Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-08 09:50 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic Republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the spectre of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun”.
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[2026-03-08 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week.
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[2026-03-08 09:37 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president delivers stinging criticism of UK prime minister over delayed support for Iran war
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[2026-03-08 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to continue the campaign against corruption within the military after several senior commanders were dismissed over allegations of graft and misconduct.
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[2026-03-08 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has been attacked with rockets as regional tensions spike amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-08 08:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The head chef at the world’s most prestigious restaurant has issued a grovelling apology after dozens of former employees accused him of physical, verbal and psychological abuse — just days before the opening of his highly anticipated $1,500-per-person pop-up in Los Angeles.
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[2026-03-08 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A fiery night of intense Russian bombing across Ukraine saw at least 14 civilians, including two children, killed in the aftermath.
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[2026-03-08 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ali Larijani, one of Iran’s remaining leaders, issued a chilling warning Saturday that President Trump must “pay the price” – following US and Israeli strikes that have decimated Tehran’s top figures.
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[2026-03-08 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., 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, past President Donald Trump during a casualty return, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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[2026-03-08 08:22 UTC+10:00] [Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This appears to be the first time a civil industrial facility has been targeted in the war
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[2026-03-08 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Suitcases belonging to stranded foreign travelers are seen at a farmhouse owned by an Indian businessman, now converted into a shelter in Ajman, near Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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[2026-03-08 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-08 07:55 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran says it will continue drone and missile strikes on sites in neighbouring countries that are ‘at the disposal of the enemy’
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[2026-03-08 07:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-08 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-08 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-08 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The president of the United Arab Emirates spoke for the first time on the widening war in the Middle East as Iran continues to strike Gulf countries hosting US military assets with drones and missiles.
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[2026-03-08 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Russian missile strike killed at least 10 people, including two children, after hitting a residential apartment block in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv.
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[2026-03-08 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Eagles are keeping a core piece of the defense for the future.
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[2026-03-08 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran. (AP: Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-08 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to put US military might toward dismantling drug cartels and foreign terrorists operating within the Western Hemisphere by signing the Americans Counter Cartel Coalition alongside seventeen other nations.
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[2026-03-08 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A commercial oil tanker was set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after it was struck by an Iranian suicide drone, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Saturday, as the US Navy has yet to begin a mission to safeguard ships through the region.
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[2026-03-08 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran launched waves of missile and drone attacks on its Gulf neighbours hosting US forces on Saturday and vowed no surrender despite threats from President Donald Trump to widen the conflict.
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[2026-03-08 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: One person was killed in Dubai on Saturday after debris from an "aerial interception" fell on a vehicle, authorities said, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-08 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A car drives past burned buildings after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. (Reuters: Stringer)
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[2026-03-08 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Air defence systems intercepted rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, security sources told AFP.
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[2026-03-08 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces launched a deadly wave of attacks against Hezbollah that killed at least 217 in Lebanon, according to authorities.
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[2026-03-08 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Australian government has backed many of US President Donald Trump's operations, but avoided stating outright support or opposition for some.
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[2026-03-08 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump joined a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base Saturday to mark the final homecoming of six Army Reserve soldiers killed when an Iranian drone struck a US facility in Kuwait.
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[2026-03-08 05:35 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Masoud Pezeshkian tries to de-escalate conflict, hardliners urge installation of new supreme leader to marginalise the president
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[2026-03-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts.
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[2026-03-08 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 150 Iranian nationals, including diplomats and their families, left Lebanon on Saturday, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters, after an Israeli military spokesperson threatened "representatives" of Iran in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-08 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates ministry of defence has said its air defence systems are currently responding to “incoming missile and drone threats from Iran”.
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[2026-03-08 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed four people, including two officers, and wounded about two dozen others in restive northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, police said.
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[2026-03-08 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey is considering the possibility of sending F-16 fighter jets to Northern Cyprus as a security measure, a Turkish defence ministry source said Saturday, days after the island was targeted by a drone attack.
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[2026-03-08 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday condemned Iran's drone strikes earlier this week on an Azerbaijan border region, describing the attack as a "needless escalation" of aggression by Tehran during the Middle East war.
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[2026-03-08 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kuwait said Saturday that it has cut oil production and refining output because tankers cannot transit the Persian Gulf due to threats from Iran.
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[2026-03-08 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military killed 45 militants in the country’s northwest region, the Katsina state government said Saturday.
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[2026-03-08 04:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Report indicates that US intelligence officials question effectiveness of strikes to produce regime change in Iran
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[2026-03-08 04:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: B-1 Lancers arrive at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after Starmer allows US to use UK as a base for ‘defensive’ action
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[2026-03-08 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A strike targeted a military base belonging to the former paramilitary coalition Hashed al-Shaabi in northern Iraq on Saturday, two Hashed sources told AFP.
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[2026-03-08 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The war in Iran has already caused the cost of plane tickets to rise, experts say.
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[2026-03-08 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired a volley of missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight on Friday to Saturday, killing 12 people and wounding more than a dozen, including children.
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[2026-03-08 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany announced it will provide nearly 100 million euros ($108m) additional humanitarian aid for the region as the situation in Lebanon worsens amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-08 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-08 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
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[2026-03-08 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the "United States has started using British bases for specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region, which is putting British lives at risk".
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[2026-03-08 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE United States-Israel war on Iran has ushered us into a new age of warfare.
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[2026-03-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-03-08 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Force conducted a deadly ground operation in Lebanon overnight Friday connected to the 1986 capturing of downed fighter pilot Ron Arad.
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