Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-28 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: For the first time in more than two years, athletes in the embattled Gaza Strip have taken part in what has been described as a “marathon”.
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[2026-03-28 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan has eased a key financial regulation to make it easier for exporters to send goods to and through Iran, according to a report on Friday by Pakistan's Profit magazine.
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[2026-03-28 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police detain Nerdeen Kiswani, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstration group “Within Our Lifetime” during a protest, Friday, April. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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[2026-03-28 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s probably gay and likely incapacitated new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hasn’t been seen publicly in month — but it has nothing to do with poor health, the evil regime has claimed.
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[2026-03-28 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A supply vessel boat sits near an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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[2026-03-28 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has called on industrial companies and industries allied with the US and Israel to immediately leave their workplaces after a heavy-water plant and a yellowcake production plant were targeted, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.
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[2026-03-28 03:39 UTC+10:00] [Justice Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Photos and other personal documents, many appearing over a decade old, were released by the group Handala
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[2026-03-28 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Columnas de humo y llamas se elevan tras un ataque militar israelí contra un objetivo cerca de un campamento de tiendas en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-03-28 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GENEVA, Switzerland — The United Nations said Friday it had launched an $80-million appeal to address the urgent humanitarian needs of nearly two million refugees in Iran and their host communities as the Mideast war rages.
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[2026-03-28 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese ministry of health says that 1,142 people have been killed and 3,315 injured by Israeli attacks on the country since 2 March.
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[2026-03-28 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ALL of a sudden, the tensions in the West Philippine Sea subside. While the times just past saw frequent altercations between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) over their respective assertions of sovereignty over the contested waters, the sudden outbreak of hostilities between the United States-Israel tandem on the one hand and Iran on the other now appears to have worked wonders.
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[2026-03-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday it had struck what it described as Iran’s most central production site for missiles and naval mines, targeting a major hub used to develop advanced weapons systems for the Iranian Navy.
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[2026-03-28 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-28 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FBI Director Kash Patel, listens during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-03-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is only certain it has destroyed around a third of Iran's missiles, despite comments from President Donald Trump boasting of military success.
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[2026-03-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke and flames rise following an Israeli military strike on a target next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March, 25, 2026.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-03-28 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has signed a memorandum regarding arrangements related to defence procurement with Ukraine's defence ministry in Jeddah, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Friday.
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said that the CIA told him that Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may be gay, quipping to Fox News that it puts the cleric “off to a bad start.”
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has banned its sports teams from traveling to countries it considers “hostile,” Iranian state TV reported Thursday ahead of Tractor FC’s scheduled soccer game in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-03-28 02:19 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Team make gesture before loss to Nigeria in Turkey
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[2026-03-28 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists wave Cuban and Palestinian flags from the vessel Maguro, arriving from Mexico with humanitarian aid as part of the “Nuestra America,” or Our America convoy, in Havana Bay, Cuba, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Banos)
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[2026-03-28 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanon faces the threat of a “humanitarian catastrophe”, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned, as Israel expands its weeks-long bombardment and ground invasion of the country.
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[2026-03-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: One month into their war with Iran, the United States and Israel find themselves confronting an opponent that fights more like an insurgency than a nation — using increasingly limited resources to inflict maximum pain.
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[2026-03-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts see potential hallmarks of Iranian involvement in firebombing of four ambulances in Golders Green on Monday
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[2026-03-28 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) late on Friday said that 349 Filipinos from the United Arab Emirates returned to the country.
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[2026-03-28 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as US President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down.
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[2026-03-28 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces is “on the verge of collapse” due to acute personnel shortages, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has warned, according to local media. Opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of stalling on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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[2026-03-28 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces is “on the verge of collapse” due to acute personnel shortages, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has warned, according to local media. Opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of stalling on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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[2026-03-28 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday firmly denied that Moscow is providing intelligence support to Iran, amid accusations from the European Union that Russia is aiding Tehran in targeting U.S. forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-28 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume.
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[2026-03-28 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt has ordered shops, restaurants and shopping malls to close from 9:00pm, hoping to curb energy bills that have more than doubled because of the Iran war.
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[2026-03-28 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Markets across the Gulf region have diverged sharply since the Middle East conflict began, as investors traverse big swings in energy prices and markets remain rattled by geopolitical turmoil.
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[2026-03-28 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, meanwhile, gave no signs of backing down.
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[2026-03-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It is looking awfully familiar
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[2026-03-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President’s move, dubbed Trump Always Chickens Out, appears to have soured as he loses hold on situation in Iran
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[2026-03-28 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell Friday morning as oil prices jumped above $110 a barrel and President Trump’s extended deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz failed to assuage investors.
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[2026-03-28 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its "enemies".
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[2026-03-28 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar’s prime minister has held talks with senior US officials in Washington, DC, amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran and fallout across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-28 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage shared by the Iranian Red Crescent showed damaged buildings and emergency teams at work, while Israel said it had carried out a "wide‑scale" wave of attacks in the capital and the north‑west province of West Azerbaijan. The images emerged as US media reported that Washington is considering sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East, a move that would deepen fears of a broader regional war.
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[2026-03-28 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has formally accused the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of allowing the US military to use their territory and airspace to launch and support strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to letters sent to the UN Security Council.
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[2026-03-28 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.
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[2026-03-27 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A bill "aimed at combating renewed forms of antisemitism", which is due to be debated on by parliament next month, has sparked a heated controversy in France in recent weeks.
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[2026-03-27 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US and Israel are "burning through" their supply of Tomahawk and interceptor missiles in their war on Iran, alarming some in the Pentagon.
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[2026-03-27 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Vice President Sara Duterte urges Filipinos to be prepared until the end of 2026 as the food situation in the country may become 'more difficult' due to the threat of El Nino and rains, as well as the ongoing oil price increases due to the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Moses Itauma, left, lands a blow on Australia’s Demsey McKean in their heavyweight boxing fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
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[2026-03-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Our fate increasingly depends on the state of mind of leaders who are playing a nuclear-scale game of chicken
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[2026-03-27 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine says it has signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia as Gulf countries continue to come under Iranian attack amid the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.
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[2026-03-27 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on March 27, 2026 says the Philippines' hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Leaders' Summit in May would push through despite the ongoing war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-27 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces prevented Palestinians from performing Friday prayers on Salah al-Din Street in occupied Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported.
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