Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields edged slightly higher in early Friday trading as investors continue to navigate growing uncertainty over how the Middle East conflict is impacting the economy.
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[2026-03-20 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Beirut, Lebanon and Gaza City, Palestine – Along Beirut’s downtown waterfront, Alaa is looking for somewhere to rest his head.
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[2026-03-20 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Iranian capital Tehran remains far from its pre-war bustle, but no longer as deserted as more people and cars returned to streets a day before the Persian New Year, the Nowruz. (AP video by Saeed Sarmadi and Mohsen Ganji)
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[2026-03-20 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded where countless previous Israeli leaders have failed: persuading the United States to join Israel in launching open-ended strikes against its regional nemesis, Iran.
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[2026-03-20 20:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean shares closed higher Friday amid hopes the U.S. and Israel-led war against Iran, weighing heavily on global financial markets, may end sooner than expected.
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[2026-03-20 19:58 UTC+10:00] [Qatar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After message that Iran’s missile industry ‘deserves a perfect score’, Revolutionary Guards’ spokesman is killed in strike
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[2026-03-20 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader is placed on an anti-riot police car as policemen stand on top of the car, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-20 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Muslim worshippers gathered outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem on Friday 20 March to mark Eid al Fitr after being barred from entering the Al Aqsa compound. Israeli police fired tear gas as crowds searched for space to perform early morning prayers, with many forced to pray in nearby streets.
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[2026-03-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Jamieson Greer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The White House’s Section 301 investigations may be less dramatic than war, but they risk retaliation and trade breakdowns
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[2026-03-20 19:17 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This is not Britain’s war, it’s Trump’s and Netanyahu’s. The prime minister should be wary of becoming ensnared like Blair was with Iraq
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[2026-03-20 18:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-20 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration has pressed forward with roughly $23 billion in weapons sales to three Gulf nations, moving to bolster their defenses as the Middle East war continued to escalate with no sign of resolution.
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[2026-03-20 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Denmark prepared to sabotage Greenland’s airstrips using explosives and flew in blood supplies amid fears of a potential US invasion earlier this year, according to a new report by Danish public broadcaster DR.
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[2026-03-20 18:31 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Doha/Washington/Jerusalem: Israel launched further attacks on Tehran on Friday, a day afterUS President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has warned it will show “zero restraint” if its energy facilities are attacked again, a day after Israel struck the South Pars gasfield and Tehran attacked energy sites across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-20 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several Gulf countries, including Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, on Friday restricted Eid al-Fitr prayers to mosques, suspending large outdoor gatherings amid heightened tensions linked to the ongoing conflict.
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[2026-03-20 18:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Full-group comeback after military service signals renewed global ambitions — and a possible Grammy push
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[2026-03-20 18:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-20 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this week’s newsletter: with US-Israeli strikes hitting oil refineries, military bases and nuclear facilities, monitors are warning that the conflict will have devastating effects
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[2026-03-20 17:53 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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[2026-03-20 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of Japan has long stated that sustained levels of inflation will help it move ahead with policy normalization, after having ended the world's only negative interest rate regime in 2024.
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[2026-03-20 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FOLLOWING the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to ensure that no community is left behind, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P8.08 billion to fund priority projects in over 800 cleared barangays under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) – Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).
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[2026-03-20 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Friday said that it struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to alleged attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-03-20 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global volatility is threatening a pipeline of multibillion-dollar stock market listings in India, the world's busiest IPO market.
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[2026-03-20 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Launch of unnumbered missiles from Iran was detected, triggering air defence systems to “intercept the threat”, the Israeli military said on Friday.
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[2026-03-20 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Defence members pulled together to help in Katherine ahead of more potential flooding. (ABC News: James Elton)
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[2026-03-20 17:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-20 17:27 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: War wages on in the Middle East and unsurprisingly, the oil price chart looks positively parabolic.
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[2026-03-20 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 17:26 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At least 16 US aircraft have been lost so far, mostly Reaper drones, amid the high-tempo air strike campaign against Iran
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[2026-03-20 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, the hospital said on Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Donald Trump, the man who said “drill baby drill” and labelled policies to slash greenhouse gases a scam fostered on the poor of America, is managing to create one big global carbon tax.
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[2026-03-20 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and a Kuwaiti oil refinery ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Mideast war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.
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[2026-03-20 16:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-03-20 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebration of “Defender of the Fatherland Day” in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 23, 2026. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-20 16:24 UTC+10:00] [Farzan Sabet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf helps fill the power vacuum left by the killing of Iran’s leaders
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[2026-03-20 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied claims that he dragged the United States into a costly war with Iran, which has entered its third week with no end in sight.
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[2026-03-20 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: PM tells voters he is confident of navigating energy crisis sparked by Iran war
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[2026-03-20 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Anthony Matesic, left, and James Denaro work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-20 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kuwait said Friday its Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery again came under attack by Iranian drones, which sparked a fire at several of its units.
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[2026-03-20 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived at the White House on Thursday, she was bracing for a “difficult meeting”.
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[2026-03-20 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter drove an army tank with her father sitting behind her in photos from state news agency KCNA on Friday, with analysts suggesting she may be training to succeed him.
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[2026-03-20 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli soldiers take photographs next to a fragment of a missile fired from Iran, and intercepted by Israeli defense system, embedded in an open field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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[2026-03-20 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo supplied by Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke’s office, the Minister Tony Burke, center, poses in an undisclosed location with five Iranian women soccer players who have been granted asylum in Australia, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Australia Ministry of Home Affairs via AP)
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[2026-03-20 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wind turbines operate along a solar farm near Weifang in eastern China’s Shandong province on March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-03-20 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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[2026-03-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran has signalled a willingness for Beijing to act as a mediator in its escalating war against US and Israel
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[2026-03-20 14:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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