Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that attacks targeting Iraqi territory are unacceptable, according to an official statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office.
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[2026-03-12 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Para muitos libaneses, os novos ataques entre a milícia Hezbollah e Israel são como um retorno à guerra.
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[2026-03-12 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disrupted Middle East transit routes squeeze sector, pushing freight costs higher and pressuring supply chains
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[2026-03-12 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The war triggered by the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran is driving sharp swings in global oil markets, potentially handing Russia an unexpected revenue boost despite Western sanctions over its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-12 01:51 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s mixed messaging on Iran, the Melania documentary and a ‘cult’ of Maga footwear
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[2026-03-12 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia is providing Iran with advanced drone warfare tactics developed during its war in Ukraine, according to a Western intelligence official cited by CNN.
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[2026-03-12 01:43 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-12 01:36 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: It will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves
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[2026-03-12 01:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former US secretary of state says oil shock driven by war in Iran highlights dangers of reliance on fossil fuels
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[2026-03-12 01:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher warned on Wednesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran was impacting aid supply routes and urged all parties to ensure “exemptions for our humanitarian supplies”. “I’m worried that actually further escalation will damage other supply routes,” Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, saying he was “appealing to all the parties to try and secure those routes, including the Strait of Hormuz, for our humanitarian traffic, and ...
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[2026-03-12 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla en la Conferencia de Asuntos de Miembros Republicanos, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026, en Trump National Doral Miami en Doral, Florida. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-12 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Democratic senators said on Tuesday night that the US has “no plan” for the war on Iran, after President Donald Trump’s administration conducted a two-hour behind-closed-doors briefing for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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[2026-03-12 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ominous “Doomsday” plane has been spotted flying over California — for the second time in two months.
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[2026-03-12 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Democratic senators said on Tuesday night that the US has “no plan” for the war on Iran, after President Donald Trump’s administration conducted a two-hour behind-closed-doors briefing for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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[2026-03-12 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The International Energy Agency on Wednesday agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to address the supply disruption triggered by the Iran war, the largest such action in the organization's history.
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[2026-03-12 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Washington has dropped a multibillion dollar case against Turkish state lender Halkbank for violating sanctions against Iran after Ankara helped secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in 2025.
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[2026-03-12 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is exploring building a base in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland from which it can target Yemen’s Houthis, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 00:31 UTC+10:00] [Animal welfare] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: RSPCA say animals could become ‘hidden victims’ of conflict as charities in Gulf city report being overwhelmed
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[2026-03-12 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reportedly gutted Pentagon oversight offices that would normally help investigate the deadly US strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed at least 170 people last month, according to a Politico report.
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[2026-03-12 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reportedly gutted Pentagon oversight offices that would normally help investigate the deadly US strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed at least 170 people last month, according to a Politico report.
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[2026-03-12 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the US-Israeli strikes on Iran would go on "as long as necessary", insisting the strikes had inflicted heavy casualties on Tehran's forces.
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[2026-03-12 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY, Australia — Iranian women footballers claiming asylum in Australia evacuated from their safe house on Wednesday after one team member changed her mind and revealed their location to the Iranian embassy, Canberra said.
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[2026-03-12 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain has decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, the Official State Gazette said on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Within hours of the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran, US assets in Iraq’s Kurdistan region came under retaliatory attacks from Tehran-backed groups, dragging the country into the conflict that has since expanded across the Middle East and beyond.
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[2026-03-12 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some US taxpayers are refusing to pay the federal government amid ICE surges, the war with Iran and more
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[2026-03-12 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Inflation held steady in February ahead of the war in Iran, though economists are concerned that energy shocks from the conflict could ripple across the economy – complicating the Fed’s path to interest rate cuts.
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[2026-03-11 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Newly-appointed supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was "lightly injured" but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-11 23:49 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-11 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Mojtaba Khamenei] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alireza Salarian says Iran’s new supreme leader was lucky to survive strike that killed six of his family members
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[2026-03-11 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Spanish government has decided to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, according to the official state gazette.
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[2026-03-11 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ships were seen lining up in front of Ras Al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-11 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Liberal Democrat party's foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller has been photographed meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog in February - after Herzog was found to have incited genocide by the United Nations' top investigative body on Palestine and Israel.
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[2026-03-11 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shrapnel killed a woman following a strike on an arms depot belonging to an Iran-backed armed group in central Iraq, health and security officials told AFP.
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[2026-03-11 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Prices consumers pay for a broad range of goods and services rose in line with expectations for February, offering a final look at inflation pressures before an oil shock tied to the Iran war rattled the outlook.
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[2026-03-11 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is considering removing his army chief due to disagreements over how to confront Hezbollah in the midst of Israel’s latest war on Lebanon, sources have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-11 23:30 UTC+10:00] [artificial intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI data centres, financial hubs and tourism are not peripheral to the Gulf’s growth; they are central to both opportunity and vulnerability
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[2026-03-11 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is considering removing his army chief due to disagreements over how to confront Hezbollah in the midst of Israel’s latest war on Lebanon, sources have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-11 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom has banned this year’s Al-Quds Day march in London, an event which has taken place for 40 years, with the government citing public disorder risks linked to the “volatile situation in the Middle East” and potential clashes between rival protesters.
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[2026-03-11 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain has decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, the official state gazette said on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-11 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain government on Tuesday decided to remove its ambassador to Israel, according to the official state gazette published on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-11 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When the Turkish arms company Repkon announced that it was entering the US market in late 2024, the move was hailed by both the Turkish government and the defence industry.
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[2026-03-11 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Tech companies have been funnelling billions of dollars into AI infrastructure projects in the Middle East over the past few years, drawn in by cheap and readily available energy and land, alongside local government support.
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[2026-03-11 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Recent attack on plants led to fears of escalating strikes, but Iran knows drought has left it equally vulnerable
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[2026-03-11 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Defence technology company says its Jingqi monitoring system detected communications after bombing mission
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[2026-03-11 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's military on Wednesday vowed to strike US and Israeli banks and economic centres in the region, after overnight attacks hit a bank in Tehran.
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[2026-03-11 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Carteles con el precio de combustible en una gasolinera, el martes 10 de 2026 en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Yuki Iwamura)
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[2026-03-11 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The EU must not abandon plans to ditch Russian oil and gas, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said, as the war in Iran causes a painful supply crunch.
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[2026-03-11 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Motorists around the globe are already feeling the impact of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, with fuel prices sharply rising since the war began.
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[2026-03-11 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has approved a request by the Metropolitan Police to ban this year's Al-Quds Day protest in London.
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