Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-08 21:23 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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[2026-03-08 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday reported that it had struck a Tehran airport that it alleged was used to help transport weapons to militant groups that Iran supports across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-08 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has killed at least 19 people, including children, in a strike on a building in the village of Sir el-Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA).
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[2026-03-08 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s interior ministry said two officers were killed early on Sunday while performing national security duties.
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[2026-03-08 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict
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[2026-03-08 18:53 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beirut/Miami/Tel Aviv/Dubai: US President Donald Trump has said he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and has raised the possibility that the Iranian war will end only once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.
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[2026-03-08 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it would pursue anyone involved in appointing a successor to Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a Reuters report.
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[2026-03-08 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Several airstrikes hit neighborhoods in Tehran’s east and southwest Saturday night as Israel’s military confirmed a new wave of attacks. They came after U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard!”
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[2026-03-08 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said its forces carried out air attacks on an airport in Iran’s Isfahan on Saturday, destroying a number of F-14 fighter jets.
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[2026-03-08 17:30 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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[2026-03-08 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Brad Robertson has been selected to contest the seat of Farrer at the May by-election. (ABC News: Jostina Basta)
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[2026-03-08 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Sunday said it has launched another wave of attacks targeting Iranian infrastructure across the country.
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[2026-03-08 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Sunday said that the ongoing US-Israeli military offensive against Iran should “never have happened” and called for an “immediate” end to hostilities.
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[2026-03-08 13:29 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-08 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DORAL, Florida — US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Latin American nations to use military power against the "cancer" of drug cartels, offering to support them with US missile strikes targeting narco kingpins.
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[2026-03-08 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted seven drones east of the capital, Riyadh, within the past hour.
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[2026-03-08 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United States and South Korea are set to conduct annual joint military drills as North Korean despot Kim Jong Un continues to boast of his country’s military capabilities.
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[2026-03-08 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia is "not participating in offensive actions against Iran". Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-03-08 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: "At some point, I don't think there will be anybody left maybe to say 'We surrender,'" US President Donald Trump said while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. Source: AP / Mark Schiefelbein
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[2026-03-08 10:29 UTC+10:00] [Penny Wong] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign minister says Australia ‘not participating in offensive action against Iran’ but may help protect other countries
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[2026-03-08 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-08 09:50 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic Republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the spectre of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun”.
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[2026-03-08 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week.
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[2026-03-08 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to continue the campaign against corruption within the military after several senior commanders were dismissed over allegations of graft and misconduct.
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[2026-03-08 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past President Donald Trump during a casualty return, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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[2026-03-08 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The president of the United Arab Emirates spoke for the first time on the widening war in the Middle East as Iran continues to strike Gulf countries hosting US military assets with drones and missiles.
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[2026-03-08 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran. (AP: Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-08 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to put US military might toward dismantling drug cartels and foreign terrorists operating within the Western Hemisphere by signing the Americans Counter Cartel Coalition alongside seventeen other nations.
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Australian government has backed many of US President Donald Trump's operations, but avoided stating outright support or opposition for some.
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[2026-03-08 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 150 Iranian nationals, including diplomats and their families, left Lebanon on Saturday, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters, after an Israeli military spokesperson threatened "representatives" of Iran in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-08 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military killed 45 militants in the country’s northwest region, the Katsina state government said Saturday.
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[2026-03-08 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike targeted a military base belonging to the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi in northern Iraq on Saturday, two Hashed sources told AFP.
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[2026-03-08 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-03-08 02:43 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region
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[2026-03-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Korea Central News Agency] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Donald Trump’s targeting of Tehran will push Pyongyang to feel ‘vindicated’ in developing nuclear weapons for its own security, analysts say
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[2026-03-08 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday said political loyalty in the military must be ensured and called for resolutely pushing forward the fight against corruption as a military purge widened.
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[2026-03-08 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has said it destroyed sixteen aircraft belonging to the IRGC's Quds Force in overnight strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-08 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-03-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President underlines his strict ideological line to the PLA’s diminished delegation to the NPC
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[2026-03-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Authorities have issued a series of warnings promising use of force against anyone in the country engaging in actions perceived to harm national security and aid “enemies”, as war with the United States and Israel enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has issued a forced displacement order for some residents in the coastal city of Tyre in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-07 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States is “not concerned” about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran for targeting American military forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, held a phone call on Friday evening with Kuwait's minister of defence, Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah.
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[2026-03-07 18:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong issued Saturday an apology to former sex workers whose rights were violated in now-defunct brothels built around American military bases, marking the government's first official apology.
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[2026-03-07 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said more than 80 fighter jets carried out overnight strikes across Iran, dropping about 230 munitions on what it described as military targets.
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[2026-03-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Marine Corps carry team moves the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Melendez of Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday March 4, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-03-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-07 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said it detected new missile launches from Iran toward the Greater Tel Aviv area and other parts of central Israel. Earlier alerts were also issued for southern Israel as air defences were activated to intercept incoming missiles.
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[2026-03-07 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Saturday said it has begun a “broad-scale wave of strikes” targeting sites in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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[2026-03-07 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said a new wave of missiles had been launched from Iran, with air defence systems working to intercept the threat.
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