Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-22 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world needs to act like grown-ups and get back to sensible management of global affairs, Sachs says
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[2026-03-21 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A child has been killed in a US or Israeli attack on the city of Ahvaz, in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, Mehr news agency is reporting.
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Little joy could be found among Iranians in the diaspora as Friday rang in Persian new year and the war on their homeland reached the three-week mark
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Automotive industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Kentucky] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Appalachia, a deeply red region hit by poverty and cuts, some ask why billions are going to war instead of home
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[2026-03-21 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts and officials in Taipei are assessing what lessons they can learn from the US-Israel precision strikes on the Iranian leadership
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[2026-03-21 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK has agreed to let the US use its bases for its war on Iran, following an apparent Iranian missile strike against Diego Garcia.
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[2026-03-21 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump invoked Pearl Harbor while defending the U.S. strike on Iran and his decision not to alert allies in advance, saying during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: “Who knows surprise better than Japan?”
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[2026-03-21 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel have struck Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, according to its atomic energy organisation.
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[2026-03-21 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Na sequência dos ataques criminosos perpetrados pelos Estados Unidos e pelo regime sionista usurpador contra o nosso país, o complexo de enriquecimento de Natanz foi alvo de ataques esta manhã", afirmou a Agência de Energia Atómica do Irão, citada pela agência de notícias Tasnim.
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[2026-03-21 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Uno de los submarinos nucleares de clase Vanguard, en el puerto de la Base Naval Clyde, sede del servicio británico de submarinos, en Faslane, en Argyll and Bute, Escocia, el 5 de julio de 2019. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
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[2026-03-21 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Maika Hamano, center, celebrates after scoring the first goal during the Women’s Asian Cup soccer final between Japan and Australia in Sydney, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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[2026-03-21 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a call with Paris, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi urges mediation efforts and an end to the spread of the conflict
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[2026-03-21 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: One of the Vanguard Class Ship nuclear submarines in the dock at HM Naval Base Clyde, the home of the UK Submarine Service at Faslane in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, July 5, 2019. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
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[2026-03-21 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta imagen, tomada de un video que circulaba por redes sociales, manifestantes bailan y cantan alrededor de una hoguera en las calles de Teherán, Irán, el 9 de enero de 2026. (UGC vía AP, archivo)
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[2026-03-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Syrian Kurds have returned to Afrin to celebrate Nowruz for the first time after their exile, and for the first time after a government decree marked the celebration as a national holiday. (AP video shot by: Ghaith Alsayed)
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[2026-03-21 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, the official Iranian news agency Mizan reported.
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[2026-03-21 21:20 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Striker will not play in World Cup warmup games
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[2026-03-21 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A couple and their child have been killed in a US-Israeli attack on Iran's Ramsar city, the coastal city's governor, Mehdi Younesi is reporting.
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[2026-03-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East
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[2026-03-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has said its soldiers killed four Hezbollah fighters in air and ground operations in southern Lebanon overnight.
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[2026-03-21 20:40 UTC+10:00] [Iranian judiciary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The three are the first to be executed from among tens of thousands arrested during a brutal crackdown on protests in January
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[2026-03-21 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United Nations expert says Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale “that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent”.
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[2026-03-21 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Eva Bartlett, an award-winning Canadian independent journalist. She has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Palestine, as well as Venezuela and the Donbass.
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[2026-03-21 20:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Both weapons, fired after Starmer authorised US to carry out further attacks from British bases, failed to hit Chagos Island target
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[2026-03-21 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: “Estamos a falar do segundo e terceiro bairro da cidade de Chókwè, onde temos mais de 280 famílias, onde as águas já invadiram as suas casas. [O distrito] de Guijá também está numa situação ainda controlada, mas em alerta máximo, podendo atingir 15 mil pessoas" a terem de ser retiradas destas áreas, disse à comunicação social a governadora da província de Gaza, Margarida Mapandzene, durante uma visita à Chókwè.
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[2026-03-21 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple U.S. officials.
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[2026-03-21 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
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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[2026-03-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he is considering “winding down” the military operations in Iran even as his administration deploys 2,500 additional marines to the region and asks Congress for more money to fund the war.
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[2026-03-21 18:31 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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[2026-03-21 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflicts, such as the Iran war, are diverting global attention away from the ecological crisis, scientists warn
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[2026-03-21 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraníes se acercan a los ataúdes del ministro iraní de Inteligencia, Esmail Khatib, y de, según las autoridades, su esposa y su hija, durante su cortejo fúnebre en Teherán, Irán, el 20 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-21 17:47 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Calling on the world to oppose the attacks against Iran, the foreign minister notes Japan’s ‘balanced and fair’ position
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[2026-03-21 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire with Iran as the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, arguing that Washington holds the upper hand militarily.
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[2026-03-21 17:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is in close talks with countries, including Iran, to ensure a swift normalization of the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it is ready to allow Japan-bound vessels to pass through the sea route virtually closed in the wake of the Middle East crisis, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict has not only hit sporting calendar but laid bare weakness in plans for diversifying economies through sport
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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[2026-03-21 16:53 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 16:30 UTC+10:00] [John Paolo Rivera] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With diesel in the triple digits amid the Iran war, Filipinos brace for a domino effect on rice, electricity and basic household necessities
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[2026-03-21 16:27 UTC+10:00] [Gaza Strip] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is seeking to be released from its obligation to pay millions of dollars in federal funds to the university
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[2026-03-21 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranians follow a truck carrying the coffins of Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and, according to Iranian officials, his wife and daughter, during a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-21 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities facing relentless attacks from the US and Israel seek to squelch public dissent.
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[2026-03-21 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf states
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)
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[2026-03-21 15:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with the head of the global energy watchdog next week after brushing off its stark warning that demand for fuel must be curbed amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli strikes on the world’s largest gas field and Iranian attacks on Saudi and Qatari hubs threaten a global energy crisis
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[2026-03-21 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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[2026-03-21 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that struck a building housing Al-Manar channel studios in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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