Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-02 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's trade minister said on Monday that day-trip passenger crossings at three Turkish customs gates at the Iranian border have been mutually suspended but Turkey is allowing its own citizens and third-country nationals to enter from Iran.
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[2026-03-02 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More from Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s National Security Council.
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[2026-03-02 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Exports to the Middle East account for much of Tasmanian Quality Meats' trade. (ABC Rural: Laurissa Smith)
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[2026-03-02 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Hezbollah supporter holds up a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 1, 2026. The Arabic words on the portrait read:"Martyrdom of the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran, sayyed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-03-02 16:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran and the retaliatory attacks that have since hit Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain are drawing attention to how much South Korea's biggest technology companies now have riding on the Gulf.
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[2026-03-02 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chiíes iraquíes sostienen imágenes del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, que murió por un ataque estadounidense en Teherán, durante un funeral simbólico en Najaf, Irak, el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Anmar Khalil)
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[2026-03-02 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Cyprus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Apparent attack on RAF Akrotiri took place hours after the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to attack Iran’s missile sites
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[2026-03-02 16:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Middle East conflict spreads as Hezbollah attacks Israel, prompting strikes on Beirut; oil prices soar; drone hits UK base in Cyprus
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[2026-03-02 16:10 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 2, 2026 16:10 | News
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[2026-03-02 16:04 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians stranded overseas following the eruption of hostilities in the Middle East have been warned it will be difficult to organise emergency repatriation flights, as the federal opposition accuses the Albanese government of failing to provide enough notice to leave the region before the United States launched strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-02 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s military released footage of what it said was a strike on the headquarters of the Iranian leadership in Tehran on Sunday. The footage was released after a large explosion had rocked Iran’s capital as the Israeli military said it was targeting the “heart” of the city.
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[2026-03-02 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Analysts say disruptions to the passage of oil through the Strait of Hormuz pose a risk to global growth. (Reuters: Stringer/File Photo)
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[2026-03-02 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Thousands of Iranian government supporters filled the main square in the central city of Yazd in mourning on Sunday, led by Shiite clerics, after US and Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-02 15:48 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It is customary – some would say mandatory – for Donald Trump’s cabinet and inner circle to relentlessly boost and praise the US president on his success.
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[2026-03-02 15:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.
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[2026-03-02 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-02 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader.
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[2026-03-02 15:39 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Oil prices have surged dramatically amid rising fears of a broader escalation in the Middle East after the attacks by the US and Israel
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[2026-03-02 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO, Japan — Oil prices soared and stocks fell in Asia on Monday on the back of turmoil in the Middle East after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and several ships attacked.
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[2026-03-02 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the then commander of the Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari during a graduation ceremony of a group of the guard’s officers in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2015.
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[2026-03-02 15:07 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran’s nuclear programme was aspirational. North Korea’s is not. That distinction explains everything, analysts say
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[2026-03-02 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a man whose life has been defined by the harshness of his rhetoric against the West (specifically, the US and Israel) and his ruthless rule, has died a martyr’s death under the rubble of his compound in Pasteur, Tehran.
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[2026-03-02 14:51 UTC+10:00] [Northrop Grumman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US is deploying low-cost suicide drones modelled after Iranian designs as part of Operation Epic Fury
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[2026-03-02 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: He didn’t quite order flags at One World Trade Center to be flown at half-staff to mourn Iran’s ayatollah, as the Babylon Bee predicted, but our Islamic Marxist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, did issue a statement taking Iran’s side against the US “illegal war of aggression.”
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[2026-03-02 14:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by US and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after US President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges for the territory's reconstruction and tried to nudge a ceasefire forward.
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[2026-03-02 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amazon Web Services said power was temporarily shut down at one of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates after objects struck the facility, causing sparks and a fire.
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[2026-03-02 14:34 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-03-02 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Continuous explosions were reported in eastern and western parts of Tehran, Iran’s Nour News outlet said.
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[2026-03-02 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Slain former supreme leader Ali Khamenei's (top-left) loyal lieutenant Ali Larijani (fourth from top left) has ascended through the ranks of Iran's regime over decades. (AP/File)
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[2026-03-02 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council on Monday, called the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli strikes a “cowardly act of terror".
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[2026-03-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-02 13:43 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict spreads to Lebanon as Hezbollah targets Israel over killing of Khamenei and IDF responds with strikes on Beirut
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[2026-03-02 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta imagen satelital proporcionada por Vantor, se ven edificios dañados en la residencia oficial del ayatolá Alí Jamenei el domingo 1 de marzo de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (Imagen satelital ©2026 Vantor vía AP)
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[2026-03-02 13:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran-backed Hezbollah says it launched rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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[2026-03-02 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded as protests erupted across Pakistan on Sunday after the United States and Israel confirmed the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, local media reported, quoting officials.
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[2026-03-02 12:56 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of Chinese oil producers and gold miners rise in tandem with crude and bullion prices
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[2026-03-02 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Satellite imagery is giving the world some insight into the scale of destruction inside Iran and across the region after a weekend of heavy military bombardments by the US, Israel and Iran.
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[2026-03-02 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 20 people were killed in an Israeli attack on Tehran’s Niloofar Square, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported, as explosions were heard across the capital.
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[2026-03-02 12:51 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel and the US have launched a barrage of missile strikes on Iran, supported by a vast American armada that has been building up in the region. The strikes have killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989, and as Iran retaliated the situation unravelled quickly with Tehran firing on Israel and several other gulf states that have US military bases.
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[2026-03-02 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's Hezbollah said that rockets and drones were sent to Israel in retaliation for the killing of the Iranian supreme leader after Israel and the US started their attack on Iran early on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-03-02 12:48 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-02 12:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brent crude rose by 13% during early trading and stock markets came under pressure as US-Israeli strikes on Iran raised fears of disruption
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[2026-03-02 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attack on the girls’ school in Minab on Sunday left “about 180 young children” dead, Hossein Kermanpour, according to the head of public relations at Iran’s ministry of health.
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[2026-03-02 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Three close allies of the United States said Sunday they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as others around the world raised concerns that the conflict sparked by coordinated US-Israel attacks could spread into a wider war.
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[2026-03-02 12:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-02 12:23 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Thousands of Australian travellers are still stranded as airlines cancel flights into and out of the Middle East, two days after Israel and the US launched an aerial bombardment of Iran.
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[2026-03-02 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A poll conducted in the hours after the United States and Israel launched a major military operation against Iran, sparking regional retaliation, shows dismal approval for the strikes from the US public.
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[2026-03-02 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israeli and American authorities spent weeks tracking the movements of senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sharing information that allowed the strikes to be carried out in a surprise daylight attack, according to an Israeli military official and a person familiar with the operation.
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[2026-03-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A group of gamblers who won up to $3 million after betting on the deadly strikes on Iran have raised questions about whether they had access to knowledge about the attack before it happened.Several bets were placed on American crypto-based trading platform Polymarket on Saturday predicting the US and Israel would carry out military action on Iran later that day.Many of these accounts were created as recently as last month, with some of their bets reaching $US150,000 ($211,955).LIVE UPDATES: Trump
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[2026-03-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Narendra Modi] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security forces opened fire on protesters as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city
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