Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 1,039 people have been killed and 2,876 others wounded since the start of Israel’s expanded offensive on 2 March.
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[2026-03-24 05:15 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-24 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold futures kept tumbling Monday despite President Trump’s halt on military strikes against Iran as investors continued to fret that the conflict could stall interest-rate cuts.
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[2026-03-24 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Relief is flowing through financial markets after President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran about a possible end to their war. Oil prices are easing, and stock prices are jumping on Wall Street following severe losses taken elsewhere in the world before Trump’s announcement.
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[2026-03-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 24, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-24 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Residents of Israel's southern Negev region say they've been left defenceless against Iranian missile fire, and have called the government's response "a complete failure" rooted in years of policy neglect.
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[2026-03-24 04:46 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump has said he is postponing strikes on Iranian power plants for a five-day period, extending a deadline he gave the regime to open the strait of Hormuz. The US president had threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants, while Tehran said in return it would ‘irreversibly destroy’ essential infrastructure across the Middle East, including vital water systems, in the conflict’s latest escalation.
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[2026-03-24 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday in London in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Detectives were working to determine whether a claim of responsibility from a group with alleged links to Iran was authentic.
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[2026-03-24 04:35 UTC+10:00] [Fairford] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK is working to ‘distribute air defence missiles’ to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Britain’s prime minister said on Monday
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[2026-03-24 04:32 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It had been possible to observe this presidency in abstract terms, but no more. The consequences of the Iran attack will affect our lives and our politics
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[2026-03-24 04:32 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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[2026-03-24 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for an immediate halt to the “war on essential infrastructure” in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-24 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he and Iran's ayatollah could "jointly" control the Strait of Hormuz, as he unleashed a flurry of de-escalatory statements.
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[2026-03-24 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigerians in Lagos are grappling with rising pump prices, as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt global oil supply and push up living costs.
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[2026-03-24 04:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After Tehran targeted the UK-US base on Diego Garcia, Israel’s military said European capitals were also at risk
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[2026-03-24 03:57 UTC+10:00] [Italy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Italian premier is also facing growing scrutiny over her controversial alignment with Trump and his increasingly unpopular war on Iran.
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[2026-03-24 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey is seeking an off-ramp to the war on Iran, engaging both the US and the Islamic Republic in an effort to initiate negotiations on a potential deal, sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-24 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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[2026-03-24 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Defence Secretary John Healey claimed on Monday that Iran fired two missiles at the joint UK-US Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean on Friday.
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[2026-03-24 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Up to 10 Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza due to severe Israeli restrictions that prevent them from accessing urgent medical care abroad, the Palestinian health ministry has said.
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[2026-03-24 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two sources are telling the Financial Times that Pakistan is acting as a negotiator between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-03-24 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the creation of a crisis committee to ensure the country’s food and fuel supplies remain stable amid the war in the Middle East, Malacañang said on Monday.
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[2026-03-24 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-24 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday welcomed back the fourth batch of Filipinos repatriated from the Middle East.
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[2026-03-24 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: HOUSTON — The Trump administration plans to bring additional diesel to the market as fuel prices surge, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Monday.
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[2026-03-24 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian parliament's speaker, Mohamed Bagher Galibaf, has repeated Tehran's denial that talks took place between Iran and the US.
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[2026-03-24 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE escalating kinetic conflict in the Middle East, punctuated by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has done more than just spike global oil prices, it’s holding a mirror to our country’s structural vulnerabilities. For decades, the nation has operated under a strategy of “hope as a plan,” treating geopolitical risk cavalierly in preparing its national development plans and taking proactive measures to contain and mitigate it.
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[2026-03-24 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump said Monday that "regime change" was underway in Iran as the United States holds peace talks with an unidentified alternative leader.
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[2026-03-24 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE price of diesel hit its highest peak at P110 per liter since the Iran war started. Considering that it is the fuel of choice of most mass transport and logistics vehicles, all prices of food and essential commodities will be pulled upwards by the fuel cost. Even gasoline and all petroleum derivatives are at their peaks.
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[2026-03-24 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-24 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-24 02:59 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-24 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hundreds of doctors in the UK have signed a petition accusing the country's medical regulator of fostering an “environment of fear” by pursuing what they say is a politically motivated campaign against the prominent British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah.
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[2026-03-24 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya Airways says bookings on its flights have surged sharply in recent weeks, as disruptions linked to the conflict in the Middle East reshape global travel patterns.
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[2026-03-24 02:34 UTC+10:00] [Paul Marrapese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: For years, cybersecurity experts have warned that street cameras could be hacked. Now, AI advances help governments sift through footage
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[2026-03-24 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU risks becoming the last in line among buyers of Russian energy resources as Moscow expands projects with other countries amid the fuel price shock triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned.
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[2026-03-24 02:28 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president has extended by five days his deadline to ‘hit and obliterate’ Iran’s power stations and energy infrastructure if Tehran does not allow shipping to move freely. Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss what is behind this change of tone and the impact the uncertainty will have on the cost of living in the UK.
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[2026-03-24 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Hamzieh, east of Beirut, killed at least one person.
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[2026-03-24 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s paralysis of the Strait of Hormuz has led to major disruption in global oil and gas supply and many countries have begun tapping into their strategic oil reserves to evade an economic crisis.
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[2026-03-24 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria's Dangote mega-refinery says it has begun exporting fuel to other African countries, after global oil prices soared due to the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-24 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Speaking on Sunday at a site in Arad struck by an Iranian missile, where more than a hundred people were injured, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged more countries to join the war effort.
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[2026-03-24 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: IEA chief warns of ‘very severe’ global energy crisis
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[2026-03-24 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed to reporters that the price of oil will "drop like a rock" if the United States makes a deal with Iran to end the war.
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[2026-03-24 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad had a plan to ignite public protests that would lead to the collapse of Iran’s government, the New York Times has reported.
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[2026-03-24 01:56 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some inside Iran believe threat was designed to divert attention from desire to seize islands in strait of Hormuz
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[2026-03-24 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Israeli military on Monday struck a bridge linking southern Lebanon with the eastern Bekaa region, state media reported, after warning it would hit the crossing.
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[2026-03-24 01:49 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amber travel alert expanded to include Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
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[2026-03-24 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is in talks with Iran’s parliament speaker to try to end the war, according to a new report.
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[2026-03-24 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The head of the International Energy Agency said Monday that at least 40 critical energy assets across nine countries in the Middle East have been “severely or very severely damaged” – threatening to keep oil prices higher for longer even if the war in Iran ends soon.
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[2026-03-24 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has said the military alliance "cannot confirm" Israel's claim that missiles allegedly targeting the UK-US base on Diego Garcia last week were fired by Iran.
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