Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-02 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Live Blog Update| US and Israel attack Iran This is an entry from: Live: Nine killed in Israel as Iran strikes back after Khamenei killingPhotos show aftermath of Iranian strike in central Israel1 March 2026 14:28 GMT Emergency personnel carry a body at the site of an Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel March 1, 2026 (Reuters) Emergency personnel carry a body at the site of an Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel March 1, 2026 (Reuters) Emergency personnel carry
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[2026-03-02 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 20 February, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander widely known as Hemedti, arrived in Kampala, Uganda, where he met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
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[2026-03-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Qatar soccer federation postponed all tournaments and matches until further notice on Sunday amid global tensions following the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-02 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — a polarizing hardliner who became the face of Tehran’s nuclear defiance and incendiary anti-Israel rhetoric — was reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes during Saturday’s strikes inside Iran.
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[2026-03-02 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BANGKOK (AP) — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a trading junction in the central Magway region killed more than two dozen people and wounded 20 others, a resistance group and independent online media said Sunday.
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[2026-03-02 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian police and policing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Police forces argue bean-bag and foam baton rounds are less harmful than firearms, but the projectiles have been linked to deaths around the world
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[2026-03-02 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NBC’s Saturday Night Live came back from its hiatus following the 2026 Winter Olympics with a cold open that immediately zeroed in on breaking news, lampooning Donald Trump after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-02 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least nine people have been killed after an Iranian missile strike on the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, as Tehran continued to launch retaliatory attacks a day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-02 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Columbia University’s biggest anti-Israel student group — which notoriously organized last year’s on-campus encampment in protest of the war in Gaza — posted “death to America” in Persian after the US and Israel killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-02 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army on Saturday morning closed all barriers and iron gates it has erected in various areas of the occupied West Bank just as Israel and the US launched their attack on Iran.
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[2026-03-02 00:15 UTC+10:00] [America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran may prove another costly mistake for Washington as its global standing sinks even further, however the conflict turns out
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[2026-03-02 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched strikes across the Gulf on Sunday after vowing to avenge slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defying a threat from President Donald Trump to strike with unprecedented force.
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[2026-03-01 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Key members of the OPEC+ oil cartel announced a greater-than-expected increase to production quotas on Sunday following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that triggered retaliation by Tehran across the Middle East.
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[2026-03-01 23:38 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities seek to reassure visitors after tourists at five-star resorts had to shelter in underground car parks
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[2026-03-01 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hundreds of British troops were just 200m away from an Iranian missile attack in Bahrain, it has emerged.
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[2026-03-01 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday in US-Israeli air strikes, was a key figure in Iranian political life for more than 40 years, and the country’s political and religious figurehead since 1989.
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[2026-03-01 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in US and Israeli strikes, some Iranians celebrated in cities across the country overnight. Many more took to Persian social media to share their reactions.
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[2026-03-01 23:09 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Strike on girls’ elementary school in south of Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran state media
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[2026-03-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: News of Khamenei’s killing sparks backlash from Marjorie Taylor Greene and other America First loyalists
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[2026-03-01 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two of the guided-missile destroyers with hull numbers assigned have been spotted at a naval base on the East China Sea coast
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[2026-03-01 22:58 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong-based jockey, trainer and Jockey Club staff face an uncertain wait on returning home after Middle East airspace closures
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[2026-03-01 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian missile warhead landed near Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, according to Israeli police.
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[2026-03-01 22:48 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stock markets around the world could tumble on Monday and motorists are likely to pay more at the pump
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[2026-03-01 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s description of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday as a "regime change war" now fits the situation.
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[2026-03-01 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s description of the US-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday as a "regime change war" now fits the situation.
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[2026-03-01 22:37 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Passengers stranded at Hong Kong airport after flights to Riyadh, Dubai and other destinations in Middle East cancelled
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[2026-03-01 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia fired more missiles on Ukraine in February than in any other month since at least the beginning of 2023 in overnight strikes, targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in particular, an AFP analysis showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 22:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-01 22:26 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, the government said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 22:17 UTC+10:00] [Maxime Prevot] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The European Union has blacklisted hundreds of vessels in a bid to sap Moscow’s war chest
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[2026-03-01 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: We all know that Paramount Skydance finally won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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[2026-03-01 22:02 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. military used "one-way attack" drones in its attacks on Iran over the weekend — the first time the world’s most powerful military employed the weapons in combat — in what was seen as a message to allies and rivals alike.
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[2026-03-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Employees say they have heard little from major defense contractor V2X Inc about safety and evacuation protocols
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[2026-03-01 21:46 UTC+10:00] [Dollar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Aggression feeds a sense that the US is operating outside global norms and helps to fuel a more complex currency outlook
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian top officials vowed Sunday to avenge their slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declared a new wave of strikes on US bases in the Gulf, defying US President Donald Trump's threat of an unprecedented escalation in force.
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[2026-03-01 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was ordering the “complete and immediate cancellation” of all Department of War attendants at universities like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, starting with the 2026-27 academic year.
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[2026-03-01 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The mutual resentments that have fueled tensions between the US and Iran have simmered for nearly half a century
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[2026-03-01 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 20:49 UTC+10:00] [Qatar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic efforts have failed to secure a truce between Pakistan and the Taliban, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged in efforts to halt the fighting
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[2026-03-01 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has carried out a large-scale attack on US bases across the Gulf Arab states and the Israeli army’s headquarters, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday morning. The retaliatory strikes come after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials, including the IRGC chief, were killed in the US-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-03-01 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: AFP correspondents and residents in Riyadh heard loud explosions in the east of the Saudi capital on Sunday, as Iran presses on with a second day of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
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[2026-03-01 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Sunday assured the public that the ongoing tension in the Middle East had “no credible direct threat” to the Philippines.
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[2026-03-01 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli strikes on Iran are unlikely to trigger regime change and risk escalating into a wider geopolitical confrontation, former Pentagon security policy analyst Michael Maloof has told RT.
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[2026-03-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Claire Jungman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Various reports indicate that authorities in Tehran have taken control of the vital energy transport route
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[2026-03-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As Parramatta’s skyline continues to push upward, a tug of war has emerged between city planners and developers over the CBD: what should space in the city centre be used for? Will it be a global engine for jobs, or used for high-rise housing?
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[2026-03-01 19:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-01 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US intelligence officials had tracked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for months, learning and understanding his movement until he met with top regime officials inside his fortified compound during the deadly strikes Saturday.
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