Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-15 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump's administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war that started two weeks ago with a massive US-Israeli air assault, according to three sources familiar with the efforts.
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[2026-03-15 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian group Hamas has condemned the US-Israeli war on Iran, describing the assault as a violation of international law and urging countries across the region to work together to halt the fighting.
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[2026-03-15 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-03-15 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New Yorkers are getting a crash at the gas pump.
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[2026-03-15 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran played three games on the Gold Coast at the Women's Asian Cup.
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[2026-03-15 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of President Donald Trump has warned that news outlets could have their broadcasting licenses revoked over critical reporting on the war against Iran, accusing the media of “distortions”.
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[2026-03-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The exiled crown prince of Iran said he is ready to lead a transition in Tehran “as soon as the Islamic Republic falls.”
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[2026-03-15 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this Jan. 28, 2026 photo, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Aaron Slupski, a crew chief with the 121st Maintenance Group, prepares to marshal a KC-135 Stratotanker at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Friday that three of six crew members of an American KC-135 refueling plane were killed when it crashed in Iraq were from his state and had deployed with the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing.
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[2026-03-15 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli settlers have attacked two villages in the occupied West Bank, causing casualties among the Palestinian residents, according to local officials.
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[2026-03-15 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has issued an evacuation warning for areas around several major ports in the United Arab Emirates, saying that US forces used facilities there to launch strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure.
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[2026-03-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s attacks on its Mideast neighbors is too much for even one of its fiercest terror allies.
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[2026-03-15 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fans hold the lion and sun flag at a Women's Asian Cup game. It is a symbol of resistance against the Islamic Republic regime. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
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[2026-03-15 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man naps on a cafe table at the empty Al Seef market, next to the historic Al Fahidi neighborhood along Dubai Creek, one of the main tourist areas of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, March 13, 2026, as tourism slows amid regional tensions linked to the Iran war. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
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[2026-03-15 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Australian immigration system has long punished people who felt they had no option but to flee their homeland
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[2026-03-15 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The ‘largest supply disruption in history’ due to the US-Israeli war on Iran is affecting prices from plastic to jet fuel to fertiliser
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[2026-03-15 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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[2026-03-15 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s envoy in Ukraine has dismissed Kyiv’s offer to help counter Iranian-designed drones in the Middle East, calling the proposal meaningless.
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[2026-03-15 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: This Amazon data centre sits on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, directly across the water from the Iranian coast.
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[2026-03-15 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Islamic Republic threatened to strike Ukraine Saturday, days after Kyiv shipped military experts to the Middle East to help the Gulf states defend against Iranian drones.
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[2026-03-15 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed Iran's supreme leader, but has not been seen publicly in the days since. (AP: Vahid Salemi. )
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[2026-03-15 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US Embassy in Baghdad has warned Americans inside to leave Iraq “immediately.”
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[2026-03-15 05:29 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-15 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has been raging for over two weeks now, with US President Donald Trump sending out seemingly contradictory messages as to his objectives and timeline for the conflict.
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[2026-03-15 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has been raging for over two weeks now, with US President Donald Trump sending out seemingly contradictory messages as to his objectives and timeline for the conflict.
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[2026-03-15 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran said Saturday all countries except for the US and Israel may pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-15 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's military said on Saturday that it had intercepted 79 missiles and drones launched by Iran at the kingdom during the second week of the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-15 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lebanon was dragged into the conflict when Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei
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[2026-03-15 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said “many countries” will dispatch warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, without offering details about which states are on board.
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[2026-03-15 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey says Iran has denied firing ballistic missiles towards Turkish territory despite radar and technical data suggesting otherwise.
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[2026-03-15 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations secretary-general says the Lebanese people have been “dragged into” war, and has called for an end to the fighting, as Israel keeps up its assault on several areas of the country.
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[2026-03-15 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sen. Lindsey Graham called President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s Kharg Island “necessary” and believes it will end the war quicker — after massive strikes on its critical oil network.
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[2026-03-15 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s a tale of two Iran armies.
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[2026-03-15 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran warned it could target US "hideouts" in the United Arab Emirates after a drone attack disrupted a major Emirati energy hub on Saturday, as the war entered its third week.
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[2026-03-15 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine has become a party to the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran, senior Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi has said, threatening potential retaliation against Kiev.
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[2026-03-15 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine has become a party to the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran, senior Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi has said, threatening potential retaliation against Kiev.
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[2026-03-15 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Speaking at a news conference, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said: "We are frankly concerned (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu is moving toward a new genocide under the pretext of fighting Hezbollah."
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[2026-03-15 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 15 people have been killed after a strike by the United States and Israel hit a factory in Isfahan in central Iran, Iranian media reported.
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[2026-03-15 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Iran, has expressed gratitude to the Government of Sri Lanka for its assistance in rescuing the crew members of the Dena corvette and facilitating the transfer of the remains of those killed in the attack back to Iran.
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[2026-03-15 03:37 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president insisted that Iran’s military capability had been eliminated but admitted it was still able to attack the strait
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[2026-03-15 03:32 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The war is deeply unpopular, and the spike in oil prices will mean long-term high prices across the board for Americans
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[2026-03-15 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cinta policial acordona la sinagoga Temple Israel, el viernes 13 de marzo de 2026 en West Bloomfield Township, Michigan. (Foto AP/Paul Sancya)
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[2026-03-15 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has threatened to attack the facilities of US companies in the Middle East if its energy infrastructure is targeted by US and Israeli forces.
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[2026-03-15 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-15 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The youngest American soldier killed by an Iranian drone strike was an Eagle Scout who spent his teenage years giving back to his community and helping homeless youth.
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[2026-03-15 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In 1990, Bernard Lewis famously wrote about "the roots of Muslim rage". The essay, along with other influential works produced in the 1980s and 90s, helped usher in an era of commentary about extremism and political violence in the Muslim-majority world.
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[2026-03-15 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Iran war-driven spike in oil prices crushed stocks last week, culminating in the S & P 500 's first three-week losing streak in roughly a year. There was little place to hide, with nine of the 11 S & P 500 sector indexes lower for the week. Not surprisingly, energy and utilities were winners.
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[2026-03-15 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME, Italy – Protesters burned images of US President Donald Trump and Italy's premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome Saturday during a demonstration against the government's judicial reform and the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-15 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE war in the Middle East continues to escalate. The most tragic aspect about it is that as the conflict worsens each day, the number of innocent lives brutally lost grows. If the exchange of deadly attacks continues for a few more weeks, what will remain in the end are damaged economies and collateral ruin for the international community.
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[2026-03-15 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has been pursuing a new war tactic in targeting checkpoints set up in the Iranian capital by the paramilitary Basij force as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the United States launch more attacks.
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