Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US is recklessly spreading economic havoc among global friends and foes while suffering little harm itself
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[2026-03-25 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring at the King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, file)
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[2026-03-25 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the Covid pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week pushed back when asked whether stagflation posed a threat to the U.S. economy. His successor may face a tougher challenge, as Wall Street forecasters raise their expectations of recession, brought on in part by the Iran war and potential for higher prices.
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[2026-03-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An expert uncovered new details about the mysterious life of a forgotten Long Island hero killed in World War II after an article in The Post inspired him to cement the soldier’s place in history — but one big question mark remains.
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[2026-03-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz reflected on his chilling experience on the battlefield in Afghanistan, in which he had to make a split-second decision on whether to kill a child.
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[2026-03-25 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the business” in the past, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz revealed to “Pod Force One.”
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[2026-03-25 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations has warned that strikes near nuclear facilities in Iran and Israel risk triggering a catastrophic escalation, as the Israeli-US war on Iran enters its fourth week.
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[2026-03-25 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sun has set behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, late Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-25 20:44 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-25 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A billboard of Pakistan’s premier domestic T20 the Pakistan Super League, which will take place in empty stadiums due to the recent spike in oil prices, is displayed at a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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[2026-03-25 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.
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[2026-03-25 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An aerial attack on a military base in western Iraq’s Anbar province has killed seven fighters and wounded 13, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Defence.
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[2026-03-25 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has begun his first official visit to North Korea, in a bid to strengthen ties between the two countries united by their support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and accusations of authoritarianism and rights violations.
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[2026-03-25 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned Wednesday that the Middle East war presented a "far worse" scenario than the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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[2026-03-25 20:15 UTC+10:00] [Abu Dhabi Festival] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation programming adviser Toufic Maatouk shares why the Iran war doesn’t worry him. But not everyone agrees
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[2026-03-25 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s Cosco Shipping Lines has also reopened Middle East bookings, signalling a tentative return while warning instability may still disrupt services
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[2026-03-25 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Long lines of motorcycles and cars were growing in front of petrol stations in Kinshasa this week, with fear of shortages and price hikes, as the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo began to feel the effects of Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-25 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations’ top human rights official has warned that the war involving Iran risks spiralling beyond the region, urging urgent action to halt the fighting.
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[2026-03-25 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fire and smoke raises above the city center following Russia’s drone attack in Lviv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)
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[2026-03-25 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said that Washington is engaged in “productive” talks with Iran. Publicly, Iranian officials have rejected Trump’s claims, calling them fake news designed to ease oil prices.
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[2026-03-25 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gaza City – On a street corner in Gaza City’s Remal market, Abdulrahman al-Awadi stands inside a small tarpaulin-made tent that he set up as a mobile phone charging station, a job that emerged during the war and has since become his livelihood.
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[2026-03-25 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An overnight strike on a military base in Iraq’s western Anbar province has killed seven security personnel and wounded others, the defence ministry said, a day after the same site came under attack.
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[2026-03-25 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Farmers in the northern hemisphere are heading into the crucial spring months, during which major fieldwork must begin. Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.
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[2026-03-25 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine have targeted each other’s energy facilities in tit-for-tat attacks, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power, officials from both countries said, as the world’s attention has shifted to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-03-25 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISINYA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a decline in demand and shipping disruptions.
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[2026-03-25 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s military has said the United States is failing in its war and negotiating with itself to save face, dismissing claims by US President Donald Trump that talks are under way to end the conflict.
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will convene a meeting of national cabinet on Monday as his government contemplates a national plan on fuel conservation to offset the risk of a supply shortage late next month due to the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-25 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fuel stocks at same level as when US and Israel launched their war on Iran a month ago, energy minister says
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[2026-03-25 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has issued far-reaching demands to Iran to end the war, conditions that Tehran is likely to view as a non-starter, sources familiar with the matter have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-25 18:36 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-25 18:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A 1,200-ton South Korean Navy vessel, the Cheonan, sank off the country’s west coast near the maritime border with North Korea on March 26, 2010, killing 46 of the 104 sailors on board. The remaining 58 crew members were rescued. The ship broke in two following a powerful explosion in its stern and sank rapidly, sending shockwaves through the military and public.
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[2026-03-25 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli health ministry on Wednesday said that 204 injured people have been taken to hospitals in the past 24 hours, as a result of the conflict with Iran, bringing the number of hospitalisations due to the fighting to over 5,000.
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[2026-03-25 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Taiwan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing said incident in which a man is accused of breaking in with a knife reflects the growth of ‘rampant far-right ideology’ in Japan
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[2026-03-25 18:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks closed more than 1 percent higher Wednesday, on growing optimism the US-Iran war could end soon. The Korean won fell against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-25 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Volkswagen is exploring plans to convert a German car factory into a production hub for Israel’s missile defence systems, deepening ties between Europe’s industrial base and Israel’s war machine.
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[2026-03-25 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. inflation rate stood firm at 3% in February, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which marked the last reading before the start of the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Khalid Jamal, a middle-aged Palestinian father, is describing the moment Israeli soldiers took over his home in al-Rehiyya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-03-25 17:52 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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[2026-03-25 17:52 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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[2026-03-25 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he had “held off” on targeting Iran’s largest electricity generation plant because negotiations were ongoing, adding that Iran had “agreed to never have nuclear weapons”.
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[2026-03-25 17:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-25 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter, which brings you expert insights on the most critical business stories in Britain. You can subscribe here.
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[2026-03-25 17:28 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 25, 2026 17:28 | News
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[2026-03-25 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 243 students and teachers have been killed in Iran since the start of the war on 28 February, an official from the country’s Education Ministry said. The figures come amid growing concern over the impact of the conflict on civilians and public infrastructure.
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[2026-03-25 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Tensions remain high across the Middle East as Israeli and Iranian military strikes intensify, while US President Donald Trump sends mixed signals on diplomacy and Iran’s leadership continues to deny any negotiations.
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[2026-03-25 17:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-03-25 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Before the Middle East war, the Gulf had positioned itself to become one of the world's busiest hubs for conferences, exhibitions, and high‑level events.
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[2026-03-25 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher on Wednesday as the U.S. showed further signs of efforts to de-escalate the war with Iran.
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