Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-09 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O Irã anunciou, neste domingo (08/03), Mojtaba Khamenei como seu novo líder supremo. A sua missão será suceder o próprio pai, o aiatolá Ali Khamenei, morto na operação militar de Estados Unidos e Israel que, há nove dias, deu início a uma guerra no Oriente Médio.
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[2026-03-09 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una densa columna de humo se eleva desde una instalación de almacenamiento de petróleo afectada el sábado 7 de marzo por un ataque estadounidense-israelí, el domingo 8 de marzo de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-09 09:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-09 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several people were injured on Sunday in an Iranian drone attack on Bahrain's island of Sitra, the interior ministry said, as AFP journalists reported two loud explosions.
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[2026-03-09 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in a Sky News interview aired on Sunday urged all sides involved in the Iran war to de-escalate.
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[2026-03-09 09:26 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 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Revolutionary Guards pledged allegiance on Sunday to the country's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, after he was appointed his father's successor by the Assembly of Experts.
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[2026-03-09 09:19 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Escalating military aggression in Middle East continues to wipe 20m barrels from market each day
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[2026-03-09 09:19 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 09:19 UTC+10:00] [Islamic republic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The cleric has been presented by some as acting behind the scenes to pull strings at the heart of power in Iran
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[2026-03-09 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shia cleric, in Najaf, said on Sunday that Iranians' popular public support for Iran during the current crisis is a "collective duty", according to a statement circulated by his office.
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[2026-03-09 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Supporters attempt to block a bus transporting Iranian players following the Asian Cup match between Iran and Philippines on the Gold Coast. (AAP: Dave Hunt)
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[2026-03-09 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Crude oil prices surged above $100 per barrel on Sunday, after major Middle East producers cut output because the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland academic assesses the risks to Chinese investment and diplomacy in the region and what it means for the other main players
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[2026-03-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The failed attempts by Congressional Democrats on Wednesday night to stop, through a War Powers Resolution vote, the President’s aerial strikes on Iran is a metaphor for everything that’s wrong with the party.
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[2026-03-09 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The son of Iran’s slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will take over as the country’s supreme leader, Iranian state media announced Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader, just over a week after the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in United States-Israeli strikes that plunged the entire region into a sprawling war.
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[2026-03-09 08:20 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice
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[2026-03-09 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named as his successor as Iran’s supreme leader.
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[2026-03-09 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, state media reported on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 08:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A tycoon’s shipping empire is sending oil tankers into the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran’s warning that any vessels using the vital trade lane will be sunk.
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[2026-03-09 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets around the world to mark International Women’s Day, taking a stand on a number of issues including the US-Israeli war on Iran and gender-based violence.
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[2026-03-09 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates called on Sunday for an end to all attacks on both Iran and Gulf states and said renewed diplomacy was needed to ensure long-term regional security.
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[2026-03-09 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry says a ballistic missile launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base was intercepted and destroyed.
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[2026-03-09 07:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran.
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[2026-03-09 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said they targeted with missiles the coastal city of Tel Aviv and the Negev desert in Israel, as well as US air bases in the region.
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[2026-03-09 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-03-09 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US servicemember wounded in an Iranian attack against US troops in Saudi Arabia has died of their injuries — the seventh American soldier killed in action during Operation Epic Fury.
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A dangerous lie has taken hold in Washington: that Israel somehow pressured the United States into war with Iran.
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Global oil prices climbed sharply during the week from March 3-6, 2026, surpassing USD90 per barrel amid mounting concerns over supply disruptions linked to the escalating US–Israeli conflict with Iran and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz. By the end of the period, Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices had risen significantly compared to the previous week, increasing by USD13.87 and US$14.49 per barrel respectively, reflecting heightened volatility in global energy markets.
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: How did Israel gather information on the real time movements of Iran’s top political and military leaders? How did they kill the most powerful cleric in the Muslim world, the late Ayatollah Khamenei? Israel has launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear programme and military leaders. How Israel’s security services pulled off parallel operations combining the work of its military intelligence arm Aman, with the foreign spy service Mossad into such an effective assault against Iran may never fully
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States has reiterated its respect for and recognition of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty regarding the handling of Iranian Naval personnel rescued off Galle waters.
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[2026-03-09 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wall Street have tumbled after the continuation of Middle East hostilities sent oil prices rocketing towards $US100 a barrel and new data showed a sharp deterioration in the US jobs market.
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[2026-03-09 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military on Sunday announced that a service member in Saudi Arabia had died after being wounded in an Iranian attack, the seventh American combat death since the war began.
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[2026-03-09 06:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by joint Israel-US overnight in a station in Tehran. Source: Getty / Kaveh Kazemi
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[2026-03-09 06:50 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: About 1,000 people being sheltered in evacuation centres in Darwin, Katherine and Mataranka amid flooding. Follow the latest updates live
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[2026-03-09 06:47 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deadly attack near Ramallah is third in territory in a week as Israeli violence surges with global attention on Iran war
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[2026-03-09 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised on state television Saturday for missile strikes that hit Gulf countries in recent days, only to retract the remarks hours later – exposing signs of division within Tehran’s leadership as the war with the United States and Israel enters its second week.
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[2026-03-09 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme leader, following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reached a majority consensus, according to Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri.
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[2026-03-09 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Flights to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan by Turkish Airlines, AJet, Pegasus, and SunExpress have been cancelled until the end of 13 March, Turkish Transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China’s top diplomat yesterday (8) condemned the war in the Middle East, saying it “should never have happened” and calling once again for an immediate end to hostilities.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special meeting of the Food Policy and Security Committee was held at the Parliament Complex, under the co-chairmanship of Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation Minister K. D. Lalkantha and Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe on Friday (6). The meeting focused on managing the potential impact on Sri Lanka’s supply of essential commodities and food security arising from the current conflict situation in the Middle East region.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Pakistani man was convicted on Friday of planning to kill President Donald Trump and other prominent U.S. politicians two years ago at the behest of Iran, the Department of Justice said.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh has urged a diplomatic resolution to the escalating conflict involving Iran and the wider Middle East, stressing dialogue over confrontation as regional tensions intensify. After a meeting at the Secretariat, Adviser Humayun Kabir said Dhaka prioritises the safety of its citizens across the Gulf and continues close coordination with foreign missions in host countries.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Litro Gas company said yesterday (08) there will be no shortage of Litro gas due to the war situation in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The crucial Strait of Hormuz global shipping corridor marking the entrance to the Persian Gulf, is essentially closed due to the threat of strikes from Iran and elsewhere.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the conflict, which is now in its eighth day, ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities, disrupted logistics, and elevated risks to shipping.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China has warned against seeking government change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli offensive, saying any such move lacks public support.
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[2026-03-09 06:20 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime lines up Khamenei’s son for the top job in a country reeling from the US-Israeli onslaught and virtually at war with its Gulf neighbours
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