Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Golestan Palace, a UNESCO world heritage site in the Iranian capital, was reportedly damaged by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in its vicinity. A strike on Monday hit Tehran’s Arag Square in the buffer zone of the palace, the U.N. agency reported. The palace was damaged by debris and shock waves from the strike, it said.
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[2026-03-12 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Four-hundred million barrels of oil are being released by the IEA to calm prices. (ABC News: Zathia Bazeer)
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[2026-03-12 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A drone targeted a residential building south of Kuwait at dawn on Thursday, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense said.
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[2026-03-12 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fire crews were working to contain a blaze Wednesday at the fuel storage tanks at Oman’s Port of Salalah, amid days of Iranian attacks, according to the Oman News Agency.
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[2026-03-12 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: One crew member was killed and 38 others rescued after an attack on two foreign oil tankers in the Iraqi port of al-Faw, Iraqi military officials have confirmed.
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[2026-03-12 14:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS (AP) — A group representing many of the world's wealthiest countries agreed Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects of the Iran war on energy markets and the halt of cargo shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-12 14:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GENEVA (AFP) -- The war in the Middle East is likely to result in worsening institutionalised repression of Iranian citizens, UN-mandated investigators probing rights abuses in Iran said Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LONDON (Reuters) -- Naval drones have been used in at least two attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region since war erupted between the US, Israel and Iran, according to maritime authorities and analysts, demonstrating a dangerous new threat in the key shipping lane.
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[2026-03-12 14:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS (Reuters) -- UNESCO said it is deeply concerned about the fate of world heritage sites in Iran and across the region, after Tehran's Golestan palace, often compared to Versailles, and a historic mosque and palace in Isfahan were damaged in the war.
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[2026-03-12 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Middle East conflict has disrupted trade through the Strait of Hormuz and its impact could ripple far beyond the energy markets, risking a spike in global food prices.
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[2026-03-12 14:40 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From fuel caps to four-day work weeks, the Middle East conflict has left the world’s top crude oil importing region desperate to shore up supplies
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[2026-03-12 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming "missile and drone threats" from Iran, the Ministry of Defense said in a post on X.
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[2026-03-12 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Plans to release the largest emergency oil stockpile in history are sending a clear signal: energy markets are preparing for a conflict in the Middle East that may last far longer than initially expected.
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[2026-03-12 14:05 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-03-12 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink insisted the United States’ war with Iran will not have lasting economic consequences, even as oil prices continue to surge nationwide.
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[2026-03-12 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The official spokesperson for Saudia Arabia Ministry of Defense said that a drone was intercepted while it attempted to approach the Embassies District.
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[2026-03-12 13:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump would "welcome" Iran's participation at the upcoming World Cup in North America, despite the ongoing Middle East war, the White House said on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The official spokesperson for Kuawait's Ministry of Defense said that air defences intercepted a number of "hostile drones" that breached north of the country's airspace on Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 13:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The sinister media soft-soaping of Saturday’s ISIS bomb attack on the Upper East Side shows exactly whose side these corrupted news organizations are on — and it’s not yours.
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[2026-03-12 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran warned it could wage a prolonged war with the United States and Israel that would "destroy" the world economy, even as US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday the Islamic republic was facing imminent defeat.
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[2026-03-12 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran closes in on two weeks, one specific attack stands out as the bloodiest incident of the conflict so far.
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[2026-03-12 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said that a new barrage of Iranian missiles were heading towards Israel.
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[2026-03-12 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has criticised European nations, and the UK, for not doing enough to help his country's attacks on Iran. (Reuters: Kent Nishimura)
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[2026-03-12 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump has criticised European nations, and the UK, for not doing enough to help his country's attacks on Iran. (Reuters: Kent Nishimura)
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[2026-03-12 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel's military said Thursday Iranian missiles were heading towards Israel and that air defences were active as AFP correspondents heard blasts from Jerusalem, before Israel announced "wide-scale" strikes on Tehran and Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers say SMEs are typically more vulnerable as they have less capital to absorb sudden increases in operating costs
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[2026-03-12 12:47 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-12 12:25 UTC+10:00] [Tourism (Australia)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Qantas flights on European routes are closer to capacity with non-stop Perth to London flights temporarily flying via Singapore to add extra 60 seats
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[2026-03-12 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices surged more than 7% Thursday, as traders appear to be unconvinced that government stockpiles can offset the massive supply shock triggered by the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-12 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran warned it could wage a prolonged war with the United States and Israel that would "destroy" the world economy, even as US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday the Islamic republic was facing imminent defeat.
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[2026-03-12 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter fired pistols during an inspection of a light munitions factory, state media photos showed on Thursday, as he pushes to modernize conventional forces after years of focus on nuclear weapons.
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[2026-03-12 11:54 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Households that bear the brunt of rising urban heat are rationing the energy to cool their homes, as they simultaneously face bill shock at the petrol bowser amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-12 11:52 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-12 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian "precision-guided drone" struck a building in Dubai, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said.
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[2026-03-12 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump continues contradictory messaging on Iran; US will release 172m barrels of oil from strategic supplies. Key US politics stories from 11 March
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[2026-03-12 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a drone heading towards the Shaybah oil field on Thursday, the spokesperson for the country's defence ministry said in a post on X.
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[2026-03-12 11:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-12 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-12 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched missiles at an Israeli military intelligence base early on Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 11:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the group had official status; Ukraine drone experts work in the Gulf. What we know on day 1,477
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[2026-03-12 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that "we've won" in the war against Iran after he said in a media interview that the ongoing conflict will end "soon" as there is "practically nothing left to target."
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[2026-03-12 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the war with Iran will end "soon" as there is "practically nothing left to target," according to a news report, as concerns continue over the impact of the conflict on oil prices and the global economy.
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[2026-03-12 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei suffered a fractured foot, bruised eye and face lacerations during the initial wave of airstrikes by the US and Israel, according to new reports.
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[2026-03-12 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Assembly of Experts] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea has long been suspected of supplying missile technology to Iran and providing technical help on uranium enrichment
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[2026-03-12 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran could use drones to make a deadly strike on California at any time, a top US Army expert says — and we’re nowhere near ready for what could happen.
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[2026-03-12 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Somewhere between the White House and the Pentagon, the nation’s leaders need to start giving the public a regular, clear, concrete sense of how Operation Epic Fury is proceeding.
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[2026-03-12 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter fired pistols during an inspection of a light munitions factory, state media photos showed on Thursday, as he pushes to modernize conventional forces after years of focus on nuclear weapons.
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[2026-03-12 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While offering no details to hundreds of supporters, US president seemed to suggest conflict would not end soon
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[2026-03-12 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Thursday as investors grappled with volatile oil prices and escalating tensions in the Middle East, even after the U.S. and its allies announced an unprecedented emergency release of crude reserves to calm energy markets.
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[2026-03-12 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said ending the war will require recognition of Tehran’s “legitimate rights” and guarantees against future aggression.
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