Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 12:32 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Australians to stop hoarding petrol, insisting the country's fuel supply is at a healthy level.Speaking after a meeting of the National Cabinet to coordinate Australia's response to the rising price of oil and petrol caused by the Middle East conflict.The Prime Minister was adamant the country does not have an issue with the amount of fuel available, and said Australians who were panic-buying petrol were causing more problems than solutions.READ MORE: Australia and
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[2026-03-19 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Singapore] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investment-promotion agency is helping a couple of Middle East banks set up in the city and fielding more inquiries since the war started
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[2026-03-19 12:30 UTC+10:00] [East Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With Washington tied up in Iran, Kim Jong-un’s message is clear: if the US wants a summit, it must pay his nuclear price
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[2026-03-19 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Kent, el exdirector de antiterrorismo que renunció esta semana debido a sus preocupaciones sobre la guerra con Irán, aseguró el miércoles que “no se les permitió” a él y a otros altos funcionarios plantear directamente sus inquietudes al presidente Donald Trump sobre una campaña militar.
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[2026-03-19 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US and Israeli strikes on Iran have killed several senior political and military figures as the two countries push for regime change.
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[2026-03-19 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — A man was killed in central Israel after the latest round of Iranian missile fire, medics said Thursday, bringing the death toll in the country from the ongoing war to 15.
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[2026-03-19 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion to fund the war with Iran, according to a report by The Washington Post citing a senior US administration official.
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[2026-03-19 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Tehran — Iran targeted energy facilities across the Gulf and threatened further destructive attacks after a key gas field was hit, raising fears Thursday of a wider assault on fuel supplies that could jolt already rattled global markets.
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[2026-03-19 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — An influential pro-Iranian armed group in Iraq pledged early Thursday to stop attacking the US embassy for five days, presenting a series of conditions.
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[2026-03-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean currency fell markedly past the 1,500-won level against the US dollar Thursday as global oil prices surged amid intensifying tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US spent $11.3bn on bombs in the first six days of the US and Israel’s joint attack on Iran – key US politics stories from 18 March 2026 at a glance
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[2026-03-19 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s foreign ministry condemned what it described as Iranian attacks on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying the strikes have “crossed all red lines.”
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[2026-03-19 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices extended gains as Middle East remains on the boil with strikes on energy infrastructure in the region fanning fears of a supply crunch.
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[2026-03-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthony Albanese also announces new national fuel supply taskforce and reiterates call for motorists to ‘only take what you need’
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[2026-03-19 11:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean shares kicked off sharply lower Thursday after the Middle East's critical energy facilities were attacked during the US and Israel-led war against Iran, and the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates unchanged.
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[2026-03-19 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of condolences to Iran’s Supreme Leader following the killing of senior Iranian official Ali Larijani, according to state media.
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[2026-03-19 11:42 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 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Big Fords and Chevrolets idled like junkies hanging out for a fix.
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[2026-03-19 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said the kingdom reserves the right to take military action against Iran if necessary, accusing Tehran of pressuring its neighbours rather than engaging in dialogue.
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[2026-03-19 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said his country’s patience with "Iranian aggression is not unlimited,” warning Riyadh reserves the right to respond.
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[2026-03-19 11:18 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-19 11:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the second consecutive time and maintained its projection of one rate cut this year, as concerns grew over the economic impact of the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-03-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Charles Asher Small, founding director and president of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, says: “War is fueling global antisemitism. Communities are paying the price for the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The UN human rights office has raised concerns that Israeli attacks on residential buildings in Lebanon may be considered a war crime. Source: Getty / Houssam Shbaro/ Anadolu
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[2026-03-19 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, celebrated Palestinian terrorists in a flurry of resurfaced social media posts she made as a teenager and in her early 20s, a shocking new report said.
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[2026-03-19 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average touch a new closing low for the year.
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[2026-03-19 10:33 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-19 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tom Waters, agricultor de séptima generación, posa junto a su maquinaria de siembra el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026, en Orrick, Missouri. (AP Foto/Nick Ingram)
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[2026-03-19 10:16 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority leaves the city’s base rate untouched at 4 per cent
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[2026-03-19 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday blasted special interest money that poured into the state, including from a pro-Israel political group he once supported. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld & Erin Hooley)
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[2026-03-19 10:11 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: In a speech that would offer little comfort to Australians, US Vice President JD Vance has told an audience other countries were "suffering" on petrol prices worse than America.Petrol prices have shot up worldwide in the wake of the US war on Iran. Here in Australia, the average cost of unleaded petrol is now $2.29/litre and diesel up to $2.71/litre.But things are worse "overseas", Vance said at a rally in Detroit.READ MORE: Trump berates allies as he finds himself alone
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[2026-03-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The government has a roadmap to electrify transport and support alternative fuels by 2050, but the war in Iran and soaring prices means a plan is needed in weeks, not decades
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[2026-03-19 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian Red Crescent said it dispatched five ambulances to a strike site near Hebron, where crews treated casualties and transferred them to nearby hospitals and clinics.
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[2026-03-19 09:53 UTC+10:00] [Iran women's football team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: All but two of party complete long journey back to Iran
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[2026-03-19 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — La deuda de Estados Unidos superó el miércoles la cifra récord de 39 billones de dólares, un hito que llega apenas unas semanas después de que inició la guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán.
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[2026-03-19 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s “eye in the sky” intelligence network has allowed it to target and eliminate thousands of regime thugs, the Israeli military said Wednesday — with the hopes that the strikes could spark a popular uprising.
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[2026-03-19 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said its forces intercepted eight drones and a ballistic missile launched towards the Eastern Province within the past hour.
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[2026-03-19 09:36 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-19 09:36 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-19 09:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A prominent pro-Israel activist slammed Orthodox Jewish leaders for going easy on Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a meeting Monday, only to see Mamdani hours later accuse Israeli Jews of committing genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-03-19 09:32 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-19 09:21 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 19, 2026 09:21 | News
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[2026-03-19 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Unabated settler violence, along with Israel’s continued settlement policy, could spell doom for the remaining Christian communities in the Holy Land, Jason Jones, founder of the Vulnerable People Project, has told RT’s America First.
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[2026-03-19 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Unabated settler violence, along with Israel’s continued settlement policy, could spell doom for the remaining Christian communities in the Holy Land, Jason Jones, founder of the Vulnerable People Project, has told RT’s America First.
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[2026-03-19 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranian leaders call the US the “Great Satan” and burn effigies of President Donald Trump in the streets — but that doesn’t stop them sending their kids over here to learn.
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[2026-03-19 09:16 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The energy shock from the Iran war has policymakers around the globe rethinking ways to reduce long-term dependence on oil and gas imports, with proposals to expand nuclear energy and renewables, grow strategic stockpiles and domestic production, and diversify foreign sources of supply.
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[2026-03-19 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The coastal city of Sidon in southern Lebanon saw an influx of displaced people on Wednesday after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for Tyre and surrounding areas a day earlier.
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[2026-03-19 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hollywood has been relatively silent on Iran, with almost no direct mention of the war at the Oscars, and it has not gone unnoticed by a small group of Iranian-American celebrities.
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[2026-03-19 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia's capital as senior Muslim and Arab diplomats were meeting in Riyadh, and damaged a natural gas facility in Qatar on Wednesday, in a sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is spiralling into a no-holds-barred conflict.
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[2026-03-19 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s National Iranian Gas Company said parts of refining units were damaged in today’s attack on gas facilities in southern Iran.
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