Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, an area Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday described as a “security zone”, spelling out for the first time Israel’s intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of the country.
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[2026-03-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The second meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed to ensure the orderly functioning of the public service because of the Middle East crisis was held yesterday (24) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya in the chair.
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[2026-03-26 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held a telephone conversation on Tuesday (24) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the escalating war situation in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-26 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is “prepared to unleash hell” on Iran if it won’t “come to a deal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday — as thousands of US Marines arrive in the region for a possible mission to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-26 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Flying debris killed one Palestinian and wounded seven others who had gathered near the site of an air strike in central Gaza, according to Al-Aqsa hospital.
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[2026-03-26 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday it was still in talks with Iran despite Tehran reportedly rejecting a US plan to end the war -- but warned President Donald Trump is ready to "unleash hell" if there is no deal.
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[2026-03-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,’ Iranian state television quoted an official as saying
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[2026-03-26 05:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-26 05:38 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The conflict in Iran has absorbed global attention, but attacks on civilian infrastructure and occupation threats must be challenged
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[2026-03-26 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has made a surprise announcement that talks with Iran over the war were going well. (Supplied: White House)
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[2026-03-26 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: About a dozen Palestinian families have been pushed out of their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, as human rights groups warn that Israel is intensifying a wave of forced displacement across the area.
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[2026-03-26 05:21 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Thursday, March 26.
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[2026-03-26 05:20 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-26 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Majid Mousavi, commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, said any threats or ultimatums against Iran should be seen as an act of war.
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[2026-03-26 05:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran are pushing stocks higher again on Wall Street Wednesday, while oil prices ease.
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[2026-03-26 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has rejected a US proposal to end the war with the Islamic Republic, setting out its own conditions for peace, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-03-26 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump escucha a un periodista durante la toma de posesión del secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Markwayne Mullin, en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el martes 24 de marzo de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-26 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has evacuated another 163 staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, according to state-run RIA news agency.
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[2026-03-26 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens to a reporter during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-26 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: London, United Kingdom – A month after being released on bail, pro-Palestine activists who participated in a months-long hunger strike in prison are planning on taking legal action over their alleged mistreatment.
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[2026-03-26 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: UCLA has been slammed with a lawsuit Tuesday after allegedly withholding records related to one of its “Activists in Residence,” who once called Hamas’ Oct.7 terrorist attack “justice.”
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[2026-03-26 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has called on the UN Security Council to “unequivocally” condemn Hezbollah and designate it a “terrorist” organisation.
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[2026-03-26 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A residential building in Tabriz, north-western Iran, was hit in an air strike. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)
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[2026-03-26 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia said Wednesday it was "deeply outraged" by a reported strike on the grounds of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which it partially constructed and helps operate.
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[2026-03-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An employee works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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[2026-03-26 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — National Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, whose country the Philippines has declared an energy emergency as a result of the Middle East war, said on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened "immediately".
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[2026-03-26 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, right, and U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum meet at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-03-26 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — State media in Iran said Wednesday that Tehran had rejected a US plan to end fighting, as the head of the United Nations warned that the Middle East war was spiraling out of control.
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[2026-03-26 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-03-26 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Goldman Sachs' senior chairman and ex-CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that the damage from the Iran war "is going to last," even if there were "a resolution tomorrow" — and urged investors to prioritize contingency planning amid the turmoil.
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[2026-03-26 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the war on Iran lurches towards its second month, a steady stream of voices from the intelligence communities in the US and Israel are making public their dissension with the whole project.
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[2026-03-26 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said his country reserves the right to respond to Iranian attacks.
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[2026-03-26 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Racist remarks attributed to a close aide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have caused a political stir in Israel, after Channel 12 News on Tuesday revealed disparaging comments about Mizrahi Jews.
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[2026-03-26 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Palestinian toddler was returned from a 10-hour detention by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip with apparent cigarette burns on his thighs, according to medical reports.
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[2026-03-26 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-26 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Iran’s attack on the kingdom’s energy facilities was “a blatant attempt at blackmail”.
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[2026-03-26 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday reaffirmed the UK's support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after being asked about Middle East Eye's revelation that a judges' panel cleared its British chief prosecutor Karim Khan of misconduct.
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[2026-03-26 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FOR weeks, everyone has been fully immersed in a never-ending flood of bad news, whether we want to be or not, and it has been nigh-impossible to find clouds that have any sort of silver lining. And, as has been pointed out many times by experts of every level of sophistication, because it is the only conclusion that can be reached by anybody with an IQ bigger than their shoe size, even the most optimistic scenarios for a quick end
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[2026-03-26 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-26 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly four weeks into Operation Epic Fury, United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington is engaged in negotiations with Tehran – talks that Iran denies are happening – while amassing thousands of troops in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The war in the Middle East could cause the "worst industrial crisis in living memory", the head of the International Chamber of Commerce has warned.
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[2026-03-26 02:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pakistani intermediaries deliver 15-point plan but some proposals proved intractable in previous negotiations
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[2026-03-26 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have entered the neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem to evict 11 Palestinians families from their homes.
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[2026-03-26 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s state broadcaster Press TV says, quoting a “senior political-security official”, that Iran has rejected a US proposal aimed at ending the current war.
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[2026-03-26 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An unnamed Iranian official has told state TV that Tehran rejects the US proposal for ending the war, and has instead outlined five of its own conditions.
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[2026-03-26 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rising costs of agricultural fertilizers, triggered by ongoing tensions in the Middle East, are threatening Africa's fragile food security.
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[2026-03-26 02:21 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s restrictive voting bill, ICE agents at US airports and a mysterious ‘gift’ from Iran
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[2026-03-26 02:08 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenItaly, RomePeople take part in the Barefoot Walk – Mothers’ Call for Peace, appealing for an end to violence and the protection of children affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflictPhotograph: Stefano Carofei/Sintesi/SIPA/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenKhan Younis, Gaza StripPalestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchenPhotograph: Haseeb Alwazeer/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenNabatieh, LebanonThe mother of a paramedic killed in an Israeli strike mourns over the bodyPhotograph: Yara Nardi/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenKuwait City, KuwaitSmoke rises from Kuwait international airport after
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[2026-03-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state television, citing a senior official, said Wednesday that Iran had rejected a ceasefire plan proposed by the United States to end the war.
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[2026-03-26 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has sent Iran a 15-point peace proposal demanding the dismantlement of its nuclear program, curbs on missiles, and an end to support for regional allies, US and Israeli media outlets report. Iran has denied holding talks with the US, and has reportedly insisted on several major concessions, including ending its military presence in the Gulf.
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