Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-09 07:42 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conservative outlet aired footage of president saluting at similar ceremony in December for at least three broadcasts
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[2026-03-09 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry says a ballistic missile launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base was intercepted and destroyed.
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[2026-03-09 07:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the American spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran.
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[2026-03-09 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Thousands of civilians have fled an opposition stronghold in eastern South Sudan after the army ordered evacuations to clear the way for a military offensive, the latest sign that the country’s fragile peace is unravelling, as fears of a return to all-out civil war haunt the world’s youngest nation.
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A dangerous lie has taken hold in Washington: that Israel somehow pressured the United States into war with Iran.
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[2026-03-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: How did Israel gather information on the real time movements of Iran’s top political and military leaders? How did they kill the most powerful cleric in the Muslim world, the late Ayatollah Khamenei? Israel has launched unprecedented strikes on Iran, targeting its nuclear programme and military leaders. How Israel’s security services pulled off parallel operations combining the work of its military intelligence arm Aman, with the foreign spy service Mossad into such an effective assault against Iran may never fully
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[2026-03-09 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wall Street have tumbled after the continuation of Middle East hostilities sent oil prices rocketing towards $US100 a barrel and new data showed a sharp deterioration in the US jobs market.
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[2026-03-09 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military on Sunday announced that a service member in Saudi Arabia had died after being wounded in an Iranian attack, the seventh American combat death since the war began.
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[2026-03-09 06:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise over the oil depot tanks hit by joint Israel-US overnight in a station in Tehran. Source: Getty / Kaveh Kazemi
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[2026-03-09 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Navy and the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) yesterday (8) seized a local fishing trawler carrying more than 102 kilograms of heroin and over 900 grams of cocaine, with an estimated street value exceeding Rs. 2 billion. Six suspects aboard the vessel were taken into custody.
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[2026-03-09 06:47 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deadly attack near Ramallah is third in territory in a week as Israeli violence surges with global attention on Iran war
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[2026-03-09 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised on state television Saturday for missile strikes that hit Gulf countries in recent days, only to retract the remarks hours later – exposing signs of division within Tehran’s leadership as the war with the United States and Israel enters its second week.
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[2026-03-09 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The teen protestors charged with hurling an IED at Gracie Mansion are self-radicalized ISIS nuts who packed the bomb with an explosive known as “Mother of Satan,” law enforcement sources close to the case told The Post.
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[2026-03-09 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Flights to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan by Turkish Airlines, AJet, Pegasus, and SunExpress have been cancelled until the end of 13 March, Turkish Transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: John Tatum is one of the most plugged-in businessmen I know, and yet when the bombs started flying over his hotel room in downtown Doha — just a few minutes from the embattled US military facility in Qatar — he was stranded and helpless.
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[2026-03-09 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With the coordination of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo, the Sri Lanka Navy rendered assistance to bring ashore a crew member, in need of medical attention, of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship ONAMI, sailing in the Western seas off Colombo, on Friday (6).
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[2026-03-09 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China’s top diplomat yesterday (8) condemned the war in the Middle East, saying it “should never have happened” and calling once again for an immediate end to hostilities.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh has urged a diplomatic resolution to the escalating conflict involving Iran and the wider Middle East, stressing dialogue over confrontation as regional tensions intensify. After a meeting at the Secretariat, Adviser Humayun Kabir said Dhaka prioritises the safety of its citizens across the Gulf and continues close coordination with foreign missions in host countries.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel responded swiftly to clean the oil-contaminated beach areas in Hikkaduwa on March 7. The Coast Guard personnel with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Navy, the Marine Environment Protection Authority and the Coastal Conservation Department commenced cleaning the oil contaminated beach areas in Narigama, Thotagamuwa and Hikkaduwa in order to prevent damage to the marine ecosystem in these areas.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Litro Gas company said yesterday (08) there will be no shortage of Litro gas due to the war situation in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Tehran was engulfed in flames once again overnight after the latest round of US-Israeli strikes, with the Iranian Red Crescent warning residents of “dangerous” and “highly acidic” rain as a result.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The crucial Strait of Hormuz global shipping corridor marking the entrance to the Persian Gulf, is essentially closed due to the threat of strikes from Iran and elsewhere.
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[2026-03-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States-Israeli war on Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the conflict, which is now in its eighth day, ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities, disrupted logistics, and elevated risks to shipping.
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[2026-03-09 06:20 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime lines up Khamenei’s son for the top job in a country reeling from the US-Israeli onslaught and virtually at war with its Gulf neighbours
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[2026-03-09 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-09 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-09 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French president Emmanuel Macron has spoken with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, calling on Iran to halt strikes against other countries in the region and to end the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Macron said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in Gaza City on Sunday, said Mohamed Abu Selmia, head of the Al Shifa Hospital, the deadliest incident in Gaza since Israel and the US launched their war against Iran a week ago.
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[2026-03-09 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Israeli strikes have targeted fuel storage facilities in Tehran, causing thick black smoke to hang over the city. (Reuters: Majid Asgaripour/WANA)
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[2026-03-09 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The toilet paper prank that left a beloved Georgia teacher and dad of two dead was part of an annual “junior/senior” war at the school — which district officials had warned against just hours before the tragedy.
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[2026-03-09 05:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ella Baron on Trump and Netanyahu’s war on Iran – cartoon
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[2026-03-09 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russian crude oil jumped to a yearly high after the Strait of Hormuz closed. (AP Photo)
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[2026-03-09 05:40 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape
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[2026-03-09 05:39 UTC+10:00] [Abolqasem Babaian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump said Washington should have a say in the selection, insisting the supreme leader ‘will not last long’ if he does not get US approval
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[2026-03-09 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran on Sunday indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as his successor, after Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran overnight and the conflict widened after Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants.
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[2026-03-09 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again Friday because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the US job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street’s worst week since October.
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[2026-03-09 05:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The global economy is facing its biggest shock since the depths of the pandemic after oil prices soared to $US116 a barrel and $80 billion was wiped from the Australian sharemarket with fears the war against Iran could plunge the United States into recession.
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[2026-03-09 05:13 UTC+10:00] [Gas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: National Gas insists storage broadly in line with levels for time of year despite disruption for tankers carrying LNG
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[2026-03-09 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British forces successfully engaged a one-way drone fired from Iran towards Iraq last night, the UK Ministry of Defence said in an X post on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least two people have been killed after a projectile fell on a residential location in Saudi Arabia‘s Al-Kharj city, Saudi authorities reported, as Iranian counterattacks on Gulf nations hosting US military assets entered a second week.
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[2026-03-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s final two oil refineries are locked in negotiations with the Albanese government over an increase in taxpayer subsidies they say is critical for their survival, just as the war in the Middle East renews focus on the state of the nation’s fuel security.
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[2026-03-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Investors seem calm, relying on Donald Trump's reputation as a deal maker, but the reality is this conflict could be long and destabilising. (AP: Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-09 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's social affairs minister said on Sunday that more than half a million people had been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the new war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-09 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iraq’s Kurds are against joining the US attacks on Iran, and have voiced concerns about being left facing Iranian retaliation with no ground or air defense support, Axios reported on Saturday.
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