Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted 11-1 to hold interest rates in the current range as the war in Iran and conflicting economic signals throw snags in the path to rate cuts this year.
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[2026-03-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to hold its key interest rate steady as policymakers navigate their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market – and a war.
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[2026-03-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 19, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-19 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FRÁNCFORT, Alemania (AP) — Los medios estatales de Irán informaron que Israel atacó el miércoles su yacimiento de gas Pars del Sur —el más grande del mundo y que comparte con Qatar.
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[2026-03-19 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed that those behind the killing of security chief Ali Larijani will “pay”.
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[2026-03-19 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence says it has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles heading towards the country’s eastern region.
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[2026-03-19 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iran’s state media said Wednesday that Israel attacked its South Pars gas field — the largest in the world and one that is shared with Qatar to the south across the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-03-19 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US wholesale prices came in hotter than expected in February.
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[2026-03-19 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
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[2026-03-19 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday completed a wave of overnight strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure across Southern Lebanon and Beirut in response to the Iranian-backed terrorist group’s rocket attacks.
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[2026-03-19 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In an attempt to ease soaring gasoline prices amid the war in Iran, President Trump on Wednesday announced a 60-day waiver on the Jones Act – a US shipping law that traces back more than a century and has been criticized for keeping energy prices sky-high.
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[2026-03-19 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war.
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[2026-03-19 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pars is the Iranian sector of the world’s largest natural gas deposit, and the attack is seen as a major escalation
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[2026-03-19 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three private aircraft were left with “severe” damage after being struck by missile debris at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, the Israel Airports Authority said.
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[2026-03-19 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance warned there’s a “rough road ahead” as global energy prices soar due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As United States President Donald Trump faces mounting global criticism for starting the war on Iran with Israel, he is also facing a battle at home with opposition lawmakers who have challenged his authority to conduct the conflict.
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[2026-03-19 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi told reporters that the strike on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear site did not hit the actual power plant but landed on the premises, not causing any "very significant" damage.
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[2026-03-19 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sidestepped a pointed question about whether or not, as the White House suggested, there was an “imminent nuclear threat” from Iran.
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[2026-03-19 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Donald Trumpmostrou crescente irritação com a posição de países como França e Reino Unido, que têm rejeitado envolver-se na reabertura da via marítima estratégica, bloqueada pelo Irão na sequência dos ataques conjuntos de Washington e Israel.
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[2026-03-19 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — UNICEF on Wednesday said it was launching an investigation into Israel’s allegation that tobacco products were smuggled into Gaza in one of the U.N. agency’s aid shipments heading to the territory.
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[2026-03-19 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France believes the US-Israeli war on Iran is unjustified and unlawful, the French ambassador to Oman has told Middle East Eye in an exclusive interview.
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[2026-03-19 03:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hit
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[2026-03-19 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “The fuel, energy and gas infrastructures” of those who attacked Iran’s energy and oil facilities “will be burned and turned to ashes at the earliest opportunity,” a spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Khatam al-Anbiya, said.
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[2026-03-19 03:15 UTC+10:00] [Water] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work
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[2026-03-19 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: With Iran's chokehold on exports through the Strait of Hormuz triggering an international energy crisis, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has proposed extending the oil pipeline that links Turkey and Iraq all the way to the southern port city of Basra.
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[2026-03-19 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE ongoing war in the Middle East has been a severe disruption to the entire world, and has been particularly difficult for the Philippines. Not only have we experienced the shock of surging energy prices, which is a consequence of our near-total reliance on imports for fuel, the Gulf region is a major trade and travel hub that is now mostly impassable, and of course, our most critical concern is for the safety of the nearly 2 million Filipinos in
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[2026-03-19 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the United States-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.
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[2026-03-19 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AT a press conference on Monday, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the Department of Energy (DOE) was looking at ways to manage the electricity generation mix to mitigate an expected rise in power rates next month due to the fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East. Last week, Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairman Nino Juan forecast that electricity rates could go up by P2 to P4 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in April if the war goes on —
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[2026-03-19 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Las jugadoras de Irán posan para una foto de equipo antes del juego de fútbol de la Copa Asiática Femenina entre Irán y Filipinas en Robina, Australia, el domingo 8 de marzo de 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage vía AP, Archivo)
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[2026-03-19 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOSTON, Massachusetts — Under President Donald Trump, United States foreign policy has reached a new low. His administration’s war on Iran, coming just after its kidnapping of Venezuela’s dictator, will damage the US and change how the rest of the world views American power.
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[2026-03-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-19 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s gas supply from Iran has stopped following the strikes on Iranian gas sites earlier today, according to a report from the Iraqi electricity ministry.
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[2026-03-19 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sara Eisen returned to The View as a guest co-host on Wednesday, sparking some lively debate with Sunny Hostin.
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[2026-03-19 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday as senators examined global threats from China, Russia, Iran, transnational criminal organizations, and global instability.
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[2026-03-19 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: California is home to the largest Iranian diaspora community in the world. But opinions are mixed when it comes to support for the war against Iran.
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[2026-03-19 02:39 UTC+10:00] [Attaullah Tarar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The temporary ceasefire comes after Monday’s hospital strike, the deadliest in an escalating conflict between the two neighbours
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[2026-03-19 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Mazoud Pezeshkian has confirmed the death of the country’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib.
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[2026-03-19 02:25 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Beijing seeks to decipher effect of Iran war on US midterms and best way to apply pressure when Trump meets Xi
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[2026-03-19 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The financial cost of the Iran war to American taxpayers is being understated by officials and could balloon into the trillions of dollars over the long term, The Intercept has warned.
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[2026-03-19 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost world oil supplies during the Iran war.
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[2026-03-19 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Online gamblers reportedly linked to the prediction platform Polymarket allegedly issued death threats to an Israeli journalist in an attempt to force him to change a story about an Iranian missile strike on Israel.
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[2026-03-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump's visit to China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US leader’s call for a delay as he focuses on the Iran war follows reports of growing frustration at the White House’s erratic behaviour
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[2026-03-19 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El primer ministro británico Keir Starmer (izq) y el presidente francés Emmanuel Macron en Chequers, cerca de Aylesbury, Inglaterra, el 9 de enero del 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-03-19 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has threatened to attack oil and gas facilities in the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli strike on its South Pars gasfield as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate.
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[2026-03-19 01:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move comes as president attempts to mitigate rising price of oil while carrying out war on Iran
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[2026-03-19 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former leader of the Labour Party and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn challenged British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper’s claim that UK bases are only being used for “defensive strikes” against Iranian missiles.
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[2026-03-19 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari issued a statement calling Israel’s strikes on Iran’s natural gas sites “a dangerous and irresponsible step amid the current military escalation in the region”.
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[2026-03-19 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry has reported that casualties from Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s Basta and Zuqaq al-Blat districts this morning have increased, with 10 dead and 27 injured so far.
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[2026-03-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Israeli airstrike hit Iran’s South Pars gas field, the largest in the world, on Wednesday — causing energy prices to spike as Tehran vows to hit energy sites across the Gulf in retaliation.
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