Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-03 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-03-03 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in an underground metro station used as a shelter against possible Iranian missile attacks, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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[2026-03-03 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: No sábado passado (28/02), por volta das 8h (horário local), a população de Israel começou a receber os primeiros alertas em seus celulares: todos deveriam se dirigir imediatamente a um local seguro e aguardar novas instruções.
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[2026-03-03 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Analysts are warning that oil prices in California could spike as the US engages in an all-out war with Iran, with tensions continuing to rise in one of the largest oil-producing nations in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-03 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Spain says the United States is not using – and will not be using – joint military bases on its territory for operations against Iran, a mission condemned by Madrid.
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[2026-03-03 07:31 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran has divided the American right – from Murdoch’s cheerleaders to Maga isolationists
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[2026-03-03 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dem lawmakers blasted prediction markets after suspected insiders made more than $1 million from contracts tied to the US-Israeli air strikes on Iran over the weekend – including an alleged $550,000 windfall related to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-03 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A CBS Austin reporter was seen on a live Facebook stream appearing to get a directive from a superior to steer away from a pro-Israel, pro-US and pro-Trump protest behind him — and then refusing to go along with the instruction on camera.
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[2026-03-03 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled Monday that US strikes on Iran could go much longer than originally predicted, as his administration sought to counter criticism about conflicting messages on the war's goals.
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[2026-03-03 07:16 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bulky and noisy Iran-made unmanned attack drones have hit buildings in Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and elsewhere
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[2026-03-03 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the attack on Iran while flying to Texas on Air Force One Friday — and then went on to dance to “Y.M.C.A.” at a rally and order “hamburgers for all” at Whataburger.
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[2026-03-03 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker instals a billboard on an overpass containing a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the ongoing joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-03 07:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis
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[2026-03-03 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Average US retail gasoline prices crossed $3 a gallon for the first time since November on Monday as the conflict in the Middle East worsened, setting up a key test of public approval of President Trump’s decision to attack Iran, analysts said.
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[2026-03-03 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a conflict with Iran.
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[2026-03-03 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Republican lawmaker has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein scandal by embroiling the country in a conflict with Iran.
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[2026-03-03 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A punishing 2024 election cycle for US Democrats has accelerated a years-long debate over the party’s future and what voters want in a political age dominated by United States President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-03 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: More explosions have been heard across the Gulf States, and at least three people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates as Iran carries out attacks in retaliation for strikes by the United States and Israel that killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials.
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[2026-03-03 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The ‘decapitating’ strike against Tehran has triggered a succession process, but perhaps not the succession crisis it aimed for
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[2026-03-03 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Countries in South Asia, barring Nepal, have had severe problems establishing ties with Israel. It wasn’t easy to shed their anti-imperialist and anti-colonial commitments and reconcile to the stubborn reality of Israel – a key player in the Middle East backed by super power United States.
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[2026-03-03 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said yesterday that the Government is taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of Sri Lankans in the conflict-affected Middle East and tourists currently in Sri Lanka.
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[2026-03-03 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said the Iran war could last four weeks or less as US–Israeli forces continued their strikes on Iran while Tehran hits Gulf states, Israel and US targets.
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[2026-03-03 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ports and Civil Aviation Minister Anura Karunathilaka said yesterday (02) that flights from Sri Lanka to destinations other than the conflict-affected Middle East (ME) will resume.
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[2026-03-03 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Janaka Rajakaruna said that Sri Lanka’s fuel supply remains secure despite regional tensions. He clarified that finished oil products, including petrol and diesel, are not sourced from the Middle East (ME), meaning the ongoing conflict will not result in domestic shortages. Speaking at a press briefing at the Government Information Department yesterday (2), Rajakaruna urged the public to refrain from panic buying, noting that such actions are both unnecessary and illegal.
