Topic: Immigration — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: KABUL, March 6 — Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire at dozens of points along their border on Friday as the UN said their week-old conflict has forced the displacement of more than 100,000 people.
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[2026-03-07 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding about $166 billion collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-07 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Taba, a small resort town on Egypt’s border with Israel, has become a transit hub for Israelis and foreign nationals seeking to leave the country or return home after Israel closed its airspace amid its ongoing war on Iran.
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[2026-03-07 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said a projectile fired at its territory on Friday wounded eight soldiers near the Lebanese border.
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[2026-03-07 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Taba, a small resort town on Egypt’s border with Israel, has become a transit hub for Israelis and foreign nationals seeking to leave the country or return home after Israel closed its airspace amid its ongoing war on Iran.
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[2026-03-07 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Pakistani and Afghan forces launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes Friday, and each side claimed to have killed dozens more enemy troops in what has been the deadliest fighting yet between the two neighbors — a conflict that Islamabad has declared to be an “open war.”
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[2026-03-07 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Manifestantes con banderas de Georgia y de la UE se congregan en la capital georgiana, Tiflis, el viernes 28 de noviembre de 2025, para conmemorar 365 días de protestas ininterrumpidas contra la decisión del gobierno de suspender las negociaciones para la adhesión a la Unión Europea. (Foto AP/Zurab Tsertsvadze, archivo)
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[2026-03-07 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Afghan Taliban soldiers look toward the Pakistani side, on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)
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[2026-03-06 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Demonstrators with Georgian and EU flags gather in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, to mark 365 days of non-stop protests against the government’s decision to halt talks on joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, file)
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[2026-03-06 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Leen Shella, center, and Haneen Alatiyat, right, prepare to encourage congregants to vote in the New Jersey primary elections during Ramadan outside the Islamic Center of Passaic County on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)
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[2026-03-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Finland’s plans to allow nuclear weapons on its territory would force Russia to take countermeasures, the Kremlin warned Friday, casting the proposal as a new threat on its border.
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[2026-03-06 21:37 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In the early hours of 5 November, ICE agents dragged Juana Avila out of her van, handcuffed and detained her in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Emely, her daughter, soon arrived on the scene and explained her mother had a green card and was carrying it with her. The officers proceeded to handcuff Juana and put her in their SUV.
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[2026-03-06 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Azerbaijan is evacuating its diplomats from Iran for their own safety, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Friday, a day after Baku said four Iranian drones had crossed its border and injured four people in the Nakhchivan exclave.
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[2026-03-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The city was portrayed as an aspirational place to live, but now those who moved there are realising the precarity that comes with being an economic migrant
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[2026-03-06 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said villages in southern Lebanon should be cleared to create what he described as a “sterile zone” along the border.
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[2026-03-06 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon this week has risen to at least 123 people, the Lebanese Ministry of Health says, as a new wave of strikes pounded the country and Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5km (3.11 miles) of their northern border, in one of the fiercest fronts in the wider United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-03-06 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth stated that the United States is not planning to take in a “new wave of Middle Eastern refugees” as Israeli and US attacks on Iran continue.
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[2026-03-06 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah on Friday issued a warning in Hebrew calling on Israeli residents to evacuate settlements within 5 kilometres of the Lebanon border. The group said the warning comes in response to Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-06 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Following the return of 299 Filipinos from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced that 34 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Friday morning.
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[2026-03-06 11:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump called on overseas Iranian diplomats to request asylum and help shape a "new and better" Iran as the United States and Israel continue a military campaign against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-06 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma is President Donald Trump’s nominee for Homeland Security Secretary, following the firing of Kristi Noem. Mullin told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday that he would get DHS “focused on protecting the homeland.”
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[2026-03-06 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Critics said Kristi Noem demonised immigrants and promoted an immigration enforcement strategy that targeted non-criminal, working immigrants and families. Source: AAP / J. Scott Applewhite/AP
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[2026-03-06 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Students Visa hosted EduFest 2026, Sri Lanka’s Premier Study Abroad Expo, held at Hilton Colombo recently.
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[2026-03-06 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and said he will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.
