Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 18:21 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-03-19 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians are flocking to a controversial site offering odds on events in Middle Eastern conflict zones, including whether shrapnel from a single missile hit land, prompting death threats to journalists reporting on the conflict to change their reporting.
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[2026-03-19 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US-Israeli goals on Iran war: Israeli objectives unchanged as US starts to shift
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[2026-03-19 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli air raids targeted a house in the town of Burj Shemali in southern Lebanon as dozens were reported killed across the war-battered country over the past two days on this punishing front of the wider conflict launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, embroiling the Middle East.
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[2026-03-19 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joseph Kent, director del Centro Nacional de Antiterrorismo, habla durante una sesión del comité de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Seguridad Nacional en el Capitolio, Washington, el 11 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Archivo)
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[2026-03-19 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-03-19 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israel-Iran war is escalating across several fronts, with assassinations of senior Iranian officials, and Israeli and Iranian attacks on key energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-19 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-03-19 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to slump at the open on Thursday as the Iran war escalates following attacks on Iranian and Qatari energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-19 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Who's excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct hits from Iranian missiles and drones.
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[2026-03-19 17:05 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-19 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu, currently the only export outlet for its crude, was targeted in an aerial attack on Thursday, an industry source said, adding there was minimal impact.
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Before the war on Iran began in late February, Europe's central banks enjoyed a more benign inflation outlook as interest rates looked set to remain stable or keep falling across the region.
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia, that arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: War in the Middle East is causing global disruption – from oil to agriculture – as countries, including China, enter spring planting season
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European companies that import semiconductors from Asia are tapping into backup stores and paying more for deliveries as the Iran war causes disruption to air freight routes through the Middle East, industry insiders have told CNBC.
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People struggle to cook and businesses bear brunt as closure of strait of Hormuz slows imports of liquefied petroleum gas
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[2026-03-19 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joseph Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-03-19 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Autoridades israelíes colocan banderas israelíes y estadounidenses en un lugar alcanzado por un misil iraní que mató a dos personas en Ramat Gan, Israel, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Oded Balilty)
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[2026-03-19 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Who's excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran?
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[2026-03-19 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has just issued a long Truth Social post about an Israeli attack on the South Pars gas field in Iran on Wednesday night.
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[2026-03-19 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asian technology stocks fell on Thursday as Iran's latest attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City and a surge in oil prices rattled investor sentiment, amplifying concerns over supply chain disruptions across the semiconductor industry.
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[2026-03-19 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday the attack on Iran's South Pars gas field was carried out by Israel, and the US and Qatar were not involved in it.
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[2026-03-19 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a statement during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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[2026-03-19 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, participa en una ceremonia sobre una persona designada como retenida y detenida de forma injusta en el extranjero, en la sede del Departamento de Estado en Washington, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-03-19 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attacks killed 45 people across Lebanon over the past two days, according to Lebanon’s public health ministry.
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[2026-03-19 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz is a small strip of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the world’s oceans. On a typical day, ships carrying about a fifth of the world’s oil sail out of the Gulf through the narrow passageway, but the war with Iran means it’s effectively closed, hemming in more than 90% of that crude and refined products.
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[2026-03-19 16:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Authorities say immediate impact is limited, but warn risks could rise if conflict drags on
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[2026-03-19 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has executed three people convicted of killing police officers and carrying out operations in favour of the United States and Israel during unrest earlier this year, the judiciary said, amid the sprawling war launched on the country, now in its 20th day.
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[2026-03-19 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People interact with a dedicated memorial space to Iranian lives that were lost during a gathering in New York, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, for the upcoming Nowruz, Iranian/Persian New Year’s day. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-03-19 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A mourner holds a poster depicting Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during the funeral procession for senior Iranian military officials and civilians killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign in Tehran, Iran, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-19 16:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Donald Trump has distanced himself from an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, while also issuing fresh threats, as tit-for-tat strikes on energy infrastructure escalate the Middle East conflict and propel oil prices even higher.
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[2026-03-19 15:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Power prices are tipped to fall in a welcome reprieve from cost-of-living pressures. (ABC News: Fran Rimrod)
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[2026-03-19 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE - A partially constructed gas refinery at the South Pars gas field is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf in Asalouyeh, Iran, on Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-19 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Shortly after the United States and Israel first attacked Iran on February 28, analysts warned that war could drive oil prices above $100 a barrel.
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[2026-03-19 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-19 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech during their visit to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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[2026-03-19 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag Raising ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 9, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-03-19 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Thursday America had 'no idea' of Israel's attack on facilities linked to Iran's oil industry in South Pars and Asaluyeh, warning of severe military consequences if Tehran launches more attacks on Qatar's energy infrastructure, as tensions across the Gulf escalated following strikes on major liquefied natural gas facilities.
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[2026-03-19 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Palestinians killed from rocket fragments in occupied West Bank
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[2026-03-19 14:45 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The reported inquiry predates Joe Kent’s departure on Tuesday from his post as director of the national counter-terrorism center
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[2026-03-19 14:43 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says Israel will not launch another attack on the giant gasfield shared by Iran and Qatar, but promises to destroy it if Tehran retaliates
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[2026-03-19 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is reportedly weighing the deployment of thousands of additional US troops to the Middle East that could potentially be used on the ground in Iran.
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[2026-03-19 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran's men's team is holding a pre-World Cup training camp in Turkey, but will not travel to the United States. (Getty Images: Robert Cianflone)
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[2026-03-19 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that if Iran continued targeting Qatar's energy facilities, America would "massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field."
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[2026-03-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The probe into Joseph Kent apparently predates his sudden departure as head of the National Counterterrorism Centre
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[2026-03-19 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders work 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, Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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[2026-03-19 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Activists held protests against the war and the demand from Donald Trump in Seoul. (Reuters: Kim Soo-hyeon)
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[2026-03-19 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Natalie Whiting is the ABC's North Asia correspondent, based in Tokyo. She was previously the broadcaster's Papua New Guinea correspondent and has also reported for the ABC from Europe and the Middle East.
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