Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-03 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations human rights chief has voiced alarm over the mounting civilian toll from the widening war in the Middle East, warning that attacks on non-military targets may amount to war crimes.
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[2026-03-03 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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[2026-03-03 21:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 30,000 people have fled their homes in Lebanon following Israeli attacks in the south of Lebanon, the United Nations says.
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[2026-03-03 21:23 UTC+10:00] [Women's football] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Players silent before loss to South Korea in Australia
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[2026-03-03 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: FTSE 100 on track for its worst day in 11 months, while Japan’s Nikkei and South Korea’s Kospi also fall
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[2026-03-03 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Indian companies have reduced natural gas supplies to industries in anticipation of tighter supply from the Middle East after top global producer Qatar halted liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, as European gas prices have jumped further by more than 30 percent since the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-03 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation says the latest attack on the Natanz nuclear facility did not cause any radioactive leakage.
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[2026-03-03 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Germany's share market has dived 3 per cent. (Reuters: Daniel Munoz)
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[2026-03-03 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, estrecha a mano del primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, durante una conferencia de prensa en Mar-a-Lago, el 29 de diciembre de 2025, en Palm Beach, Florida, EE.UU. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
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[2026-03-03 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said on Tuesday that the decision to prohibit Hezbollah’s military activities is “irreversible”, as the group claimed fresh attacks on Israeli positions.
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[2026-03-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At least 432 residents are stranded in region as dozens of flights between city and Middle East are disrupted by conflict
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[2026-03-03 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US State Department has issued an urgent warning for American citizens to immediately leave over a dozen countries across the Middle East, citing “serious safety risks” as Iran’s retaliatory strikes against US and Israeli targets continue to escalate.
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[2026-03-03 20:55 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Indonesia’s president offered to fly to Tehran in person, but critics say joining Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ cost Jakarta its neutrality
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[2026-03-03 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Despite distancing itself from the conflict and refusing military cooperation, Spain may still be impacted by the economic ripple effects of war in Iran.
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[2026-03-03 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A rescue worker checks the site where several buildings were hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-03-03 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency says satellite imagery shows new damage at Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant.
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[2026-03-03 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US’s Rubio tries to justify attacks on Iran as driven by self-defence
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[2026-03-03 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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[2026-03-03 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un cartel con la imagen de fallecido líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, asesinado en una campaña militar de Estados Unidos e Israel aún en marcha, y el fallecido líder revolucionario iraní Rujolá Jomeini, a la derecha, se ve sobre una motocicleta entre restos dejados por un ataque en Teherán, Irán, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026.
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[2026-03-03 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Red Crescent says the death toll from US and Israeli attacks has climbed sharply, with hundreds killed across the country since strikes began at the weekend.
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[2026-03-03 20:26 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran continues to target American bases and Hezbollah fires at Israel as conflict spreads across Middle East
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[2026-03-03 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag in replacing imported fossil fuels with domestic solar and wind power, specialists say.
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[2026-03-03 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Israeli army has issued new evacuation warnings across Lebanon, including in parts of southern Beirut, as tensions sharply escalate between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-03 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake issued a strong appeal to the international community today, urging all parties involved in the Middle East conflict to commit to a peaceful resolution as soon as possible.
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[2026-03-03 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The new round of coordinated military attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran marks a dramatic escalation in an already volatile confrontation.
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[2026-03-03 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Tensions in the Middle East will have no effect on US military support to the Philippines despite ithe US' ongoing war against Iran, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-03 19:56 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president doubles down on criticism of the prime minister, saying ‘he has not been helpful’
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[2026-03-03 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on March 3, 2026 tags as unfounded concerns that Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites around the country are potential targets for Iran’s retaliatory attacks because the Philippines is a military ally of the United States. The United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Feb.
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[2026-03-03 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran held a mass funeral ceremony for 165 schoolgirls and staff killed on Saturday in what Iran has described as a United States-Israeli attack on a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab.
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[2026-03-03 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have advanced several hundred metres into the southern Lebanese towns of Kfarkela and Qouzah, a Lebanese security source told Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-03-03 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude struck near the city of Gerash in southern Iran on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
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[2026-03-03 19:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Iranian regime has installed an interim leadership team to fill the void left by the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and almost all the senior members of the regime.
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[2026-03-03 19:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 3, 2026 — 7:45pm
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[2026-03-03 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Israeli government assured comprehensive assistance, including lifelong livelihood support, to the family of Filipina caregiver Mary Ann Velasquez de Vera who was killed in an Iranian airstrike in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli Ambassador to Manila Dana Kursh.
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[2026-03-03 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Oil prices have risen sharply again after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday said it would fire on any ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-03 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced the authorisation of a ground assault in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-03 19:36 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Soccer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-03 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Three days after the Bondi massacre, Muslim, Jewish and Palestinian leaders sat at Premier Jacinta Allan’s cabinet table and expressed their fears, grief and sorrow. It was, given the circumstances, an extraordinary gathering.
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[2026-03-03 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 3, 2026 — 7:30pm
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[2026-03-03 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Drones struck Oman’s commercial port of Duqm on Tuesday, hitting a fuel tank as the Israeli-US war on Iran expands across the Gulf region.
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