Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-03-07 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, right, delivers joint remarks with U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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[2026-03-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany has withdrawn additional Bundeswehr troops from the Middle East as tensions escalate on the seventh day of the Israeli-US war on Iran, a military spokesperson said.
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[2026-03-07 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: CNN was accused of pushing out “pro-Iran regime propaganda” by the Trump administration Thursday after a reporter for the network said it appeared daily life was continuing despite the ongoing war.
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[2026-03-07 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Dept. of Defense map entitled, Operation EPIC FURY Timeline - First 100 Hours, is displayed during a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)
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[2026-03-07 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States insists it attacked Iran to curb "direct threats" from the Islamic republic, but legal experts say the dangers cited by Washington do not justify war under international law.
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[2026-03-07 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least two people were killed in an Israeli-US strike on a residential building in the Iranian city of Qom, according to Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Calls are growing for an independent investigation into an attack on a girls’ school in southern Iran that killed 165 young pupils this week, with United Nations experts denouncing the deadly bombing as “a grave assault on children”.
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[2026-03-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-03-07 04:52 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate the need for democratic oversight and multilateral controls
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[2026-03-07 04:49 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing
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[2026-03-07 04:46 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would die
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[2026-03-07 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump White House released a chaotic video montage of US military strikes on Iran combined with iconic movie scenes Thursday night, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle for making light of the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-07 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fishermen work in front of oil tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz Jan. 19, 2012, offshore the town of Ras Al Khaimah in United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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[2026-03-07 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: An explosion on Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon on Friday. (Reuters: Khalil Ashawi)
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[2026-03-07 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the launch of the US-Israeli onslaught on Iran, the country’s schools, hospitals and even playgrounds have come under attack.
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[2026-03-07 04:22 UTC+10:00] [Marco Rubio] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president has said it is ‘just a matter of time’ before the US turns to Cuba after finishing its war in Iran
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[2026-03-07 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Explosions were heard across the capital and large plumes of smoke rose over the area known as Dahiyeh, where Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure. Shortly before the strikes on Thursday, the Israeli army ordered residents across the southern suburbs to evacuate immediately. The warning covered one of the most densely populated parts of the capital and triggered a rapid exodus toward central Beirut, the coast and nearby mountains.
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[2026-03-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he refused to let the US launch strikes on Iran from British military bases.
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[2026-03-07 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States.
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[2026-03-07 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In the Iranian capital, worshippers gathered near mosques before joining rallies that mixed religious observance with political messages. Some participants said they came to show support for the Islamic Republic during a week of heavy fighting. Airstrikes have repeatedly hit sites in Tehran, while Iranian officials say the country has launched ballistic missiles toward Israel in response.
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[2026-03-07 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of Russian pranksters, one dressed as Adolf Hitler, tricked Iranian monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi into believing Germany was preparing to bomb Iran.
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[2026-03-07 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The world's tallest building on fire, missiles raining down on central Tel Aviv, and an elderly slain leader being pulled from the rubble of the Iranian capital.
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[2026-03-07 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rebaz Sherifi, military commander at the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK, speaks during an interview in Irbil, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
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[2026-03-07 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The world's tallest building on fire, missiles raining down on central Tel Aviv, and an elderly slain leader being pulled from the rubble of the Iranian capital.
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[2026-03-07 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran could sustain its response to the US and Israel for weeks if it reduces the scale of its missile barrages, according to Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute.
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[2026-03-07 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE week-old United States-Israel war with Iran in the Middle East has disrupted the global supply chain of crude oil coming from that region. The Strait of Hormuz — the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean — was effectively closed to navigation due to Iran’s drone attacks.
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[2026-03-07 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE unfolding conflict in the Gulf between Iran and the United States-Israel axis has exposed a strategic reality that many governments hosting American military assets and bases have long tried to downplay: when a major power wages war, the territories from which it projects force become part of the battlefield.
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[2026-03-07 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS Pope Leo XIV guides his flock to relive the grace-filled season of Lent, his first as the leader of the 1.3-billion-strong Catholic Church, “a world that is ablaze” that rues in his Ash Wednesday message, is increasingly ripping apart the prospects for world peace. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its fourth year and is hardly showing any sign of resolution.
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[2026-03-07 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOSTON, Massachusetts — Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s former dictator, won the big prize in the country’s national lottery in 2000. And he won for a simple reason: because he could. Once you destroy institutions constraining your power, as Mugabe did during his 37-year reign, you can rule for personal enrichment, personal aggrandizement or simply personal entertainment.
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[2026-03-07 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the United States launched the 1991 Gulf War, then-president George H.W. Bush boasted of building a broad coalition unseen in decades. When his son attacked Iraq in 2003, he faced wide criticism, but secured several steadfast US allies.
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[2026-03-07 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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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: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-07 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has banned Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, citing the “security situation” amid the war with Iran, while Jewish Purim celebrations have been allowed to take place elsewhere in the city.
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[2026-03-07 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The first flight from Dubai to San Francisco since the outbreak of the Iran war arrived at SFO, reuniting families and bringing home travelers stranded in the UAE. At the same time, the first departing flight from San Francisco to Dubai prepared for takeoff, with most passengers confident about returning home.
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[2026-03-07 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A posse of US stealth bombers is expected to reach UK military bases soon as President Trump warned Iran that “the big one” could be imminent.
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[2026-03-07 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The price of the benchmark US oil contract soared more than 10 percent on Friday, amid fears of extended disruption to crude supplies after President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender".
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[2026-03-07 02:28 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Police say Masood Masjoody was most likely murdered; Iranian expats suspect he was killed for his criticism of the theocratic regime
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[2026-03-07 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday that "loyal cooperation" should prevail over "confrontation" in relations with the United States after tensions over Madrid's opposition to Washington's use of its bases against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Uncertainty over US and Israeli war aims is slowing the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups urged by President Donald Trump to rise up against the Islamic Republic, Kurdish analysts have told Al Jazeera.
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[2026-03-07 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a survery conducted in early March, 82 percent of the Israeli public supported the war on Iran, including 93 percent Jewish respondents and a minority of Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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[2026-03-07 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has banned Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, citing the “security situation” amid the war with Iran, while Jewish Purim celebrations have been allowed to take place elsewhere in the city.
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[2026-03-07 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help it strike American military forces in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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[2026-03-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.
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[2026-03-07 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Canada signed a strategic agreement Friday aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy security as military strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel fueled concern about international oil supplies.
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[2026-03-07 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.
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[2026-03-07 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Musulmanes chiíes participan en una protesta para condenar el asesinato del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, y contra los ataques israelíes contra Irán, en Karachi, Pakistán, el viernes 6 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Ali Raza)
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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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