Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth chided that Iranian leadership positions in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij paramilitary are “temp jobs” now.
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[2026-03-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Marco Rubio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US actions threaten China’s energy security, expose supply chokepoints and raise nuclear proliferation risks in its neighbourhood
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[2026-03-19 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that the United States' objectives in the war against Iran have not changed since strikes started on 28 February.
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[2026-03-19 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Conflict has also hit global fertiliser supplies, prompting Manila to seek assurances that Beijing would continue exports
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[2026-03-19 23:19 UTC+10:00] [Namita Joshi] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Generic slimming drugs are expected to flood a market where one in four adults are currently either overweight or obese
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[2026-03-19 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China said on Thursday that peaceful reunification with Taiwan would help ease the island’s energy supply risks stemming from the Israeli-US war on Iran, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-03-19 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has effectively acknowledged Ukraine as a legitimate military target. Ibrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, made this statement in a post on X. The next day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of involvement in the conflict. In diplomatic terms, this indicates that Tehran aligns Kiev’s actions with those of the aggressors: the US and Israel.
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[2026-03-19 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has effectively acknowledged Ukraine as a legitimate military target. Ibrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Commission, made this statement in a post on X. The next day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of involvement in the conflict. In diplomatic terms, this indicates that Tehran aligns Kiev’s actions with those of the aggressors: the US and Israel.
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[2026-03-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: From Venezuela to the Middle East, this is gangsterism fused with colonialism. It repudiates the moral language through which US power once justified itself
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[2026-03-19 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A pregnant Palestinian woman died on Thursday in the occupied West Bank from shrapnel wounds sustained after an Iranian missile attack, bringing the death toll from the incident to four, the Ramallah-based health ministry said.
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[2026-03-19 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As the United States-Israeli war on Iran approaches its fourth week after unleashing chaos across the Middle East, foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim countries have convened for urgent discussions in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-03-19 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump greets Col. Matha “Jeannie” Sasnett, commander of Air Force Mortuary Affairs, as he arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran.
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[2026-03-19 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's intelligence ministry has arrested 97 people for being "soldiers of Israel", state media reported on Thursday, in the latest round of a security sweep that has seen hundreds detained over alleged linked to Israel and the US since the start of the war.
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[2026-03-19 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: RT correspondent Steve Sweeney and his cameraman have been injured in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Sweeney said an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at their car as it crossed a bridge near a military base.
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[2026-03-19 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the Iran war, the Washington Post reports, citing a senior administration official and sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-03-19 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Benchmark Brent oil prices jumped above $119 a barrel on Thursday after Iran attacked energy facilities across the Middle East following Israel’s strike on its South Pars gas field, a major escalation in the war.
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[2026-03-19 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Joe Kent, the former Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week in protest of the war in Iran, is being investigated by the FBI. The probe predates Kent’s departure as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and centers on allegations he improperly shared classified information, Semafor reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade
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[2026-03-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Mexico] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: AI videos let young people adopt the guise of DFS agents, sparking debate over glorifying corruption and impunity
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[2026-03-19 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European Union leaders, meeting for a summit in Brussels, have piled pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accusing him of hijacking and blocking a vital aid package for Ukraine and undermining EU decision-making as Russia’s war on its neighbour is now in its fifth year, with any peace deal remaining elusive.
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[2026-03-19 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman's foreign minister has called for the US to extricate itself from the war in Iran, describing the Islamic Republic's attacks on Gulf states as an "inevitable" reaction to the assault.
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[2026-03-19 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.N peacekeepers guard a house hit by a drone strike in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
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[2026-03-19 21:47 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-19 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Reports of Republican fractures over President Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new poll shared exclusively with The Post Thursday.
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[2026-03-19 21:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DUBAI (AP) — Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors' energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze as it struck 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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[2026-03-19 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Davao City] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Only 30 per cent of Gen Z Filipinos now back the ICC drugs war case, as AI-generated disinformation floods TikTok
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[2026-03-19 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., to attend the casualty return for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-03-19 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States’s top intelligence official has placed Pakistan alongside Russia, China, North Korea and Iran as a country whose advancing missile capabilities could eventually put US territory within reach.
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[2026-03-19 21:24 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-19 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China is clamping down on fertiliser exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-19 21:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will provide $2 million in humanitarian assistance to conflict-hit Lebanon, the foreign ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-03-19 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: South Korea is considering buying Russian oil for the first time in more than three years as Asian refiners scramble to secure alternative crude shipments following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Middle East war, Reuters reported Thursday, citing an industry ministry message.
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fire damage and plumbing issues on the USS Gerald R. Ford suggest an overstretched military and ‘hollowed out’ industrial base, analysts say
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will ”massively blow up” Iran’s South Pars gas field if Tehran continues strikes on Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned. South Pars – shared with Qatar, where it is known as the North Field – is the world’s largest natural gas field.
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Now, the total is likely to have exceeded $18bn and counting. Where are America’s war dollars going, in a war that was never declared in the first place?
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[2026-03-19 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima flew to Maiduguri on Wednesday, pledging to restore "full peace" after a triple suicide bombing killed 23 people in one of the deadliest attacks on the Borno state capital in years.
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[2026-03-19 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Air strikes have killed two fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in northern Iraq, the paramilitary group says from one of the fronts in the sprawling war engulfing the Middle East.
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[2026-03-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Li Ka-shing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diversified business mitigates impact of adverse developments including ‘legal conflict’ over Panama ports, chairman says
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[2026-03-19 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: In a high-stakes address at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Wednesday, March 18, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a blistering condemnation of ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Middle East, warning that the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is pushing global supply chains to a breaking point.
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[2026-03-19 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three explosions were heard in Tel Aviv on Thursday after an Iranian missile alert, according to AFP.
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[2026-03-19 20:17 UTC+10:00] [Singapore] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Iran war has underscored the need for robust air systems and Manila should look to build a layered defence architecture, experts say
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[2026-03-19 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea and Japan are facing uncomfortable questions about their mutual defensive obligations as the United States seeks support from its allies in the war on Iran, now nearly three weeks in and escalating by the day.
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[2026-03-19 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, Al Jazeera reported, citing sources at al-Shifa Hospital.
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[2026-03-19 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Coffins draped in Iranian flags were paraded through central Tehran streets on trucks, as mourners waved portraits and banners proclaiming vengeance. The ceremony, broadcast live by state television, marked one of the largest public gatherings in Iran since the conflict escalated in late February 2026. Among those commemorated were Ali Larijani, Iran’s national security chief, killed in an Israeli airstrike near Tehran, Gholamreza Soleimani, Basij paramilitary commander, and 84 sailors from the frigate IRIS Dena, torpedoed by a US submarine
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[2026-03-19 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday, with the metals shedding 2% and 5.5% as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets.
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[2026-03-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Coffins containing the remains of victims of a Monday airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital are laid out before burial in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
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[2026-03-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number below your letter. No attachments. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-03-19 19:56 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hungarian PM, who is facing an upcoming election, appears in no mood to compromise as EU leaders meet in Brussels this morning
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[2026-03-19 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy infrastructure Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Middle East war that has sent global fuel prices soaring.
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