Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Israel carried out airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled Southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday (2), after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: One Sri Lankan was among those injured in the airstrikes on the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran could potentially elect a new supreme leader within one or two days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as the country begins a 40-day mourning period following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-03 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has issued a statement saying Hezbollah’s military and security activities are banned, hours after Israel responded to the Iran-linked group’s rocket and drone attacks by launching air raids on southern Beirut.
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[2026-03-03 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: M23 rebels negotiate with Rwanda Army to release captured Romanian mercenaries to Rwanda Government, who were fighting alongside Democratic Republic of Congo army (FRDC), at Gisenyi border point in Congo, Jan. 29, 2025, after the M23 rebels advanced into eastern Congo’s capital Goma. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, file)
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[2026-03-03 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Scores of Iranians across the world have been busting President Trump’s signature dance moves in viral social media videos after US-led strikes wiped out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-03 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump gave a "brief update" on the war at a military medal ceremony, but did not take questions. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
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[2026-03-03 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Monday that America’s strikes on Iran have only just begun — and are going to escalate, warning that “the big one is coming.”
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[2026-03-03 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: With full military pomp, Ethiopia has marked the 130th anniversary of the historic Battle of Adwa, celebrating its 1896 victory over invading Italian forces, a triumph that ensured the country was never colonized and remains a powerful symbol of national pride.
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[2026-03-03 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: With their NWSL title defense starting in a matter of days, Gotham FC continue to tweak the roster.
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[2026-03-03 06:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A near-halt to shipping in strait of Hormuz and attacks on Middle East refineries are threatening supplies and stoking inflation
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[2026-03-03 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Iran is unleashing a wave of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, targeting several countries with ties to the United States.
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[2026-03-03 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is “stonewalling” requests by some Gulf states to replenish their air defence interceptors as pressure mounts on them to join the US and Israel in their war on Iran, one western official and one former US official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-03-03 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has said the plan for the Iran war initially “projected four to five weeks”, adding the US military has the “capability to go far longer than that”.
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[2026-03-03 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky seconds before it struck buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
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[2026-03-03 06:03 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-03 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tens of thousands of Lebanese flee homes in eerily familiar scenes as Israeli strikes leave 52 people dead
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[2026-03-03 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has assured nervous Americans that this is not the start of another “endless war” in the Middle East, pledging a swift campaign aimed at destroying Iran’s weaponry, not regime change or nation-building.
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[2026-03-03 05:57 UTC+10:00] [Iran War] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-03 05:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argument
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[2026-03-03 05:49 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In a combative press conference, the Pentagon chief dodged questions about the goals of the US military’s Iran operation
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[2026-03-03 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Many countries rely heavily on oil from the Middle East. (Reuters: Raheb Homavand)
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[2026-03-03 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Qatar’s Ministry of Defense has just claimed in a statement to have shot down two Iranian Su-24 bombers, in the latest sign that the American war on Iran has broadened to the wider Middle East.
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[2026-03-03 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Take a seat — Sydney Sweeney’s latest campaign just dropped.
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[2026-03-03 05:21 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. US stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.
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[2026-03-03 05:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Many Iranians now have questions about the country’s future.
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[2026-03-03 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday British military bases in Cyprus will not be used by the US in its ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-03-03 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran said it temporarily closed the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, as it conducted live fire exercises in the vital waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
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[2026-03-03 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli conflict with Iran escalated across the region on Monday, with Iranian strikes prompting Saudi Arabia and Qatar to halt production at major oil and gas facilities, and bombing spreading to Lebanon too.
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[2026-03-03 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, en route Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-03-03 04:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-03 04:29 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American president vows US will press on with strikes, warning of more casualties as Iran conflict widens and energy markets reel
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[2026-03-03 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohammad Raad, a member of the Lebanese parliament representing Hezbollah, has said there is no justification for the government's ban on his movement's military and security activities.
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[2026-03-03 04:17 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People drive to Oman and Saudi in hope of a flight, while most tourists stay stuck in hotels and on cruise ships
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[2026-03-03 04:15 UTC+10:00] [Pentagon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anthropic had previously turned down the Pentagon’s demand that it agree to unconditional military use of its Claude models
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[2026-03-03 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sunny Hostin and Elisabeth Hasselbeck shared a tense moment on The View when Hostin slammed President Trump for ordering the United States to attack Iran, despite running on an anti-war platform during the 2024 election.
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[2026-03-03 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KHARTOUM, Sudan — Drone attacks "from inside Ethiopian territory" targeted sites in Sudan in February and March, the foreign ministry of the army-aligned government in Khartoum said on Monday.
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[2026-03-03 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told CNN on Monday that his military is "knocking the crap" out of Iran and that the "big wave" is yet to come.
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[2026-03-03 03:56 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US military also says three US fighter jets were shot down over in ‘friendly fire’ incident, all six crew members survived
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[2026-03-03 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian strikes have killed at least eight people in Ukraine including during an attack on a civilian passenger train, Ukrainian authorities said Monday.
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[2026-03-03 03:32 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has learned lessons from Iraq on need for ‘thought-through plan’
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[2026-03-03 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar shot down two SU24 aircraft coming from Iran, the Qatari defence ministry said on Monday. It did not provide further details on the incident, Reuters reported.
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[2026-03-03 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke emits from Afghan side as trucks are parked along roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at near Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maaz Awan)
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[2026-03-03 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ali Larijani, the top Iranian official who has emerged as a key powerbroker in the wake of the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has said that Iran, "unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war."
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[2026-03-03 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Authorities in Tehran have called for international action and solidarity after several hospitals and schools were impacted by United States and Israeli air strikes on the country as Iran continues to fire missiles and drones across the region.
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[2026-03-03 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the "big wave" of joint US and Israeli attacks on Iran is yet to come, as the Middle East conflict continues unabated.
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[2026-03-03 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: (UPDATE) AT least 80 Filipinos in Dubai have requested to be repatriated to the Philippines as Iranian missile attacks damaged a luxury hotel and the airport, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said on Monday.
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[2026-03-03 03:15 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary refuses to establish timeline for how long operation will continue in first public remarks since strikes
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[2026-03-03 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States is trying to persuade leaders of Middle Eastern states to wage a direct war against Iran, an Iranian source familiar with the matter told TASS.
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[2026-03-03 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THERE is a peculiar kind of political immortality that only controversy can confer. As Rodrigo Duterte sits in a detention cell in Scheveningen, The Hague, watching ICC prosecutors present evidence that he orchestrated the murder of thousands of Filipinos in the name of a drug war, his name has never been more globally recognized.
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