Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Twenty-three South Koreans staying in Iran safely evacuated to Turkmenistan on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said, as Seoul steps up efforts to assist Korean nationals amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is choking off China’s imports of methanol – a vital input for the country’s industrial sector
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[2026-03-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: When the United States and Israel began bombing Iran over the weekend they set in motion a war that has engulfed the region.
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[2026-03-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Experts warn of similarities with 2022, when electricity prices went up by more than 40% due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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[2026-03-04 00:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Twenty-three South Koreans have been evacuated from Iran by land amid the escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli military strikes, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-03-04 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Signs are growing that the outbreak of military hostilities in the Middle East could put a pause on U.S.-brokered talks to end the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin said Tuesday it lacks “clarity” on when and where the next round of trilateral negotiations will take place.
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[2026-03-04 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- In this Wednesday, June 8, 2011 file photo, sun sets behind an oil pump in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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[2026-03-04 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer look at each other as they shake hands during a press conference at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, Thursday Sept. 18, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-04 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moscow for decades has been Iran’s main international backer, shielding it from United Nations resolutions while trying to soften Western sanctions and selling weaponry worth billions of dollars to Tehran.
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[2026-03-04 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli intelligence hacked nearly all of Tehran’s traffic cameras to prepare the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-03-04 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that the war with Iran could last longer than initially projected, saying Washington has the capability to continue military operations well beyond the four-to-five-week timeframe first outlined.
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[2026-03-04 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A day before Texas voters choose their nominees in a key U.S. Senate race, they’re reacting to the U.S. military attacks on Iran (AP Video: Kendria LaFleur and Juan Lozano)
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[2026-03-04 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's pro-Kurdish party on Sunday criticised the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying it opposed “external designs” on the country.
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[2026-03-04 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una pantalla que muestra vuelos cancelados en el Aeropuerto Internacional Henri Coanda en Otopeni, Rumania, el 3 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-03-04 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-03-04 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: On Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, dozens of girls gathered at the “Shajareh Tayyebeh” (The Good Tree) school in the city of Minab in southern Iran when Israel and the United States began initial strikes on the country.
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[2026-03-04 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When Israel and the US launched their operation against Iran, the core expectation was rapid regime change in Tehran.
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[2026-03-04 00:11 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: China calls it unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’, while South Africa questions ‘pre-emptive’ justification
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[2026-03-04 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been defined by the abduction of Venezuela’s left-wing President Nicolas Maduro, joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, among hundreds, and new threats against other leaders from Latin America to even Europe.
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[2026-03-04 00:05 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenKfar Tibnit, Lebanon Smoke rises from an Israeli bombardment on the southern Lebanese area of Kfar Tibnit. Israel has ordered the military to take control of more positions in Lebanon, where the army pulled back some of its forces after Hezbollah attacked Israeli bases in support of its backer, IranPhotograph: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBeirut, Lebanon Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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[2026-03-04 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – As the US and Israeli militaries expand their strikes on Iran, the administration of US President Donald Trump has alternated its justification for the war between preventing immediate attacks and countering the long-term existential threat of a nuclear Tehran.
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[2026-03-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Sun Degang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The focus is on economics and the five-year plan but the turmoil could prompt a rethink in some areas, analysts say
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[2026-03-03 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British public opposes allowing the US to use British airbases for strikes on Iranian missile sites, a new poll has revealed.
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[2026-03-03 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Saturday morning, the departure board at Dubai’s main airport began to stack up with delays. Over the water, pale arcs rose, flared and vanished - interceptors, officials later said - leaving chalk traces in a sky turning white.
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[2026-03-03 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Qatar says Iran did not notify it of incoming missile attacks as Tehran conducts a retaliatory campaign across the Gulf sparked by the United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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[2026-03-03 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A display in the arrivals terminal of the Henri Coanda International Airport shows cancelled flights originating in Middle East countries, in Otopeni, Romania, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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[2026-03-03 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike in Tehran targeted a senior commander of Iran’s Quds Force, according to Israeli Army Radio.
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[2026-03-03 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is likely to figure prominently in the deliberations of the clerics who will determine who replaces Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader.
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[2026-03-03 23:45 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images from the site
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[2026-03-03 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian-Kurdish women's group have expressed concerns about a number of their members who are currently political prisoners in Iran, who have been cut off by the US-Israeli attack on the country. In response to a question from MEE about Verisheh Moradi - who was imprisoned for "armed rebellion" over her support of the Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrations that broke out in 2022 - the Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) said their contact with political prisoners had become "extremely
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[2026-03-03 23:36 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world must not return to the law of the jungle, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang tells France’s Jean-Noel Barrot
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[2026-03-03 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unlike at least one war game simulation rehearsed by the US military, Trump’s attack won’t lead to a reset, at least not on American terms
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[2026-03-03 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good afternoon, Middle East Eye readers.
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[2026-03-03 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has condemned British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not backing the US-Israeli attack on Iran, suggesting he "could be" pandering to British Muslim voters.
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[2026-03-03 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohsen and Firouzeh have been trying to have a child for years and recently turned to IVF, using a clinic at Tehran’s Ghandi hospital.
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[2026-03-03 23:01 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.
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[2026-03-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is still dependent on fossil fuels but Washington’s recent interventions may prompt officials to fast-track shift, analysts say
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[2026-03-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president needs a quick win to avoid a quagmire – but he needs a long war to justify potential emergency powers
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[2026-03-03 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for Israel to reopen Gaza’s border crossings, which have been closed by Israel since its forces launched a war against Iran with the United States.
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[2026-03-03 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s effort to raise costs for Gulf countries in hopes of pushing the United States to end the war is unlikely to succeed, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told journalists on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-03 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Iranian drones struck the US embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday, as Tehran continued attacks on American bases and diplomatic missions in the region in retaliation for the war launched against it.
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[2026-03-03 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: In the Middle East energy exports to Europe have been disrupted by the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran that has spilled into surrounding regions. Economic experts are predicting a spike in inflation.
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[2026-03-03 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Speaking in Madrid, Iranian Ambassador to Spain Reza Zabib claimed that Iran does not want war but "has the capacity" to react to aggression, even suggesting that any US military base in Europe could be a target.
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[2026-03-03 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s order to attack Iran has drawn mixed reactions among Americans, with polls showing a clear public split and statements from lawmakers exposing divisions within both the Republican and Democratic parties.
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[2026-03-03 22:19 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the US involvement against Iran could disrupt the flow of weapons that Ukraine needs to continue defending itself against Russian invasion.
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[2026-03-03 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gunmen shot dead prominent Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed outside her home in Baghdad on Monday, her organisation announced.
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[2026-03-03 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s army launched what Channel 12 described as a large-scale assault in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah shells struck a building in northern Israel.
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[2026-03-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This is a war without a plan, without a strategy, and without any clear understanding of where it leads or how it ends
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[2026-03-03 21:53 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The 115,000 Australians stranded in the Middle East remain in limbo and without an escape route on Tuesday night, as persistent military strikes in the region plunge commercial aviation into deeper disarray.
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[2026-03-03 21:51 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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