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[2026-03-03 06:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 92]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: As Israel struck Lebanon's capital Beirut, Donald Trump has warned that the spreading Middle East war could last more than a month. Source: AAP
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[2026-03-03 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En la imagen, proporcionada por Sepahnews de la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán el 16 de febrero de 2026, un grupo de soldados en posición de firmes durante el ejercicio de la guardia en el golfo Pérsico, el lunes16 de febrero de 2026. (Sepahnews vía AP)
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[2026-03-03 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s Fars news agency has published a statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announcing the start of “the most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran”. Urging Iranians to overthrow their clerical rulers, the US launched major combat operations along with Israel against Iran early on Saturday.
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[2026-03-03 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices have risen sharply, and stocks have slid as United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israeli and US military installations in the Middle East have disrupted the global energy supply chain.
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[2026-03-03 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended his actions in the Middle East on Monday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s criticism of Britain for not joining strikes against Iran by saying his decisions were guided by law and the “national interest.”
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[2026-03-03 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Hundreds of thousands of stranded travellers scrambled to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines on Sunday after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel.
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[2026-03-03 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has called for an urgent meeting of all Opposition party leaders and Parliamentarians to discuss the escalating conflict in the Middle East, his office said yesterday. The meeting will take place today (03) at the Opposition Leader’s office in the Parliamentary Complex. The focus of the meeting will be to discuss the safety and well-being of Sri Lankans currently working in the affected countries and assess the potential risks to Sri Lanka from a prolonged conflict.
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[2026-03-03 06:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM says on 7.30 that the late Iranian leader should not be mourned. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-03-03 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Keir Starmer is reversing his decision to bar the U.S. from using U.K. bases, saying in a social media post late Sunday that he will allow U.S. “defensive” missions aimed at destroying Iranian missile capabilities.
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[2026-03-03 06:43 UTC+10:00] [Iran War] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-03 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California drivers are facing yet another new reason why gas prices are on the rise this spring — and it has nothing to do with the US-Israeli airstrikes in Iran or oil production cuts.
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[2026-03-03 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In response to the crisis in the Middle East, the Government has introduced a special programme to ensure the safety and welfare of tourists and migrant workers abroad.
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[2026-03-03 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Israel Nimal Bandara told the Daily News yesterday that all Sri Lankans in Israel are safe and there are no reports of anyone getting injured due to the conflict in the country.
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[2026-03-03 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Ladislav Zemánek, non-resident research fellow at China-CEE Institute and expert of the Valdai Discussion Club
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O ataque de Estados Unidos e Israel ao Irã e a agressividade da reação iraniana balançaram o mercado petrolífero, com muitos especialistas prevendo um aumento substancial nos preços da commodity.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Israel carried out airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled Southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday (2), after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran could potentially elect a new supreme leader within one or two days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as the country begins a 40-day mourning period following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi said the key nuclear site Natanz had been attacked, without specifying further.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has issued a statement saying Hezbollah’s military and security activities are banned, hours after Israel responded to the Iran-linked group’s rocket and drone attacks by launching air raids on southern Beirut.
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[2026-03-03 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump gave a "brief update" on the war at a military medal ceremony, but did not take questions. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
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[2026-03-03 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Monday that America’s strikes on Iran have only just begun — and are going to escalate, warning that “the big one is coming.”
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[2026-03-03 06:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A near-halt to shipping in strait of Hormuz and attacks on Middle East refineries are threatening supplies and stoking inflation
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[2026-03-03 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre sujeta una bandera iraní tras un ataque en Teherán, Irán, el 2 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-03 06:10 UTC+10:00] [Ursula von der Leyen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cyprus hit, oil prices jump and EU leaders clash over legality, regime change and Washington’s role in the widening conflict
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[2026-03-03 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mourners sit outside a hospital morgue where two bodies were brought, identified as Palestinian brothers Mohammad and Faheem Mo’mar, and who according to the Palestinian Health Ministry were shot by Israeli settlers in their home village of Qaryut, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-03-03 06:09 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s continuing attacks on Iran – cartoon
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