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[2026-03-06 06:04 UTC+10:00] [Homeland Security] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senator Markwayne Mullin will replace Noem, one of the top US officials overseeing the crackdown that saw two US citizens killed
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[2026-03-06 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Noem’s departure caps a tumultuous tenure overseeing immigration enforcement tactics that have been met with protests and lawsuits, as well as a wave of criticism over the response to deadly Texas floods.
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[2026-03-06 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that escalating Israeli attacks and threats in Lebanon are forcing more people to flee their homes.
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[2026-03-06 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Local authorities in western Iran have firmly denied reports that armed Kurdish groups had crossed into the country from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, insisting the border is under complete control. Meanwhile, Tehran has reportedly carried out “preemptive strikes” on opposition bases in northern Iraq.
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[2026-03-06 01:00 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Only one person working job that today would be called ‘deportation officer’ has died from act of violence, Guardian review shows
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[2026-03-05 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cops in a lefty Washington, DC, suburb repeatedly warned prosecutors that a serial criminal illegal immigrant was a danger to the community and had to be locked up — months before he allegedly stabbed a local mom to death at a bus stop.
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[2026-03-05 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The final week of February 2026 has marked a historic turning point for Sri Lanka’s technological landscape. Led by the Ministry of Digital Economy, the nation has unveiled a series of aggressive reforms and international partnerships designed to transform the island into a premier global digital hub.On February 26, at Bandaranaike International Airport, the Ministry officially issued the country’s first ‘Digital Nomad’ visa.
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[2026-03-05 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: HSBC and Standard Chartered expanded in the Middle East in recent years to capture growing cross-border trade and wealth management flows
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[2026-03-05 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s intelligence ministry says security forces have struck positions linked to “separatist groups” attempting to enter the country through its western frontier.
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[2026-03-05 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli strikes have hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, state-run media have said, as Israel’s deadline for Iranian officials to leave Lebanon expired, as it bombards the south and entrenches troops on the ground across the border, a volatile front in the wider regional war.
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[2026-03-05 16:29 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Palestinian DJ Sama’ Abdulhadi’s visa has not been approved in time for performances at two major music festivals this weekend despite organisers saying she had “submitted all required documentation and supporting material”.
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[2026-03-05 16:23 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City priorities in 15th five-year plan draft include development of a commodity trading ecosystem and deepening cross-border connections of financial markets
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[2026-03-05 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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[2026-03-05 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Targeted measures, tax incentives and cross-border partnerships aim to bolster city’s role as a global gold trading and refining hub
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[2026-03-05 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jane Bardon is an investigative journalist at ABC Darwin where she has worked as Senior National Reporter, 7.30 NT Program Producer and state political reporter. She has won two Walkley Awards, a New York Festivals Gold Investigative Reporting Award and four UN Awards for her documentaries and reports on indigenous incarceration, youth justice abuses and indefinite detention of asylum seekers.
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[2026-03-05 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino stands with Federal agents outside a convenience store, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)
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[2026-03-05 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Malaysia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Home-grown brands such as Zus Coffee are betting on cultural fluency, halal positioning and digital tools to make further inroads
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[2026-03-05 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing of the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-03-05 09:22 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civil war
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[2026-03-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A meeting to review the measures currently in place to ensure the safety and welfare of the tourists and Sri Lankan migrant workers, as well as the next steps to be taken in response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, was held at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday.
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[2026-03-05 05:37 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: As major parties falter, One Nation surges — fueling debate on immigration, identity, and its chances of real electoral power.
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[2026-03-05 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations says nearly 66,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan as heavy shelling and explosions marked a seventh day of fighting along the country’s border with Pakistan.
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[2026-03-05 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — A former Hong Kong police officer and a U.K. border official acted on behalf of the Chinese government as secret law enforcement or intelligence agents in Britain, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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[2026-03-05 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tim Walz and Keith Ellison were called to testify before the panel exploring fraud and misuse of government funds in the state. Both said state efforts to combat fraud have been hampered by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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[2026-03-05 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: At least four flimsy craft set off on Tuesday, each with around fifty people on board. Observers counted more than 250 men, women and children taking advantage of the first long stretch of calm weather this year. Some migrants had waited behind the dunes before running towards the water as the boats approached from offshore.
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[2026-03-05 01:14 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: YouGov poll shows 50% support as Kristi Noem defends ‘terrorist’ claim and shutdown drags on
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