Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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 09:35 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 8, 2026 09:35 | News
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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 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
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[2026-03-08 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese health ministry said that two people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the town of Kfar Rumman, in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
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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 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife — Rama Duwaji – once liked a social media post claiming Hamas’ rapes of Israelis during the Oct. 7, 2003 terror attack were a “mass hoax,” according to a new report.
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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 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Seyed Abbas Araqchi says he is in constant contact with his Saudi counterpart and Saudi officials.
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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 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-03-08 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 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A União Europeia (UE), as principais potências do bloco e o Reino Unido apelaram ao respeito pelo direito internacional e condenaram o regime do Irã pela retaliação às ofensivas de Estados Unidos e Israel contra a república islâmica.
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[2026-03-08 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sirens were heard in northern Israel, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles targeted the area, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
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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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[2026-03-08 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One person was killed in Dubai on Saturday after debris from an "aerial interception" fell on a vehicle, authorities said, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-08 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A car drives past burned buildings after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. (Reuters: Stringer)
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[2026-03-08 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Un militar controla un dron FPV de la empresa General Cherry en el polígono, en Ucrania, el 4 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Evgeniy Maloletka, Archivo)
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[2026-03-08 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces launched a deadly wave of attacks against Hezbollah that killed at least 217 in Lebanon, according to authorities.
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anthony Albanese’s support for actions that do not adhere to international law stands in stark contrast to the principles demonstrated by Labor two decades ago
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amera last saw Ali in 2014, the day IS arrived at their village in northern Iraq. Now living in Australia, she’s published years of unsent letters
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Australian government has backed many of US President Donald Trump's operations, but avoided stating outright support or opposition for some.
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[2026-03-08 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump joined a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base Saturday to mark the final homecoming of six Army Reserve soldiers killed when an Iranian drone struck a US facility in Kuwait.
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[2026-03-08 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei — the expected next supreme leader — was reportedly wounded in an Israeli air strike.
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[2026-03-08 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli settler shot dead a 27-year-old Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
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[2026-03-08 05:35 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Masoud Pezeshkian tries to de-escalate conflict, hardliners urge installation of new supreme leader to marginalise the president
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions were heard on Saturday night in Iraq's capital Baghdad, AFP journalists reported.
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[2026-03-08 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 150 Iranian nationals, including diplomats and their families, left Lebanon on Saturday, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters, after an Israeli military spokesperson threatened "representatives" of Iran in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-08 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates ministry of defence has said its air defence systems are currently responding to “incoming missile and drone threats from Iran”.
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[2026-03-08 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A member of Iran's Assembly of Experts said Saturday the body would meet within a day to choose the country's next supreme leader, Iranian media reported.
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[2026-03-08 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday condemned Iran's drone strikes earlier this week on an Azerbaijan border region, describing the attack as a "needless escalation" of aggression by Tehran during the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-08 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kuwait said Saturday that it has cut oil production and refining output because tankers cannot transit the Persian Gulf due to threats from Iran.
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[2026-03-08 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday condemned the US attack on Iran's freshwater desalination plant and warned Washington of "grave consequences."
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