Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-13 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Export Development Board (EDB) recently held a high-level meeting to discuss the critical issues faced by exporters of major products to the Middle East market due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East region.
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[2026-03-13 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign outside the main gate of Fort Stewart, Ga., is shown Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File)
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[2026-03-13 06:54 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Minns government extends scheme amid renewed cost-of-living concerns during conflict in the Middle East. Follow updates live
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[2026-03-13 06:39 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Five soldiers were indicted over alleged violent abuse and rape of Palestinian man at detention centre in 2024
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[2026-03-13 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-13 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A strike near a military barracks in southern Iran that reportedly killed more than 150 children has intensified scrutiny of AI-assisted targeting systems used in modern conflicts. Critics say such incidents challenge claims that algorithmic warfare can improve precision and reduce civilian casualties.
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[2026-03-13 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The U.S. and Israel initially stated their primary aim was to obliterate Iran’s nuclear programme once and for all, but those war aims appear to have shifted. Now the stated objectives range from destroying Iran’s ballistic missile programme, to wanting to protect the American public from an imminent Iranian threat.
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[2026-03-13 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Indonesia has entered an agreement with India to procure the BrahMos missile system, its defence ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait told Reuters on Monday March 09.
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[2026-03-13 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-13 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has warned the United States against escalating the war by hitting key energy infrastructure, after US President Donald Trump threatened to take out Iran’s electric capacity “within one hour”.
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[2026-03-13 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan has ordered sweeping emergency austerity and fuel conservation measures after a disruption in oil and gas supply caused by the United States-Israel war on Iran and an escalating Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-13 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The madman who opened fire at Old Dominion University on Thursday, killing a retired military officer during an ROTC class, has been identified as an ex-National Guard soldier convicted of trying to support ISIS, The Post has learned.
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[2026-03-13 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy prices low to painting high oil prices as a positive.
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[2026-03-13 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE says its air defence systems intercepted a fresh wave of missiles and drones launched from Iran. The defence ministry said its forces had “interacted” with 10 ballistic missiles and 26 drones on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. Navy will begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as "militarily possible," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sky News on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Karoline Leavitt has slammed an ABC News report warning of a potentially Iranian drone attack in California as “reckless” and “completely false.”The White House spokeswoman called the report that the FBI had quietly warned state law enforcement Iran might retaliate for US airstrikes a ”phony story” in a post to X Thursday – and demanding an immediate retraction.
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[2026-03-13 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: JD Vance is usually out front selling the president's policies, but has recently kept a noticeably lower profile. (Reuters: Eduardo Munoz)
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[2026-03-13 06:01 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Rockhampton’s mayor privately urged the Queensland government to repurpose the city’s Olympic Athletes’ Village into dormitory‑style accommodation for Australian and foreign military forces after the 2032 Games.
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[2026-03-13 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The pace of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the US and Israel appears to be slowing 13 days into the war, with most attacks successfully intercepted by American-made air defense systems, statistics and experts say.
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[2026-03-13 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran has already cost more than $11.3bn in its first six days, US defence officials told senators during a closed-door briefing, according to multiple reports.
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[2026-03-13 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Somalia has warned that its territory cannot be used as a launching pad for military operations, after two media reports that said Israel is planning to establish a military base in the breakaway region of Somaliland, directly across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen.
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[2026-03-13 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-03-13 05:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The economic fallout of the US-Israeli assault and Tehran’s retaliation is spreading fast, and pushing the most vulnerable towards disaster
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[2026-03-13 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel's military said Thursday it had struck checkpoints set up in Tehran by the Basij paramilitary force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, as part of efforts to undermine control by the authorities.
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[2026-03-13 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from a building targeted by an Israeli strike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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[2026-03-13 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California residents spotted another ominous plane, the Navy’s “submarine hunter,” zooming over Fresno Tuesday night.
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[2026-03-13 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mountain ranges stand strong here, unchanged despite years of fighting.
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[2026-03-13 05:39 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Welcome to our live rolling coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, this Friday March 13.
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[2026-03-13 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is seen in his limousine, known as “The Beast,” for the motorcade to the White House after his arrival on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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[2026-03-13 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran is sending oil prices back to $US100 per barrel, and stocks are sinking worldwide.
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[2026-03-13 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-13 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has accused EU leaders of weakness over the US-Israeli war on Iran, warning that Brussels’ “servile” attitude toward US President Donald Trump risks fueling Euroskeptic sentiment.
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[2026-03-13 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has accused EU leaders of weakness over the US-Israeli war on Iran, warning that Brussels’ “servile” attitude toward US President Donald Trump risks fueling Euroskeptic sentiment.
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[2026-03-13 05:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pilots reportedly adopting Russian tactics as statement in name of new Iranian supreme leader vows continued attacks on US bases
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[2026-03-13 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war, raising the risk of American defense contractors, power stations and water plants being swept into a wave of digital chaos that could expand if Tehran's allies join the fray.
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[2026-03-13 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday that US military escorts for oil tankers through the crucial Strait of Hormuz “can’t happen now” but are “quite likely” to be in place by April — as Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the waterway closed as a “tool to pressure the enemy” with higher energy prices.
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[2026-03-13 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait says its air defence systems are responding to incoming missile and drone attacks.
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[2026-03-13 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices have soared since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, and President Donald Trump is now turning to America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a wider agreement from many of the world’s wealthiest countries to tap into emergency stockpiles.
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[2026-03-13 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has dropped all charges against five soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at a military detention facility, Israeli media outlets have reported, closing a case that became one of the most divisive in the country’s recent history.
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[2026-03-13 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Work at QatarEnergy’s huge North Field Expansion liquefied natural gas project has slowed sharply as the war on Iran enters its third week.
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[2026-03-13 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The CEO of FireEye Kevin Mandia gives a tour of the cybersecurity company’s unused office space in Reston, Va., March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren, file)
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[2026-03-13 04:20 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: UAE cybercrime law means sharing images or footage of war can bring jail, prison time and deportation
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[2026-03-13 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Army is offering a fat reward for the capture of two thieves who stole drones from a base — amid fears of a possible Iranian drone strike on U.S. soil.
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[2026-03-13 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her the daily, morning news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, the day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
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[2026-03-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The threat to Americans from international terrorist groups is “higher now than it’s been in decades” as the war against Iran nears the end of its second week, Sen. Ted Cruz has warned.
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[2026-03-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran says commercial vessels can still transit the Strait of Hormuz provided they coordinate their passage with Iranian naval forces.
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[2026-03-13 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is considering waiving the Jones Act to speed up oil shipments as his administration works to bring down gas prices.
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[2026-03-13 04:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two weeks into Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran, the conflict is beginning to take on a shape that few strategists publicly predicted but many privately feared.
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[2026-03-13 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: TotalEnergies says it has halted around 15 percent of its global oil and gas production as the war in the Middle East disrupts energy operations across the region.
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[2026-03-13 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For the past month, US President Donald Trump and his secretaries of state and of war have emphasised a vision of the United States as a white Christian European nation at war with the non-Christian, non-white world.
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