Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-20 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Missile activity intensified overnight from Thursday into Friday, with reports of two ground explosions in the Jerusalem area, likely caused by impacting missiles or falling debris, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-03-20 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jennifer Welch on a Wednesday episode of the “I’ve Had It” podcast accused President Donald Trump and the Republican Party of treating support for the U.S. troops as “performative,” while discussing the possibility of American boots being on the ground in Iran.
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[2026-03-20 11:44 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-20 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it fired missiles at Israeli soldiers and vehicles in southern Lebanon, targeting a group in al-Aadaissah and launching another attack in the border town of Mays al-Jabal, according to separate statements on its Telegram channel.
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[2026-03-20 11:41 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-03-20 11:41 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: €90bn loan has been held up by resistance from Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán; US and Ukrainian negotiators to meet on Saturday. What we know on day 1,486
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[2026-03-20 11:16 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-20 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration has approved about $7 billion in weapons for the United Arab Emirates that the State Department is not required to announce to the public under rules governing US arms exports, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As BTS prepares to take over Gwanghwamun Square this Saturday, thousands of fans from around the world are expected to descend on the capital. For many in Army, the group's global fandom, the trip is about more than just the music — it’s about stepping into the everyday lives of the seven members.
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Israel has continued its aerial and ground assault in Lebanon after Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese group, launched missiles at Israel following the latter's joint strikes with the US on Iran. Source: Getty / Adri Salido
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told the ABC that Australia has taken the wrong side in the war in the Middle East. Source: AAP / Shadati
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[2026-03-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia "does not want to see the conflict continue to escalate". Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-03-20 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Friday following volatile trading on Wall Street overnight as investors sold assets from government bonds to equities and metals amid the Iran war.
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[2026-03-20 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mexican authorities have revealed that 11 people were killed during a raid that resulted in the capture of Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
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[2026-03-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘So many people that I love and care about are worried about the survival of people they love overseas,’ Inaz Janif says
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[2026-03-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-20 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-03-20 09:02 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield and as Qatar reels from retaliatory strike
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[2026-03-20 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Leaders from the European Union's 27 countries called for de-escalation in Iran and the wider region on Thursday, as well as a moratorium on striking critical infrastructure amid growing concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the global economy.
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[2026-03-20 08:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Video aired on Iranian state television on Thursday 19 March captured Red Crescent teams rescuing an injured man from collapsed buildings in South Khorasan province after a reported US-Israeli strike. According to SNN.ir, bulldozers cleared debris across residential areas while emergency workers combed through the rubble. A provincial spokesman confirmed that the bodies of a young girl and several women were found beneath the structures.
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[2026-03-20 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt
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[2026-03-20 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking $200bn from Congress to cover the costs of the US's war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Yegia Teshyan, coordinator of the Regional and International Relations Cluster at the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Relations at the American University of Beirut, spoke to the editor of Russia in Global Affairs, Fyodor Lukyanov, about the growing risk of a major war in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-20 08:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Singapore/Jakarta: Four Indonesian military officers have been arrested in connection with a chemical attack on a young Indonesian activist who had long been critical of the country’s security forces and had investigated their conduct during last year’s deadly nationwide protests.
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[2026-03-20 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking $200bn from Congress to cover US costs for the war on Iran.
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[2026-03-20 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.
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[2026-03-20 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US’s “clumsy” handling of attacks on Iran’s energy assets has handed Tehran a lever of escalation dominance in a rapidly spiralling war, two Arab officials told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-20 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An F-35 fighter jet from the United States has made an emergency landing at an airbase in the Middle East after carrying out a combat mission over Iran, according to US military officials.
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[2026-03-20 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is now prioritizing refilling its own weapon stocks instead of sending them to Ukraine, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said, blaming the Biden administration for any “challenges” the US military has been facing lately.
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[2026-03-20 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's military attacks had "decimated" Iran and that the Middle East war could finish sooner than expected, even as the Islamic republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets.
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[2026-03-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully rejected claims Thursday that he misled President Trump into a potential conflict with Iran, calling the notion “fake news” and insisting the president made his own decisions based on American interests.
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[2026-03-20 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China has called for an end to the US-Israel war on Iran and says the safety of waterways should not be disturbed.
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[2026-03-20 07:21 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Israeli soldier stands next to a fragment of a missile fired from Iran and intercepted by Israeli air 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 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The extreme spike in oil prices seen in local markets in the Middle East could give investors a glimpse into to where U.S. and Europe prices are headed if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened soon.
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[2026-03-20 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said "Iran is being decimated" as the U.S. and Israel target its ballistic missile and nuclear programs from the air — but he added that meaningful regime change will require a "ground component."
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[2026-03-20 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka received much praise from neutral countries across the globe for emerging unscathed when the country unexpectedly got drawn into the crossroads of a global confrontation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The tragedy that unfolded just off Sri Lanka’s Southern coast has brought the distant Middle East war dangerously close to our shores.
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[2026-03-20 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran is considering charging transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as officials in Tehran stepped up rhetoric over the strategic waterway after this week’s attacks on energy sites in the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-03-20 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will go to Israel on Friday, in an unscheduled visit, after visiting Beirut as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-20 06:33 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US Southern Command chief tells senators amid Trump’s increasing use of force in the region and comments about taking Cuba
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[2026-03-20 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A journalist and his crew were nearly killed on Thursday when a missile exploded just feet away from them as they reported in war-torn Lebanon, harrowing video shows.
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A series of “unidentified” drones have been spotted hovering over the Washington D.C. military base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth live, prompting the U.S. government to consider relocating them.
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[2026-03-20 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With the Iran conflict entering its 20th day and both sides not showing any signs of backing down, South Asian and Indian Ocean Region (IOR) nations are in the firing line – metaphorically, if not physically – though the Iris Dena incident was uncomfortably close. The oil crunch resulting from the de-facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is a severe blow to South Asian and IOR economies, which were already struggling due to a variety of reasons.
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[2026-03-20 06:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-20 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told his 13-year-old son that US service members have died to ensure his generation won’t have to confront a nuclear-armed Iran.
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[2026-03-20 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump llega en el Air Force One, el miércoles 18 de marzo de 2026, a la base de la Fuerza Aérea de Dover, Delaware, para asistir al regreso de los restos de los seis miembros de la tripulación de una aeronave de reabastecimiento de la Fuerza Aérea que murieron cuando su avión se estrelló en el oeste de Irak mientras apoyaba operaciones contra Irán.
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[2026-03-20 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian and US negotiators will meet in the United States on Saturday in a bid to revive stalled talks on Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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[2026-03-20 06:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, this Friday March 20.
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[2026-03-20 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAPSAT military unit commander Col. Michael Randrianirina is seen in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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