Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian "precision-guided drone" struck a building in Dubai, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said.
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[2026-03-12 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump continues contradictory messaging on Iran; US will release 172m barrels of oil from strategic supplies. Key US politics stories from 11 March
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[2026-03-12 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a drone heading towards the Shaybah oil field on Thursday, the spokesperson for the country's defence ministry said in a post on X.
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[2026-03-12 11:33 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-12 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Three Norwegian brothers of Iraqi descent were arrested Wednesday for allegedly carrying out a “terror bombing” at the US embassy in Oslo over the weekend — as investigators probe whether it was done on behalf of a foreign state.
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[2026-03-12 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-12 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched missiles at an Israeli military intelligence base early on Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 11:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for Kyiv to deny the group had official status; Ukraine drone experts work in the Gulf. What we know on day 1,477
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[2026-03-12 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LAS VEGAS (AP) — Corey Camper Jr. had 11 points in fifth-seeded Nevada’s 80-45 win over No. 12 seed Air Force on Wednesday in the Mountain West Conference Tournament to extend the nation’s longest-active losing streak.
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[2026-03-12 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that "we've won" in the war against Iran after he said in a media interview that the ongoing conflict will end "soon" as there is "practically nothing left to target."
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[2026-03-12 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the war with Iran will end "soon" as there is "practically nothing left to target," according to a news report, as concerns continue over the impact of the conflict on oil prices and the global economy.
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[2026-03-12 11:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks started slightly lower Thursday amid escalating oil price fluctuations sparked by the lingering US-Iran conflict and shipping disruptions at the key waterway in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-12 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei suffered a fractured foot, bruised eye and face lacerations during the initial wave of airstrikes by the US and Israel, according to new reports.
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[2026-03-12 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-12 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Assembly of Experts] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea has long been suspected of supplying missile technology to Iran and providing technical help on uranium enrichment
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[2026-03-12 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran could use drones to make a deadly strike on California at any time, a top US Army expert says — and we’re nowhere near ready for what could happen.
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[2026-03-12 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Somewhere between the White House and the Pentagon, the nation’s leaders need to start giving the public a regular, clear, concrete sense of how Operation Epic Fury is proceeding.
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[2026-03-12 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter fired pistols during an inspection of a light munitions factory, state media photos showed on Thursday, as he pushes to modernize conventional forces after years of focus on nuclear weapons.
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[2026-03-12 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While offering no details to hundreds of supporters, US president seemed to suggest conflict would not end soon
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[2026-03-12 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Thursday as investors grappled with volatile oil prices and escalating tensions in the Middle East, even after the U.S. and its allies announced an unprecedented emergency release of crude reserves to calm energy markets.
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[2026-03-12 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said ending the war will require recognition of Tehran’s “legitimate rights” and guarantees against future aggression.
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[2026-03-12 10:24 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy secretary says move is part of broader release as oil prices soar due to supply shocks from US-Israel war on Iran
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[2026-03-12 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New footage shows what an expert investigative group says is likely an American Tomahawk missile hitting a compound in southern Iran, meters from the school where a deadly unclaimed blast killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast.
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[2026-03-12 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three ballistic missiles heading towards Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan airbase have been intercepted and destroyed, the Saudi Defence Ministry said.
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[2026-03-12 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several tankers off the coasts of Iraq and Kuwait, along with a major port in Oman, are reportedly in flames as the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran continues to send shockwaves across global energy markets.
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[2026-03-12 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Big Apple straphanger hero pulled an 83-year-old Air Force vet to safety with only seconds to spare after both were shoved onto Upper East Side subway tracks, allegedly by an illegal immigrant.
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[2026-03-12 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pennsylvania authorities received three calls from the home of one of the alleged ISIS-inspired wannabe terrorists after Saturday’s twisted bomb plot at Gracie Mansion, according to a report.
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[2026-03-12 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s Ministry of Defence said Iran launched nine ballistic missiles along with several drones at the Gulf country.
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[2026-03-12 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Wednesday that the US must “finish the job” before ending the war on Iran.
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[2026-03-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it launched rockets at several Israeli military sites in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon.
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[2026-03-12 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The attack that killed more than 170 people, mostly children, in an elementary school in southern Iran has prompted anger and calls for an investigation in the United States.
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[2026-03-12 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-03-12 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-03-12 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An ongoing military inquiry has found the US preliminarily responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, the New York Times has reported.
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[2026-03-12 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Long Island police have finally ID’d the killer in a shocking, long-unsolved case — and the victim’s family is happy to officially clear their father’s name after more than 50 years.
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[2026-03-12 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Exclusive
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[2026-03-12 08:37 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jim Chalmers says the government will crack down on fuel sector misconduct as petrol prices spike following the outbreak of war in the Middle East and Labor comes under attack for failing to shore up fuel supplies in regional Australia.
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[2026-03-12 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Caroline Stanbury may be thousands of miles away from home, but the reality star says she still feels safer in Dubai than she does in the United States — even as tensions escalate between the UAE and Iran.
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[2026-03-12 08:22 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-12 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s ambassador to the United Nations urged the Security Council to act to halt the US-Israeli assault on Iran, which has escalated into a war across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-12 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The government of Ecuador has announced that, starting this weekend, it is prepared to launch a sweeping military offensive against criminal networks in the country, with the support of the United States.
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[2026-03-12 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House is privately pushing congressional lawmakers to keep their cool as the war in Iran wraps up its 12th day, arguing it is critical to root out threats from the Islamic Republic against the US and its allies.
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[2026-03-12 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — An Iran-linked hacking group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a cyberattack on US medical technology giant Stryker, saying it had extracted 50 terabytes of data in retaliation for military strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-12 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The World Health Organization said 49 primary healthcare centres and five hospitals in Lebanon have shut down as the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region intensifies.
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[2026-03-12 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four days after US President Donald Trump put the blame on Tehran for the bombing of a girls' school in Minab, Iran, he told reporters he's unaware of the mounting evidence that it was likely the result of a US air strike.
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[2026-03-12 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. will release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help lower energy costs during the Iran war, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday evening.
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[2026-03-12 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Military power often produces a moment of triumph. Precision strikes dominate headlines, targets are destroyed and political leaders present the operation as evidence of resolve and strength. In the short term, such actions can create the appearance of decisive leadership. Yet the longer-term perspective often tells a very different story.
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[2026-03-12 07:25 UTC+10:00] [Meta AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Gemini and others suggested ‘locations to target’ and ‘weapons’ to use to researchers posing as 13-year-old boys
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[2026-03-12 07:17 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-12 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Nowra residents will get to choose between the Seahawk and the Huey to replace the "chopper on a stick" landmark. (Supplied: Department of Defence)
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