Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 08:28 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Penny Wong due to speak from Adelaide after government declared its support for US action. Follow the latest updates live
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[2026-03-01 07:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The Australian government has issued a slew of travel advisory updates for a number of Middle East countries overnight in the wake of the US-Israel operation in Iran and retaliatory strikes on US military bases.The ongoing risk of further reprisal attacks prompted a flood of warnings from the government's Smartraveller platform, which warned against travel to key regions in the Middle East.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises Australians not to travel to: Qatar, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, the United
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[2026-03-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Poland’s leadership said Saturday it had prior awareness of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, in contrast to France, which said it was neither informed of nor involved in the operation.
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[2026-03-01 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launch a military operation against Iran on February 28, 2026, global attention turns to the Middle East, where the stakes could not be higher. Analysts and experts from Russia are weighing in, offering a wide range of perspectives on the strategic calculations, potential consequences, and risks of escalation.
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[2026-03-01 06:40 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Democrats are demanding an immediate vote in the US Congress over military action launched by Donald Trump against Iran, accusing the president of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.
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[2026-03-01 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a deeper Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-01 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.
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[2026-03-01 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it deployed around 200 fighter jets in a sweeping attacks across Iran, striking roughly 500 sites, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
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[2026-03-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel have launched a major attack in order to lay waste to much of Iran’s military as well as deny it the ability to build a nuclear weapon, according to US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-01 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir invoked biblical language widely considered as genocidal in comments posted on X about the war on Iran. “Blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget!” said Ben Gvir, using the same biblical reference Israeli politicians cited at the outset of the Gaza genocide.
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[2026-03-01 04:06 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CEO Sam Altman claims military will not use AI product for autonomous killing systems or mass surveillance
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[2026-03-01 03:55 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Members of Congress swiftly denounced the president’s military action against the Islamic Republic alongside Israel
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[2026-03-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran considers all US and Israeli bases, facilities, and assets in the region to be "legitimate military objectives," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a letter on Saturday.
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[2026-03-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack on Iran, with explosions seen across Tehran and in multiple cities across the country. Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones at Israel and towards several military bases in the Middle East where US forces operate.
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[2026-03-01 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN, Germany — Britain, Germany and France slammed Iran for retaliating to US-Israel strikes Saturday with attacks on countries in the Middle East hosting US military bases.
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[2026-03-01 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suffered 200 casualties in Iranian retaliatory strikes on bases across the Middle East, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.
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[2026-03-01 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US military bases in several Gulf states were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday, following Tehran’s vow to retaliate in the wake of American and Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the military escalation in the Middle East, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's subsequent retaliation against American bases in the region.
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[2026-03-01 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China's ministry of foreign affairs on Saturday expressed deep concerns over the US and Israel's military strikes against Iran, urging an immediate ceasefire.
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[2026-03-01 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Defence Minister, Amir Nasirzadeh, and Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammed Pakpour, are believed to have been killed in Israeli air attacks, Reuters reported citing two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional official.
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[2026-03-01 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli military declared that the joint US-Israeli attack had targeted "dozens of military targets" in Iran.
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[2026-03-01 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sudden escalation in military operations has left many in the Middle East on edge
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[2026-03-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Behrouz Farahani, a political analyst and opponent of the Islamic Republic living in exile in France, condemned the US and Israeli military attack on Iran. He said the war would only bring destruction to Iran and more suffering for its people, and he called for an immediate ceasefire.
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[2026-03-01 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on Saturday denounced the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran, suggesting Washington was duped into war by the Israelis, as a deal was within reach.
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[2026-03-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pricey arms packages are already facing legislative pushback. Now critics say they may be addressing the wrong threat
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[2026-02-28 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israelis rushed to shelters, car parks, and underground stations after the military launched sweeping strikes against Iran.
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[2026-02-28 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SriLankan Airlines has announced the immediate cancellation of several key flights to and from the Middle East today, citing the closure of regional airspace due to escalating military tensions.
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[2026-02-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
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[2026-02-28 22:15 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has officially announced the temporary suspension of all flights from Sri Lanka to the Middle East, effective immediately. The decision comes in response to the rapidly deteriorating military situation in the Middle Eastern region.
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[2026-02-28 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Before Saturday’s strikes on Iran, Donald Trump ordered a huge military presence in the region, including warships crewed by thousands
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[2026-02-28 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shortly after joint US-Israel strikes on Tehran, President Donald Trump announced the US military started “major combat operations” against Iran and encouraged the “great, proud people of Iran” to take over the regime.
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[2026-02-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vessel has sailed into Valparaiso’s waters as the geopolitical winds shift in the western hemisphere
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[2026-02-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DUBAI, (Reuters) -- Global airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation.
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[2026-02-28 20:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has claimed Iran's regime is "without legitimacy", as the USA and Israel launch military action and strikes against the country.In a statement released hours after the strikes began, ordered by US PresidentDonald Trump, Albanese slammed the "brutal acts of violence and intimidation" the regime uses, including targeted attacks in Australia.Albanese said he supported the United States "acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security,"
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[2026-02-28 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-02-28 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian military has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel after the Jewish state and the US attacked the Islamic Republic, although the extent of the damage remains unclear.
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[2026-02-28 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company has reached a deal with the United States Department of Defense after its previous contractor Anthropic voiced ethical concerns about the military’s use of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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[2026-02-28 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announces that 'major combat' is underway in Iran. 'The United States' military began major combat operations in Iran,' Trump says in a video message posted on his social media site while he spent the weekend at his Florida golf club. 'Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.'
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[2026-02-28 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sweden’s military has confirmed that a drone disabled near a visiting French aircraft carrier this week was Russian, prompting France to condemn what it described as a “ridiculous provocation” by Moscow.
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[2026-02-28 19:43 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Israel and the US attacked Iran in a joint military strike on Saturday, killing the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacking targets in Tehran and other major cities.
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[2026-02-28 19:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-02-28 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel’s military sounded air raid sirens across the country ‘to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel’ in retaliation
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[2026-02-28 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The IDF has launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran for national security reasons, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced, warning the population of an expected retaliatory attack.
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[2026-02-28 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 20 people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a Bolivian Air Force Hercules transport plane, carrying a cargo of newly printed banknotes, crashed onto a busy highway while attempting to land in bad weather near the capital, La Paz.
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[2026-02-28 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon on Saturday. "In response to Hezbollahs repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings, the IDF is striking Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army posted on Telegram, using its official acronym. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire in November 2024 after a year of war, but Israel has continued regular strikes, saying it is enforcing ceasefire provisions against the group rearming.
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[2026-02-28 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented new sniper rifles to top government and military officials following a weeklong governing party congress lauding his leadership.
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[2026-02-28 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea on Saturday released a rare solo photo of leader Kim Jong-un's daughter Ju-ae taking aim at a target with a sniper rifle, after she took center stage with her father at a key military parade.
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[2026-02-28 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-28 16:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For someone so instinctively non-interventionist, Donald Trump has developed a taste for military action – particularly when the battle is short and decisive.
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[2026-02-28 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Bolivia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bank
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