Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-21 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Like a trapped animal, Iran is lashing out, executing teenagers in public for “waging war against God” to terrify its restive people, and bombing its neighbors to convince them to push the United States and Israel to end the war.
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[2026-03-21 09:57 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like
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[2026-03-21 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-03-21 09:14 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-21 08:59 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One person survived and two were killed, the military said, who were turned over to Costa Rican coast guard
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[2026-03-21 08:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was getting very close to meeting its objectives and called on countries that use the Strait of Hormuz to guard and police it "as necessary."
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[2026-03-21 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales
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[2026-03-21 08:25 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-21 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The closure of Christianity’s holiest shrine in Jerusalem to pilgrims amid the escalating Middle East war is not expected to halt the traditional Holy Fire ceremony that marks the start of Orthodox Easter, a senior Russian cleric has said.
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[2026-03-21 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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[2026-03-21 08:15 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-21 08:05 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-21 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reaching a ceasefire agreement with Iran, as more Marines headed to the Middle East in a possible sign of a coming ground operation.
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[2026-03-21 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country will “exercise our legitimate right to self-defence” in response to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision to allow the US to use UK bases to carry out strikes on Iranian missile sites targeting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-21 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of War has produced detailed plans involving the use of ground troops in the war on Iran, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed officials.
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[2026-03-21 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has announced that it attacked another alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific.
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[2026-03-21 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kayvon Pourmirzaie and his wife, Behnaz Almazi, eat a tahdig-like pasta dish, based on a classic Iranian crispy rice dish, during a Persian pop-up dinner to celebrate Nowruz in New York on Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J.M. Hirsch)
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[2026-03-21 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Damage to a critical Qatari facility is threatening to keep energy prices high around the world even if the war in Iran ends soon in what some analysts are calling an “Armageddon” situation.
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[2026-03-21 07:13 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: President Trump said Thursday that he was not planning to put troops "anywhere" but that if he did, he would not tell journalists. Source: AAP / Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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[2026-03-21 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and outgoing Finance Minister Fernando Haddad shake hands during a ceremony announcing Haddad’s candidacy for governor of Sao Paulo state in the October elections, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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[2026-03-21 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Earlier this month, Elbridge Colby, a senior official in the US Department of War, held a call with Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, who is also the brother and top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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[2026-03-21 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv — who worked for decades to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority, a schism that foreshadowed the Russia-Ukraine war — died Friday. He was 97.
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[2026-03-21 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he is not interested in a ceasefire with Iran.
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[2026-03-21 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Deputy Minister Arun Hemachandra told Parliament yesterday that the Sri Lankan Government is actively working to ensure the safety of its citizens in the Middle East due to the ongoing regional conflict, which has affected a significant portion of the over one million Sri Lankans working in the region.
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[2026-03-21 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands said Thursday they were ready “to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz”.
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[2026-03-21 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s national legislature voluntarily delayed its sittings to give leadership to the national initiative for a weekly sacrificed working day on Wednesdays, begun this week as a fuel-saving measure. The nation’s schoolchildren have, en masse, to forego all their educational tours for the indeterminate future for the same reason.
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[2026-03-21 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Planes are parked at Dubai International Airport as smoke rises in the background after a drone struck a fuel tank early morning, forcing the temporary suspension of flights, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-03-21 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health Deputy Minister Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni stated that six essential medicines are currently being manufactured in Iran and the Government has formulated a plan to import them despite the prevailing conflict situation.
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[2026-03-21 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Defence Deputy Minister Major General (Retd) Aruna Jayasekara visited Japan recently accompanied by a delegation consisting of the Navy Commander and officers representing the Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force.
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[2026-03-21 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
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[2026-03-21 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Consumers have been warned not to expect petrol prices to drop quickly when the Iran war ends. (ABC News: Chris Taylor)
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[2026-03-21 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As the Iran War intensifies, oil, or rather the lack of it, has become a key talking point. The de-facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has blocked 20 percent of the world’s oil supply (almost 20 million barrels per day), which has mainly affected countries such as Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia.
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[2026-03-21 06:23 UTC+10:00] [Mediterranean] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Christians, in particular, were angered by the Israeli PM’s remarks, which some say suggest a ‘might is right’ approach
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[2026-03-21 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian authorities have sharply restricted access to the internet.
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[2026-03-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues, intelligence gathered by the Pentagon is being analysed by technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, on a system run by the data analytics firm Palantir.
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[2026-03-21 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-21 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Donald Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities last year, he set in motion a plan the "thinkers" inside the Iranian regime had long been devising. It's now in play and it all comes down to a stretch of water that, at its narrowest point, is little more than 30 kilometres wide.
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[2026-03-21 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq has declared force majeure on all oil fields developed by foreign oil companies, as military operations in the region have disrupted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, preventing most of the country's crude exports from moving, oil ministry sources said.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The battlefield determines who prevails. Yet long before that verdict is rendered, another contest unfolds: over how the war itself is to be understood. From a plurality of competing explanations, a single narrative, or at least a dominant theme, gradually crystallizes and comes to define the conflict.
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[2026-03-21 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran is celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during wartime for the first time since the 1980s, when neighbouring Iraq launched a full-scale invasion, leading to eight years of war.
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[2026-03-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump lashes out at NATO, calling the alliance "cowards". (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-21 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Navy, left, and Army line up for the snap at the line of scrimmage during the first quarter of an NCAA football game at Gillette Stadium Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
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[2026-03-21 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An anti-Zionist group has claimed responsibility for a fire at a warehouse belonging to a defense firm linked to Israel’s Elbit Systems in the Czech Republic.
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[2026-03-21 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An anti-Zionist group has claimed responsibility for a fire at a warehouse belonging to a defense firm allegedly linked to Israel’s Elbit Systems in the Czech Republic. The company, however, has denied any ties to Israel, insisting its production primarily flows to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-21 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry says it intercepted and destroyed three drones in the Eastern Province.
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[2026-03-21 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s officially the first day of spring, and with it comes anticipation of the spring selling season.
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[2026-03-21 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Iranian authorities have sharply restricted access to the internet.
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[2026-03-21 04:29 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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