Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran
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[2026-03-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This combination of images provided by the U.S. Army taken on May 16, 2025 shows, from left, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn., Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Lakeland, Fla., and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb.
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[2026-03-07 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number of people killed in Israeli air and ground attacks on the town of Nabi Chit in Lebanon's eastern Beqaa Valley has risen to 41, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
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[2026-03-07 23:28 UTC+10:00] [ExxonMobil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s automobile association says fuel cost increases not warranted as petrol currently on sale is from stockpile before conflict erupted in Middle East
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[2026-03-07 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-03-07 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: À medida que avança a guerra de Estados Unidos e Israel contra o Irã, aumentam os episódios secundários de instabilidade ao redor do Oriente Médio. Os países da região lidam com níveis crescentes de violência dentro das próprias fronteiras, enquanto sistemas políticos e relações comunitárias são colocados à prova.
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[2026-03-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: For many veterans of post-9/11 wars, the strikes on Iran bring troubling echoes of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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[2026-03-07 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has issued a forced displacement order for some residents in the coastal city of Tyre in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-07 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said late Friday, as the United States and Israel continued to escalate their attacks against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has released a new threatening statement to Iran, just hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued an apology for previous strikes on Gulf countries.
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[2026-03-07 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Peregrinos musulmanes rezan mientras rodean la Kaaba, el edificio cúbico ubicado en la Gran Mezquita, durante una peregrinación menor, llamada Umrah, en la ciudad de La Meca, santa para el islam, en Arabia Saudí, el 7 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Amr Nabil, archivo)
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[2026-03-07 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump warned that Iran would be ‘hit very hard’ on Saturday as the US forces’ “Operation Epic Fury” enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed government agencies to remain vigilant and proactive in addressing the possible effects of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, warning that complacency could put the country at a disadvantage.
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[2026-03-07 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers have landed at the Royal Air Force Fairford base in Gloucestershire, southern England, as the Pentagon prepares for a new "surge" in strikes against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:26 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened that Iran "will be hit very hard" in a statement posted on his Truth Social platform.
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[2026-03-07 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Long queues of cars and motorbikes form at gas stations in Pakistan's Lahore amid concerns over disruption caused by the Middle East war. The government has raised consumer prices for diesel and petrol by about 20 percent, citing higher global oil prices.
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[2026-03-07 22:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Masoud Pezeshkian issues rare apology to neighbouring Gulf states for Iranian strikes as war enters eighth day
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare
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[2026-03-07 21:53 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Source says officers have increased patrols at the consulates as precaution since the outbreak of US-Israeli war against Iran
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[2026-03-07 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nubes de humo señalan lugares donde se produjeron ataques durante la campaña militar de Estados Unidos e Israel, en Teherán, Irán, el 5 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-07 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) navy has launched a drone attack on the al-Dhafra airbase in the UAE, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday, citing the need to curb the alleged threat posed by the Islamic Republic and the need to topple its government.
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[2026-03-07 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Smoke billows from the rubble of a building destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. Israel issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on March 5, 2026 for the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, sending residents in the district of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing in a panic.
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[2026-03-07 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would halt attacks on regional nations, suggesting miscommunication was to blame, and urged diplomacy
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[2026-03-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war
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[2026-03-07 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The leader of an Iranian Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has told Al Jazeera that it is “highly likely” that Iranian Kurds will stage a cross-border ground operation into Iran.
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[2026-03-07 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States is “not concerned” about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran for targeting American military forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, held a phone call on Friday evening with Kuwait's minister of defence, Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah.
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[2026-03-07 20:11 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington has downplayed reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran about United States targets across the Middle East amid the burgeoning US-Israel war on Iran, first reported by The Washington Post.
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[2026-03-07 20:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-03-07 19:59 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Smoke billowed from the rubble of buildings destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. Israel issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on March 5 for the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs.
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[2026-03-07 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) has deployed a special investigation team to assist in the government’s repatriation efforts for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) currently in the Middle East, authorities confirmed Friday.
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[2026-03-07 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement a four-day work week for personnel assigned to its main building in Pasig City starting Monday as part of energy conservation measures amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the agency announced Saturday.
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[2026-03-07 19:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a "dream that they should take to their grave".President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a pre-recorded address aired by state television.He also apologised for Iran's attacks on regional countries, saying that Tehran would halt them and suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in the ranks.
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[2026-03-07 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nas semanas que antecederam a guerra entre os EUA e Israel contra o Irão, o Presidente queniano William Ruto apelou à contenção e ao diálogo, instando à desaceleração do conflito. Agora, Ruto pronunciou-se contra a guerra.
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[2026-03-07 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said neighbouring countries will no longer be targeted, unless an attack originates from there, as the war launched by the United States and Israel, which triggered sustained retaliation from Tehran across the Gulf and beyond, enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran's women's football team has been under intense scrutiny since arriving in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup. (Getty Images: Albert Perez)
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[2026-03-07 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran has decided to stop attacking neighboring countries and has no intention of invading them, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, adding that the Islamic Republic would not surrender under pressure.
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[2026-03-07 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 12 people were killed and 33 wounded in Israeli air raids on the town of Nabi Chit in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
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[2026-03-07 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said Iran will not target neighbouring countries unless attacks against Iran originate from their territory.
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[2026-03-07 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday said it targeted an oil tanker in the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz using a drone, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [ABC News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The conflict started by the US president lacks clear rationale, stoking public opposition and economic concerns amid rising fuel prices
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Heated exchanges between Iran and the U.S. continued unabated over the weekend, while Iranian missiles rained down on Gulf states and Israel attacked critical infrastructure in Tehran.
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