Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-27 10:41 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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[2026-03-27 10:37 UTC+10:00] [US House] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The planes were only 160 metres apart, in the latest incident involving a passenger jet and a US military aircraft
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[2026-03-27 10:36 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Memorabilia from Jaws, Cast Away and The Lord of The Rings also went under the hammer
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[2026-03-27 10:35 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Aegis destroyer Chokai has become Japan’s first vessel capable of carrying and firing U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles, a development that could put targets deep inside China and North Korea within striking distance.
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[2026-03-27 10:31 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian president expected to continue invasion of Ukraine until his forces have secured remaining areas of eastern Donbas
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[2026-03-27 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Thursday that they are ready to stand with Iran against the US and Israel, threatening to open a new front along the Red Sea that serves as a key global trade route.
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[2026-03-27 10:17 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Face-off is over company’s refusal to let defense department use its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons systems
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[2026-03-27 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pair of siblings face federal charges after an improvised explosive device was found at a Florida Air Force base that houses the military’s Central Command — which is running the war in Iran, prosecutors said Thursday.
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[2026-03-27 09:59 UTC+10:00] [International Energy Agency] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump shrugs off the need to reach a settlement, then alleges Iran let oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a ‘gift’ to the US
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[2026-03-27 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has not requested a 10-day pause on strikes on its energy plants and has yet to deliver a final response to a 15-point plan to end the war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing peace talk mediators.
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[2026-03-27 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Archer River Roadhouse was surrounded by flood waters following Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle. (Supplied: Swift FNQ, Facebook)
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[2026-03-27 09:32 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 27, 2026 09:32 | News
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[2026-03-27 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian court alleges film promotes ‘negative attitudes’ about the Russian government and the war in Ukraine
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[2026-03-27 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says more missiles have been launched from Iran towards Israel.
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[2026-03-27 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men watch as Israeli security forces and rescue teams operate at a site hit by an Iranian missile in Arad, southern Israel, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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[2026-03-27 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has pushed back a self-imposed deadline for attacks on Iran’s power grid to April 6, citing progress in negotiations to end the ongoing war in the country.
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[2026-03-27 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The title defense begins tonight.
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[2026-03-27 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Six cruise ships remain trapped in the Persian Gulf due to conflict in the Middle East, forcing cruise lines to cancel a slew of sailings — and leaving the floating havens for relaxation anything but.
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[2026-03-27 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The spike in oil prices is an obvious short-term boon for Moscow, but some observers are unsure it will have so much impact in the long run
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[2026-03-27 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his crash helmet as he stands outside an improvised memorial to fallen soldiers killed in the war at Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
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[2026-03-27 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has walked back from his vow to resume strikes on the Islamic Republic’s power facilities and extended the deadline for another 10 days, claiming that talks with Tehran “are going very well.”
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[2026-03-27 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Lefty MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell went on a wild on-air tirade blasting Barron Trump for not enlisting in the military as tensions rage in the Middle East — calling him more “spoiled than an English princess.”
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[2026-03-27 08:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-27 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK- Oil prices jumped and equities slid Thursday as hopes for a peace deal between the United States and Iran wavered, with US President Donald Trump threatening to "obliterate" the country even as he claimed negotiations to end the conflict were ongoing.
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[2026-03-27 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would not yet strike Iranian power plants as previously threatened after a request from Tehran, and added that talks with the Islamic republic were "going very well."
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[2026-03-27 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran could usher in the end of the petrodollar, a key pillar of the US’s financial heft in the world, according to a new report by Deutsche Bank.
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[2026-03-27 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the high-stakes theatre of Middle Eastern diplomacy, where the line between war and peace is obscured by the smoke of active air strikes and the volatility of global energy markets, an unlikely protagonist has stepped into the spotlight.
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[2026-03-27 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks had their worst day since the war with Iran started, as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the conflict.
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[2026-03-27 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected inside trader on the prediction market platform Polymarket netted $2.14 million in profits by correctly betting on a US military strike on Iran, but experts say they’re not covering their tracks very well.
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[2026-03-27 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It is difficult to overstate the extent of US President Donald Trump's Iran war misadventure.
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[2026-03-27 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military is sending more troops into southern Lebanon despite growing international concern about Israel’s deadly bombardment and push to deepen its invasion of Lebanese territory.
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[2026-03-27 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Despite the war situation in the Middle East, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has been able to maintain inflation at the five per cent level as predicted, Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
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[2026-03-27 06:55 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cyclone has re-intensified to category-four storm off the coast near Exmouth. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-03-27 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A view of the Gaddafi Stadium, where opening cricket match of the Pakistan Super League between Lahore Qalandars and Hyderabad Kingsmen, is taking place without spectators, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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[2026-03-27 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United States judge has said that he will not dismiss the drug-trafficking and weapons possession charges brought against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
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[2026-03-27 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from Israeli artillery shelling on the village of Bayada as it is seen from Tyre city, south Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-03-27 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The outcome of the war with Iran will determine America’s capabilities on the world stage for years to come. That is what makes the current conflict in West Asia so consequential, far beyond the region itself.
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[2026-03-27 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy has seized heroin, Ice and cocaine worth over Rs.71 billion at sea during 2025 and has seized heroin, Ice and cocaine worth more than Rs.25 billion in the first quarter of 2026 at sea during raids, Navy Media Spokesman Commander Buddhika Sampath said.
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[2026-03-27 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Iran allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz as a "present" to show it was serious about negotiations to end the war, US President Donald Trump said Thursday.
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[2026-03-27 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha said that the enduring Indo – Sri Lanka partnership is built on mutual trust and shared security interests.
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[2026-03-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Iran war is set to hit diesel and gasoline supplies starting next month, Wael Sawan has warned
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[2026-03-27 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military spokesman General Effie Defrin said that the Israeli military will continue to target Iranian leaders, following the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas overnight, the Times of Israel is reporting.
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[2026-03-27 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-27 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-27 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dominated by Iran war, airport security lines and shaky global markets to brag how he uses Sharpie markers to save the government money.
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[2026-03-27 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran has formally responded to Washington’s 15-point plan to end the US-Israel war on Iran, asserting its “natural and legal right” over the Strait of Hormuz, as US President Donald Trump claimed it was “begging to make a deal”.
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[2026-03-27 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump said he was not sure if a ceasefire deal will happen with Iran at a cabinet meeting. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
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[2026-03-27 05:50 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Donald Trump again took aim at Australia for not assisting him with the war against Iran, as the price of oil surges amid fears that the conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz may continue for weeks.
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[2026-03-27 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is divided over the US war against Iran, with public opinion strongly opposing it, while unelected officials in Brussels back Washington, Belgian MEP Rudi Kennes has told RT’s Rick Sanchez.
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[2026-03-27 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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