Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-23 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan faces a historic disruption to its national celebrations as the Government cancels the Republic Day parade today (23) amid a severe oil crisis. Rising fuel prices and global energy supply disruptions caused by Middle East conflicts have forced the country to adopt stringent austerity measures, impacting everything from Government operations to public events.
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[2026-03-23 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Finland has called for India to play a diplomatic role in easing tensions between the United States Iran, urging an immediate ceasefire as the Middle East war continues to escalate.
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[2026-03-23 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife was deeply involved in a democratic socialist activist campaign pushing political candidates critical of Israel and backing a controversial bill targeting pro-Israel charities, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-23 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: What a pity Benjamin Netanyahu remains at large after an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza was issued in 2024. Had he been detained, as he certainly should have been, the peoples of Iran, Lebanon, the Gulf – and Israel itself – might have been spared much present-day pain and suffering.
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[2026-03-23 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Israel, Nimal Bandara yesterday said four Sri Lankans were injured and hospitalized following the missile attack in the Dimona area in Israel last night.
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[2026-03-23 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a statement, Israel’s Health Ministry says a total of 4,697 injured people have been brought to hospitals since the start of the war with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon
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[2026-03-23 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A formal programme to minimise the impact of the war in the Middle East on the agricultural sector has been prepared by agriculture authorities.
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[2026-03-23 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-23 06:32 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The United Nations human rights chief has criticised Israel's actions in Lebanon, particularly its use of widespread evacuation orders. Source: AAP / Mohammad Zaatari/AP
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[2026-03-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The federal government was warned last year of the "significant economic impact" of a fuel crisis. (ABC News: Sharon Gordon)
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[2026-03-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran’s power plants if freedom of navigation is not fully restored at the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic escalation as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues for a fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran says Japanese ships will be allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest sign that Tehran has started pursuing a selective blockade of the strategic waterway.
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[2026-03-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) stated on Sunday that foreign vessels can transit the Strait of Hormuz by coordinating security and safety arrangements with Iranian authorities.
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[2026-03-23 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah says it launched a series of rocket, missile and drone attacks on northern Israel, including several targeting Israeli military facilities.
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[2026-03-23 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A cargo ship carrying vehicles sails through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-03-23 05:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-23 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued Sunday that President Trump may need to “escalate to de-escalate” the war in Iran — while asserting the higher prices Americans are facing because of the conflict are worth it to ensure Iran never builds a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-03-23 05:50 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ella Baron on Donald Trump and the Iran war – cartoon
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[2026-03-23 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moment Israeli strike hits bridge in southern Lebanon
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[2026-03-23 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ghanim Al Shnen lost both of arms in a workplace accident in 2018. (Australian Story: Tom Hancock)
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[2026-03-23 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Housing Construction Industry
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[2026-03-23 05:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Monday, March 23.
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[2026-03-23 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces are shelling the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura with artillery and phosphorus-filled rounds, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
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[2026-03-23 05:38 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Australia is not a superpower, but experts say it remains a stakeholder in the ongoing war in the Middle East. Source: SBS, Getty
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[2026-03-23 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The International Energy Agency says this is the greatest "supply disruption in the history of the global oil market". (Reuters: Vivek Prakash)
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[2026-03-23 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the weeks since US-Israeli bombs started falling on Iran, about 1,500 people have been killed, homes destroyed and ancient sites damaged
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[2026-03-23 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said it was investigating whether its own fire killed an Israeli civilian near the Lebanese border on Sunday, after Hezbollah claimed an attack in the same area.
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[2026-03-23 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.
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[2026-03-23 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Alarms sounded in the area around one of Israel’s major nuclear research centres on Sunday evening, a day after two Iranian missiles wounded more than 150 people in the cities of Arad and Dimona.
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[2026-03-23 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With a 7 October inquiry looming, the Israeli PM’s political career, legacy and personal freedom may all be on the line
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[2026-03-23 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Americans traveling abroad for spring break and the upcoming summer should keep their heads on a swivel as global tensions and anti-US sentiments mount across the world, travel security experts warn.
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[2026-03-23 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, after an assessment of the situation in Lebanon with top-ranking Israel Defense Forces staff on Sunday, said he and the prime minister have ordered the IDF to “immediately destroy all the bridges over the Litani river” to prevent the movement of Hezbollah terrorists and weapons to the south.
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[2026-03-23 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike targeting a police vehicle on Sunday has killed three people in central Gaza's Nuseirat camp, Gaza's health ministry is reporting.
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[2026-03-23 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that Washington has "plenty of money" to fund continuing attacks on Iran.
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[2026-03-23 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian missiles have struck the towns of Arad and Dimona near an Israeli nuclear research centre in what Iran says was a response to an Israeli attack on its Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan province.
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge over Lebanon's Litani River. The strike followed a warning issued by the Israeli military that it would destroy the bridge, along with other crossings spanning the Litani River in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/i6JK4kxgnq
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-23 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IRONICALLY, while the world's governments failed to agree on a Global Plastics Treaty that would have mandated drastic cuts in plastic production, the Israel-US-initiated war in the Middle East appears to have accomplished precisely that. The war has all but cut the supply of chemicals essential for plastic production in especially Asia and the Pacific and Europe.
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[2026-03-23 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-23 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-23 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said that Israel's attacks on key infrastructure in southern Lebanon, such as a recent strike on the Qasmiyeh Bridge across the Litani River, constitute a "policy of collective punishment and expansion".
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[2026-03-23 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: With oil prices at levels not seen in years and global business supply chains across sectors of the economy shut down by the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, faith in the C-suite that the worst isn't yet to come is being tested. On Friday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said he is planning for $175 oil, and for an oil price that remains above $100 through 2027.
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[2026-03-23 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health has released a new death toll, reporting that 1,029 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since 2 March.
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[2026-03-23 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Military and political authorities in Iran are projecting a message that “victory” is near as war with the United States and Israel continues to escalate, and air strikes and assassination attempts are reported across the country.
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[2026-03-23 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Turbulence in the fuel markets caused by the US-Israel war on Iran is hitting African airlines hard.
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[2026-03-23 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against against new alcohol restrictions that limit sales largely to Christian areas in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
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[2026-03-23 01:54 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel has sent troops into Lebanon and carried out extensive air strikes in the country, while Hezbollah continues to fire rocket barrages across the border
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[2026-03-23 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week, the conflict seems to have escalated beyond President Donald Trump’s control.
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[2026-03-23 01:27 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With war raging in the Middle East, tickets for mainland Chinese destinations are being snapped up
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[2026-03-23 01:16 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran says
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