Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US-Israeli attacks on Iran have triggered swift retaliatory attacks from Tehran, targeting their assets in multiple Middle East countries, including Israel, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Oman.
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[2026-03-01 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian missile warhead landed near Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, according to Israeli police.
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[2026-03-01 22:50 UTC+10:00] [Bahrain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘You are watching the missiles explode right above you, along with the sound,’ says Martin Yeung, a solicitor caught in Dubai
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[2026-03-01 22:48 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stock markets around the world could tumble on Monday and motorists are likely to pay more at the pump
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[2026-03-01 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s description of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday as a "regime change war" now fits the situation.
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[2026-03-01 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s description of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday as a "regime change war" now fits the situation.
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[2026-03-01 22:37 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Passengers stranded at Hong Kong airport after flights to Riyadh, Dubai and other destinations in Middle East cancelled
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[2026-03-01 22:35 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts see short-term stability, but warn that deeper structural strains could emerge once the immediate shock subsides
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[2026-03-01 22:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 22:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of mourners have gathered across Iran to mourn and protest following the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-01 22:02 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. military used "one-way attack" drones in its attacks on Iran over the weekend — the first time the world’s most powerful military employed the weapons in combat — in what was seen as a message to allies and rivals alike.
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[2026-03-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Employees say they have heard little from major defense contractor V2X Inc about safety and evacuation protocols
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[2026-03-01 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldados sandinistas caminan entre restos tras derribar un avión de suministro de los rebeldes con apoyo estadounidense en Loma El Arenal, Nicaragua, e 24 de enero de 1988. (AP Foto/Mario Tapia, Archivo)
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[2026-03-01 21:46 UTC+10:00] [Dollar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Aggression feeds a sense that the US is operating outside global norms and helps to fuel a more complex currency outlook
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[2026-03-01 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sandinista soldiers walk amid the debris after shooting down a supply plane of the U.S.-backed rebels in Loma El Arenal, Nicaragua, on Jan. 24, 1988. (AP Photo/Mario Tapia, File)
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[2026-03-01 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to Iran on Sunday over the killing of Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian security chief Ali Larijani told state media the transition process following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin on Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force.
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[2026-03-01 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The mutual resentments that have fueled tensions between the US and Iran have simmered for nearly half a century
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[2026-03-01 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has closed Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt amid the joint Israeli-United States attacks on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 20:49 UTC+10:00] [Qatar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic efforts have failed to secure a truce between Pakistan and the Taliban, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged in efforts to halt the fighting
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[2026-03-01 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani says the leadership transition after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin on Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has carried out a large-scale attack on US bases across the Gulf Arab states and the Israeli army’s headquarters, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday morning. The retaliatory strikes come after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, including the IRGC chief, were killed in the US-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-01 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: AFP correspondents and residents in Riyadh heard loud explosions in the east of the Saudi capital on Sunday, as Iran presses on with a second day of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-01 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Sunday assured the public that the ongoing tension in the Middle East had “no credible direct threat” to the Philippines.
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[2026-03-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in the attacks by the United States and Israel, alongside his top security officials, as Tehran vows to take “revenge” for the killing of the supreme leader.
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[2026-03-01 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief says authorities will manage financial risks and impacts on trade, while noting that capital may flow to ‘safe haven’ of Hong Kong
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[2026-03-01 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran are unlikely to trigger regime change and risk escalating into a wider geopolitical confrontation, former Pentagon security policy analyst Michael Maloof has told RT.
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[2026-03-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Claire Jungman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Various reports indicate that authorities in Tehran have taken control of the vital energy transport route
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[2026-03-01 19:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US intelligence officials had tracked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months, learning and understanding his movement until he met with top regime officials inside his fortified compound during the deadly strikes Saturday.
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[2026-03-01 19:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More explosions have been heard across the Gulf states as Iran carries out attacks in retaliation for attacks by the United States and Israel that killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials.
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[2026-03-01 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after US-Israeli attacks
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[2026-03-01 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At least six people were killed in clashes with police Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the US Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.
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[2026-03-01 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least nine people have been killed near a United States consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi after protests broke out following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an official has told Al Jazeera.
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[2026-03-01 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: As missiles exploded across their country, some Iranians rejoiced in the hope that the war would tear down the ayatollahs after 47 years of the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-01 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 1, 2026 — 7:30pm
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[2026-03-01 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KARACHI, Pakistán (AP) — Al menos seis personas murieron en enfrentamientos con la policía el domingo después de que cientos de manifestantes asaltaran el consulado de Estados Unidos en la ciudad portuaria paquistaní de Karachi, informaron las autoridades.
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[2026-03-01 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VIENNA, Austria — The United Nations' nuclear agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Iran on Monday in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic, aimed in part at Tehran's atomic programme.
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[2026-03-01 19:10 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — At least six people were killed in clashes with police Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said.
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[2026-03-01 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq announced on Sunday a three-day mourning period after the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-01 18:57 UTC+10:00] [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Protesters stormed the US consulate in Karachi as leaders, including Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim, condemned the killing and appealed for dialogue
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[2026-03-01 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and the Qatari capital Doha for the second day on Sunday, witnesses said, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes on neighboring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic widened.
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[2026-03-01 18:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-03-01 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pasajeros cuyos vuelos fueron cancelados esperan en la terminal de salidas del aeropuerto internacional de Rafik Hariri en Beirut, Líbano, el sábado 28 de febrero de 2026, después de que las aerolíneas cancelaran vuelo debido al conflicto entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irán. (AP Foto/Hassan Ammar)
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