Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-25 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two United Nations experts have called on Israel to immediately release Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya from detention following reports that he had been subjected to "severe torture".
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[2026-03-25 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring at the King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, file)
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[2026-03-25 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the Covid pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The knock at the door came early on 1 April 2024, around 6.30am. It was my 19-year-old nephew, Mohammed, carrying a small bag of flour - no more than two kilos' worth. My sister Raghda hugged him with joy and set out for the bakery, where our neighbours would make bread for us.
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[2026-03-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week pushed back when asked whether stagflation posed a threat to the U.S. economy. His successor may face a tougher challenge, as Wall Street forecasters raise their expectations of recession, brought on in part by the Iran war and potential for higher prices.
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[2026-03-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El sol se pone tras los edificios del distrito bancario de Fráncofrt, Alemania, la tarde del martes 24 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even though Donald Trump has postponed his trip to China, an academic forum heard that both sides still hoped to keep things on an even keel
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[2026-03-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the business” in the past, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz revealed to “Pod Force One.”
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[2026-03-25 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations has warned that strikes near nuclear facilities in Iran and Israel risk triggering a catastrophic escalation, as the Israeli-US war on Iran enters its fourth week.
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[2026-03-25 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields fell sharply on Wednesday as investors weighed reports that a potential plan to end the Middle East conflict could be in sight.
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[2026-03-25 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sun has set behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, late Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-25 20:44 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-25 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A billboard of Pakistan’s premier domestic T20 the Pakistan Super League, which will take place in empty stadiums due to the recent spike in oil prices, is displayed at a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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[2026-03-25 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.
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[2026-03-25 20:40 UTC+10:00] [Netherlands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Arrests came after police said they were investigating an online claim of responsibility by a little-known Islamist group with links to Iran
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[2026-03-25 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An aerial attack on a military base in western Iraq’s Anbar province has killed seven fighters and wounded 13, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Defence.
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[2026-03-25 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned Wednesday that the Middle East war presented a "far worse" scenario than the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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[2026-03-25 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Abu Dhabi Festival] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation programming adviser Toufic Maatouk shares why the Iran war doesn’t worry him. But not everyone agrees
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[2026-03-25 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has accused Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu of aiming to replicate the scale of devastation seen in Gaza in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-25 20:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s largest conglomerates are introducing new energy-saving measures in line with government policy, as a surge in oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict increases pressure on Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
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[2026-03-25 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli parliamentary committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to introduce the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, with final votes expected as early as next week.
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[2026-03-25 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s Cosco Shipping Lines has also reopened Middle East bookings, signalling a tentative return while warning instability may still disrupt services
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[2026-03-25 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Long lines of motorcycles and cars were growing in front of petrol stations in Kinshasa this week, with fear of shortages and price hikes, as the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo began to feel the effects of Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-25 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations’ top human rights official has warned that the war involving Iran risks spiralling beyond the region, urging urgent action to halt the fighting.
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[2026-03-25 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Masrat Mukhtar touched the gold earrings her father gave her on her last birthday. She wore them on the second day of Eid al-Fitr, walked through Budgam in central Kashmir, and placed them on the donation table.
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[2026-03-25 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said that Washington is engaged in “productive” talks with Iran. Publicly, Iranian officials have rejected Trump’s claims, calling them fake news designed to ease oil prices.
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[2026-03-25 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gaza City – On a street corner in Gaza City’s Remal market, Abdulrahman al-Awadi stands inside a small tarpaulin-made tent that he set up as a mobile phone charging station, a job that emerged during the war and has since become his livelihood.
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[2026-03-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: American foreign policy has long rested on a simple premise: Impose enough economic pain, and adversaries will eventually give in. This approach often works when leaders conclude that their survival depends on compromise. But it fails in societies where, to paraphrase an old Arabic adage, honor matters more than bread.
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[2026-03-25 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An overnight strike on a military base in Iraq’s western Anbar province has killed seven security personnel and wounded others, the defence ministry said, a day after the same site came under attack.
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[2026-03-25 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISINYA, Kenia (AP) — La industria florícola de Kenia ha reportado pérdidas semanales de hasta 1,4 millones de dólares desde que comenzó la guerra con Irán, y los productores atribuyen las pérdidas a una caída de la demanda y a interrupciones en los envíos.
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[2026-03-25 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Farmers in the northern hemisphere are heading into the crucial spring months, during which major fieldwork must begin. Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.
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[2026-03-25 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine have targeted each other’s energy facilities in tit-for-tat attacks, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power, officials from both countries said, as the world’s attention has shifted to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-03-25 19:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has sent gift packages worth about 5 million won ($3,500) to around 500 employees stationed in the Middle East, as regional tensions following the Iran conflict continue to weigh on expatriate staff, the company said Wednesday.
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[2026-03-25 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISINYA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a decline in demand and shipping disruptions.
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[2026-03-25 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s military has said the United States is failing in its war and negotiating with itself to save face, dismissing claims by US President Donald Trump that talks are under way to end the conflict.
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[2026-03-25 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that an overnight Israeli strike killed two people and destroyed a house in the Nabatieh area in south Lebanon.
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[2026-03-25 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The ASX has responded positively to softer inflation figures and talk about a ceasefire in the Middle East. (AAP: Steven Markham)
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will convene a meeting of national cabinet on Monday as his government contemplates a national plan on fuel conservation to offset the risk of a supply shortage late next month due to the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fuel stocks at same level as when US and Israel launched their war on Iran a month ago, energy minister says
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[2026-03-25 18:51 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tony Burke says decisions about permanent stays should be ‘deliberate decisions of the government, not a random consequence of who booked a holiday’
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[2026-03-25 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has issued far-reaching demands to Iran to end the war, conditions that Tehran is likely to view as a non-starter, sources familiar with the matter have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-25 18:36 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-25 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli health ministry on Wednesday said that 204 injured people have been taken to hospitals in the past 24 hours, as a result of the conflict with Iran, bringing the number of hospitalisations due to the fighting to over 5,000.
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[2026-03-25 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran on Tuesday appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as the successor to Ali Larijani — who was killed in an air strike last week — as the head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
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[2026-03-25 18:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks closed more than 1 percent higher Wednesday, on growing optimism the US-Iran war could end soon. The Korean won fell against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-25 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea stepped up its emergency economic planning on Wednesday as Prime Minister Kim Min-seok warned the government must prepare for "worst-case scenarios" from a Middle East conflict that has shown no sign of abating.
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[2026-03-25 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Volkswagen is exploring plans to convert a German car factory into a production hub for Israel’s missile defence systems, deepening ties between Europe’s industrial base and Israel’s war machine.
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[2026-03-25 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. inflation rate stood firm at 3% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which marked the last reading before the start of the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Khalid Jamal, a middle-aged Palestinian father, is describing the moment Israeli soldiers took over his home in al-Rehiyya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
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