Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday said Khamenei’s killing was “a great crime” and promised to respond, according to a statement.
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[2026-03-01 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Allyson Horn is the ABC's China correspondent, based in Beijing. She was formerly the Middle East correspondent from 2022 to 2025, based in Jerusalem.
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[2026-03-01 15:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-01 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Foto del 14 de octubre del 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo sonríe durante el calentamiento antes del encuentro de Portugal ante Hungría en la eliminatoria a la Copa Mundial 2026. (AP Foto/Armando Franca, Archivo)
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[2026-03-01 14:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The industry ministry said Sunday it is preparing for all contingencies, including a possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz, amid escalating tensions surrounding Iran, adding the impact on shipping logistics currently remains limited.
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[2026-03-01 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US president Donald Trump on Sunday said that he believes the US is now better positioned to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran.
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[2026-03-01 14:37 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says Khamenei’s death is ‘justice for the people of Iran’ as he repeats call for regime change
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[2026-03-01 14:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that a three-member council made up of the president, the judiciary chief and a jurist from the Guardian Council will temporarily assume leadership duties.
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[2026-03-01 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Assembly of Experts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An 88-member clerical panel selects the new leader, with Khamenei’s son a potential contender
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[2026-03-01 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo smiles during warmup before a World Cup 2026 group F qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Hungary in Lisbon, on Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
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[2026-03-01 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran announced that the commander-in-chief of the IRGC, Mohammad Pakpour, has been killed in the US-Israeli attacks on Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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[2026-03-01 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The United States and Israel have killed Iran's leader in an air strike, as the two countries push for regime change.
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[2026-03-01 14:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-01 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley argues a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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[2026-03-01 14:05 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dozens of people, most of them likely to be children, were killed in a strike that hit a girls elementary school in southern Iran, according to Iranian health officials and state media.
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[2026-03-01 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force on Sunday said it has struck more than 30 targets in attacks on western and central Iran.
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[2026-03-01 13:56 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US and Israel strike Iran; supreme leader confirmed killed; fierce domestic criticism of military action – key US politics stories from 28 February at a glance
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[2026-03-01 13:55 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: I was waiting at Starbucks in a Las Vegas hotel when the alert came through: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, was confirmed dead.
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[2026-03-01 13:52 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump, in announcing a military campaign against Iran, asserted he had done so because of “imminent threats” posed by the regime.
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[2026-03-01 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 31, 2025.
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[2026-03-01 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 98]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the start of “the most devastating offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
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[2026-03-01 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US and Israel have attacked Iran, hitting targets across the country.
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[2026-03-01 13:35 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s military bombarded Iranian ballistic missile and air defense sites in a new round of strikes Sunday morning, with blasts reported in Tehran amid escalating operations.
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[2026-03-01 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 108 people have died in an explosion at a school in southern Iran, according to a local prosecutor.
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[2026-03-01 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — How long will it last? Will it grow? What will the conflict and the reported death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mean to us, and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The impact of the US-Israeli airstrikes in Iran could lead to dramatic swings in global oil markets — potentially sending California’s steep gas prices even higher.
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[2026-03-01 13:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-01 13:26 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president voices support for US and Israel strikes on Iran, calling Tehran ‘an accomplice of Putin’. What we know on day 1,467
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[2026-03-01 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: When targeted by nationwide protests early this year, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei unleashed the bloodiest crackdown of his nearly four decades in power. But now a US or Israeli military strike may have ended his rule.
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[2026-03-01 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In attacking Iran and killing the regime's supreme leader, US President Donald Trump has made an enormous bet: that he can succeed where past presidents have failed by using American military force to reshape the Middle East.
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[2026-03-01 13:19 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-01 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump stood in front of regional leaders during a visit to the Middle East in May and declared a new era of US foreign policy in the region, one that is not guided by trying to reshape it or change its governing systems.
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[2026-03-01 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The decision by the United States and Israel to plunge into a new war with Iran creates a highly dangerous moment with unpredictable consequences.
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[2026-03-01 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed at his office while “performing his assigned duties” in the early hours of Saturday morning, Fars news agency reported.
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[2026-03-01 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has said Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead, hours after the US and Israel launched a large-scale attack on the country.
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[2026-03-01 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: High-definition satellite imagery shows the massive destruction caused by the bombing of the compound of Iran's supreme leader in the heart of Tehran.
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[2026-03-01 12:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-01 12:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian government has declared 40 days of public mourning in the wake of Khamenei’s killing, Fars News Agency has reported.
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[2026-03-01 12:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Multiple members of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s family — including his daughter and grandchild — were killed when the US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran Saturday morning.
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[2026-03-01 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)
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[2026-03-01 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lawmakers from the Democratic Party have condemned the US attacks on Iran as a “dangerous” and “unnecessary” escalation, and called on the Senate to immediately vote on legislation that would block the president’s ability to take further military action without congressional approval.
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[2026-03-01 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed on the first day of massive US and Israeli air strikes on the country, US President Donald Trump has announced.
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[2026-03-01 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Israeli woman died and at least 20 others were injured after an Iranian ballistic missile slammed into Tel Aviv Saturday after the Islamic Republic targeted civilians across the region in response to attacks by the US and Israel.
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[2026-03-01 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This is a defining moment for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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[2026-03-01 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine embassies in the Middle East are on full alert and have advised Filipinos in the region to refrain from unnecessary travel in their respective host countries amid the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States.
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[2026-03-01 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state media announced the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after contradictory reports of the killing. Iranian officials had earlier called the reports of Khamenei's death part of “psychological warfare” conducted by Iran’s enemies.
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[2026-03-01 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Saturday after the US and Israel launched massive aerial strikes on the capital Tehran.
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