Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-05 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders, and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-05 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in the US Senate were set to begin voting Wednesday on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran and require that any hostilities against it be authorized by Congress.
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[2026-03-05 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: News Corp. has struck a multiyear AI content licensing deal with Meta that will pay The Post’s parent company up to $50 million a year.
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[2026-03-05 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he was surprised at markets’ response to the escalating Iran war, calling the dip in stocks “more benign” than he expected as the conflict entered its fifth day.
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[2026-03-05 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke from an explosion rise on the skyline in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-03-05 04:21 UTC+10:00] [Middle East and north Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Airlines are using long-readied contingency plans but bottlenecks have formed that no amount of planning can fix
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[2026-03-05 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's health ministry is reporting that Israeli attacks across the country have killed 72 people and displaced over 83,000 since Israel renewed its assault on Monday.
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[2026-03-05 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- Iraqi’s head coach Graham Arnold sits on the bench at the start of the 2026 World Cup play off first leg soccer match between UAE and Iraq in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Walid Ibrahim, File)
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[2026-03-05 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's military has threatened to target Israeli embassies worldwide if Israel attacks the country's mission in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-05 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa, was posthumously promoted from specialist after a strike at a command center in Kuwait killed him and five other U.S. service members. (AP video by Mark Vancleave)
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[2026-03-05 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 5, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-03-05 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, touting the strike as evidence of America's global reach in its war on Iran.
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[2026-03-05 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have claimed an attack on a major Iranian military compound in Tehran housing command centres of the Revolutionary Guards, the elite Quds Force and the Basij paramilitary force.
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[2026-03-05 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's foreign minister on Tuesday disclosed repeated Turkish initiatives to prevent a war between the United States and Iran, saying Tehran had failed to understand the mood in Washington.
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[2026-03-05 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Iran’s thwarted drone attack on Turkey would not trigger NATO’s Article 5.
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[2026-03-05 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The first commercial flight out of the Middle East to Australia since hostilities began landed in Sydney overnight.
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[2026-03-05 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China began the first of its "Two Sessions" political meetings on Wednesday, a grand political theater during which it will outline its annual growth target and defense budget, as well as its roadmap for the next five years.
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[2026-03-05 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN a press conference on Tuesday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. provided an update on the plight of Filipino citizens in the war-torn Middle East, disclosing that as of that time, a total of 1,416 Filipinos had requested repatriation from the government. As there are nearly 3 million Filipinos — most of them overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) — across the Middle East, it is likely that the number who would like to be brought out of harm’s way is much higher.
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[2026-03-05 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MALACAÑANG on Wednesday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will certify as urgent a proposed measure seeking a new authority to reduce excise tax on fuel products, describing it as “timely” as war spreads in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-05 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia is spending tens of millions of dollars to recruit Ukraine war veterans into Paralympic sport, fast-tracking wounded soldiers from hospital wards into regional and national teams, an investigation by the Poland-based news outlet Vot Tak has found.
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[2026-03-05 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex in Novorossiysk, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-03-05 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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[2026-03-05 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Diego has gone to war with wealthy second homeowners.
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[2026-03-05 02:40 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The war will have incalculable implications for Europe – and yet, the chancellor has held back from publicly challenging an increasingly erratic Donald Trump
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[2026-03-05 02:31 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts on Tuesday addressed the war in Iran, the closing of Papa Johns restaurants and the upcoming White House correspondents dinner
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[2026-03-05 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Turkish foreign ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador to Ankara to express concerns over a ballistic missile fired from Iran into its airspace, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
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[2026-03-05 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Lebanon saw new airstrikes on 4 March as a building was hit in the Harik district of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Social media footage showed smoke rising from a multi storey structure in Haret Hreik, an area often associated with Hezbollah sites. The strike appeared to follow an evacuation warning issued online by Israel’s Arabic language military spokesman, who had shared maps marking buildings near mosques and other locations.
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[2026-03-05 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman’s navy has rescued 24 people from a Maltese-flagged cargo ship after it was attacked by missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s news agency reported. The 24 crew members were rescued and given medical treatment, the report said.
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[2026-03-05 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: AFP reported that fresh blasts were heard over Jerusalem following a missile alert issued by the Israeli military.
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[2026-03-05 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Military forces from Ecuador and the United States have begun joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, the Pentagon said, although as of Wednesday specific details, including the location and scope of the operation, remained scarce.
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[2026-03-05 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1924 — Frank Carauna, of Buffalo, N.Y., becomes the first to bowl two straight perfect 300 games. Carauna throws five strikes to open his third game, giving him 29 straight strikes.
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[2026-03-05 02:10 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-03-05 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has strongly condemned the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, despite the threat by US President Donald Trump to cut off all trade with Madrid for refusing to allow Washington to use its bases.
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[2026-03-05 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has strongly condemned the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, despite the threat by US President Donald Trump to cut off all trade with Madrid for refusing to allow Washington to use its bases.
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[2026-03-05 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says an American submarine sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo in international waters.
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[2026-03-05 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato air defence systems have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading into Turkish airspace, the Turkish defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-05 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Nicolas Maduro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The popular idea in China that American strength is waning may need a rethink, observers say
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[2026-03-05 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have neither confirmed nor denied reports of a possible ground advance from Iraq into western Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war.
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[2026-03-05 01:52 UTC+10:00] [Hakan Fidan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A Turkish official said the missile had been ‘aimed at a base in Greek Cyprus but veered off course’
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[2026-03-05 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: We heard rumors this week that Oscars organizers were developing a red carpet back-up plan based on current events in Iran.
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[2026-03-05 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian ballistic missile that was heading towards Turkish airspace before being intercepted by Nato air and missile defence systems near the southern city of Hatay on Wednesday may have been fired by “isolated” Iranian elements, Middle East Eye understands.
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[2026-03-05 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato air defence systems have shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading into Turkish airspace, the Turkish defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-03-05 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have neither confirmed nor denied reports of a possible ground advance from Iraq into western Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war.
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[2026-03-05 01:33 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The first group of Australians stranded in the Middle East after war erupted in the region have been successfully repatriated to Sydney, marking the start of a complex return operation for the 115,000 travellers and ex-pats still without an escape route from the intensifying conflict.
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[2026-03-05 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said more United States forces are arriving in the Middle East, as the country’s war against Iran intensifies amid mounting concerns over the civilian toll of US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-05 01:30 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: What Pakistan needs is not war with Afghanistan but urgent efforts to fix its economy, security and divided society after disruptive decades
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[2026-03-05 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it has targeted an Israeli military base near Tel Aviv in central Israel and a naval base in Haifa in the north with swarms of attack drones.
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[2026-03-05 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a confrontation that left four people dead are displayed during a media presentation in Havana, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-03-05 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said anti-tank fire in south Lebanon injured two of its soldiers on Wednesday, after Hezbollah said it had struck two Israeli military vehicles.
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[2026-03-05 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel ordered residents of half of southern Lebanon to leave their homes on Wednesday as its military expanded air strikes and pushed ground forces deeper into the country.
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