Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-21 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni stated that six essential medicines are currently being manufactured in Iran and the Government has formulated a plan to import them despite the prevailing conflict situation.
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[2026-03-21 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
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[2026-03-21 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
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[2026-03-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As the Iran War intensifies, oil, or rather the lack of it, has become a key talking point. The de-facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has blocked 20 percent of the world’s oil supply (almost 20 million barrels per day), which has mainly affected countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia.
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[2026-03-21 06:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Intensified Israeli strikes and sweeping evacuation orders across Lebanon have left more than one million people displaced. Some are unsure when they will return home — or whether anything remains. Source: SBS News
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[2026-03-21 06:23 UTC+10:00] [Mediterranean] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Christians, in particular, were angered by the Israeli PM’s remarks, which some say suggest a ‘might is right’ approach
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[2026-03-21 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian authorities have sharply restricted access to the internet.
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[2026-03-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues, intelligence gathered by the Pentagon is being analysed by technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on a system run by the data analytics firm Palantir.
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[2026-03-21 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States could "take out" Iran's Kharg island whenever it wanted, the White House said Friday, after a report that President Donald Trump's administration was considering plans to occupy or blockade the oil hub.
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[2026-03-21 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-21 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Twenty people have been killed and 57 wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the Lebanese Disaster Risk Management Unit says.
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[2026-03-21 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Donald Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities last year, he set in motion a plan the "thinkers" inside the Iranian regime had long been devising. It's now in play and it all comes down to a stretch of water that, at its narrowest point, is little more than 30 kilometres wide.
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[2026-03-21 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq has declared force majeure on all oil fields developed by foreign oil companies, as military operations in the region have disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, preventing most of the country's crude exports from moving, oil ministry sources said.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran is celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during wartime for the first time since the 1980s, when neighbouring Iraq launched a full-scale invasion, leading to eight years of war.
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[2026-03-21 05:13 UTC+10:00] [Antisemitism] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Too many want to cast acts of violence and antisemitism as blows against Israel’s government. But the fear and terror land on real people, thousands of miles away
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[2026-03-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump lashes out at NATO, calling the alliance "cowards". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-21 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An anti-Zionist group has claimed responsibility for a fire at a warehouse belonging to a defense firm linked to Israel’s Elbit Systems in the Czech Republic.
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[2026-03-21 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An anti-Zionist group has claimed responsibility for a fire at a warehouse belonging to a defense firm allegedly linked to Israel’s Elbit Systems in the Czech Republic. The company, however, has denied any ties to Israel, insisting its production primarily flows to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-21 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected accusations on Friday that he had intended to offend Christians when he said the previous day that Jesus had "no advantage" over Genghis Khan.
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[2026-03-21 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia offered to stop its intelligence-sharing with Iran in exchange for the United States suspending intelligence support to Ukraine, but Washington rejected the offer, Politico reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-03-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-21 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry says it intercepted and destroyed three drones in the Eastern Province.
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[2026-03-21 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s officially the first day of spring, and with it comes anticipation of the spring selling season.
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[2026-03-21 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian authorities have sharply restricted access to the internet.
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[2026-03-21 04:29 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-21 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes have carried out air strikes targeting multiple locations in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing the Lebanese National News Agency.
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[2026-03-21 04:19 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit alleges university violated civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in aftermath of war in Gaza
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[2026-03-21 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a message for Persian New Year on Friday in which he stated that his country does not want war with its neighbours or to acquire nuclear weapons, state media have reported.
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[2026-03-21 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India's Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is blocking the release of the Oscar-nominated film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, because of the threat it could pose to the relationship between India and Israel, according to a report by Variety.
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[2026-03-21 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during the State of the State, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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[2026-03-21 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran’s enemies were being “defeated” in a written message for the Persian New Year, as the US and Israel continue to pound the country with attacks.
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[2026-03-21 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles.
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[2026-03-21 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Friday the country had dealt its enemies a "dizzying blow" in the war with the United States and Israel, as fresh blasts hit Tehran on the first day of the Persian New Year festival.
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[2026-03-21 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest Muslim sites in Jerusalem, has been kept closed by the Israeli authorities, despite Muslims all over the world marking Eid al-Fitr, the final Friday of Ramadan.
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[2026-03-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Switzerland has moved to suspend new approvals for arms exports to the United States amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, citing its long-standing policy of neutrality and legal restrictions under domestic export controls.
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[2026-03-21 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sailed smoothly past a potential clash with Donald Trump over Iran on Thursday, though the United States president whipped up a bit of a storm about Pearl Harbor.
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[2026-03-21 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned her Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi “against targeting UK bases, territory or interests directly”, in a phone call on Thursday, according to a statement from the Foreign Office.
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[2026-03-21 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Bam Aquino urged the government on Friday to swiftly implement targeted support for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the more vulnerable segments of the middle class, emphasizing the need for assistance amid the ongoing war in the oil-rich Middle East and its impact on fuel prices.
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[2026-03-21 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-21 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-21 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei said his country was not behind strikes on Turkey or Oman, blaming Israel for playing a “trick” to create division between Iran and its neighbours.
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[2026-03-21 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump slammed NATO allies over their lack of support for the US-Israel war on Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, with no end to the conflict in sight.
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[2026-03-21 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India's Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is blocking the release of Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab because of the threat it could pose to the relationship between India and Israel, according to a report by Variety.
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[2026-03-21 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has said that US and Israel’s expectations that their attacks would topple the Iranian government were a “gross miscalculation” in a written statement released to state media.
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[2026-03-21 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship Marine Corps expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East in the second such reassignment as President Trump attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
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[2026-03-21 02:35 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Arab states have so far only acted defensively, but there is growing fear war is entering new, more dangerous phase
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[2026-03-21 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The administration of US President Donald Trump has offered a carousel of contradicting final objectives for the US-Israeli war with Iran: destroying its regional military might; decapitating its leadership; fomenting dissent; eliminating its nuclear programme.
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[2026-03-21 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a post on X, Iran's foreign minister claimed to have “intelligence on Israeli plans to strike infrastructure”, and said the nation would exercise “ZERO restraint” if the attack took place.
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