Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-09 16:39 UTC+10:00] [Consumer Council] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sector representative says surcharges ‘a reluctant step’, adding many drivers have fixed daily commitments that must be met
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[2026-03-09 16:39 UTC+10:00] [Bahrain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Mojtaba Khamenei takes the helm in Tehran, oil prices surge and regional casualties climb in a conflict that enters its 10th day on Monday
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[2026-03-09 16:37 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-09 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday. State TV read a statement saying he was selected based on “strong” votes and showed people celebrating in public areas of Tehran.
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[2026-03-09 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, ofrece un discurso cerca del submarino “Le Temeraire” en la base de submarinos de la Marina francesa en Ile Longue en Crozon, Francia, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Foto via AP)
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[2026-03-09 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine ‘Le Temeraire’ (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-03-09 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump says Iran's new leader "is not going to last long" without his approval. (Reuters: Nathan Howard)
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[2026-03-09 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump says Iran's new leader "is not going to last long" without his approval. (Reuters: Nathan Howard)
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[2026-03-09 16:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Appeasing the White House at all costs indulges little but a sentimental notion of a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists
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[2026-03-09 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shares of major Indian refiners fell sharply on Monday as oil prices surged amid the widening US-Israeli war with Iran, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-03-09 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: （德國之聲中文網）伊朗官方通訊社週一（3月9日）宣佈，已故伊朗最高領袖哈梅內伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）的兒子穆傑塔巴（Mojtaba Khamenei）成為繼任者。
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[2026-03-09 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV on Sunday announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late supreme leader, had been named his successor. He had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war, and despite never being elected or appointed to a government position.
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[2026-03-09 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have threatened to assassinate anyone replacing the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader.
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[2026-03-09 15:08 UTC+10:00] [Iran women's football team] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There are mounting calls for Australia to take action before the team return to Iran but with no word from the players themselves the situation is fraught and uncertain
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[2026-03-09 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A vendor sells crayfish at a Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim, File)
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[2026-03-09 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The surge in oil prices will not stop the US from waging its war on Iran, President Donald Trump has said, after Brent shot past $100 per barrel on Sunday, marking the biggest daily gain since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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[2026-03-09 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents look on and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-03-09 14:45 UTC+10:00] [Freedom Shield] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thousands of troops begin annual drills amid speculation over US Patriot redeployment to the Middle East
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[2026-03-09 14:37 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-09 14:32 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-09 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday pledged allegiance to the country’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, saying his appointment guarantees Iran’s sovereignty and national unity.
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[2026-03-09 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: About $130 billion has been wiped from the Australian sharemarket today as surging oil prices and fears of a long war in Iran shocked traders around the world.The ASX200 index fell 2.9 per cent when it opened at 10am, and has continued to plummet throughout the day, dropping by 3.93 per cent, or 347.70 points, to 8503.30 as of 1.30pm AEDT.The massive plunge comes on the back of rising oil prices, which have gone up 20 per cent, rocketing to
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[2026-03-09 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war that the United States and Israel launched on Iran, has been selected as Iran’s new supreme leader, state media reports.
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[2026-03-09 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. government ordered non-emergency government employees to leave Saudi Arabia as the war engulfing Iran widened across the Middle East, pushing oil prices above $110 per barrel and triggering a market sell-off in Asia.
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[2026-03-09 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran finished the tournament with a 2-0 loss to the Philippines last night. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
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[2026-03-09 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The reality of the Iran war was brought home on Friday in a Brooklyn courtroom when a jury convicted Asif Merchant for plotting with the Iranian government to assassinate President Trump and other American politicians.
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[2026-03-09 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-09 13:35 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thom Tillis says he believes Miller has ‘outsized influence’ over operations of Trump’s cabinet – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 March at a glance
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[2026-03-09 13:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-09 13:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-09 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has turned its war with the United States and Israel into a direct assault on its Persian Gulf neighbors — targeting not just American military and diplomatic installations based in these Arab states, but on Arab capitals themselves, and on the world’s energy lifeline.
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[2026-03-09 13:19 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-03-09 13:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran has named hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader; Donald Trump says oil price spike ‘a small price to pay’ as markets tumble
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[2026-03-09 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Brent crude jumps 18 per cent to trade at around US$109 a barrel, prompting investors to further reduce risk exposure
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[2026-03-09 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions were heard early Monday in the Qatari capital Doha as Gulf countries reported new missile and drone attacks linked to Iran’s retaliatory campaign in the region, AFP reported.
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[2026-03-09 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will control almost a third of the world’s oil and reap record profits if it succeeds in toppling the Iranian government, hawkish Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 12:35 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The White House video begins with a scene from "Call of Duty," the action-packed, first-person shooter game.
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[2026-03-09 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake, underscoring the accelerating threat of tech-enabled disinformation during wartime.
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[2026-03-09 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran fired missiles at Israel early Monday in the name of the Islamic republic's new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was selected to succeed his slain father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next.
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[2026-03-09 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's ruling clerics on Sunday appointed their slain leader's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, defying threats against him from the United States and Israel as they pummel the country.
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[2026-03-09 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — Oil prices eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years Sunday as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-03-09 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran launched a new wave of missiles toward Israel on Monday following the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-03-09 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — US President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran's next supreme leader would not last long without his approval, as Tehran prepared to reveal the successor to the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-09 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is known for his combative communication style. (Reuters: Elizabeth Frantz)
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[2026-03-09 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-03-09 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei (centre) has been appointed as Iran's new leader. (AP: Vahid Salemi. )
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[2026-03-09 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian welcomed the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, calling it the start of a “new era of dignity and strength” for Iran.
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[2026-03-09 11:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s benchmark Kospi plunged in early trading Monday as surging oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran rattled global markets, prompting the activation of a sell-side sidecar designed to curb excessive volatility. The Korean won also weakened sharply against the dollar.
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[2026-03-09 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 6% early Monday after oil prices soared to over $100 a barrel due to supply disruptions from the war in the Middle East.
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