Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-14 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian exporters are struggling to get products into the Gulf and further into Europe as the war in the Middle East continues.
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[2026-03-14 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Committee convened as part of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Presidential Task Force’s broader efforts on Wednesday (11). The meeting focused on co-ordinating the national response to the extensive devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah, aiming to structure a comprehensive recovery plan for the affected regions.
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[2026-03-14 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.N peacekeeper guards 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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[2026-03-14 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Repeated US and Israeli air strikes have left their mark on Tehran over the past two weeks. (AP: Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-14 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-14 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar’s Interior Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad has said the situation in the Gulf country is “stable” amid Iranian drone and missile attacks launched across the Middle East in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-14 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US-Israeli military operation against the Iranian regime has decapitated its leadership and brought freedom closer than ever to the Iranian people.
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[2026-03-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenDover, Delaware, USAn army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of soldier Major Sorffly Davius, who died in Kuwait, at Dover air force base. Thirteen US troops have been killed in the conflict, while as many as 150 have been wounded. The death toll in Iran is more than 1,300, according to the country’s UN ambassador.Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APShareView image in fullscreenTehran, IranSmoke rises following an explosion in Tehran.
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[2026-03-14 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON - The US military said on Friday it has elevated the investigation into a devastating February 28 strike on an Iranian girls' school after media reports revealed the probe shows US forces were likely responsible.
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[2026-03-14 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions have been in western Tehran as the Israeli army announces it had begun “a wave of attacks against Iranian regime facilities throughout Tehran,” Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-03-14 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dubai, the city of clean, safe streets, discreet banks, abundant air travel options and red carpets rolled out for the rich, is watching its reputation unravel under the weight of foreign military ambitions.
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[2026-03-14 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dubai, the city of clean, safe streets, discreet banks, abundant air travel options and red carpets rolled out for the rich, is watching its reputation unravel under the weight of foreign military ambitions.
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[2026-03-14 05:31 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-14 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A female food vendor was busted for slashing a competitor with a razor blade in a broad daylight Central Park turf war battle this week – alongside two male accomplices who beat and robbed the victim, prosecutors and sources said.
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[2026-03-14 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be cancelled or rescheduled as the Middle East war engulfs the region, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Friday.
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[2026-03-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Gulf countries are “going on the offensive” as he argued that the US’s war on Iran is going in Washington’s favour.
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[2026-03-14 05:08 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians
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[2026-03-14 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Air New Zealand will be cutting back on flights over the next two months — a 5% reduction in its services — due to a surge of fuel prices resulting from the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: It is Iran — not the US — setting the terms of a battle which is now not a battle over military might but of economics and messing with people's heads. (Reuters: Evan Vucci )
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[2026-03-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jim Chalmers' May budget is starting to take shape in Treasury. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
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[2026-03-14 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has destroyed a bridge in southern Lebanon and dropped leaflets over Beirut warning the country faces the same scale of destruction visited upon Gaza, as its military campaign against Hezbollah enters a devastating new phase.
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[2026-03-14 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres on Friday appealed for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, saying the war has caused immense suffering for the Lebanese people.
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[2026-03-14 04:51 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White House contends with reality of shoddy preparations for war and unclear conditions for victory
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[2026-03-14 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-14 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Gulf countries are “going on the offensive” as he argued that the US’s war on Iran is going in Washington’s favour.
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[2026-03-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and White House slammed CNN over its Iran war coverage Friday -- with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying he looked forward to an ally of President Donald Trump taking over the news network.
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[2026-03-14 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, file)
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[2026-03-14 04:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse
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[2026-03-14 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign marks the entrance to a series of hardened tents at the Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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[2026-03-14 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Alon-Lee Green, the cofounder of the Palestinian-Jewish activist group Standing Together tried to organise a protest against his country’s war on Iran on Thursday. It was the second attempt, he said, after the first had been broken up by the police.
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[2026-03-14 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has said that seizing Iran’s Kharg Island fuel depot is not currently a priority — but he could quickly change his thinking.
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[2026-03-14 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine and its European allies have hit out at a decision by United States President Donald Trump’s administration to partially roll back sanctions against Russia amid soaring energy prices linked to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-14 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine offers drone expertise to Middle East and US amid aid uncertainty
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[2026-03-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that the Iranian military launched missiles and drones at Israel in coordination with Hezbollah, Al Jazeera is reporting.
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[2026-03-14 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A summit of eight major Muslim developing countries, including Iran, that was to be held in Jakarta next month has been delayed due to the war in the Middle East, an official with Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
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[2026-03-14 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel and the United States are reshaping the strategic balance of the Middle East through a joint military campaign aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities and weakening its network of proxy militias, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday night.
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[2026-03-14 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERBIL, Iraque — A drone strike killed two members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in northern Iraq on Friday, a senior official from the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran.
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[2026-03-14 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: War Secretary Pete Hegseth took aim at CNN’s coverage of the war in Iran, saying that “the sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better,” as Paramount Skydance moves ahead with its $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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[2026-03-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tehran residents report relentless bombing with US and Israeli planes launching wave of attacks
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[2026-03-14 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has launched a new phase of its assault on Iran, targeting checkpoints manned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) based on tip-offs from informants on the ground, Reuters is reporting, citing a source briefed on Israel's military strategy.
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[2026-03-14 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Friday that American forces would strike Iranian targets "very hard" in the coming days, signaling an intensification of the US-Israeli campaign as the war in the Middle East approaches its third week.
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[2026-03-14 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday said it is working with its attached agency, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), to ensure stable access to farm inputs following concerns of global petroleum supply disruption amid the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-14 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
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[2026-03-14 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KABUL — Authorities in Afghanistan said on Friday that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes on Kabul and border provinces, killing at least four people in the capital, in the latest deadly clashes in the long-running conflict between the two countries.
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[2026-03-14 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TAIPEI — Taiwanese lawmakers have given the government the green light to sign United States agreements for four weapons deals, the legislature’s head said on Friday, even before a proposal to fund these and other arms has been approved.
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[2026-03-14 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ONE analyst points out: Didn’t Japan surrender only in World War II when America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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[2026-03-14 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMID the turbulence of a war in the Middle East, if anyone is still wondering whether the Philippine economy is entering a period of serious stress, the answer is now visible everywhere — from market data to electricity bills, from the foreign exchange board to the rice stalls in public markets.
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[2026-03-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has cautioned the US administration against trying to build “an empire” in Latin America, urging Washington to pursue dialogue rather than military intervention.
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[2026-03-14 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has cautioned the US administration against trying to build “an empire” in Latin America, urging Washington to pursue dialogue rather than military intervention.
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