Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A Houthi spokesperson claimed responsibility for the missile attack over the weekend during an address on Yemeni state television. Source: Getty
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[2026-03-30 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Monday as the Middle East war entered its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 10:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, this Monday, March 30.
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[2026-03-30 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker has accused the United States of plotting a ground attack despite publicly pushing for a negotiated deal, as the US deploys thousands of military personnel to the Middle East.
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[2026-03-30 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices jumped at the start of Asian trading on Monday, with benchmark crude climbing sharply as the Israeli-US war on Iran showed no sign of ending.
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[2026-03-30 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The “American Bad Ass” rocker sent social media into a tailspin after posting footage of a military helicopter hovering just yards away from his Tennessee estate dubbed the “Southern White House.”
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[2026-03-30 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A close ally of US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Gulf leaders should send their own children to fight on the front lines in the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-03-30 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A humble Long Island hero who is active-duty military and an FDNY Bravest recently got the surprise of a lifetime from the New York Islanders: a new pickup truck he desperately needed.
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[2026-03-30 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has declared the homes of US and Israeli officials and military commanders legitimate targets, in retaliation for repeated strikes on residential buildings in Iran that have reportedly killed nearly 2,000 civilians over the first month of the war.
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[2026-03-30 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thanks to Dior’s Anderson, the historical garment is making a comeback, with styles from Napoleonic hussar jackets to more modern takes
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[2026-03-30 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed during a combat operation in southern Lebanon on Saturday just weeks after he completed training.
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[2026-03-30 08:52 UTC+10:00] [HSBC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Participants at the talks will include government and military officials alongside energy, shipping, finance and insurance sector leaders
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[2026-03-30 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Astroturf” — advocates who pretend to have grassroots support — might be the best term for “a small circle of podcasters on the right who condemn President Trump’s strikes on Iran yet claim to speak for all ‘MAGA,’ ” thunders The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A. Strassel. “All evidence shows they remain a tiny minority,” but “Democrats and their media allies want you to believe” this bunch of “outliers” is representative.
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[2026-03-30 07:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Pakistan's foreign minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that his regional counterparts had covered possible ways to bring an early and permanent end to the war in the Middle East. Source: Getty / Anadolu
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[2026-03-30 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has thanked Iraq for backing Tehran in the war against the United States and Israel, according to a message carried by Iranian media.
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[2026-03-30 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Michael O'Brien and Daniel Capps are calling on the federal government to prioritise getting fuel to the fishing industry. (ABC News: Marcus Kennedy)
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[2026-03-30 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The price of coffee is increasing faster than any other household grocery, and it’s not just tariffs driving the surge — bad weather, war and a frenzy of market traders are also to blame for the rise.
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[2026-03-30 07:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: While the rationale for US President Donald Trump’s Iran war is difficult to decipher, its main beneficiary is far easier to identify: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and maritime devices now serve as key enablers of deep strikes, precision targeting, and real-time intelligence. Armed remotely piloted aircraft – commonly known as “drones” – are now central to many military operations. The use of uncrewed vehicles in armed conflicts has grown significantly in recent years, raising humanitarian, legal and operational concerns.
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Royal College Colombo produced a majestic all-round performance, powered by rock-solid defence to crush defending champions Isipathana College 39 points (four goals, one try, two penalties) to 13 (two tries, one penalty) in their Dialog President’s Trophy Schools Under-19 Knockout rugby semi-final played before a large crowd at Longden Place yesterday after leading 19-8 at the ‘breather’.
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[2026-03-30 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tens of thousands of people have joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions. (AP video by Mike Pesoli, Mark Vancleave and Emily Wang)
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[2026-03-30 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Crowds of people protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Trump’s actions, in “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. and in Europe. Minnesota took center stage, in what organisers said were mass demonstrations involving millions of people.
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[2026-03-30 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has hit its one-month anniversary and it appears the conflict is sprawling with the entry of the Houthis into the fray.
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[2026-03-30 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is facing its most serious economic shock in decades, as the Israeli-US war on Iran delivers a direct hit to its core industries, from finance to aviation, exposing major vulnerabilities in its economic model.
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[2026-03-30 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya scored 204 runs for 9 wickets at close on day one against St. Joseph’s College, Colombo when the play stopped due to rain in the quarter final of the under 19 Division One tier ‘A’ inter schools cricket tournament at Army ground Kuruvita yesterday.
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[2026-03-30 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Qatar and Ukraine have signed a defence agreement seeking joint expertise on countering threats from missiles and drones, according to Qatar’s Ministry of Defence, as Iran continues attacking its Gulf neighbours.
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[2026-03-30 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A new actor has stepped into a war already being waged on multiple fronts: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who launched their first missile in months at Israel on Saturday.
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[2026-03-30 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel barred Catholic officials from privately praying at a historic Jerusalem church for the first time in centuries over security concerns involving the war — sparking outcry from US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
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[2026-03-30 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anthony Albanese has stepped in to steer messaging over the fuel crisis. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-03-30 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-03-30 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehicles drive as light poles are switched off to save electricity, as part of a series of measures the government has taken to mitigate the fallout of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi)
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[2026-03-30 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Jordan as he continues his tour to bolster defence ties in the Gulf amid the ongoing United States and Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-30 05:27 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fresh Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping would be devastating – but the Iranian proxy has reasons to be cautious
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[2026-03-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s a long way from Dublin to Canberra, via Belmore Oval, but the Waratahs’ defence provided a connection point on Friday when NSW produced a gritty upset win over the Brumbies, their first at GIO Stadium since 2018.
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[2026-03-30 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to further expand invasions of southern Lebanon, as regional tensions spike amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-30 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan says it is stepping up diplomatic efforts to halt the widening Israeli-US war on Iran, hosting regional powers for urgent talks in Islamabad.
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[2026-03-30 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict shows signs of entering new, more dangerous phase as additional 3,500 US troops arrive in the Middle East
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[2026-03-30 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — An attack by Sudanese paramilitaries and their allied rebels in the central region of Kordofan killed at least 14 people, including five children and two women, a medical group said Sunday, in the latest deadly assault of the Sudan war.
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[2026-03-30 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the ground test of an upgraded rocket engine, state media reported on Sunday, marking another key step in its weapons program.
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[2026-03-30 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: “LIMIT their arrival!”
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[2026-03-30 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DESPITE dwindling numbers of firearms, combatants and fronts, the communist New People’s Army is still around and yesterday managed to mark 57 years of fighting the government with bullets, landmines and arson. Success is largely measured in body count: killed enemy troops and civilians, the latter described by the National Democratic Front Negros Island as “nefarious military assets, out-and-out traitors and criminal elements” (Feb.
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[2026-03-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-30 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. The poster in the background reads in Arabic: “Honor, sacrifice and loyalty”. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-03-30 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — Arab foreign ministers on Sunday appointed veteran Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmy as the head of the 22-member Arab League, at a time the Middle East is plunged in a monthlong Iran war that shows no sign of abating.
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[2026-03-30 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Shop now
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[2026-03-30 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthis have entered the Iran war by launching strikes on Israel, and some analysts have warned their arrival could open another front in the conflict – the potential blockade of Bab al-Mandeb, a strait that presents another chokepoint in the global commodities trade.
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[2026-03-30 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jerusalem’s major holy sites are shuttered and families are dejected and exhausted ahead of Passover and Easter as the Iran war rages on, now in its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday morning.
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[2026-03-30 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Authorities in southern Israel have urged residents to remain indoors over fears of a hazardous materials leak following a missile strike on a chemical storage facility in the Neot Hovav industrial zone.
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