Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-25 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration has reportedly sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-25 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance is quietly emerging as a key player in potential Iran talks as Tehran signals it wants to deal directly with him, sources familiar with discussions told The Post — but the White House insists only President Trump gets to decide who negotiates for the US.
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[2026-03-25 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman collects belongings from a house damaged when a nearby residential building was hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)
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[2026-03-25 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has ordered the forced evacuation of residents from seven neighbourhoods in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-03-25 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran gave the US a "present” related to “oil and gas”, while repeating that talks were underway with the Islamic Republic to end the war, even as thousands of US troops are en route to the region.
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[2026-03-25 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran gave the US a "present” related to “oil and gas”, while repeating that talks were underway with the Islamic Republic to end the war, even as thousands of US troops are en route to the region.
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[2026-03-25 08:31 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The impact of the war in the Middle East is likely to reshape the global economy for years – is this the moment for Australia to change the way it thinks about energy? Post your questions now for our climate and environment editor
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[2026-03-25 08:30 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As traditional energy centres become less stable, the Arctic’s resources, shipping routes and infrastructure are growing in importance
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[2026-03-25 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks with Iran to end the Middle East war were under way "right now", even as the Islamic republic and Israel traded fresh strikes.
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[2026-03-25 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israeli military will occupy parts of southern Lebanon to deal with the presence of Hezbollah militants in the area, Defense Minister Israel Katz has said. The effort would involve the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and destruction of civilian infrastructure, he added.
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[2026-03-25 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By joining Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran, US President Donald Trump has trapped himself between Scylla and Charybdis. Escalation would spell disaster; retreat would brand him a historic loser. And yet, paradoxically – and almost perversely – a safe passage remains, should he choose to take it.
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[2026-03-25 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By joining Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran, US President Donald Trump has trapped himself between Scylla and Charybdis. Escalation would spell disaster; retreat would brand him a historic loser. And yet, paradoxically – and almost perversely – a safe passage remains, should he choose to take it.
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[2026-03-25 08:09 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using it
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[2026-03-25 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraq says it plans to summon the US and Iranian envoys to the country to denounce a string of deadly attacks on Iraqi territory, as the country has been increasingly dragged into the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-25 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian shares are set to rise as the market opens, after a volatile session on Wall Street where investors swayed between fears of rising oil prices and hopes for a resolution to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-25 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists demonstrate during a rally on the anniversary of the coup that brought the military regime (1976-1983) to power, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-03-25 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: On the same day President Trump signed an executive order blocking college football teams from playing at the same time as the Army-Navy game, he did a victory dance celebrating the passing of former FBI Director Robert Mueller (“Mueller is dead — & Don ‘glad,’ ” March 22).
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[2026-03-25 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV called Tuesday for a ceasefire in the Middle East war, saying more than a million people had been forced to flee their homes and urging the warring parties to hold talks.
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[2026-03-25 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Breaking News
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[2026-03-25 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Red Crescent emergency workers use a bulldozer to clear rubble from a residential building that was hit in an earlier U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-25 07:16 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Israel has outlined plans to occupy a “security zone” in southern Lebanon after bombing bridges along a key river that will serve as a new demarcation line, adding to pressure on one million people who have already fled their homes.
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[2026-03-25 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has carried out one of the largest aerial attacks since the start of its war on Ukraine, launching 948 drones in a 24-hour period as it moved troops and equipment to the front line in what appeared to be the start of its new offensive.
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[2026-03-25 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Sumangala College Panadura group ‘A’ leader will meet Sri Dharmaloka College Kelaniya fourth placed team of group ‘B’ in the quarter final of the under 19 Division One tier ‘B’ inter schools Cricket tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association with the sponsorship by Sri Lanka Cricket from today at Army grounds Kuruvita.
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[2026-03-25 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Commissioner General of Essential Services has issued a new set of guidelines for the economical use of energy with the conflict situation in the Middle East region causing disruptions in the import of fuel.
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[2026-03-25 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: At least 66 people have died and dozens of others have been wounded after a Colombian military plane with 125 people on board crashed after takeoff in the South of the country, officials have said.
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[2026-03-25 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. and Iran are "in negotiations right now" and suggested Tehran is eager to make a peace deal, even as the Islamic Republic has denied it is in direct talks with Washington.
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[2026-03-25 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran gave him a "very big present" related to the Strait of Hormuz, boosting his confidence that he was talking to the right people in Tehran to end the war.
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[2026-03-25 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump listens to a reporter during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-25 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Cos We Care's Ann Cooper, in the centre holding a box, said people accessing food relief had doubled in six months. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-25 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the billions of dollars Russian oil and gas companies are poised to reap from the war in Iran should be used to pay off their debts.
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[2026-03-25 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With no letting up in the Middle East conflict, authorities in Sri Lanka will be looking at alternative markets and diverse approaches to pitch the country and keep tourism on track.
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[2026-03-25 06:49 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Minister tells security conference many people could have been killed in Invasion Day incident; Treasury working ‘full tilt’ on budget measures. Follow updates live
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[2026-03-25 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says the United States is talking to "the right people" in Iran in an effort to end hostilities and claims the Iranians want to reach a deal very badly. Follow live.
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[2026-03-25 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: United Airlines’ top executive warned ticket prices could jump as much as 20% if oil stays elevated amid the Iran war.
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[2026-03-25 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
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[2026-03-25 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Largely out-gunned Iran burns from Western air attacks while over a million people are displaced in tiny Lebanon now being ruthlessly overwhelmed by Israel’s war machine. The billions of the world’s poor, the many small and weak Third World nations, are gripped in desperate anticipation of worse to come in geopolitical chaos – the current global energy crisis starkly the ominous harbinger of crippled economies and starvation.
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[2026-03-25 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A two-acre plot of land in Vasavilan East (J/244), Tellippalai, in the Jaffna District, previously utilised by the Army, was formally released to civilian administration on Monday (23).
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[2026-03-25 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Middle East war is making impacts in almost every sphere of life across the world. The war has flared up now, albeit with signs of a brief pause, in the economic sphere. The attacks on oil facilities have led to a drop in production and a surge in prices.
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[2026-03-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump is insistent that “productive” negotiations have taken place with Iran to end the war he launched with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu almost a month ago. The major problem with that narrative is that Iran’s top officials have repeatedly denied it.
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[2026-03-25 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A trolley bus sits idle, unable to move, during a power outage in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja, File)
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[2026-03-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran launched a new wave of missiles against Israel early on Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump hailed “very good” talks to end the war despite Tehran denying any dialogue had taken place.
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[2026-03-25 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Roughly 15% of TotalEnergies' production is offline, as the war with Iran nears the one-month mark, but surging oil prices have more than made up for the lost barrels, chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné told CNBC in an exclusive interview.
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[2026-03-25 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Colin McDonald on Tuesday to lead the Department of Justice’s efforts cracking down on fraud as an assistant attorney general.
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[2026-03-25 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lebanese army soldiers check the site where intercepted missiles fell in Sahel Alma, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-25 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A Senate panel is deepening its probe into New York City Zohran Mamdani’s administration over the creation of a health department “Global Oppression Working Group,” first exposed by The Post, that accused Israel of genocide and downplayed Hamas’ role in initiating the Gaza war.
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[2026-03-25 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-25 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of troops from the elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
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[2026-03-25 06:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East this Wednesday, March 25.
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[2026-03-25 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shown are alleged straw purchased weapons displayed during a news conference in Norristown, Pa., Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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