Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The PM’s natural instinct to stay out of the Iran war has been a good one, but he is left speaking in code about US relations
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[2026-03-17 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah says one of its senior security officials has been killed.
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[2026-03-17 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Travelers could soon see summer air travel tickets jump by more than $100 as the oil economy continues to reel from the war on Iran, sending jet fuel prices sky-high, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-17 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are down, and stocks are up, though such moves have been quick to reverse since the war in Iran began.
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[2026-03-17 05:10 UTC+10:00] [Tucker Carlson] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Carlson in video claims the CIA is preparing a ‘crime report’ against him and alleges US agencies have read his texts
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[2026-03-17 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah says it launched a barrage of rockets and attack drones at the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on Monday.
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[2026-03-17 05:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White House seems to have failed to anticipate that Tehran would fight back by trying to impose costs on the west
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 17, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-17 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s National News Agency says displacement continues to surge as Israel’s assault on the country intensifies. Authorities reported that the total number of displaced people has reached 1,049,328.
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[2026-03-17 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s ambulance service says six people were injured after a missile fired from Lebanon struck a building in the northern coastal city of Nahariya. Authorities reported
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[2026-03-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey has strongly condemned Israel’s ground invasion of southern Lebanon, warning that the assault risks plunging the region deeper into crisis.
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[2026-03-17 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s history is layered with conquest, cultural renewal and craftsmanship - all of which can be seen in its remarkable heritage sites.
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[2026-03-17 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number now understood to have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the war has reached at least 886 with more than 2,000 injured, according the Lebanon's health ministry.
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[2026-03-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-03-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-03-17 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, a growing number of Iranians who saw Reza Pahlavi as an alternative to the ruling establishment say they are losing faith in the exiled opposition figure.
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[2026-03-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union is losing credibility because it is not pushing back against the US, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. He criticized the bloc’s passive stance on the Iran war and a trade deal with Washington, according to Politico.
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[2026-03-17 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: METEOROLOGIST Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect” as a metaphor suggesting that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could unleash a tornado in Texas. It illustrates how very small changes in a system can lead to dramatic outcomes somewhere in a distant corner of the world.
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 02:55 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region have upended global financial and energy markets, raising concerns of a global economic crisis – and even of a recession.
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[2026-03-17 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike on Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq has left six dead near the Syrian border, according to the group.
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[2026-03-17 02:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down
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[2026-03-17 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Emirates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Before the Iran war, the world’s largest international airline was chalking up hundreds of daily flights that were nearly full
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[2026-03-17 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinos que viajaron a Sudáfrica en un vuelo organizado por un grupo israelí cuyo fundador apoyó la propuesta del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump para reasentar palestinos desde Gaza, se encuentran en su vivienda temporal en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica, el miércoles 4 de febrero de 2026. (Foto AP/Jerome Delay)
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[2026-03-17 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — A strike on Monday near Iraq's western border with Syria killed six fighters from the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi, the alliance said.
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[2026-03-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that “no quarter” or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.
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[2026-03-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that “no quarter” or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.
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[2026-03-17 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed on Sunday, on “Face the Nation,” that President Donald Trump launched attacks against Iran “because it is fun,” accusing the United States of starting what he called an “illegal war” during an interview with CBS host Margaret Brennan.
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[2026-03-17 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Fears over the scarcity of fuel and the war on Iran's uncertain future has forced Sri Lanka to declare a shorter work week.
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[2026-03-17 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European allies have pushed back on a US request to help re-open the Strait of Hormuz, with Germany stating outright that the conflict with Iran was "not Nato's war".
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[2026-03-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leaders seek a diplomatic solution despite US president’s threat of ‘a very bad future’ for Nato unless it provides warships
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[2026-03-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are organising street-level events across the country over the coming days to maintain security control and send more messages of defiance to the leaders of the United States and Israel in the third week of their war.
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[2026-03-17 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A much-anticipated summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be postponed due to logistical snarls stemming from the ongoing war in Iran, according to White House officials.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Faced with an alarming rise in fuel prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East, the Ethiopian government is now calling on citizens and institutions to avoid unnecessary consumption and is announcing measures to stabilize supply and combat illegal trade.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European leaders have rejected demands by United States President Donald Trump to help ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as foreign ministers from the European Union gathered in Brussels to discuss skyrocketing oil prices during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-17 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-17 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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[2026-03-17 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the US-Israeli strikes for the deaths of "hundreds" of Iranian civilians, including "over 200 children" in a social media post.
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[2026-03-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Questions over who bears responsibility for the killing of over 160 schoolgirls in an airstrike in Iran are irrelevant, former CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon has suggested in a heated exchange with Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground.
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[2026-03-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Questions over who bears responsibility for the killing of over 160 schoolgirls in an airstrike in Iran are irrelevant, former CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon has suggested in a heated exchange with Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground.
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[2026-03-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President made contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with allies to help US secure Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-03-17 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's health system is holding up despite the evacuation of six hospitals across the country, a World Health Organisation official has told Reuters.
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[2026-03-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States government had told Turkey through official channels that the war on Iran would only take four days, Asli Aydintasbas, a Washington-based Turkey expert, said during an interview on Sunday.
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[2026-03-17 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Joint attacks by the United States and Israel have severely reduced Iran’s capacity to fire missiles and drones, experts say, but Iran retains enough capabilities to inflict significant damage.
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