Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 12:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LONDON (AFP) -- Just a trickle of cargo ships and tankers -- most of them Iranian -- have made it through the Strait of Hormuz since Iranian forces effectively blocked the crucial trade route in the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-24 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s refusal to pick sides between Iran and other Gulf states affirms its strategic positioning rather than a desire to shift paradigms
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[2026-03-24 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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[2026-03-24 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday hailed "very good" talks with an unidentified Iranian official after abruptly shelving plans for fresh attacks, even as Washington's ally Israel vowed to keep up strikes on the Islamic republic.
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[2026-03-24 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Victorian government says fuel shortages at more than 100 service stations are likely only temporary. (ABC News: John Gunn)
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[2026-03-24 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — A series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel's military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-24 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments. The continent is exposed because it relies on imported fuel, much of it passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint for about a fifth of global oil and natural gas trade.
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[2026-03-24 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A male Filipino worker sustained a leg injury during a missile impact -- from Iran's attack -- in Arad town, was treated at the Sorokoa Medical Center and was expected to be discharged on Tuesday, the Philippine Embassy in Israel said.
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[2026-03-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ‘eye-watering’ surge in oil prices may push consumers around the world to switch to electric cars, boosting Chinese brands, analysts say
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[2026-03-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump teased a deal could soon be reached to end his war on Iran, which Tehran denied – key US politics stories from Monday 23 March at a glance
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[2026-03-24 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Energy-related facilities in Iran’s Isfahan province and the southwestern city of Khorramshahr were struck by US-Israeli strikes, causing damage, according to reports by Fars news agency.
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[2026-03-24 11:43 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-24 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The impact of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran could surpass the effects of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the top executive of Austrian energy firm OMV said.
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[2026-03-24 11:39 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The man whom Iran has entrusted to lead negotiations to end the war with the US has never shied away from doing the regime’s dirty work.
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[2026-03-24 11:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, as investors pin hopes on easing military tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-24 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-24 11:17 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to ration oil usage
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[2026-03-24 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the postponement of threatened military strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for five days, stressing that both Washington and Tehran want to make a deal to end their war.
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[2026-03-24 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets jumped Tuesday, with South Korean equities leading regional gains after a sharp drop in oil prices eased investor concerns following signs of de-escalation in the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-24 11:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tehran denied negotiations that delayed US strikes and Trump was vague on the details, but talks signal renewed push for peace from regional powers
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[2026-03-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Ferdos, an Iranian refugee, spoke at a press conference in Canberra on Tuesday. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas
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[2026-03-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese accused Israel of adopting torture as state policy. Israel rejected her reporting. Source: AAP / Darko Bandic/AP
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[2026-03-24 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Israeli strikes have destroyed buildings in the Beirut neighbourhood of Dahiyeh. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)
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[2026-03-24 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A loud blast rang out over Jerusalem early Tuesday after Israel's military said it detected another Iranian missile launch, the second of the day, AFP is reporting.
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[2026-03-24 10:24 UTC+10:00] [AFPTV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In an earlier strike on Lebanon’s capital, Israel said it targeted a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ foreign operations arm
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[2026-03-24 10:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-24 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An air strike has targeted a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in the town of Jurf al-Sakhar, Babil province, south of Baghdad.
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[2026-03-24 10:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The combination of spiralling petrol prices, the war in Iran and the Reserve Bank’s latest interest rate rise has crashed consumer confidence to its lowest level on record.
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[2026-03-24 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Pine Gap expert Richard Tanter says the intelligence base is "very involved" in the current Middle East war. (Supplied: Kristian Laemmle-Ruff)
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[2026-03-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: If feminism means standing for all women, then the silence surrounding Iranian women today demands an answer.
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[2026-03-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US officials in the Donald Trump administration said the ultimate objective of the war in Iran was to prevent the development of long-range nuclear ballistic missiles capable of striking the US mainland.
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[2026-03-24 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: HOUSTON — The United Arab Emirates on Monday condemned Iran's attacks against shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a form of "economic terrorism" that is holding the world hostage.
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[2026-03-24 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United Nations expert says the world has given Israel a licence to torture Palestinians, with life in the occupied Palestinian territory “a continuum of physical and mental suffering”.
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[2026-03-24 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike in Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre targeted a civil defence ambulance, killing one medic and wounding four others, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
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[2026-03-24 08:39 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Just moments after Donald Trump backed down from his threat to bomb Iran’s energy infrastructure in a Truth Social post at 7.05 am, oil prices plunged over 13 per cent, Treasury yields tumbled and traders signalled that US stocks would surge at the opening bell.
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[2026-03-24 08:39 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Just moments after Donald Trump backed down from his threat to bomb Iran’s energy infrastructure in a Truth Social post at 7.05 am, oil prices plunged over 13 per cent, Treasury yields tumbled and traders signalled that US stocks would surge at the opening bell.
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[2026-03-24 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Narendra Modi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beyond oil, remittances and cultural ties, trade and defence pacts in recent years have added to strategic and security interconnectedness
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[2026-03-24 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s far-right minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, has urged his country to annex southern Lebanon, as the military has destroyed bridges and homes in an intensified assault on the area.
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[2026-03-24 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel should seize vast swathes of land in southern Lebanon as part of its ongoing campaign against Hezbollah militants, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated. The new border should be moved all the way to the Litani River, located nearly 40 kilometers from Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, he said on Israeli radio on Monday.
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[2026-03-24 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US is continuing to “aggressively” strike Iran after President Trump imposed a five-day pause on attacks against Tehran’s energy infrastructure following “very good and productive conversations” with the crumbling regime.
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[2026-03-24 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-03-24 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kurt Campbell expects to see both leaders being ‘extraordinarily polite and engaged’ during key rescheduled meeting despite Iran conflict
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[2026-03-24 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's second-largest airline is moving its operations to Jordan and Egypt as restrictions tighten at Ben Gurion Airport four weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Walla reported on Monday.
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[2026-03-24 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “top" and "respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war.
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[2026-03-24 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has “talked tough,” notes R.N. Prasher at Asia Times, vowing to bring the United States and Israel to their knees. But its enemies haven’t “suffered casualties and damage anywhere near that suffered by Iran,” and their “leadership remains intact.” Even its hopes to spread the “global energy crisis” seems “unlikely” to save the regime.
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[2026-03-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A cautious relief swept through financial markets after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war.
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[2026-03-24 07:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump said "I think it could very well end up being a good deal for everybody". Source: Getty / Anadolu / Celal Gunes
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[2026-03-24 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has ordered a five‑day delay in planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure, claiming “very good and productive” talks with Tehran are under way and will continue through the week. The move follows his threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power network if it does not reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
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[2026-03-24 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: HOUSTON — Asian countries want to buy more U.S. energy to reduce their dependence on oil and gas exports from the Middle East, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNBC on Monday.
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[2026-03-24 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced US President Donald Trump to mount a joint attack on Iran by promising a quick coup in the country, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing anonymous sources.
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