Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Britain believed Iran did not pose a nuclear threat and saw no evidence of an imminent Iranian attack on Europe when the US-Israeli attack on Iran began, it has emerged.
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[2026-03-18 02:05 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Joe Kent resigned as national counter-terrorism center director, saying Iran posed no imminent threat to the US
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[2026-03-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor; creator of the memorial for American WWII POWs killed at Hiroshima, during a ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western, Japan, May 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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[2026-03-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office says as the Israeli military pummels its northern neighbour as part of the wider war engulfing the Middle East.
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[2026-03-18 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gas prices are surging across the US as the war with Iran continues to rattle global energy markets — with crude oil spiking 4% and American diesel topping $5 a gallon Tuesday, inflicting pain at the pump.
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[2026-03-18 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ianians have a very long historical memory.
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[2026-03-18 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A map showing travel advisory risk levels in the Middle East is shown behind Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand as she speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Watch and Response Centre at Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-03-18 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, the country's military is reporting.
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[2026-03-18 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Satellite images are beginning to be released giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base.
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[2026-03-18 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranians have a very long historical memory.
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[2026-03-18 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Belgium] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Étienne Davignon is charged with participation in war crimes in relation to killing of then PM Patrice Lumumba
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[2026-03-18 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s army has said its air defences are working to intercept incoming missiles fired from Iran.
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[2026-03-18 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, which advises both US President Donald Trump and the director of national intelligence on “terror” threats, has resigned over the war with Iran.
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[2026-03-18 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Falling debris from missile interceptions killed one person on Tuesday in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi and injured two medical staff in Kuwait, authorities said, as Iran pressed its attacks against Gulf countries.
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[2026-03-18 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Tuesday announced he will resign in response to the Trump administration's war against Iran.
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[2026-03-18 01:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-18 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Israel says it has killed two of Iran’s most senior figures in overnight strikes, marking a major escalation in the conflict.Defense Minister Israel Katz claims top security official Ali Larijani and Basij militia chief Gholam Reza Soleimani were both “eliminated.” But so far, Iranian state media has not confirmed the deaths.
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[2026-03-18 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ariana Afshar, one of many Iranian American content creators struggling to amplify the voices of Iranians amidst an internet blackout in Iran amidst the ongoing war, poses for a photo Monday, March 9, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle)
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[2026-03-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Oceans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection
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[2026-03-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Increased use of Arctic shipping route among topics covered at inaugural China-Russia Logistics Business Forum
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[2026-03-18 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: S.H. Kim of South Korea walks to the 17th tee during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Ponte Bedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-03-18 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
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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[2026-03-18 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Images circulating online reveal shattered buildings, charred facades, and debris strewn across residential streets in Tehran. Residents and emergency crews are clearing rubble since the attacks. In southern Tehran, locals use basic tools to dig out damaged homes while firefighters tackle lingering blazes; videos from passing cars capture the aftermath near Niavaran, where a police facility was clearly struck.
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[2026-03-18 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday compared the plight of the Irish to the “genocide” in Palestine — as he used a St. Patrick’s Day celebration to rip the “deafening silence from so many” on the Israel-Hamas war.
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[2026-03-18 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Thailand] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many crematorium furnaces use diesel, now in short supply due to disruptions from conflicts in the Middle East
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[2026-03-18 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number of people who experience acute hunger could leap to 364 million globally if the war on Iran continues until June, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is likely to receive up to $887 million following the completion of the company’s sale to Paramount Skydance, according to a regulatory filing released Monday. Warner Bros. Discovery last month agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 billion deal, ending a high-stakes bidding war after Netflix withdrew from its agreement with the HBO Max owner.
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[2026-03-18 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City — Two members of the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to the military in Bukidnon, Lt. Col. Jorge Jallorina, commanding officer of the army's 8th Infantry Battalion (IB), said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 00:20 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war
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[2026-03-18 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Paris, France – A couple of days after the United States and Israel launched their assault on Iran, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on March 2 that France would bolster its nuclear arsenal and strengthen ties with fellow European Union countries.
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[2026-03-18 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the United States-Israel war for disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical global artery through which one-fifth of the world’s oil shipments transit.
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[2026-03-17 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gestures to journalists at the Presidential Palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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[2026-03-17 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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[2026-03-17 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tens of millions more people will face acute hunger if the United States-Israel war on Iran, and its reverberations through Iran’s retaliation, continue through to June, the United Nations warned.
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[2026-03-17 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-17 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration is exploring alternative fertilizer supplies as the war with Iran disrupts global markets.
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[2026-03-17 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With no clear goal or timetable for ending the war, the US president is running out of options
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[2026-03-17 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Golestan Palace majorly damaged in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran
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[2026-03-17 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has launched new waves of air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “limited and targeted ground operations” on Monday against Hezbollah positions.
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[2026-03-17 23:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The foreign ministry said Tuesday it hs discussed ways to step up cybersecurity cooperation with officials of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states and Indo-Pacific partners.
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[2026-03-17 23:07 UTC+10:00] [World Baseball Classic] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: USA and Venezuela play for title on Tuesday night
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[2026-03-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US midterm elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump failing to keep his word could be important ahead of primaries and midterm elections for independents
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[2026-03-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Frightened’ sailor tells wife of conflict tension on board Singaporean commercial ship stuck close to land on war-torn waterway
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[2026-03-17 22:55 UTC+10:00] [Thailand] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The military plans to add permanent walls and electronic fences equipped with sensors and CCTV cameras to the 1.3km barrier
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[2026-03-17 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital on Tuesday morning, after officials there said that an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people in a dramatic escalation of a conflict between the two neighbors that is now in its third week.
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[2026-03-17 22:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean Air Co. said Tuesday it will extend the suspension of its Incheon-Dubai flights through April 19 due to ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-17 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sappers examine the site of a Russian missile strike which hit a post office storehouse in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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[2026-03-17 22:29 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Gulf of Tonkin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Agreement between naval commanders ahead of 40th joint exercise comes as Vietnamese leader To Lam hails ties with China as ‘top priority’
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[2026-03-17 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The Spanish government has announced that it will seek to implement a raft of new measures to mitigate the economic effects of the war in Iran.
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