Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-03 19:18 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says ‘relationship is not what it was’ after PM defends decision not to allow use of British bases
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[2026-03-03 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have launched an invasion into sections of the Lebanese border area, a Lebanese official told Reuters on Tuesday, signalling fresh escalation along the border between the two countries.
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[2026-03-03 19:07 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: US and Israeli forces have hammered Iran with new strikes against missile and drone launch sites, aiming to wipe out its capacity to hit regional military and civilian targets amid conflicting signals about the goals and duration of the war.
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[2026-03-03 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China has reiterated its support for Iran’s “legitimate right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy” while calling for an end to US war and a return to negotiations.
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[2026-03-03 18:57 UTC+10:00] [Transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy minister says ‘there is no need to rush to the service station and fill up’ as treasurer urges consumer watchdog to monitor for price gouging
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[2026-03-03 18:47 UTC+10:00] [Britain's Royal Air Force] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UAE, Qatar and others had a plan for staying out of a US-Iran war. It relied on the assumption that Iran would leave them out of it too
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[2026-03-03 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Tuesday said it has deployed troops deeper into southern Lebanon beyond the five posts currently held by Israel, describing the move as part of an “enhanced forward defence posture.”
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[2026-03-03 18:36 UTC+10:00] [Nicolas Maduro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s strong but restrained reaction aligns with a long-standing strategy of diplomatic backing without direct military engagement
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[2026-03-03 18:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-03 18:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks plunged more than 7 percent Tuesday to close below the 5,800-point mark as investor sentiment was dampened by escalating geopolitical concerns triggered by the ongoing Middle East conflict. The Korean won lost sharply against the US dollar.
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[2026-03-03 18:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-03 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices continued to rise for a third consecutive session on Tuesday as the expanding US-Israeli war with Iran and mounting threats to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz intensified concerns over supply disruptions from the Middle East.
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[2026-03-03 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Democratic members of Congress on Tuesday disputed the Trump administration’s assertion that US strikes on Iran were justified by an imminent threat to the United States, arguing that any immediate danger was directed at Israel, not Washington.
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[2026-03-03 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Welcome to The Manila Times, where we bring you stories that shape our world.
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[2026-03-03 18:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has said its forces have destroyed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command and control facilities and air defence installations as heavy US-Israel attacks on Iran continued for a fourth day and Tehran retaliated across the region.
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[2026-03-03 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States ambassador to Israel has said Washington cannot evacuate American citizens as the security situation deteriorates.
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[2026-03-03 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had launched attacks on three Israeli military bases, describing the strikes as retaliation for Israeli bombardment of its strongholds in Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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[2026-03-03 17:45 UTC+10:00] [Sydney] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jad Salamah began legal proceedings alleging racial discrimination after being refused entry to Condell Park high school function
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[2026-03-03 17:41 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s sole delegate to National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee also calls for bigger bond market amid ongoing conflict in Middle East
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[2026-03-03 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A large explosion lit up Baabda, southeast of Beirut, in the early hours of Tuesday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky as anti-missile launchers fired in response.
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[2026-03-03 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Inicialmente, a deslocação tinha outro propósito: discutir comércio e as tarifas impostas por Washington à Europa. Mas o mundo mudou repentinamente. Agora, Friedrich Merz leva para os Estados Unidos uma missão mais pesada: explicar a visão alemã, e também europeia, sobre a ofensiva dos EUA e de Israel e sobre a resposta do Irão.
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[2026-03-03 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian missiles, interceptions seen over Israel
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[2026-03-03 17:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea’s sharply worded condemnation of recent US strikes on Iran has fueled debate over whether its leader Kim Jong-un feels unsettled by the dramatic downfalls of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-03 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened ships seeking to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (ABC News Graphics)
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[2026-03-03 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has bombed Lebanon’s capital Beirut for the second consecutive day as Hezbollah claimed an attack on an air base in northern Israel, as another front in the regional war sparked by United States-Israel attacks on Iran ignites.
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[2026-03-03 17:12 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-03 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
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[2026-03-03 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s air force is continuing operations against Iran’s air defence systems, targeting radar installations, missile launchers and personnel operating them, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-03 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — US President Donald Trump warned that his attack on Iran could run longer than a month, as Tehran retaliated to ongoing strikes by targeting US allies in the Gulf and drones hit the US embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-03 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korean equities slid sharply on Monday, with the benchmark Kospi index falling more than five per cent as turmoil in the Middle East rattled investors worldwide.
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[2026-03-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined
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[2026-03-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US power
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[2026-03-03 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts urge EU to accelerate green energy transition and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports
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[2026-03-03 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-03-03 16:56 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US secretary of state Marco Rubio says Saturday’s strikes on Iran were a pre-emptive action; Benjamin Netanyahu says it will not be ‘an endless war’
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[2026-03-03 16:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As US-Israeli strikes on Iran raise fears of a broader regional conflict, South Korean companies are moving quickly to safeguard employees, relocating staff from high-risk areas and activating emergency protocols across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-03 16:45 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 16:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign selloff deepens losses as Middle East tensions rattle global markets
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[2026-03-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El humo envuelve una calle tras un ataque en Teherán, Irán, el 2 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Mohsen Ganji)
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[2026-03-03 16:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korea Export-Import Bank is providing support for Korean companies affected by conflict in the Middle East, including financial assistance and a dedicated response desk at its headquarters.
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[2026-03-03 16:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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