Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge over Lebanon's Litani River. The strike followed a warning issued by the Israeli military that it would destroy the bridge, along with other crossings spanning the Litani River in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/i6JK4kxgnq
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-23 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IRONICALLY, while the world's governments failed to agree on a Global Plastics Treaty that would have mandated drastic cuts in plastic production, the Israel-US-initiated war in the Middle East appears to have accomplished precisely that. The war has all but cut the supply of chemicals essential for plastic production in especially Asia and the Pacific and Europe.
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[2026-03-23 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-23 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: With oil prices at levels not seen in years and global business supply chains across sectors of the economy shut down by the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, faith in the C-suite that the worst isn't yet to come is being tested. On Friday, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said he is planning for $175 oil, and for an oil price that remains above $100 through 2027.
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[2026-03-23 02:26 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-23 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Military and political authorities in Iran are projecting a message that “victory” is near as war with the United States and Israel continues to escalate, and air strikes and assassination attempts are reported across the country.
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[2026-03-23 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Turbulence in the fuel markets caused by the US-Israel war on Iran is hitting African airlines hard.
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[2026-03-23 01:54 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel has sent troops into Lebanon and carried out extensive air strikes in the country, while Hezbollah continues to fire rocket barrages across the border
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[2026-03-23 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week, the conflict seems to have escalated beyond President Donald Trump’s control.
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[2026-03-23 01:27 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With war raging in the Middle East, tickets for mainland Chinese destinations are being snapped up
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[2026-03-23 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes are pummelling Lebanon's Qasmiyeh Bridge, the country's National News Agency is reporting.
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[2026-03-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: University polling and focus groups found sharpest increase in those worried about national security was cohort aged 18 to 24
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[2026-03-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a conflict over Taiwan or western Pacific, Beijing may overwhelm air defences through sheer numbers in a war of economic attrition
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[2026-03-23 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah has claimed a series of missile attacks targeting Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese-Israeli border.
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[2026-03-23 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes targeting the southern Lebanese towns of al-Sultaniyah and as-Sawana have killed at least four people and wounded seven others, Lebanon's health ministry is reporting.
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[2026-03-23 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's army has reported a fresh wave of missiles fired from Iran heading towards the country.
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[2026-03-23 00:26 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Since the US-Israel war against Iran began, the cost of 95-octane petrol and diesel in Vietnam has soared by 50 per cent and 70 per cent respectively.
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[2026-03-23 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An attack by Hezbollah has killed at least one person in northern Israel, the first such death from fire originating in Lebanon since the United States and Israel started their war on Iran more than three weeks ago.
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[2026-03-23 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom has slammed “reckless Iranian threats” after missiles targeted a joint United States-UK military base located on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
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[2026-03-22 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has claimed it killed a commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, along with two other group members in a strike in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-22 23:53 UTC+10:00] [International trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Growers face soaring fertiliser and fuel costs as shipping choke point of the strait of Hormuz hits supply chains
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[2026-03-22 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli security forces survey the site that was struck by an Iranian missile in Dimona, southern Israel, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-03-22 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has said that its air defences have downed 92 percent of some 400 ballistic missiles fired at the country from Iran.
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[2026-03-22 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Though the majority of the president’s base backs the war, a schism has developed among Trump-touting media stars
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[2026-03-22 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Imagine if Allied intelligence had located Adolf Hitler in late May 1944 and killed him before the Normandy invasion. Imagine that in the same hour, strikes eliminated Hitler’s designated successor; the head of the German Armed Forces High Command; the chief operational planner of the war effort; Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, responsible for defending Western Europe; and the rest of Germany’s field marshals and senior commanders.
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[2026-03-22 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's defence ministry is reporting that three of its citizens were among seven people killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar.
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[2026-03-22 22:13 UTC+10:00] [Department of Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Philippines has taken steps such as shortening the work week and providing fuel subsidies to counter the impact of rising costs
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[2026-03-22 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran fired two missiles at the joint British-American Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean but they failed to reach their target, a U.K. minister said Sunday, confirming earlier reports of the number of projectiles.
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[2026-03-22 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has threatened retaliatory strikes for US attacks on Iranian power plants which he said will cause "irreversible" damage to regional energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-22 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — As part of efforts to ease the impact of the Middle East war on the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) on Sunday said it is temporarily allowing the sale of lower-grade fuel in the local market.
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[2026-03-22 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the military has been instructed to accelerate the demolition of Lebanese homes in "frontline villages".
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[2026-03-22 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain's defence forces said in a statement that its air defences have intercepted 145 missiles and 246 since the US-Israeli war on Iran began.
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[2026-03-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s ambassador to Australia says the country’s military activity in the South China and Tasman Sea showed it could no longer be easily bullied by other big powers.
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[2026-03-22 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days, as Israel launched new attacks on Tehran, with explosions reported in the east of the city.
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[2026-03-22 19:33 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-22 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar says six confirmed dead after military helicopter crash blamed on malfunction
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[2026-03-22 19:24 UTC+10:00] [China Development Forum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflict in the Middle East and growing global turbulence following US-Israeli strikes against Iran has seen foreign investors look to China
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[2026-03-22 19:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea’s response to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran draws attention for two notable reasons. In a statement released through the Korean Central News Agency on March 1, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson strongly condemned Washington and Tel Aviv’s “shameless rogue act” of launching a “war of aggression,” but stopped short of mentioning reports about Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or directly criticizing US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-22 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: India has to carefully navigate the fallout from the war, given its huge stakes in the Middle East
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[2026-03-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [UK cost of living crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Yet another cost of living crisis looms with fuel, food, holiday, energy and home loan prices expected to rise
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[2026-03-22 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Indian Ocean] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By targeting the UK-US base, Tehran displays a ‘show of force’ and sends a ‘strategic messaging’ to Washington and Israel, experts say
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[2026-03-22 18:28 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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[2026-03-22 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has indicated that Tokyo could consider deploying its military for minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, if a ceasefire is reached in the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran.
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[2026-03-22 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it is expanding its ground offensive in southern Lebanon, with the 36th Division continuing “targeted ground operations toward key objectives.”
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[2026-03-22 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 115,000 British nationals have returned to the United Kingdom from the Gulf since the war with Iran began three weeks ago, according to Sky News.
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[2026-03-22 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s military said it carried out a drone attack targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport using an Arash-2 drone, according to local media.
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[2026-03-22 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran has warned of retaliatory attacks on regional infrastructure if Donald Trump proceeds with his ultimatum regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-22 17:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Tel Aviv/Jerusalem/Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a significant escalation barely a day after he talked about “winding down” the war.
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