Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-30 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran entered its 30th day, key regional powers have converged on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, in a bid to de-escalate the fighting in the Middle East, which has caused a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-30 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women walk past a man praying on the sidewalk in downtown of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-03-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28, Tehran’s response was swift. Not only did Iran fire missiles and drones towards Israel, but it also targeted US assets in Gulf countries, expanding the conflict in one of the most important energy-producing regions in the world.
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[2026-03-30 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said that an impact at an industrial zone may have been caused by missile shrapnel, shortly after it detected a new barrage fired from Iran.
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[2026-03-30 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood”, in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month.
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[2026-03-30 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-30 00:02 UTC+10:00] [Belgorod] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ukraine has intensified drone attacks on Russian refineries, oil depots and ports justified as part of the effort to cut revenues funding Russia’s war
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[2026-03-30 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Al Araby TV on Sunday criticised Israeli strikes on the building hosting its Tehran office.
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[2026-03-30 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Developers have come up with a propulsion system that combines the best of two worlds, according to state media
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[2026-03-30 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A once robust American anti-war movement is significantly weaker than it was in its heyday. The immensely unpopular war on Iran offers a real opportunity to rebuild it
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[2026-03-30 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, gas prices, grocery bills and mortgage rates have all climbed
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[2026-03-29 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A racegoer arrives at the Meydan Racecourse ahead of the Dubai World Cup, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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[2026-03-29 23:52 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attendees at Conservative Political Action Conference express support and concerns amid rift over Trump’s action
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[2026-03-29 23:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea, dependent on energy imports, restricts use of cars by public employees and reinstates fuel price caps that had been dropped in the 1990s
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[2026-03-29 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Pedro Sanchez] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By prevaricating on US aggression, Brussels risks forfeiting new partnerships that could help reduce its reliance on Washington
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[2026-03-29 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A key US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control aircraft has been “100% destroyed” in an Iranian missile and drone strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said.
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[2026-03-29 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say the move marks a fundamental shift in Tokyo’s defence strategy, forcing Beijing to stay on high alert
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[2026-03-29 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians were worried about growing poverty across the country and the impact on young people trying to get into a home, even before the recent surge in inflation and the fallout from the war against Iran, a nationwide report has revealed.
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[2026-03-29 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – The US-Israel war on Iran has not paused. The strikes have not stopped from either side. However, diplomacy is now moving at a pace not seen since the conflict that affected Iran’s neighbours and rattled the world economy for a month.
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[2026-03-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Renmin University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: War exposes chaotic White House decision-making, risks disaster at November midterms, Chinese observers warn
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[2026-03-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Carolina senator has reconciled with the man he once called a ‘jackass’ and a ‘bigot’, and is pushing him to expand the war
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[2026-03-29 21:56 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After the anguish of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s almost unthinkable the US would again send troops to the Middle East – but its president is desperate and narcissistic
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[2026-03-29 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square.
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[2026-03-29 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three journalists and nine paramedics were killed in southern Lebanon on Saturday as the US-Israel war on Iran intensified.
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[2026-03-29 20:59 UTC+10:00] [Bab el-Mandeb] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt were taking part in the talks in Islamabad. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held ‘extensive discussions’ on the war
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[2026-03-29 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Aluminium Bahrain, which hosts the world's largest smelter of the metal, said on Sunday its facility was subjected to an Iranian attack as the U.S.-Israel-led war extended into a second month.
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[2026-03-29 20:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-29 20:12 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Five months after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, airstrikes are still killing civilians, and the humanitarian situation remains dire
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[2026-03-29 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Professor Jiang’ has been dubbed ‘China’s Nostradamus’ after forecasting Trump’s election win and the war with Iran. But some of his ideas veer into conspiracy theory
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[2026-03-29 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Army Black Knights (26-7, 15-5 Patriot) at Marshall Thundering Herd (25-9, 13-6 Sun Belt)
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[2026-03-29 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Washington is publicly calling for negotiations while secretly preparing a ground offensive, according to state media.
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[2026-03-29 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: We see so much news about the war in the Middle East that it is easy to overlook what is not being described in the daily coverage of Iran. And that makes Shiva Mahbobi angry, because she is worried about the cruelty of the Iranian leaders – and what they might do next in their desperation to retain power.
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[2026-03-29 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man sits beside a locked door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and shuttered shops in Jerusalem’s Old City, which remains off limits to visitors amid the war with Iran, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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[2026-03-29 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Saudi Arabia seek to de-escalate US-Israel war on Iran
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[2026-03-29 18:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-29 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it carried out missile and drone attacks on aluminium facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-03-29 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded, high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it as a significant development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it as a development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-03-29 18:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Thank you for joining our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Sunday, March 29.
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[2026-03-29 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said on Saturday that the situation at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant "continues to deteriorate" and attacks pose a direct threat to nuclear safety, following an Israeli-American strike near the facility.
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[2026-03-29 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Air strikes targeted sites belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in northern parts of the country, Al Jazeera reported, quoting local sources.
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[2026-03-29 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rob Schneider has called on the US to reinstate the military draft as he sounded the alarm on American forces.
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[2026-03-29 17:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Won sinks to a 17-year low, Kospi sheds $444 billion and growth forecast slips below 2 percent
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[2026-03-29 17:12 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The risk of an expanded Iran war has grown as additional US forces reached the Middle East and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict.
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[2026-03-29 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Islamabad is attempting high-wire diplomacy between US and Iran, but Israel could spoil any chance of success
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[2026-03-29 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran says explosions may be heard in parts of Isfahan province as military teams neutralise remaining ammunition from earlier "American-Zionist attacks".
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