Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-15 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-15 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon are expected to hold direct talks in the coming days, their first since the start of the war on Iran that has drawn Lebanon deeper into conflict, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Saturday, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.
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[2026-03-15 02:51 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s embassy in Iraq was hit by a drone, while clouds of black smoke rose over the Fujairah energy facility in the UAE
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[2026-03-15 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike killed 17 medical staff in a direct attack on a primary healthcare centre in southern Lebanon, health authorities said on Saturday.
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[2026-03-15 02:34 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The facility was attacked on Friday night, bringing the toll of medical staff to 31 killed in past 12 days
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[2026-03-15 02:29 UTC+10:00] [UN Charter] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Antonio Guterres has also urged support for the Lebanese government, which last year committed to disarming Hezbollah
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[2026-03-15 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Good day. Here are the stories of The Manila Times for Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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[2026-03-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Motaz Malhees is an actor in The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a Palestinian girl killed by the IDF in Gaza in 2024
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[2026-03-15 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel said the war against Iran was entering its "decisive phase" on Saturday, as explosions rocked cities across the Middle East, with strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.
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[2026-03-15 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Republican Party is not split over the Iran war — but that doesn’t mean it can simply ignore the crank fringe bewailing and assailing President Donald Trump’s actions.
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[2026-03-15 01:27 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Closure of strait of Hormuz puts pressure on region’s economies amid growing resentment about conflict started by US and Israel
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[2026-03-15 01:16 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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[2026-03-15 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump lambasted the media Saturday over reports that Iran struck five US refueling planes at a US base in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-03-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Almost 20% of the shelters are unsuitable or don’t exist at all, with officials admitting Iran war ‘has exposed just how ill-prepared we are’
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[2026-03-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Does it matter that the mayor’s wife Rama Duwaji holds abhorrent, disgusting opinions about a mass slaughter that occurred in Israel on Oct. 7? Her husband, Mayor Mamdani doesn’t think so.
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[2026-03-15 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US soldiers hope these dogs of war will make it safely to America.
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[2026-03-15 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's health ministry confirmed on Saturday that Israeli strikes had killed 26 paramedics and wounded 51 others since conflict erupted between Israel and Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-15 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Smoke was rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf's petroleum facilities - hours after the US struck Iran's Kharg Island oil hub.
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[2026-03-15 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Tasnim news agency is calling on people in the United Arab Emirates to "immediately" evacuate the areas surrounding Jebel Ali port in Dubai, Khalifa port in Abu Dhabi and Fujairah port.
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[2026-03-15 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed three members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources said.
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[2026-03-15 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kharg Island sits at the heart of Iran’s oil export infrastructure in the northern Gulf, making it one of the most strategically important energy hubs in the region. Located about 25km off Iran’s southern coast, the island hosts the country’s main oil export terminal, where crude from oil fields across Iran is stored and loaded onto tankers for shipment to international markets.
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[2026-03-15 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People, mostly Iranians who crossed from Iran at the Kapikoy border crossing, pull luggage in Turkey’s eastern Van province, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Murat Kocabas)
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[2026-03-15 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The oil market sent a clear signal this week that a massive release of stockpiled crude by the U.S. and its allies is nowhere near enough to address the unprecedented supply disruption triggered by the Iran war.
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[2026-03-15 00:00 UTC+10:00] [About Rappler] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: The war in the Middle East triggers the worst global oil supply disruption in history. President Marcos makes one more push for a Philippine seat on the UN Security Council — so that the country might have a stronger say on global security issues.
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[2026-03-14 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: New Delhi says two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bound for ports in the country’s west have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in Iran.
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[2026-03-14 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Last night, U.S. forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island, Iran. The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites. U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg… pic.twitter.com/2X1glD4Flt
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[2026-03-14 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker was damaged in a suspected drone attack in the Black Sea while approaching the Russian port of Novorossiysk, authorities said.
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[2026-03-14 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has killed another five Palestinians as its genocidal war on Gaza continues unabated amid a widening regional conflict triggered by joint United States-Israel strikes on Iran two weeks ago.
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[2026-03-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Georgia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Race to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat provides glimpse into midterms with Iran and immigration on voters’ minds
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[2026-03-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The overwhelming majority of Iranian oil is exported from Kharg Island. (Reuters: Planet Labs PBC)
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[2026-03-14 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Central Command (Centcom) has provided an update on its attack on Kharg Island in Iran.
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[2026-03-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Islamist group also urges the international community to ‘work towards halting’ the ongoing war immediately
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[2026-03-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz could take months and require underwater robots, laser-equipped helicopters, and elite Navy divers, according to experts and a newly updated congressional report.
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[2026-03-14 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A survivor and witness to the atrocities of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas massacre in Israel delivered a blistering broadside to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife after she “liked” a social media post claiming the rapes of Israelis during the terror rampage were a “mass hoax.”
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[2026-03-14 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An official from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said US “hideouts” in the United Arab Emirates would be considered “legitimate” targets following American strikes on Kharg Island.
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[2026-03-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A doomsday prepper says all Americans should prepare for an airstrike amid the country’s war with Iran, and is urging citizens to do three distinct things.
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[2026-03-14 21:31 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan's industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Saturday asked Australia, Japan's biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas, to boost output in light of the Middle East crisis.
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