Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-07 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Clashes have erupted as Israeli forces attempted a landing operation along the Lebanon-Syria border, with the armed group Hezbollah saying its fighters were involved, according to Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA), as this fierce front in the wider regional war launched by the United States and Israel boils over.
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[2026-03-07 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados de Israel trabajan en tanques en una próxima a la frontera con Líbano, en el norte de Israel, el 6 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-03-07 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Arab League will hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Sunday to discuss what officials described as Iranian attacks on several Gulf countries.
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[2026-03-07 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Huge explosions have hit several locations across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, as the war that has ignited the Middle East entered its eighth day.
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[2026-03-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: My sexuality had to be hidden from my friends, my parents, not to mention the authorities. Then I found freedom at house parties and one song that sums up me finally being able to be myself
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[2026-03-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One week on from the first strikes, we look at why the war started, what the cost has been and what may come next
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[2026-03-07 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said more than 80 fighter jets carried out overnight strikes across Iran, dropping about 230 munitions on what it described as military targets.
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[2026-03-07 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced the return of more Filipinos, amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced the return of more Filipinos, amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 17:35 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-07 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.”
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[2026-03-07 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense has said it has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, as the United States and Israel’s war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation on Gulf states housing US assets continue to engulf the region.
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[2026-03-07 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli PM’s war on its nemesis is playing well domestically. But real safety for Israelis requires another leader altogether
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[2026-03-07 16:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-07 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Millions of Israelis were forced into shelters overnight after Iran launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles toward the country, according to Al Jazeera, which reported that at least five missiles were detected since midnight, triggering air raid sirens across several areas.
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[2026-03-07 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VERONA, Italy — The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics opened Friday amid the tensions of intensifying war in the Middle East and with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage.
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[2026-03-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – The reverberations of a war in which US-Israel attacks have killed more than a thousand people in Iran, including the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and Iranian missiles and drones have fallen on Israel in retaliation, are being felt deeply in Pakistan.
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[2026-03-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-03-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This undated photo provided by the Hekmati family shows Kamran Hekmati. (Hekmati Family via AP)
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[2026-03-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-07 16:03 UTC+10:00] [Cathay Pacific Airways] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cathay fares to Hong Kong surge 93 per cent on average for Saturday departures compared with typical prices over past 12 months
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[2026-03-07 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Demonstrators gathered in the capital, Sanaa, on Friday to express solidarity with Iran and Lebanon amid the escalating conflict with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-03-07 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Department of State has approved an emergency sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel, bypassing congressional review.
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[2026-03-07 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The fallout is ratcheting up what consumers and business will pay at the pump. (AP Video: Amanda Swinhart, Stephen Smith)
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[2026-03-07 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An explosion was heard and large plumes of smoke were seen rising in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday after Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.
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[2026-03-07 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stefano Domenicali walks down the F1 Paddock ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
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[2026-03-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel said on Friday that Iran had launched cluster bombs "multiple times" since the start of the war that began with a US-Israeli attack on the Islamic republic over the weekend.
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[2026-03-07 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said it detected new missile launches from Iran toward the Greater Tel Aviv area and other parts of central Israel. Earlier alerts were also issued for southern Israel as air defences were activated to intercept incoming missiles.
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[2026-03-07 15:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah on Saturday said its fighters clashed with Israeli troops after what it described as a helicopter infiltration in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, AFP reported.
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[2026-03-07 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sanaa, Yemen – The Israel-US attacks on Iran have plunged the wider Middle East region into turmoil. From Tehran, tensions have spread, affecting multiple Arab cities, including Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait City, Manama, and Beirut.
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[2026-03-07 15:14 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump says he would only accept Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as war continues to expand; Israel launches huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon
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[2026-03-07 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Muslim pilgrims pray as they circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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[2026-03-07 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By refusing to condemn these legally baseless strikes, the Albanese government risks choosing ‘might is right’ over the UN Charter
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[2026-03-07 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An anti-regime protester who wanted to “show up for the Iranian people” was thrown to the ground and beaten Friday at a sparsely attended Manhattan vigil for Iran’s dead Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-07 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: American commentator Tucker Carlson criticised evangelical pastor Greg Locke after remarks in which Locke suggested the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem should be destroyed to rebuild the biblical Third Temple.
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[2026-03-07 14:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A chartered plane to evacuate South Koreans from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will take off this weekend amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
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[2026-03-07 14:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices surged amid fears that the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran could disrupt global energy supplies.
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[2026-03-07 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Saturday said it has begun a “broad-scale wave of strikes” targeting sites in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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[2026-03-07 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is aware of the situation after reports that Russia may be providing intelligence to Iran about American positions in the Middle East. S
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[2026-03-07 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Clashes were reported in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley after Israeli commandos attempted a landing operation in the mountainous areas near the Syrian-Lebanese border, Lebanese National News Agency said.
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[2026-03-07 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Jakarta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the implications of the war in Iran, the impact on Asian economies, and Hong Kong as a safe haven
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[2026-03-07 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman met with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir to discuss what Saudi officials described as Iranian aggression against the kingdom, according to the Saudi Defence Ministry.
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[2026-03-07 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Saturday said the United States is preparing what he described as its “biggest bombing campaign” yet against Iran.
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