Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-26 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, expanded the military’s list of targets in Lebanon to include all bridges over the country’s Litani River, a focal point of the renewed Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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[2026-03-26 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has downgraded its outlook for the eurozone, warning that the Middle East war is driving up energy prices and fuelling inflation.
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[2026-03-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Journal says China should target boost stage, when ballistic missiles are slower, lack manoeuvrability and emit an intense heat signature
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[2026-03-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Reserve Bank has signalled it will push up interest rates even if the war in Iran delivers a short-term financial hit as a new report predicts Australia will be one of the world’s fastest growing economies with some of the highest inflation this year and next.
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[2026-03-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s still not clear who was behind Monday’s perfectly timed bets on stocks and oil that came just minutes before President Trump signaled a pause on Iran attacks – but the resulting windfall was likely worth between $40 million and $50 million, On The Money has learned.
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[2026-03-26 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran is preparing legislation that would impose tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian state-aligned media.
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[2026-03-26 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Gulf states issued a joint statement on Thursday condemning Iran's "blatant" and "criminal" attacks against their energy infrastructure, signaling a readiness to act in "self defense" in the future.
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[2026-03-26 20:34 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Move marks second increase in recent weeks, with airline pointing to ‘considerable pressure’ from higher jet fuel prices due to conflict in Middle East
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[2026-03-26 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Foreign ministers from the G7 meet outside Paris from Thursday with European nations and allies seeking to narrow differences with the US on the Middle East war while keeping other crises like Ukraine and Gaza high on the agenda.
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[2026-03-26 20:11 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: EU lawmakers are expected to back a deal but will want to implement safeguards
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[2026-03-26 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O texto, apresentado pelo Gana e copatrocinado por dezenas de Estados-membros da ONU, obteve 123 votos a favor, três contra e 52 abstenções. Votaram contra os Estados Unidos, Israel e a Argentina.
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[2026-03-26 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An elite Iranian navy chief who gave the green light to close the Strait of Hormuz has been killed in an airstrike on Thursday, according to a report.
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[2026-03-26 19:53 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-26 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran is having a catastrophic impact on the global economy, European members of the G7 have warned ahead of a key summit on Thursday.
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[2026-03-26 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States envoys have presented a written demand for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all its allied Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip, as part of a plan to ensure what experts say is the complete “political surrender” of the group.
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[2026-03-26 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Air Transport Industry
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[2026-03-26 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli media report that a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy has been killed.
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[2026-03-26 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump declared victory over Iran’s nuclear threat after boasting US and Israeli forces cut out the “cancer” – before going on to claim that the Islamic Republic is “afraid” of striking a deal.
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[2026-03-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Markets might be convinced Trump will chicken out again, but that won’t reassure Asian nations scrambling to deal with energy shortages
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[2026-03-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Donald Trump started a reckless war against Iran with no plan for victory. Now, a month into a conflict ravaging the global economy, he has no strategy to get out of it. That was the grim and refreshingly honest message from Germany’s defence minister during a visit to Canberra on Thursday.
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[2026-03-26 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Gaza’s central city of Deir al‑Balāḥ was hit by an Israeli airstrike on 26 March near tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing at least one person and injuring seven others, according to Al‑Aqsa Hospital. The attack matters because Deir al‑Balāḥ has become a refuge for families displaced by months of war, and even areas used for shelter are increasingly exposed to danger.
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[2026-03-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military says one of its soldiers has been killed during its ongoing invasion in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-26 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Civil War air-raid shelters unearthed in Barcelona, polls show a majority in Spain oppose Iran war, plotting jihadist arrested in Mallorca, and more news on Thursday March 26th.
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[2026-03-26 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah announced that it had hit the settlement of Kiryat Shmona with missiles.
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[2026-03-26 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The former chief of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service has said Iran has the upper hand in its war with Israel and the US.
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[2026-03-26 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hours after the first salvos of the U.S. and Israel's "pre-emptive" strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, the data analytics firm Kpler observed vessels in the Persian Gulf making unusual maneuvers, with location data from ships in the Gulf showing vessels traveling over land and making sharp turns in polygonal paths.
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[2026-03-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s economy is more resilient than most, but a decline in global demand sparked by the war would hurt Chinese exporters, analyst warns
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[2026-03-26 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasuries rose on Thursday as investors digested mixed messages around the state of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.
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[2026-03-26 18:53 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-26 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A top Iraqi Kurdish commander has told Middle East Eye his forces have no plans to invade Iran but that he is exasperated by Iranian attacks on their bases.
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[2026-03-26 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the US-Israel war on Iran expands, attacks by Israel and the United States killed two teenagers in Shiraz, while two people were reportedly killed in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi.
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[2026-03-26 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army's spokesperson said in a statement that one soldier was killed and two others were wounded in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-26 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Organized labor called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to include the over five million minimum wage earners in the government's cash-support program to ease the impact of the rising costs fueled by the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-26 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has removed Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf off its hit-list at the request of Pakistan, an official from the country told Reuters on Thursday.
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[2026-03-26 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Manifestantes progubernamentales ondean banderas iraníes mientras uno sostiene una imagen del líder supremo, el ayatolá Mojtaba Jamenei, durante un acto en una plaza en el oeste de Teherán, Irán, el 25 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-26 18:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Israeli army's headquarters of the Northern Command, located in the city of Safed, with a missile barrage.
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[2026-03-26 18:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks plunged by more than 3 percent Thursday as investors closely watch the developments in peace talks between the United States and Iran. The Korean won fell against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-26 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A salvo from Iran heading towards central Israel was detected, making it the fourth in the past two hours.
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[2026-03-26 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump is moving airborne troops and extra Marines to the Gulf amid speculation that he might order a ground operation
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[2026-03-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: More than four weeks into the war, Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are going well, but Iran denies any negotiations are taking place.
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[2026-03-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China is pushing firms to release their fertiliser reserves in time for the vital spring planting season, as supplies of key inputs tighten
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[2026-03-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The White House insisted that peace talks with Iran are ongoing, even as Tehran publicly rejected US overtures and issued fresh conditions of its own to end the conflict that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and global markets.
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[2026-03-26 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mohammad had been displaced from Aitaroun in Lebanon's south, close to the Israeli border. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)
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[2026-03-26 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-03-26 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: London’s Metropolitan Police warns that anyone showing support for Palestine Action is now “likely to be arrested”, weeks after the force said it would not do so.
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[2026-03-26 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Homebuyers lose confidence amid higher rates and Iran war-linked price rises across the economy, buyers agent says
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[2026-03-26 17:39 UTC+10:00] [Zhao Leji] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing will continue promoting free trade, openness and a sound legal system for business, top legislator says
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[2026-03-26 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah announced that it targeted a Merkava in Qantara, southern Lebanon, bringing the number of Israeli tanks targeted in the area to seven.
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[2026-03-26 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-26 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sirens have sounded off in Israel as a third wave of Iranian attacks in the past hour and a half were detected, according to local media reports.
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