Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-25 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says the United States is talking to "the right people" in Iran in an effort to end hostilities and claims the Iranians want to reach a deal very badly. Follow live.
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[2026-03-25 06:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The New York Times has reported that Trump officials have sent a 15-point plan for peace to Iran. Source: Supplied / GB News
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[2026-03-25 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: United Airlines’ top executive warned ticket prices could jump as much as 20% if oil stays elevated amid the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Largely out-gunned Iran burns from Western air attacks while over a million people are displaced in tiny Lebanon now being ruthlessly overwhelmed by Israel’s war machine. The billions of the world’s poor, the many small and weak Third World nations, are gripped in desperate anticipation of worse to come in geopolitical chaos – the current global energy crisis starkly the ominous harbinger of crippled economies and starvation.
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[2026-03-25 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Middle East war is making impacts in almost every sphere of life across the world. The war has flared up now, albeit with signs of a brief pause, in the economic sphere. The attacks on oil facilities have led to a drop in production and a surge in prices.
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[2026-03-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump is insistent that “productive” negotiations have taken place with Iran to end the war he launched with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu almost a month ago. The major problem with that narrative is that Iran’s top officials have repeatedly denied it.
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[2026-03-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump told CNN on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz will be “open very soon,” adding he’d like to see the vital shipping route under joint US and Iranian control.
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[2026-03-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least 15 fighters belonging to the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq were killed in an air strike on the country at dawn on Tuesday, the group said in a statement.
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[2026-03-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran launched a new wave of missiles against Israel early on Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump hailed “very good” talks to end the war despite Tehran denying any dialogue had taken place.
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[2026-03-25 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Roughly 15% of TotalEnergies' production is offline, as the war with Iran nears the one-month mark, but surging oil prices have more than made up for the lost barrels, chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné told CNBC in an exclusive interview.
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[2026-03-25 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lebanese army soldiers check the site where intercepted missiles fell in Sahel Alma, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-25 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A Senate panel is deepening its probe into New York City Zohran Mamdani’s administration over the creation of a health department “Global Oppression Working Group,” first exposed by The Post, that accused Israel of genocide and downplayed Hamas’ role in initiating the Gaza war.
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[2026-03-25 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-25 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of troops from the elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
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[2026-03-25 06:08 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: British investigators are circumspect, but experts and security officials say incident has hallmarks of Iranian intelligence
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[2026-03-25 06:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Wednesday, March 25.
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[2026-03-25 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Tuesday he was “a little optimistic” about the long-term prospects for stability in the Middle East despite the short-term risks created by the war in the Gulf.
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[2026-03-25 05:52 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Markets and the Treasury are pricing a quick exit. Without a credible political endgame, Donald Trump cannot deliver one
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[2026-03-25 05:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-25 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US allies in the Persian Gulf are reportedly looking to take an active role in the war against Iran in the wake of attacks on their military bases and energy facilities.
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[2026-03-25 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters that the US was talking to "the right people" in Iran in order to reach an agreement to end hostilities, adding that the Iranians want to “reach a deal very badly”.
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[2026-03-25 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For 48 hours, the world was told to brace for fire.
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[2026-03-25 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is swinging between losses and gains Tuesday as uncertainty continues about how long the war with Iran will last.
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[2026-03-25 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: X has removed a blue checkmark from the account of Iran’s new supreme leader, who appeared to have paid for the perk in spite of US sanctions against him.
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[2026-03-25 05:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-25 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey and Pakistan opposed the use of harsh language in a diplomatic statement condemning Iran at a meeting of Arab and Muslim foreign ministers in Riyadh last week, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-25 05:15 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-25 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dave Thomas purchases gasoline at a station Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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[2026-03-25 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has named Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as the successor to Ali Larijani, head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), who was killed in a US-Israeli air strike earlier this month.
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[2026-03-25 05:06 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Americans’ views on Trump soured greatly with regard to the cost of living, an issue that was at the centre of his 2024 election campaign
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[2026-03-25 05:02 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hopes of de-escalation dim as Israeli PM also vows to keep striking Iran, even as Trump talks up deal hopes
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[2026-03-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 25, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-25 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Department of War is gearing up to send thousands of troops from the Army’s 82nd Infantry Division to deploy to the Middle East, according to a source familiar with the plan.
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[2026-03-25 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Oil prices jumped on Tuesday as traders turned cautious over the prospect of a negotiated agreement between the United States and Iran to end the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-25 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is planning to deploy a brigade combat team of roughly 3,000 soldiers from the army’s elite 82nd airborne division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, according to two US officials, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-03-25 04:54 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-25 04:50 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: California governor backtracks and says he meant to apply term to Israel’s future if it continues on present trajectory
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[2026-03-25 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump con el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio en la Casa Blanca en Washington, el 20 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-03-25 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump's approval rating fell in recent days to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, with the US hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the war he launched on Iran on 28 February, a Reuters-Ipsos poll found.
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[2026-03-25 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-25 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing "very good" talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic republic.
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[2026-03-25 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Over half a billion dollars in oil bets were placed just 15 minutes before President Trump announced Monday he was pausing plans to attack Iranian infrastructure, sending prices plunging.
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[2026-03-25 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Hundreds of fuel retailers in Kenya are running short of supplies due to the current war in the Middle East, a sector representative told Reuters.
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[2026-03-25 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Prediction market bettors aren't confident that a key oil passageway in the Middle East will reopen in the next few weeks, despite some hope that the U.S. and Iran might find a way out of the war.
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[2026-03-25 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The European Union on Tuesday postponed the unveiling of a law that would permanently ban Russian oil imports, coming amid supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-25 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: New rules could mean it will be easier for Britain's medical regulators to suspend and strike off doctors accused of anti-semitism and racism for their pro-Palestine views.
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[2026-03-25 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah called on Lebanon to "immediately reverse" Iran ambassador's expulsion and called the decision a "sin".
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[2026-03-25 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said his country would host talks between the U.S. and Iran in pursuit of a "comprehensive settlement" of the ongoing war.
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[2026-03-25 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that while the war in Iran poses near-term risks, it may ultimately improve the prospects for lasting peace in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-25 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Após um caça F-35 dos Estados Unidos fazer na semana passada um pouso de emergência em uma base aérea noOriente Médio, em meio à escalada da guerra entre EUA e Israel contra o Irã, duas fontes ouvidas pela imprensa dos EUA afirmaram que a aeronave foi atingida por fogo iraniano quando retornava de uma missão de combate.
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