Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This is not Britain’s war, it’s Trump’s and Netanyahu’s. The prime minister should be wary of becoming ensnared like Blair was with Iraq
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[2026-03-20 18:49 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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[2026-03-20 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration has pressed forward with roughly $23 billion in weapons sales to three Gulf nations, moving to bolster their defenses as the Middle East war continued to escalate with no sign of resolution.
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[2026-03-20 18:31 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Doha/Washington/Jerusalem: Israel launched further attacks on Tehran on Friday, a day afterUS President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 18:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes hit towns in southern Lebanon overnight, targeting multiple locations across the region, Lebanon’s state news agency reported.
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[2026-03-20 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has warned it will show “zero restraint” if its energy facilities are attacked again, a day after Israel struck the South Pars gasfield and Tehran attacked energy sites across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-20 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several Gulf countries, including Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, on Friday restricted Eid al-Fitr prayers to mosques, suspending large outdoor gatherings amid heightened tensions linked to the ongoing conflict.
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[2026-03-20 18:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Full-group comeback after military service signals renewed global ambitions — and a possible Grammy push
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[2026-03-20 18:13 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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[2026-03-20 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects
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[2026-03-20 17:53 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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[2026-03-20 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of Japan has long stated that sustained levels of inflation will help it move ahead with policy normalization, after having ended the world's only negative interest rate regime in 2024.
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[2026-03-20 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Friday said that it struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to alleged attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-03-20 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global volatility is threatening a pipeline of multibillion-dollar stock market listings in India, the world's busiest IPO market.
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[2026-03-20 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Launch of unnumbered missiles from Iran was detected, triggering air defence systems to “intercept the threat”, the Israeli military said on Friday.
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[2026-03-20 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Defence members pulled together to help in Katherine ahead of more potential flooding. (ABC News: James Elton)
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[2026-03-20 17:35 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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[2026-03-20 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: War wages on in the Middle East and unsurprisingly, the oil price chart looks positively parabolic.
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[2026-03-20 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 17:26 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At least 16 US aircraft have been lost so far, mostly Reaper drones, amid the high-tempo air strike campaign against Iran
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[2026-03-20 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, the hospital said on Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Donald Trump, the man who said “drill baby drill” and labelled policies to slash greenhouse gases a scam fostered on the poor of America, is managing to create one big global carbon tax.
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[2026-03-20 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and a Kuwaiti oil refinery ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Mideast war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.
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[2026-03-20 16:26 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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[2026-03-20 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebration of “Defender of the Fatherland Day” in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 23, 2026. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-20 16:24 UTC+10:00] [Farzan Sabet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf helps fill the power vacuum left by the killing of Iran’s leaders
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[2026-03-20 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied claims that he dragged the United States into a costly war with Iran, which has entered its third week with no end in sight.
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[2026-03-20 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents in the Mexican central state of Guerrero are setting up self-defense patrols to keep a powerful cartel out of their mountain towns. They say cartel gunmen have moved in their territory, while police and soldiers rarely appear. The fighting has emptied villages and cut populations sharply. Experts say Guerrero now holds many competing armed groups and that vigilantes are often absorbed, and armed, by the cartels themselves.
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[2026-03-20 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: PM tells voters he is confident of navigating energy crisis sparked by Iran war
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[2026-03-20 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Anthony Matesic, left, and James Denaro work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-20 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kuwait said Friday its Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery again came under attack by Iranian drones, which sparked a fire at several of its units.
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[2026-03-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived at the White House on Thursday, she was bracing for a “difficult meeting”.
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[2026-03-20 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter drove an army tank with her father sitting behind her in photos from state news agency KCNA on Friday, with analysts suggesting she may be training to succeed him.
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[2026-03-20 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli soldiers take photographs next to a fragment of a missile fired from Iran, and intercepted by Israeli defense system, embedded in an open field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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[2026-03-20 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo supplied by Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke’s office, the Minister Tony Burke, center, poses in an undisclosed location with five Iranian women soccer players who have been granted asylum in Australia, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Australia Ministry of Home Affairs via AP)
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[2026-03-20 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Overnight strikes are continuing, with blasts heard over Jerusalem and in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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[2026-03-20 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wind turbines operate along a solar farm near Weifang in eastern China’s Shandong province on March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-03-20 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bucknell at Navy — ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited
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[2026-03-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran has signalled a willingness for Beijing to act as a mediator in its escalating war against US and Israel
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[2026-03-20 14:58 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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[2026-03-20 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's diverging language on Israel's decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the 20-day war against Iran.
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[2026-03-20 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — In their latest joint public appearance, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter rode a tank together, state media photos showed Friday, days after they watched rocket launches and fired pistols.
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[2026-03-20 14:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday said that Israel was the primary cause of the war, accusing it of threatening both regional and global stability.
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[2026-03-20 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States is accelerating the deployment of thousands of Marines and sailors to the Middle East to reinforce its forces amid the war with Iran, US media reported, citing officials.
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[2026-03-20 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss developments in shipping, and the implications for Taiwan of US actions in the Iran war
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[2026-03-20 13:52 UTC+10:00] [Pacific islands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Samoa and Tonga raise supply concerns with foreign partners as businesses and residents in Papua New Guinea grapple with higher fuel prices amid the Iran war
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[2026-03-20 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Outraged EU leaders rounded on Viktor Orban after the Hungarian nationalist refused to lift his veto on funds for Ukraine's war effort at a Thursday summit, accusing him of a "gross act of disloyalty" tantamount to "blackmail."
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[2026-03-20 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, deactivated an old X account after a series of resurfaced posts showed her praising Palestinian terrorists, bashing Israel and criticizing the US military.
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[2026-03-20 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Will Australians find themselves in a re-run of the economic pain brought on by Russia-Ukraine war? (ABC News: Chris Lewis)
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