Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-10 16:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — US President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hard-line supreme leader.
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[2026-03-10 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Escalating hostilities in Lebanon have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes over the past week, a United Nations agency said on Monday, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered its second week.
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[2026-03-10 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Transit through the Middle East's Strait of Hormuz plays a crucial role in the world's oil supply. (Reuters: Hamad I Mohammed)
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[2026-03-10 16:13 UTC+10:00] [ExxonMobil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Government says it has been in touch with major oil companies to closely monitor the impact of international fuel prices on Hong Kong market
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[2026-03-10 16:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian travellers should brace for higher international airfares as airlines warn that a sharp spike in oil prices, triggered by the escalating Middle East conflict, is driving up jet fuel costs and will likely lead to higher ticket prices.
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[2026-03-10 16:10 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The ongoing efforts by Japan, the Philippines and the United States to deploy advanced missiles and reinforce military bases near Taiwan are being welcomed in Taipei as a tacit “division of labor” designed to keep Chinese forces at bay in the event of a conflict.
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[2026-03-10 16:09 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Since the launch of ‘Operation Epic Fury’, casualties have mounted across the region, with civilians in Iran and Lebanon bearing the brunt
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[2026-03-10 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a multi-day fishing vessel carrying a cache of weapons and ammunition during a special operation conducted in the deep sea south of Sri Lanka.
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[2026-03-10 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has accused the United States and South Korea of “destroying the stability” of East Asia, as the two countries start their annual 10-day joint military exercises on the Korean Peninsula.
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[2026-03-10 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Motorists queue up as others wait behind a rope for their turn to get fuel at a pump, fearing a possible fuel shortage due to the Iran war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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[2026-03-10 15:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) -- France was deploying about a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, to the Mediterranean, Red Sea and potentially the Strait of Hormuz as part of defensive support to allies threatened by the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-10 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday said his government cannot prevent the United States from redeploying weapons stationed in South Korea to the Middle East in the war against Iran.
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[2026-03-10 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fuel prices are surging across Asia and other parts of the world. (Reuters: Kim Hong-Ji)
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[2026-03-10 15:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIJING (Reuters) -- China roared into 2026 with exports far outstripping forecasts, fueled by red-hot electronics demand, putting the economy on track to top last year's record $1.2 trillion trade surplus and blunting the blow from the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-10 15:48 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: President Emmanuel Macron has ordered an “unprecedented” French naval deployment to the Mediterranean and potentially the critical Strait of Hormuz near Iran as the Middle East war spills over into the wider region.
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[2026-03-10 15:35 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Airline becomes first local carrier to raise fuel surcharges, with South Asia routes hit hardest amid escalating conflict in the Middle East
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[2026-03-10 15:33 UTC+10:00] [Vectus Global] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Haiti’s government is using its security forces and contractors to carry out drone strikes on criminal gangs that are also endangering civilians
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[2026-03-10 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump said Monday that US military operations in Iran would be ending soon, reassuring markets that have been thrust into chaos by a war still reverberating across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-10 15:24 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has welcomed a court order sending her lawsuit against the Commonwealth to mediation, as her lawyer indicated she has not ruled out further legal action over a recent documentary on sexual assaults featuring ex-staffer Brittany Higgins.
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[2026-03-10 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that a US missile strike hit a school in the central city of Khomeyn, damaging the Hafez Khomeni School and several nearby homes.
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[2026-03-10 15:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS (Reuters) -- Almost half of Iran's uranium enriched to up to 60 percent purity, a short step from weapons-grade, was stored in a tunnel complex at Isfahan and is probably still there, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Monday.
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[2026-03-10 15:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Talks to advance US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war have been on hold since last week when the US and Israel jointly attacked Iran, sparking a broader Middle East war, three sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said.
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[2026-03-10 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), rear center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, rear left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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[2026-03-10 15:17 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-10 15:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says war is ‘very complete’ and threatens worse strikes if passage of oil via strait of Hormuz is blocked; IRGC says it will not let out ‘one litre of oil’
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[2026-03-10 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Francisco Castillo stands next to his son’s Ford F-150 after filling up, Monday, March 9, 2026, at a gas station in De Soto, Iowa. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)
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[2026-03-10 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The conflict, in which nearly every country in the Middle East has sustained damage from missiles or drone strikes, has left ships carrying oil unable to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz,
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[2026-03-10 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia will deploy a long-range reconnaissance aircraft and send air-to-air missiles to help countries in the Gulf region defend against Iranian attacks.
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[2026-03-10 14:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is in the process of providing supplies to one of its ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in the Middle East, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.
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[2026-03-10 14:33 UTC+10:00] [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pause threatens to stall implementation of Trump’s flagship Middle East peace initiative
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[2026-03-10 14:30 UTC+10:00] [American] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the energy implications of the most recent conflict in the Middle East, and the strategic adaptations taking place
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[2026-03-10 14:29 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-10 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia has a fleet of six E7-A Wedgetails. (Supplied: Australian Defence Force)
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[2026-03-10 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GOLD COAST, Australia — Australia granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, a government minister said Tuesday.
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[2026-03-10 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, including an ambush on soldiers on the outskirts of the city of Khiam.
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[2026-03-10 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for an end to the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, issuing a new but still muted appeal as two of his U.S. cardinals condemned the war, rejected the rationale for launching it and the “video game” way it was being portrayed.
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[2026-03-10 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech during their visit to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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[2026-03-10 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican lawmakers held an annual strategy session with US President Donald Trump on Monday in Florida, with one urgent issue topping the agenda: how to prevent the Iran war from becoming a midterm election liability.
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[2026-03-10 13:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that a potential relocation of military assets owned by the US military stationed in South Korea will not affect the deterrence posture against North Korea.
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[2026-03-10 13:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [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 South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-10 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLOMBIA — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday complained about the exclusion of his country -- the world's biggest cocaine producer -- from a new US-led military alliance to combat drug cartels.
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[2026-03-10 13:09 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue to see nuclear weapons as a matter of survival
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[2026-03-10 13:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to send military support to the United Arab Emirates, saying Australia should be calling for peace rather than sending weapons.
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[2026-03-10 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Attacks have occurred near South Korean overseas military units following the outbreak of war in the Middle East, with the units maintaining heightened protection measures to ensure the safety of personnel, according to government data released Tuesday.
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[2026-03-10 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel said Tuesday that it had struck an Iranian missile launcher shortly after a barrage fired from the Islamic republic triggered air raid warnings in several Israeli areas.
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[2026-03-10 12:58 UTC+10:00] [Tony Burke] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposed legislation would allow home affairs minister to prevent people from certain places – such as Iran – entering the country
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[2026-03-10 12:58 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says sanctions will be removed until crisis sparked by US-Israel war on Iran eases, without giving further details. What we know on day 1,475
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[2026-03-10 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Agricultural Crops
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[2026-03-10 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices plunged 10% Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would be hit "twenty times harder" if it attempted to halt oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, while also signaling that the conflict with Iran could end soon.
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[2026-03-10 12:37 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 10, 2026 — 12:37pm
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