Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-09 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Six people were killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.
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[2026-03-09 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: There is a war taking place in the West. It is not only a war concerning immigration, race, or economic policy. It is a war over who decides what is good and what is evil.
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[2026-03-09 03:42 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Playoff due to take place in Mexico this month
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[2026-03-09 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi oil production from its main southern oilfields has fallen by 70% to just 1.3 million barrels per day as the country is unable to export oil via the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war, 3 industry sources said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 03:41 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leaders discuss military cooperation day after Trump hit out at PM over lack of immediate backing for attacks
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[2026-03-09 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gas prices will dip below $3 a gallon “again before too long,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright promised Sunday — as he denied the US was targeting energy infrastructure in Iran.
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[2026-03-09 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-09 03:28 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chris Wright says price increase would last weeks, not months, and that US would not target Iran’s energy industry
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[2026-03-09 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike on a residential building in the central al-Kharj governorate in Saudi Arabia has killed at least two people and wounded a dozen others, according to the civil defence agency.
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[2026-03-09 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-09 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United Nations peacekeepers stand near an airstrip in Akobo, South Sudan, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Florence Miettaux)
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[2026-03-09 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: War is the use of arms to settle differences — tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material — between organized groups.
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[2026-03-09 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The US/Israel strike against Iran aims at regime change to dominate its energy resources and decapitate its leadership. It will disrupt energy markets and penalize economic prospects worldwide — particularly in the Philippines.
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[2026-03-09 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WITH the war in the Middle East spreading like wildfire, it seems like a lifetime ago that we watched Bad Bunny perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. Yet it has been only a month since the musician emerged from a recreated Puerto Rican sugarcane field — complete with machete-wielding farmworkers — at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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[2026-03-09 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A majority of Americans oppose President Trump’s migrant raids — as well as the early US strikes against Iran — while supporting the White House on issues such as sanctuary cities, according to a new poll.
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[2026-03-09 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Robert Capa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: City council accused of sidelining Peironcely 10 campaigners who have tried for years to turn building into centre celebrating the war photographer’s work
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[2026-03-09 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian ex-defence minister says conflict provides simultaneous ‘risks and opportunities’
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[2026-03-09 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Talk about a powerhouse food.
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[2026-03-09 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian media have shared a Lego-style video touting Tehran’s purported retaliation against the US and Israel, depicting the American and Israeli leadership in a panic.
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[2026-03-09 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian media have shared a Lego-style video touting Tehran’s purported retaliation against the US and Israel, depicting the American and Israeli leadership in a panic.
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[2026-03-09 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Just hours after the United States and Israel launched strikes on an Iranian oil storage facility — an attack that reportedly caused additional casualties in Lebanon — Saturday Night Live tackled the rapidly escalating conflict in its March 7 cold open.
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[2026-03-09 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Around one hundred people took to the streets of downtown Tunis, the Tunisian capital, to denounce US and Israeli action in Iran and show their support for the Iranian people.
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[2026-03-09 01:40 UTC+10:00] [Ahsan Quddus Kuntal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One man was killed on Saturday night in the southern district of Jhenaidah after an altercation with petrol station staff over refuelling
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[2026-03-09 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 394 people in the past week, including 83 children and 42 women, the Lebanese health ministry has said.
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[2026-03-09 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Energy Secretary Chris Wright said oil and gas prices will begin to fall when the U.S. begins to knock out Iran's ability to hinder tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as Americans weather spiking gas prices due to the war in Iran.
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[2026-03-09 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bahrain has said an Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant in the country, marking the first time a Gulf nation has reported targeting any such facility during the eight days of the war between Iran and the US and Israel.
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[2026-03-09 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Thousands of people rallied in cities across Spain on Sunday to denounce violence against women and the Middle East war sparked by US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-09 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on Thursday, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months. The arrest also coincided with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky issuing a direct military threat to Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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[2026-03-09 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on March 5, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months.
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[2026-03-09 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four Israeli pilots stand, visors down and arms crossed, in front of a warplane - a classic Top Gun-style pose of military prowess, but with a twist. The four pilots are women, with long hair falling onto their shoulders from under their helmets.
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[2026-03-09 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said two of its soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon amid clashes with Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon frontier.
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[2026-03-09 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's foreign ministry has criticised British Defence Secretary John Healey using a clown emoji after he said Iran's strikes last year were "proportionate" while criticising its attacks on the Gulf this year.
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[2026-03-09 00:22 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Kuwait, about 90 per cent of drinking water comes from desalination, along with roughly 86 per cent in Oman and about 70 per cent in Saudi Arabia
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[2026-03-09 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Azerbaijan became the latest country to be drawn into the US-Israeli war on Iran after four drones, which it said were launched from the Islamic Republic, struck its exclave of Nakhchivan on Thursday, damaging infrastructure and injuring two civilians.
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[2026-03-09 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a member of the United Arab Emirates Federal National Council and chairman of its Defense Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, has denied Israeli reports that the UAE struck an Iranian desalination facility on Sunday.
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[2026-03-09 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Cyprus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: No country in Europe is likely to be affected more than Cyprus, the nearest EU member to the Middle East
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[2026-03-09 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents of a remote village in Komi Republic say dozens have left to fight in Ukraine, leaving behind grieving families and labour shortages
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[2026-03-09 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the Iran disaster escalates, Starmer should treat the US president as someone whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere
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[2026-03-08 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
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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[2026-03-08 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian missile attack has wounded three people in northern Tel Aviv, according to Israeli emergency services.
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[2026-03-08 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tehran was blanketed by thick black clouds following Israeli strikes on the capital’s oil facilities late Saturday — in what appears to be the first attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure since “Operation Epic Fury” began a week ago.
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[2026-03-08 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered an apology to neighbouring countries that have been subjected to Tehran’s retaliatory strikes since the United States and Israel launched a military offensive on the country.
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[2026-03-08 22:36 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel says it will target any figure chosen to succeed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes
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[2026-03-08 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The war in Iran will present the G7 countries with one of the most significant diplomatic tests in modern history.
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[2026-03-08 22:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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