Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 17:39 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-03-17 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A drone strike has sparked a fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as Iran continues to launch sustained attacks on Gulf countries amid the United States-Israeli joint war on its soil more than two weeks ago.
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[2026-03-17 17:21 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning, Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-03-17 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan — The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has already killed more than 1,400 people, set off retaliatory attacks by Tehran targeting Gulf nations and Israel, and pushed global oil prices above $100 a barrel.
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[2026-03-17 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are set to open broadly flat on Tuesday as global markets remain volatile and oil prices continue to fluctuate.
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[2026-03-17 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Voluntarios retiran escombros de un edificio residencial dañado cuando una comisaría cercana fue atacada el viernes en un ataque de Israel y Estados Unidos en Teherán, Irán, el domingo 15 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-17 16:55 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 16:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-03-17 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Iranian women's soccer team have begun making their way home to Iran after five players withdrew their claims for asylum in Australia.
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Israeli military said early Monday it struck more Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. Moments before the announcement, a powerful strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. (AP video by Zakaria Khatib)
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[2026-03-17 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s intelligence organisation in Khorasan Razavi said it arrested 10 suspected foreign-linked “mercenary elements” accused of espionage activities, Tasnim news reported.
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[2026-03-17 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “We’ve been protecting these countries for years with Nato because Nato is us.”
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[2026-03-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war
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[2026-03-17 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks near a stock price monitor showing Nikkei index at a security company Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-03-17 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thailand is discussing with Russia the possibility of purchasing crude oil as supplies tighten amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, the country’s foreign minister said.
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[2026-03-17 15:34 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 17, 2026 15:34 | News
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[2026-03-17 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: “Hundreds of American soldiers have been captured across the Gulf. US military bases throughout the region lie in ruins. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead or gravely wounded.
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[2026-03-17 15:18 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-17 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Volunteers clean debris from a residential building damaged when a nearby police station was hit Friday in a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-17 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-17 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Conservative MAGA commentators Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin traded barbs online. (Reuters: Kylie Cooper/Joshua Roberts)
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[2026-03-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JAKARTA, Indonesia — Price pressures fuelled by the Middle East war may push Indonesia's government to reconsider its dogged defence of energy subsidies and a costly meals scheme close to the heart of President Prabowo Subianto, analysts say.
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[2026-03-17 14:58 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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[2026-03-17 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said its air defences intercepted and destroyed three drones in the eastern region of the country.
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[2026-03-17 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalili, said Tehran will seek reparations from the United States and Israel over a deadly attack on a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-03-17 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Events in the narrow waterway are causing chaos around the globe. The Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, explains why
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[2026-03-17 14:27 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump says US requested delay of ‘a month or so’ while key official insists move is not to pressure Beijing to help unblock strait of Hormuz; Iraqi officials says drones and rockets attacked embassy
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[2026-03-17 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian soccer player Atefeh Ramezanisadeh kicks a ball at a Brisbane Roar club training session in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, March 16, 2026. (Brisbane Roar via AP)
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[2026-03-17 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Pro-Israel groups in the United States are spending millions of dollars in elections to assert their influence over the rising anger towards Israeli policies.
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[2026-03-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A speech last year highlights Beijing’s focus on maritime rights – a concern analysts say will only intensify as threats to global shipping increase
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[2026-03-17 13:51 UTC+10:00] [WWPKG] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heightened safety fears amid escalating conflict prompt tour operators to halt trips and flight transfers through the region
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[2026-03-17 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes on Tuesday carried out a series of air strikes across several towns in southern Lebanon, including a raid on the town of Taybe that coincided with heavy artillery shelling.
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[2026-03-17 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets and attack drones at the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on Monday.
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[2026-03-17 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters shelled two gatherings of Israeli soldiers with rockets, targeting troops on Hamams Hill south of the city of Khiam and another group near the Misgav Am settlement.
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[2026-03-17 13:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had asked China to delay his summit with Xi Jinping by around a month while he deals with the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-17 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that US allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, but European powers pushed back on a possible mission to reopen the vital waterway shut by Iran in response to US-Israeli attacks.
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[2026-03-17 13:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gulf Arab states did not ask the US to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic Republic still able to threaten the Gulf’s oil lifeline and the economies that depend on it, three Gulf sources told Reuters.
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[2026-03-17 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Navy commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani on Tuesday said that it will retaliate against the killing of at least 87 sailors off Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, Press TV reported.
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[2026-03-17 13:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Israel on Monday warned that displaced Lebanese driven from their homes by its military campaign would not be able to return until the safety of Israelis living near the border was ensured, as Israeli troops pushed into new parts of southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-17 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Why does the Iranian woman, who risks everything to remove a headscarf, not merit a red pin from Hollywood celebrities at the Oscars?
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[2026-03-17 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Missiles and drones rained on the United Arab Emirates on Monday, killing one civilian, disrupting the world's busiest airport and sparking a fire at a crucial oil hub.
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[2026-03-17 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO, Japan — Oil climbed again in Asia on Tuesday after prices retreated a day earlier, with investors remaining focused on the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-17 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung warned that the worst-case energy scenario must be considered if the Middle East conflict continues, calling for diplomatic efforts to secure stable alternative energy sources.
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[2026-03-17 12:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday the government should prepare measures to mitigate the potential economic fallout under a worst-case scenario that the Middle East crisis could become prolonged.
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[2026-03-17 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-03-17 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El senador Lindsey Graham, republicano por Carolina del Sur, habla con sus seguidores tras presentar los documentos para su candidatura a la reelección el lunes 16 de marzo de 2026 en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. (AP Foto/Meg Kinnard)
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[2026-03-17 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Angelique Donnellan
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