Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized other NATO nations’ unwillingness to join the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, denouncing the bloc as a “one-way street” that America has never really needed.
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[2026-03-18 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he expected to travel to China in a bit over one month, after postponing the trip slated for the end of March due to his war on Iran.
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[2026-03-18 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel said Tuesday it killed two senior Iranian security officials in overnight strikes in a major blow to the country’s leadership.
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[2026-03-18 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote that “the Strait of Hormuz situation won’t return to its pre-war status”, in a post on X on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU and NATO have their worst leadership in decades, marked by incompetence, a policy of appeasing the US, and failing to protect European interests, according to a scathing critique by journalist Claudi Perez in Spain’s leading newspaper, El Pais.
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[2026-03-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrats are blaming President Trump in any manner possible for the Iran situation (“The War Critics’ Agenda,” Editorial, March 14).
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[2026-03-18 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. Army honor guard member stands vigil at dawn at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., ahead of the 100th anniversary of a continuous honor guard presence at the tomb, celebrated March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-18 07:24 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Progressive and green groups join call for tax on major fossil-fuel companies to help offset rising living costs
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[2026-03-18 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices resumed their rise because of the war with Iran, but U.S. stocks held steadier this time around.
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[2026-03-18 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’s joint border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting the Ecuadorean military may have bombed Colombian territory.
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[2026-03-18 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military hit ten Basij force posts across Tehran in recent hours, the military said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In recent days, Western media coverage of the Middle East has shifted dramatically. Outlets that previously framed conflicts through a US- and UK-centric lens are now reporting more directly on Iran’s attacks on Israeli and US security positions. This change reflects not only evolving realities on the ground but also deeper dynamics in the global political economy, where military action, economic power, and media narratives are closely intertwined.
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[2026-03-18 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Roman Abramovich] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian billionaire accused of missing ‘last chance’ to release money to help victims of Ukraine war
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[2026-03-18 06:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Global defence spending jumped 9.4 per cent in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, according to researchers in Sweden. Credit: AAP/Rosemary Vasquez-brown
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[2026-03-18 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has berated and threatened America’s NATO allies.
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[2026-03-18 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: War has erupted between the United States, Israel, and Iran, shattering assumptions that calibrated pressure could prevent a wider conflict.The road to war was not paved by a sober calculation of costs and benefits, but by an illusion of control: the belief that USA and Israel could coerce Iran into submission through threats, deployments and limited strikes without triggering a broader regional conflagration.War between the United States, Israel and Iran has now moved from threat to reality.By manufacturing an atmosphere
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[2026-03-18 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Armin Awan in Sydney is worried about his cousin in Iran. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-18 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa inquired from the Government as to what steps it has taken to avoid a fuel crisis in the country, in the face of the ongoing war in the Middle East and questioned whether there will be a power cut.
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[2026-03-18 06:38 UTC+10:00] [Volodymyr Zelenskyy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukraine’s president says mass attacks on civilians are no longer the preserve of a ‘madman like Putin’
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[2026-03-18 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy recovered a haul of foreign-origin cannabis weighing nearly 78 kg and 300g during a search operation conducted in the seas off Devil’s Point, Kilinochchi on Friday (13).
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[2026-03-18 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Could it have been the 45th?
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[2026-03-18 06:28 UTC+10:00] [Kemi Badenoch] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on Iran
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[2026-03-18 06:27 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pipeline, closed since 2015 after huge oil spill, reopens after president cites need to boost US supply amid war on Iran
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[2026-03-18 06:19 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Visit with Chinese leader pushed back by up to six weeks as Trump stays in Washington during escalating US-Israeli war with Iran
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[2026-03-18 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Smoke has become a common sight on Beirut's skyline amid the IDF's attacks. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)
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[2026-03-18 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel said Tuesday it killed two senior Iranian security officials in overnight strikes in a major blow to the country’s leadership. Iran, which so far confirmed one killing, fired salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel in a war that showed no signs of abating.
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[2026-03-18 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The entrance to Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton is seen on Sept. 22, 2015, in Oceanside, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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[2026-03-18 05:59 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Attack came as Iran-backed group Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq on Tuesday demanded that every 'foreign soldier' leave the country
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[2026-03-18 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ella Baron on Vladimir Putin and the benefits to Russia of war in Iran – cartoon
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[2026-03-18 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense attorney Carole Rendon, for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, delivers her closing arguments in Jones’ trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross’s courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)
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[2026-03-18 05:48 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Wednesday, March 18.
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[2026-03-18 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Michele Bullock announced the rate increase on Tuesday. (AAP Image: Dan Himbrechts)
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[2026-03-18 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said on X that seven drones were intercepted and destroyed “in the past several hours” in the country’s oil-rich eastern region.
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[2026-03-18 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Middle East war has forced pharmaceutical companies to reroute critical medicines, to ensure they land in Australia. (Pexels: Karolina Grabowska)
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[2026-03-18 05:34 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Donald Trump has reversed course and claimed he never needed or wanted other countries’ help in Iran, and lashed out at the US’s NATO and Indo-Pacific allies – including Australia – after previously demanding their assistance.
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[2026-03-18 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Haven't seen this much since the Iran war started : Oil prices up and stocks up, together. Crude and equities have largely had an inverse relationship lately, with the former driving the bus.
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[2026-03-18 05:25 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-18 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are resuming their rise because of the war with Iran, but US stocks are holding steadier this time around.
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[2026-03-18 05:20 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Inflation may have driven the decision but the Reserve Bank's second consecutive rate hike has also put talk of a recession back on the agenda.Governor Michele Bullock didn't rule out the possibility yesterday afternoon, although she stressed that wasn't her goal. While she highlighted the likelihood the war in the Middle East would drive up prices due to fuel supply issues, a former RBA assistant governor flagged the escalating conflict as a "global recession risk".AS IT HAPPENED: RBA pulls trigger
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[2026-03-18 05:17 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid escalation of Middle East crisis, US president describes rejection of call for help as a ‘foolish mistake’
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[2026-03-18 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel claims it has killed the influential Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would represent a devastating blow to the regime, and the most senior official to die since Ali Khamenei’s death. Lucy Hough speaks to deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat.
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[2026-03-18 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off Latin America, described as a campaign of extrajudicial killings by legal experts.
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[2026-03-18 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Oil prices rose again Tuesday as Iran launched fresh attacks on crude-producing neighbours, while stock markets were higher ahead of key central bank meetings.
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[2026-03-18 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London to sign a new defence pact as the unfolding US-Israeli war on Iran threatened to divert international attention away from Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.
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[2026-03-18 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution.
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[2026-03-18 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Trump administration official in the directorate of national intelligence has resigned over the war on Iran, saying that the US president was tricked into the conflict by an Israeli and pro-war “echo chamber”.
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[2026-03-18 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-03-18 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mozambique’s military is under scrutiny after troops reportedly opened fire on fishermen in the country’s conflict-hit north, killing at least 13 people. The incident happened over the weekend off the coast of Mocímboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province, an area where security forces are battling an Islamic State-linked insurgency.
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