Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has said four soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, where its forces are clashing with Hezbollah fighters after launching a ground invasion of the country.
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[2026-03-31 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A vehicle passes a gasoline price board at a filling station in Philadelphia, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-03-31 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, centre right, and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha walk at a railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office via AP)
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[2026-03-31 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US-Israeli strikes damaged a religious site in Zanjan in Iran's northwest, the Fars news agency reported.
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[2026-03-31 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. gasoline prices have surged above $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years, as the oil supply shock triggered by the Middle East war rapidly drives up costs for families.
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[2026-03-31 18:22 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia is closing in on a breakthrough deal to sell hundreds of locally designed combat drones, called Ghost Bats, to the German military in an agreement that could pave the way for the cutting-edge aircraft to be exported around the world.
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[2026-03-31 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian Red Crescent Society says its aid workers have launched rescue operations in Tehran and the northwestern city of Zanjan following US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-31 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Six people were lightly wounded in Petah Tikva in Israel after Iran fired ballistic missiles, Haaretz reported, citing the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
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[2026-03-31 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-31 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: White House says it doesn't need Spain after airspace closure to US military, Spain's Catholic Church signs deal to compensate abuse victims and more news on Tuesday March 31st.
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[2026-03-31 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Kosovo] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Balkan nation only became Fifa members in 2016, but win over Turkey would secure first World Cup finals place
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[2026-03-31 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran said its air defence units shot down a United States MQ-9 drone near Isfahan, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-31 17:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks fell over 4 percent Tuesday, weighed by heavy foreign selling, as US President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran, with no end in sight to the monthlong Middle East war. The Korean won weakened sharply against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-31 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Korean Air says it is moving into emergency management mode to buffer the impact of surging jet fuel costs as the global economy is rocked by the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-03-31 17:36 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan is enlisting French support amid a global energy shock and a diplomatic rupture with Beijing
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[2026-03-31 17:31 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The mother of the 16-year-old accused of murdering two children on the streets of Cobblebank knew her son had snuck out of the house that night and found him with a sword the next day, a court has heard.
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[2026-03-31 17:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Type-12 land-to-ship missile launcher is shown at the Camp Kengun in the Kumamoto prefecture, western Japan, on March 17, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-03-31 17:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US military squadron stationed in Alaska has joined live-fire drills with the South Korean military, according to the US Eighth Army on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-31 17:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: First US Navy project since Philly Shipyard acquisition opens foothold
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[2026-03-31 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: After a day of documenting destroyed families and their homes, Al Mayadeen TV reporter Fatima Ftouni was traveling with colleagues on the Kfarhouna–Jezzine road in southern Lebanon when an Israeli drone began its attack on Saturday.
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[2026-03-31 17:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Oil-linked supply crunch drives up prices of medical consumables, adding pressure on deficit-hit hospitals
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[2026-03-31 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media reported that initial investigations indicated strikes in central Iran had hit some "military sites", without specifying the locations.
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[2026-03-31 17:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Prank emergency calls, which neared 60 on April Fools’ Day in 2009, have largely given way to online bomb threats and misinformation
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[2026-03-31 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes killed one person and destroyed homes in multiple areas in Nabatieh overnight, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
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[2026-03-31 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — The Iran war is squeezing a global commodities market already pressured by China's export controls and stockpiling efforts.
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[2026-03-31 16:28 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: On second anniversary of aid worker’s killing in Gaza, her family renews calls for an open and transparent investigation
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[2026-03-31 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: As global oil markets tremble amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both cheap and environmentally friendly. While gas prices soar globally, tens of millions of Brazilian drivers have a choice at the pump: fill up with 100% sugarcane-based ethanol or a gasoline blend that contains 30% of biofuel.
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[2026-03-31 16:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LS Eco Energy said Tuesday that it will begin mass production of rare earth metals for defense applications within this year, positioning itself among the first non-Chinese players to build a supply chain in the sector.
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[2026-03-31 16:16 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Savings from a 26 cent a litre cut to fuel excise tax could be wiped out within weeks with the global oil price expected to continue its climb, increasing motorists’ bills for diesel and petrol into the foreseeable future and regardless of when the Iran war ends.
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[2026-03-31 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea on Tuesday proposed a supplementary budget worth 26.2 trillion won (about $17.1 billion) to ease the burden of rising energy prices on households and industries as the Middle east conflict has created a supply crunch.
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[2026-03-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in mixed territory on Tuesday as uncertainty lingers over the likelihood of a peace deal to bring an end to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-31 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy
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[2026-03-31 15:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US struck a school and sports hall in Iran’s southern city of Lamerd with a ballistic missile previously untested in combat, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Sunday, citing its own analysis of footage and weapons experts.
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[2026-03-31 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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[2026-03-31 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Liam Alexander Hall was photographed being spoken to by police on the day of the Perth Invasion Day rally. (Photograph: Kitty Byrne-Hemsley)
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[2026-03-31 15:44 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: As Australia braces for fuel shortages and the world confronts the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran that could trigger a global recession, one country is reaping the spoils: Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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[2026-03-31 15:42 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-31 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested American troops could seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, even as he added in comments published Monday that a deal with Tehran to end the war “could be made fairly quickly.”
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[2026-03-31 15:33 UTC+10:00] [Nato] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘An alliance has to be mutually beneficial. It cannot be a one-way street. Let’s hope we can fix it,’ America’s top diplomat says
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[2026-03-31 15:33 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The won is at a 17-year low, parliament is in damage control mode and shop shelves are being stripped clean of plastic bags
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[2026-03-31 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Soccer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The “key to success” in international football, according to Graham Arnold, is preparation.
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[2026-03-31 15:01 UTC+10:00] [Indigenous Australians] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawyers for Liam Alexander Hall say the 32-year-old is undergoing treatment in custody
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[2026-03-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Viktor Orbán] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Hungary, the Iran war is exposing tensions. Voters may decide on 12 April that the prime minister’s geopolitical contortions are a liability
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[2026-03-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Exclusive Content] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-03-31 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 14:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters
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[2026-03-31 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is set to hold a press briefing on the war in Iran on Tuesday morning, its first such briefing in nearly two weeks, CNN reported.
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[2026-03-31 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Falling debris from a downed drone damaged several homes in Saudi Arabia’s al-Kharj province, the Saudi Civil Defence said.
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