Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-21 21:19 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Police say two people tried to enter Faslane base in Scotland, home to core of UK’s submarine fleet and Trident nuclear weapons
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[2026-03-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has said its soldiers killed four Hezbollah fighters in air and ground operations in southern Lebanon overnight.
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[2026-03-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One officer has been killed in a drone strike on the Iraqi intelligence headquarters in Baghdad, the National Intelligence Service reported in a statement.
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[2026-03-21 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – Lawrence (not his real name) was recruited into what Filipino security officials say was an espionage scheme by Chinese nationals — one that targeted young government workers with financial needs and access to sensitive security information.
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[2026-03-21 20:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Both weapons, fired after Starmer authorised US to carry out further attacks from British bases, failed to hit Chagos Island target
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[2026-03-21 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NJIT Highlanders (19-12, 9-8 America East) at Army Black Knights (24-7, 15-5 Patriot)
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[2026-03-21 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple U.S. officials.
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[2026-03-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he is considering “winding down” the military operations in Iran even as his administration deploys 2,500 additional marines to the region and asks Congress for more money to fund the war.
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[2026-03-21 18:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-21 18:31 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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[2026-03-21 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflicts, such as the Iran war, are diverting global attention away from the ecological crisis, scientists warn
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[2026-03-21 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has ruled out a ceasefire with Iran as the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, arguing that Washington holds the upper hand militarily.
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict has not only hit sporting calendar but laid bare weakness in plans for diversifying economies through sport
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitable
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[2026-03-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The White House has choked off Cuba's oil supply and threatened a "friendly takeover" of the communist-run island, against a backdrop of military operations in Venezuela and Iran.
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[2026-03-21 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women look at their smartphones while riding a bus in Moscow, on March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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[2026-03-21 16:30 UTC+10:00] [John Paolo Rivera] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With diesel in the triple digits amid the Iran war, Filipinos brace for a domino effect on rice, electricity and basic household necessities
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[2026-03-21 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf states
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[2026-03-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)
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[2026-03-21 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli strikes on the world’s largest gas field and Iranian attacks on Saudi and Qatari hubs threaten a global energy crisis
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[2026-03-21 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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[2026-03-21 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that struck a building housing Al-Manar channel studios in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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[2026-03-21 14:59 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Tehran after missiles fired at Israel from Iran
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[2026-03-21 13:43 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-21 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has said he is considering “winding down” the Iran war because the US was “getting very close” to meeting its military objectives.
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[2026-03-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Lee Il-woo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Cheongung-II hit 96 per cent of targets at a third of the cost of its US rival, triggering a scramble for the technology
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[2026-03-21 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame senior Eszter Muhari won her third career individual national title in epee and the Fighting Irish fencing team won the inaugural women’s three-weapon national championship on Friday after edging Columbia 102-99.
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[2026-03-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Compulsory evacuation of children begins in Sloviansk. Kyiv still expects first tranche of 90bn euro loan despite Hungary veto. What we know on day 1,487
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[2026-03-21 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Early on Saturday the Israeli military said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanese capital Beirut.
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[2026-03-21 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Before it ever hit Prime Video, The Silent Service: Season 2 was originally released in Japan as a 2025 political thriller movie called The Silent Service: Great Battle of the Arctic Ocean. While Season 1 was split up into eight episodes, this second season is essentially just a single 2-hour-long movie that picks up where the previous season left off.
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[2026-03-21 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said early Saturday it downed 20 drones in just a couple of hours in the eastern region, one of the kingdom’s least dense regions but close to Iran and home to major oil installations. The ministry did not immediately report casualties or damage.
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[2026-03-21 11:02 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London/Dubai: In the arid heart of the Arabian Peninsula, where scorching temperatures and negligible rainfall define the landscape, water is not merely a resource; it is the linchpin of survival.
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[2026-03-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Source: AAP / Alex Brandon
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[2026-03-21 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Traditions and culture bring comfort and connection to Iranian Australians as they gather for Nowruz amid worry for loved ones in Iran. Source: SBS / Spencer Austad
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[2026-03-21 10:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is considering "winding down" its military operation against Iran, while calling on South Korea, China, Japan and other countries to get involved in efforts to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-21 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has threatened to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing Iran’s top military spokesman General Abolfazl Shekarchi.
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[2026-03-21 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Like a trapped animal, Iran is lashing out, executing teenagers in public for “waging war against God” to terrify its restive people, and bombing its neighbors to convince them to push the United States and Israel to end the war.
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[2026-03-21 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A U.S. strike on a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast left at least two people dead and one seriously injured, Costa Rican authorities said Friday.
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[2026-03-21 09:57 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like
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[2026-03-21 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-03-21 09:14 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-21 08:59 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One person survived and two were killed, the military said, who were turned over to Costa Rican coast guard
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[2026-03-21 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Adam Schein may have dropped his first Adam Bomb.
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[2026-03-21 08:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was getting very close to meeting its objectives and called on countries that use the Strait of Hormuz to guard and police it "as necessary."
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[2026-03-21 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales
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[2026-03-21 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person holds a sign opposing the new U.S. House districts passed by the Missouri General Assembly during a protest outside the state Capitol, in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
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[2026-03-21 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-03-21 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The closure of Christianity’s holiest shrine in Jerusalem to pilgrims amid the escalating Middle East war is not expected to halt the traditional Holy Fire ceremony that marks the start of Orthodox Easter, a senior Russian cleric has said.
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[2026-03-21 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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