Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: To date, the US remains the most capable military power in the world. But the distribution of economic and technological influence has shifted significantly. (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-17 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The glam squad’s not-so-secret weapon.
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[2026-03-17 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jessie Buckley, de izquierda a derecha, ganadora del premio a la mejor actriz por “Hamnet”, Michael B. Jordan, ganador del premio al mejor actor por “Sinners”, y Amy Madigan, ganadora del premio a la mejor actriz de reparto por “Weapons”, posan en la sala de prensa de los Oscar el domingo 15 de marzo de 2026 en el Teatro Dolby de Los Ángeles.
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[2026-03-17 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s ambulance service says six people were injured after a missile fired from Lebanon struck a building in the northern coastal city of Nahariya. Authorities reported
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[2026-03-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: MESA, Ariz. –– Last fall, Yoshinobu Yamamoto collected the final outs of the Dodgers’ World Series title defense.
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[2026-03-17 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-17 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-17 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s history is layered with conquest, cultural renewal and craftsmanship - all of which can be seen in its remarkable heritage sites.
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[2026-03-17 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: TOKYO — Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.
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[2026-03-17 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In Hollywood, a celebrity using Olaplex is never more than a stone’s throw away.
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[2026-03-17 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russians’ psychological well-being has worsened as financial anxiety grows and hopes for a quick end to the war in Ukraine fade, according to a February survey by the Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of Psychology.
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[2026-03-17 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number now understood to have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the war has reached at least 886 with more than 2,000 injured, according the Lebanon's health ministry.
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[2026-03-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-03-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported.
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[2026-03-17 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, a growing number of Iranians who saw Reza Pahlavi as an alternative to the ruling establishment say they are losing faith in the exiled opposition figure.
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[2026-03-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union is losing credibility because it is not pushing back against the US, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. He criticized the bloc’s passive stance on the Iran war and a trade deal with Washington, according to Politico.
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[2026-03-17 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a 2021 military coup, AFP journalists saw, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass.
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[2026-03-17 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: METEOROLOGIST Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect” as a metaphor suggesting that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could unleash a tornado in Texas. It illustrates how very small changes in a system can lead to dramatic outcomes somewhere in a distant corner of the world.
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[2026-03-17 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-17 02:55 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region have upended global financial and energy markets, raising concerns of a global economic crisis – and even of a recession.
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[2026-03-17 02:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down
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[2026-03-17 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Emirates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Before the Iran war, the world’s largest international airline was chalking up hundreds of daily flights that were nearly full
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[2026-03-17 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Suspected jihadists launched an overnight attack on a Nigerian military post on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a key northeastern city that had not seen such violence in years, police, emergency services and residents said Monday.
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[2026-03-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that “no quarter” or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.
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[2026-03-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of violating domestic and international laws prohibiting war crimes by declaring that “no quarter” or mercy would be given to Iranian forces.
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[2026-03-17 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed on Sunday, on “Face the Nation,” that President Donald Trump launched attacks against Iran “because it is fun,” accusing the United States of starting what he called an “illegal war” during an interview with CBS host Margaret Brennan.
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[2026-03-17 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Fears over the scarcity of fuel and the war on Iran's uncertain future has forced Sri Lanka to declare a shorter work week.
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[2026-03-17 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European allies have pushed back on a US request to help re-open the Strait of Hormuz, with Germany stating outright that the conflict with Iran was "not Nato's war".
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[2026-03-17 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldiers were deployed to the streets of South Africa’s biggest city Wednesday in an effort to help police fight gang violence and illegal mining. (AP video shot by : Nqobile Ntshangase)
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[2026-03-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leaders seek a diplomatic solution despite US president’s threat of ‘a very bad future’ for Nato unless it provides warships
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[2026-03-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the first year of Russia’s full‑scale invasion, I argued that the under‑noticed defence inventories of the so‑called Global South still held Soviet‑legacy systems and calibres that could be repurposed for Ukraine’s immediate defence - less a grand strategy than a stopgap for force generation while western industry caught up.
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[2026-03-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced on March 16, 2026 the surrender and extraction of three individuals linked to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Dawlah Islamiyah Karialan faction in Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur. The men also surrendered a cache of high-powered weapons including two grenade launchers. NBI Director Melvin D.
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[2026-03-17 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Sean Penn, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for "One Battle After Another" on Sunday, is in Ukraine to show support to the war-torn country.
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[2026-03-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are organising street-level events across the country over the coming days to maintain security control and send more messages of defiance to the leaders of the United States and Israel in the third week of their war.
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[2026-03-17 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A much-anticipated summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping may be postponed due to logistical snarls stemming from the ongoing war in Iran, according to White House officials.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya says Russia has agreed to stop accepting Kenyan nationals into its military after concerns that hundreds of citizens had been drawn into the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European leaders have rejected demands by United States President Donald Trump to help ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as foreign ministers from the European Union gathered in Brussels to discuss skyrocketing oil prices during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-17 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bethenny Frankel isn’t gatekeeping her best beauty secrets.
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[2026-03-17 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the US-Israeli strikes for the deaths of "hundreds" of Iranian civilians, including "over 200 children" in a social media post.
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[2026-03-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President made contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with allies to help US secure Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-03-17 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
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[2026-03-17 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister has said.
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[2026-03-17 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States government had told Turkey through official channels that the war on Iran would only take four days, Asli Aydintasbas, a Washington-based Turkey expert, said during an interview on Sunday.
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[2026-03-17 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Joint attacks by the United States and Israel have severely reduced Iran’s capacity to fire missiles and drones, experts say, but Iran retains enough capabilities to inflict significant damage.
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[2026-03-17 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar has called on Iran to immediately stop attacks on Gulf countries so a diplomatic solution could be sought to end the war with the United States and Israel, which has triggered a global energy crisis.
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[2026-03-17 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike on a Iranian prison that killed more than 70 people in June 2025 was a war crime according to the UN official leading the investigation.
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