Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As BTS prepares to take over Gwanghwamun Square this Saturday, thousands of fans from around the world are expected to descend on the capital. For many in Army, the group's global fandom, the trip is about more than just the music — it’s about stepping into the everyday lives of the seven members.
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Israel has continued its aerial and ground assault in Lebanon after Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese group, launched missiles at Israel following the latter's joint strikes with the US on Iran. Source: Getty / Adri Salido
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told the ABC that Australia has taken the wrong side in the war in the Middle East. Source: AAP / Shadati
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia "does not want to see the conflict continue to escalate". Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, through which one fifth of the world's oil supply typically flows, has effectively been choked off by Iran following US and Israeli strikes on the country. Source: Getty / Hindustan Times
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[2026-03-20 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Friday following volatile trading on Wall Street overnight as investors sold assets from government bonds to equities and metals amid the Iran war.
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[2026-03-20 10:36 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 20, 2026 10:36 | News
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[2026-03-20 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mexican authorities have revealed that 11 people were killed during a raid that resulted in the capture of Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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[2026-03-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘So many people that I love and care about are worried about the survival of people they love overseas,’ Inaz Janif says
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[2026-03-20 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-03-20 09:02 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield and as Qatar reels from retaliatory strike
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[2026-03-20 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Leaders from the European Union's 27 countries called for de-escalation in Iran and the wider region on Thursday, as well as a moratorium on striking critical infrastructure amid growing concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the global economy.
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[2026-03-20 08:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Video aired on Iranian state television on Thursday 19 March captured Red Crescent teams rescuing an injured man from collapsed buildings in South Khorasan province after a reported US-Israeli strike. According to SNN.ir, bulldozers cleared debris across residential areas while emergency workers combed through the rubble. A provincial spokesman confirmed that the bodies of a young girl and several women were found beneath the structures.
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[2026-03-20 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt
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[2026-03-20 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking $200bn from Congress to cover the costs of the US's war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Yegia Teshyan, coordinator of the Regional and International Relations Cluster at the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Relations at the American University of Beirut, spoke to the editor of Russia in Global Affairs, Fyodor Lukyanov, about the growing risk of a major war in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-20 08:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Singapore/Jakarta: Four Indonesian military officers have been arrested in connection with a chemical attack on a young Indonesian activist who had long been critical of the country’s security forces and had investigated their conduct during last year’s deadly nationwide protests.
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[2026-03-20 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking $200bn from Congress to cover US costs for the war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.
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[2026-03-20 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US’s “clumsy” handling of attacks on Iran’s energy assets has handed Tehran a lever of escalation dominance in a rapidly spiralling war, two Arab officials told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-20 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An F-35 fighter jet from the United States has made an emergency landing at an airbase in the Middle East after carrying out a combat mission over Iran, according to US military officials.
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[2026-03-20 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is now prioritizing refilling its own weapon stocks instead of sending them to Ukraine, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said, blaming the Biden administration for any “challenges” the US military has been facing lately.
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[2026-03-20 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's military attacks had "decimated" Iran and that the Middle East war could finish sooner than expected, even as the Islamic republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets.
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[2026-03-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully rejected claims Thursday that he misled President Trump into a potential conflict with Iran, calling the notion “fake news” and insisting the president made his own decisions based on American interests.
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[2026-03-20 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China has called for an end to the US-Israel war on Iran and says the safety of waterways should not be disturbed.
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[2026-03-20 07:21 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Israeli soldier stands next to a fragment of a missile fired from Iran and intercepted by Israeli air 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 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The extreme spike in oil prices seen in local markets in the Middle East could give investors a glimpse into to where U.S. and Europe prices are headed if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened soon.
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[2026-03-20 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said "Iran is being decimated" as the U.S. and Israel target its ballistic missile and nuclear programs from the air — but he added that meaningful regime change will require a "ground component."
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[2026-03-20 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka received much praise from neutral countries across the globe for emerging unscathed when the country unexpectedly got drawn into the crossroads of a global confrontation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The tragedy that unfolded just off Sri Lanka’s Southern coast has brought the distant Middle East war dangerously close to our shores.
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[2026-03-20 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran is considering charging transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as officials in Tehran stepped up rhetoric over the strategic waterway after this week’s attacks on energy sites in the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-03-20 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Donald Trump threatened to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gas field after Israeli strikes on the Iranian site prompted Tehran to step up attacks on energy facilities across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-20 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing for a potential “nuclear incident” in Iran, a senior regional official has told Politico.
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[2026-03-20 06:33 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US Southern Command chief tells senators amid Trump’s increasing use of force in the region and comments about taking Cuba
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[2026-03-20 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A journalist and his crew were nearly killed on Thursday when a missile exploded just feet away from them as they reported in war-torn Lebanon, harrowing video shows.
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil and natural gas prices spiked Thursday, as Iran ramped up strikes on energy infrastructure across the Middle East and attacked one of the world’s most important liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Qatar.
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A series of “unidentified” drones have been spotted hovering over the Washington D.C. military base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth live, prompting the U.S. government to consider relocating them.
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[2026-03-20 06:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told his 13-year-old son that US service members have died to ensure his generation won’t have to confront a nuclear-armed Iran.
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[2026-03-20 06:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, this Friday March 20.
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[2026-03-20 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina is seen in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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[2026-03-20 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-20 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold and silver futures plummeted Thursday to one-month lows after a historic metals rally earlier this year as the Iran war crushed hopes for interest rate cuts anytime soon.
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[2026-03-20 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran could face retaliation from its Gulf neighbors for attacks on their energy infrastructure, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Al Saud has warned, adding that the “patience” of the countries of the region is not “unlimited.”
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[2026-03-20 05:48 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-20 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz shutdown caused by the war in Iran is jacking up fertilizer prices, hitting farmers in their pocketbooks and threatening to raise food prices.
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[2026-03-20 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon says that the Israeli army has targeted the town of Qabrikha, and Toulene in the Marjayoun area, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-03-20 05:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president wanted an easy win, but the conflict is spiralling following Israel’s attack on a gas field and Iranian retaliation across the region
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[2026-03-20 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ATHENS, Greece — This was an animal airlift. Dozens of dogs and cats arrived in Athens on Wednesday with their owners aboard a special evacuation flight for Greeks with pets who were trapped by the current war in the Middle East.
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