Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that bombing Iran will not help bring about regime change, criticizing the US for lacking an exit strategy in the war.
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[2026-03-17 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that bombing Iran will not help bring about regime change, criticizing the US for lacking an exit strategy in the war.
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[2026-03-17 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday urged allied nations to join U.S. efforts to secure the strategic Strait of Hormuz, calling it a "test of loyalty"—but key partners including Britain, Germany, Japan and Australia swiftly distanced themselves from any military role.
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[2026-03-17 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it has detected missiles launched from Iran towards its territory. Air defence systems are operating to intercept the incoming projectiles, according to a statement from the army
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[2026-03-17 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli defense minister said Tuesday that the Israeli military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike.
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[2026-03-17 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister, said on Tuesday that Iran's security chief Ali Larijani had been killed in an Israeli strike.
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[2026-03-17 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed that Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani was killed in Israeli strikes on Tehran overnight. There has been no official confirmation from Iran.
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[2026-03-17 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Israel’s Defence Minister Katz has just said that Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has been killed.
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[2026-03-17 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been according to Israel’s Defence Minister Katz. Iran has not commented on the claim.
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[2026-03-17 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese army says an Israeli strike in the southern town of Qaqaiyat al-Jisr wounded five soldiers.
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[2026-03-17 20:17 UTC+10:00] [Sweden] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UN organisation head said an international naval operation, as suggested by Trump, would not be sustainable
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[2026-03-17 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Civilians covered in dust. Blood-stained school bags. Hospitals turned into military targets.
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[2026-03-17 20:06 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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[2026-03-17 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Casualties were rushed to hospitals after suicide bomb attacks struck Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, marking a deadly return of large-scale violence to a city that had enjoyed years of relative calm.
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[2026-03-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has claimed in a post on X Tuesday that it has killed the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security paramilitary militia of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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[2026-03-17 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military has targeted Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, four Israeli officials said, adding that it was not immediately clear whether he was killed or injured. Larijani was one of the targets of strikes carried out by the Israeli military last night across Iran, the officials told Reuters.
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[2026-03-17 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brent crude price climbs as operations suspended at Shah gasfield in UAE after Iranian strike
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[2026-03-17 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Navy Midshipmen (26-7, 18-2 Patriot League) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (17-16, 8-12 ACC)
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[2026-03-17 19:42 UTC+10:00] [Reserve Bank of Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michele Bullock says high inflation hurts everyone, but there still seems to be an extraordinary level of complacency about potential fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran
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[2026-03-17 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-17 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Families have gathered outside a drug treatment centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, looking for their loved ones after it was hit in a Pakistani air strike, which Taliban authorities said killed 408 people.
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[2026-03-17 19:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Satellite imagery showing components of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system have emerged, indicating that the missile defense system likely remains operational, despite reports that some assets were redeployed to the Middle East amid escalating tensions involving the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other.
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[2026-03-17 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A retired US Air Force launch officer claims UFOs disabled multiple nuclear missiles when they appeared around the Montana base where he was stationed decades ago.
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[2026-03-17 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China said on Tuesday it will provide humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in US and Israeli strikes in the now three-week war.
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[2026-03-17 18:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-17 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has ordered the forced evacuation of residents south of Lebanon’s Zahrani River ahead of what it called as a new military operation against Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-17 18:21 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 18:13 UTC+10:00] [US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Highly efficient alloy could upend reliance on helium-3, create a portable cooling source for quantum chips and support space exploration
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[2026-03-17 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Tuesday said that Division 36 of the army has joined "expanded ground operations” in southern Lebanon, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies along the border.
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[2026-03-17 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s health ministry on Tuesday said that 3,530 people have been injured and taken to hospitals since the start of the war.
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[2026-03-17 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli airstrikes have rained down on three neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanese state media reported, as the beleaguered nation says more than one million have been displaced since this punishing front in the wider regional war began more than two weeks ago.
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[2026-03-17 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Libraries, Museums and Galleries
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[2026-03-17 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ambulance is seen at the hospital following a bomb blast in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo )
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[2026-03-17 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A drone strike has sparked a fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as Iran continues to launch sustained attacks on Gulf countries amid the United States-Israeli joint war on its soil more than two weeks ago.
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[2026-03-17 17:21 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 17:17 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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[2026-03-17 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan — The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has already killed more than 1,400 people, set off retaliatory attacks by Tehran targeting Gulf nations and Israel, and pushed global oil prices above $100 a barrel.
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[2026-03-17 17:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Tuesday avoided a direct answer over whether Seoul had received a request from Washington to deploy a South Korean warship to the war-stricken Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-17 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One person has been killed by falling debris from an intercepted missile in the Bani Yas area of Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s media office says.
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[2026-03-17 16:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Israeli military said early Monday it struck more Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. Moments before the announcement, a powerful strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. (AP video by Zakaria Khatib)
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[2026-03-17 16:25 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No evacations needed as bomb disposal officers complete operation at site in Kwu Tung North on Tuesday morning
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[2026-03-17 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of launching an air strike on a hospital treating drug users in the capital, Kabul, killing at least 400 people.
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[2026-03-17 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “We’ve been protecting these countries for years with Nato because Nato is us.”
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[2026-03-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war
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[2026-03-17 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thailand is discussing with Russia the possibility of purchasing crude oil as supplies tighten amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, the country’s foreign minister said.
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