Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-07 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would halt attacks on regional nations, suggesting miscommunication was to blame, and urged diplomacy
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[2026-03-07 21:10 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Behzad Mirzaei says his nearly 80-year-old mother lives alone in Tehran, near areas that have already been hit
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[2026-03-07 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime change, nuclear threat – or something else? US officials seem unable to land on one coherent reason for war
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[2026-03-07 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States is “not concerned” about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran for targeting American military forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-07 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boston University Terriers (16-16, 11-8 Patriot League) at Navy Midshipmen (26-6, 18-1 Patriot League)
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[2026-03-07 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, held a phone call on Friday evening with Kuwait's minister of defence, Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Salem Al Sabah.
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[2026-03-07 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Millions of Iranians attended Friday prayers across the country for the first time since the US assassination of their supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-07 20:19 UTC+10:00] [Shahed drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moscow struck its neighbour overnight with 29 missiles and 480 drones, President Zelensky said, with hits at 22 locations
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[2026-03-07 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington has downplayed reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran about United States targets across the Middle East amid the burgeoning US-Israel war on Iran, first reported by The Washington Post.
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[2026-03-07 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-03-07 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In reality, US president’s opposition to foreign entanglements had only ever been partial
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[2026-03-07 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Smoke billowed from the rubble of buildings destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs. Israel issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on March 5 for the entirety of Beirut's southern suburbs.
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[2026-03-07 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) has deployed a special investigation team to assist in the government’s repatriation efforts for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) currently in the Middle East, authorities confirmed Friday.
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[2026-03-07 19:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a "dream that they should take to their grave".President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a pre-recorded address aired by state television.He also apologised for Iran's attacks on regional countries, saying that Tehran would halt them and suggesting they were caused by miscommunication in the ranks.
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[2026-03-07 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said neighbouring countries will no longer be targeted, unless an attack originates from there, as the war launched by the United States and Israel, which triggered sustained retaliation from Tehran across the Gulf and beyond, enters its second week.
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[2026-03-07 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Firefighters put out the fire in an multi-storey apartment building following a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [ABC News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The conflict started by the US president lacks clear rationale, stoking public opposition and economic concerns amid rising fuel prices
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[2026-03-07 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Heated exchanges between Iran and the U.S. continued unabated over the weekend, while Iranian missiles rained down on Gulf states and Israel attacked critical infrastructure in Tehran.
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[2026-03-07 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Clashes have erupted as Israeli forces attempted a landing operation along the Lebanon-Syria border, with the armed group Hezbollah saying its fighters were involved, according to Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA), as this fierce front in the wider regional war launched by the United States and Israel boils over.
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[2026-03-07 18:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong issued Saturday an apology to former sex workers whose rights were violated in now-defunct brothels built around American military bases, marking the government's first official apology.
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[2026-03-07 18:15 UTC+10:00] [National Assembly] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Abu Dhabi wants faster Cheongung-II missile battery deliveries from Seoul amid 96 per cent interception success against Iranian attacks
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[2026-03-07 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Videos circulating online reportedly show Mehrabad International Airport, one of the two main airports in Tehran, was caught in flames following air strikes on Saturday.
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[2026-03-07 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Huge explosions have hit several locations across Iran, including the capital, Tehran, as the war that has ignited the Middle East entered its eighth day.
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[2026-03-07 18:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One week on from the first strikes, we look at why the war started, what the cost has been and what may come next
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[2026-03-07 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said more than 80 fighter jets carried out overnight strikes across Iran, dropping about 230 munitions on what it described as military targets.
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[2026-03-07 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense has said it has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched towards Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, as the United States and Israel’s war on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation on Gulf states housing US assets continue to engulf the region.
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[2026-03-07 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli PM’s war on its nemesis is playing well domestically. But real safety for Israelis requires another leader altogether
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[2026-03-07 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Millions of Israelis were forced into shelters overnight after Iran launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles toward the country, according to Al Jazeera, which reported that at least five missiles were detected since midnight, triggering air raid sirens across several areas.
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[2026-03-07 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VERONA, Italy — The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics opened Friday amid the tensions of intensifying war in the Middle East and with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage.
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[2026-03-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – The reverberations of a war in which US-Israel attacks have killed more than a thousand people in Iran, including the country’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and Iranian missiles and drones have fallen on Israel in retaliation, are being felt deeply in Pakistan.
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[2026-03-07 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Marine Corps carry team moves the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Melendez of Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday March 4, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-03-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This undated photo provided by the Hekmati family shows Kamran Hekmati. (Hekmati Family via AP)
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[2026-03-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-07 16:03 UTC+10:00] [Cathay Pacific Airways] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cathay fares to Hong Kong surge 93 per cent on average for Saturday departures compared with typical prices over past 12 months
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[2026-03-07 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The fallout is ratcheting up what consumers and business will pay at the pump. (AP Video: Amanda Swinhart, Stephen Smith)
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[2026-03-07 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An explosion was heard and large plumes of smoke were seen rising in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday after Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.
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[2026-03-07 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stefano Domenicali walks down the F1 Paddock ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
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[2026-03-07 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel said on Friday that Iran had launched cluster bombs "multiple times" since the start of the war that began with a US-Israeli attack on the Islamic republic over the weekend.
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[2026-03-07 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military on Saturday said it detected new missile launches from Iran toward the Greater Tel Aviv area and other parts of central Israel. Earlier alerts were also issued for southern Israel as air defences were activated to intercept incoming missiles.
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[2026-03-07 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Data by the Human Sciences Research Council shows that more than 35% of women over the age of 18 in South Africa have experienced physical or sexual violence, while the country’s femicide rates are said to be five times the global average. (AP video: Nqobile Ntshangase, Kayleen Morgan)
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[2026-03-07 15:14 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump says he would only accept Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as war continues to expand; Israel launches huge attacks on Iran and Lebanon
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[2026-03-07 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Muslim pilgrims pray as they circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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[2026-03-07 15:00 UTC+10:00] [howitzer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The island’s main political parties clash over whether to prioritise US arms or invest in home-grown weapons and ‘T-Dome’ air shield
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[2026-03-07 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: By refusing to condemn these legally baseless strikes, the Albanese government risks choosing ‘might is right’ over the UN Charter
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[2026-03-07 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Saturday said it has begun a “broad-scale wave of strikes” targeting sites in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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[2026-03-07 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump is aware of the situation after reports that Russia may be providing intelligence to Iran about American positions in the Middle East. S
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[2026-03-07 14:37 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Search operations under way as drones hit residential buildings; US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil. What we know on day 1,473
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[2026-03-07 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Jakarta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the implications of the war in Iran, the impact on Asian economies, and Hong Kong as a safe haven
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[2026-03-07 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman met with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir to discuss what Saudi officials described as Iranian aggression against the kingdom, according to the Saudi Defence Ministry.
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[2026-03-07 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said a new wave of missiles had been launched from Iran, with air defence systems working to intercept the threat.
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