, sent global stock markets reeling, and forced developing countries to ration fuel and subsidize energy costs to protect their poorest.
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[2026-03-30 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El cardenal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarca latino de Jerusalén, se sienta en la iglesia de Todas las Naciones durante el Domingo de Ramos, en Jerusalén, el domingo 29 de marzo de 2026. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo vía AP)
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. The poster in the background reads in Arabic: “Honor, sacrifice and loyalty”. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-03-30 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-03-30 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers on Sunday appointed veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy as the head of the 22-member Arab League, at a time the Middle East is plunged in a monthlong Iran war that shows no sign of abating.
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[2026-03-30 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli police have prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark Palm Sunday Mass.
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[2026-03-30 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthis have entered the Iran war by launching strikes on Israel, and some analysts have warned their arrival could open another front in the conflict – the potential blockade of Bab al-Mandeb, a strait that presents another chokepoint in the global commodities trade.
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[2026-03-30 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jerusalem’s major holy sites are shuttered and families are dejected and exhausted ahead of Passover and Easter as the Iran war rages on, now in its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday morning.
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[2026-03-30 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Authorities in southern Israel have urged residents to remain indoors over fears of a hazardous materials leak following a missile strike on a chemical storage facility in the Neot Hovav industrial zone.
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[2026-03-30 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran entered its 30th day, key regional powers have converged on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, in a bid to de-escalate the fighting in the Middle East, which has caused a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-30 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A polícia israelense impediu o Patriarca Latino de Jerusalém, o cardeal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, de entrar na Igreja do Santo Sepulcro para celebrar a missa de Domingo de Ramos, uma das datas mais importantes do cristianismo.
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