Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-08 12:45 UTC+10:00] [Abu Dhabi airport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Qatar also reports new attacks, after loud explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrain’s Manama
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[2026-03-08 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump habla con reporteros acompañado del enviado especial de la Casa Blanca para Oriente Medio Steve Witkoff, al centro, y el secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth, el sábado 7 de marzo de 2026, a bordo del avión presidencial. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-08 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deployment of US ground troops could be discussed later on and ‘would be a great thing’ says president Trump. Key US politics stories from 7 March at a glance
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[2026-03-08 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FAIRFORD, United Kingdom — The United States has started using British bases for certain operations against Iran during the Middle East war, the UK government announced Saturday.
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[2026-03-08 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY — Australia will consider a request by Gulf states for assistance against Iranian drone and missile attacks, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Sunday.
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[2026-03-08 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, center, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-08 11:36 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-08 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has posted on social media that he does not need the United Kingdom to deploy aircraft carriers to the Middle East, amid the ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-03-08 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A travel influencer landed in hot water with furious followers after claiming he was “stranded” in Singapore due to Middle East flight disruptions when there were still economy seats available.
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[2026-03-08 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISTANBUL — Turkey's foreign minister advised Saturday against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week.
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[2026-03-08 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes struck Iran’s oil and fuel storage facilities in Shahran, Fardis, and Karaj, marking a major escalation by targeting the country’s energy infrastructure.
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[2026-03-08 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An ambulance was hit and destroyed in a reported Israeli strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran, Fars news agency said.
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[2026-03-08 11:16 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia could help Middle Eastern nations defend themselves against attacks by Iran while declining to back US President Donald Trump’s insistence that he play a role deciding the next Iranian leader.
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[2026-03-08 11:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: I awoke on Saturday, February 28th, to the sounds of a terrifying explosion.
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[2026-03-08 11:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president leaves open the possibility while ruling out having Kurdish forces in Iraq mount an invasion
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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 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Live Blog Update| War on Iran This is an entry from: Live: Iran accuses Trump of ‘killing’ Iran’s gesture towards its neighboursIn photos: Aftermath of strikes on Tehran7 March 2026 23:53 GMT An explosion erupts following strikes near Azadi Tower close to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on 7 March, 2026.
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[2026-03-08 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar's defence ministry said on Sunday that Iran had fired a dozen missiles at the country a day earlier, as Tehran continued its strikes across the Gulf.
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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 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-08 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has denied American responsibility for the strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, most of them children, suggesting instead that a faulty Iranian missile was to blame.
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[2026-03-08 10:12 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump said the U.S. will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a weeklong war that’s upended energy markets and reverberated worldwide.
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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 10:03 UTC+10:00] [iran war] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president says he has ruled out such action despite Kurdish forces indicating they were ‘willing to go in’
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[2026-03-08 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said, "Israel must destroy all of Iran's oil fields and energy industry on Kharg Island."
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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 09:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-03-08 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados cargan un féretro que lleva los restos del reservista de la sargento de primera clase Nicole Amor, quien murió por un ataque de dron en un centro de mando de Kuwait durante la guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel en contra de Irán, mientras el presidente Donald Trump observa la llegada de los restos, el sábado 7 de marzo de 2026, en la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Dover, en Delaware.
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[2026-03-08 09:37 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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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 09:37 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president delivers stinging criticism of UK prime minister over delayed support for Iran war
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[2026-03-08 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bill Maher pulled a fast one on California Sen. Adam Schiff while discussing the attacks on Iran — leading the Democrat to inadvertently throw shade at the Obama administration.
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[2026-03-08 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US and Israel need to find a way to secure Iran’s trove of nuclear material and scientific equipment — before someone grabs it, security experts told The Post.
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[2026-03-08 09:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-08 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has been attacked with rockets as regional tensions spike amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-08 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ali Larijani, one of Iran’s remaining leaders, issued a chilling warning Saturday that President Trump must “pay the price” – following US and Israeli strikes that have decimated Tehran’s top figures.
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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 08:22 UTC+10:00] [Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This appears to be the first time a civil industrial facility has been targeted in the war
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[2026-03-08 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that they struck the Haifa refinery with Khaibar Shekan missiles in response to the targeting of the Tehran refinery, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
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[2026-03-08 07:55 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran says it will continue drone and missile strikes on sites in neighbouring countries that are ‘at the disposal of the enemy’
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[2026-03-08 07:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-08 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-08 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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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: AP News
Snippet: En esta imagen sin fecha, proporcionada por la familia Valizadeh, aparece Reza Valizadeh posando para un retrato. (Familia Valizadeh vía AP)
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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 07:00 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A hundred days from their first game, Iran’s prospects of playing in the US are fast fading as turbulent times once more affect the tournament
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[2026-03-08 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A commercial oil tanker was set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after it was struck by an Iranian suicide drone, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Saturday, as the US Navy has yet to begin a mission to safeguard ships through the region.
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[2026-03-08 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran launched waves of missile and drone attacks on its Gulf neighbours hosting US forces on Saturday and vowed no surrender despite threats from President Donald Trump to widen the conflict.
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