Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-09 13:59 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-09 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The reality of the Iran war was brought home on Friday in a Brooklyn courtroom when a jury convicted Asif Merchant for plotting with the Iranian government to assassinate President Trump and other American politicians.
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[2026-03-09 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-09 13:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- Global weapons flows grew by almost 10 percent in the past five years, with Europe more than tripling imports, a report showed Monday.
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[2026-03-09 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has turned its war with the United States and Israel into a direct assault on its Persian Gulf neighbors — targeting not just American military and diplomatic installations based in these Arab states, but on Arab capitals themselves, and on the world’s energy lifeline.
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[2026-03-09 13:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran has named hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader; Donald Trump says oil price spike ‘a small price to pay’ as markets tumble
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[2026-03-09 13:04 UTC+10:00] [The West Report] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | Mar 9, 2026 | The West Report
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[2026-03-09 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Amid more than 1,400 days of fighting and bloodshed, Ukraine's children have been displaced, orphaned and killed in Russian President Vladimir Putin's war.
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[2026-03-09 12:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: PARIS, France (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the world Sunday to mark International Women's Day and denounce the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions were heard early Monday in the Qatari capital Doha as Gulf countries reported new missile and drone attacks linked to Iran’s retaliatory campaign in the region, AFP reported.
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[2026-03-09 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will control almost a third of the world’s oil and reap record profits if it succeeds in toppling the Iranian government, hawkish Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 12:35 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The White House video begins with a scene from "Call of Duty," the action-packed, first-person shooter game.
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[2026-03-09 12:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea and the United States kicked off a key annual joint springtime military exercise Monday, with the number of planned field training drills cut in half compared with last year.
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[2026-03-09 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake, underscoring the accelerating threat of tech-enabled disinformation during wartime.
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[2026-03-09 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)
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[2026-03-09 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — Oil prices eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years Sunday as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the world Sunday to mark International Women's Day and denounce the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-03-09 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel struck a hotel in central Beirut on Sunday, the first attack on the city centre since the start of the new war with Hezbollah, as Lebanon said nearly 400 people were killed over the past week.
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[2026-03-09 12:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran launched a new wave of missiles toward Israel on Monday following the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-03-09 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is known for his combative communication style. (Reuters: Elizabeth Frantz)
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[2026-03-09 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A North Korean military guard post, top, and a South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-03-09 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted and destroyed a drone over the Rub al-Khali desert that was heading toward the Shaybah oilfield.
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[2026-03-09 11:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s benchmark Kospi plunged in early trading Monday as surging oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran rattled global markets, prompting the activation of a sell-side sidecar designed to curb excessive volatility. The Korean won also weakened sharply against the dollar.
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[2026-03-09 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 6% early Monday after oil prices soared to over $100 a barrel due to supply disruptions from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 11:45 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president hopes for reciprocal support for Kyiv in repelling Russian forces. What we know on day 1,474
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[2026-03-09 11:43 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran has a new supreme leader with the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the early stages of the ongoing war between the US and Iran, has been chosen to succeed his father.
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[2026-03-09 11:39 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 9, 2026 11:39 | News
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[2026-03-09 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The NYPD discovered bomb-making paraphernalia inside a car parked on the Upper East Side Sunday — a day after a pair of ISIS-inspired extremists hurled highly dangerous explosives during a protest near Gracie Mansion, according to authorities and sources.
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[2026-03-09 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo as a possible act of terrorism. The incident occurred amid heightened security for American diplomatic missions following the US-Israel air war with Iran.
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[2026-03-09 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Neighbours in Asia and Oceania increase their overseas weapons purchases amid ‘fears over China’s intentions’
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[2026-03-09 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's Nikkei 225 and South Korea's Kospi both plunged over 6% in early trade Monday, leading a broader regional sell-off as oil prices breached $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022.
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[2026-03-09 10:49 UTC+10:00] [Music] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Musician behind Vietnam war protest hit I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag dead from Parkinson’s complications, his wife confirms
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[2026-03-09 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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[2026-03-09 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: International law bans countries from using force against each other, with a few exceptions. So do the self-defence arguments stack up? And if they don’t, what happens next?
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[2026-03-09 09:43 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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[2026-03-09 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in a Sky News interview aired on Sunday urged all sides involved in the Iran war to de-escalate.
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[2026-03-09 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV on Sunday announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late supreme leader, had been named his successor. He had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war, and despite never being elected or appointed to a government position.
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[2026-03-09 09:19 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Escalating military aggression in Middle East continues to wipe 20m barrels from market each day
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[2026-03-09 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-09 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Crude oil prices surged above $100 per barrel on Sunday, after major Middle East producers cut output because the critical Strait of Hormuz remains closed due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The failed attempts by Congressional Democrats on Wednesday night to stop, through a War Powers Resolution vote, the President’s aerial strikes on Iran is a metaphor for everything that’s wrong with the party.
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[2026-03-09 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Travelers left millions of items behind in 2025, including things as eccentric as a samurai sword, as expensive as diamond earrings and as historic as a World War II flight jacket, according to the new Unclaimed Baggage report.
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[2026-03-09 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The radicalized teens charged with hurling a bomb at a Gracie Mansion protests allegedly used an explosive that has long been a favorite of international terrorists — with deadly consequences.
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[2026-03-09 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new Supreme Leader, just over a week after the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in United States-Israeli strikes that plunged the entire region into a sprawling war.
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[2026-03-09 08:20 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice
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[2026-03-09 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Chance Gladden buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer, scoring 24 of his 26 points in the second half to help Boston University stun top-seeded Navy 73-72 on Sunday in the semifinals of the Patriot League Championship, ending the Midshipmen’s 14-game winning streak .
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[2026-03-09 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Country singer Joe McDonald plays during the Heros of Woodstock concert at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1969 Woodstock concert. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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[2026-03-09 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets around the world to mark International Women’s Day, taking a stand on a number of issues including the US-Israeli war on Iran and gender-based violence.
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[2026-03-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Woodstock legend, Country Joe McDonald, an emblem of the 1960s anti-war cultural movement, has died in his home in Berkeley, California, aged 84.
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