Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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
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[2026-03-08 02:43 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Royal Navy readying HMS Prince of Wales so it can be quickly deployed if decision made to mobilise it to region
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[2026-03-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Korea Central News Agency] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Donald Trump’s targeting of Tehran will push Pyongyang to feel ‘vindicated’ in developing nuclear weapons for its own security, analysts say
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[2026-03-08 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday said political loyalty in the military must be ensured and called for resolutely pushing forward the fight against corruption as a military purge widened.
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[2026-03-08 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has said it destroyed sixteen aircraft belonging to the IRGC's Quds Force in overnight strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-08 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the US-Israel war on Iran began last week and Gaza’s crossings were shut, panic spread through the densely populated enclave, raising fears of a famine returning.
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[2026-03-08 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)
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[2026-03-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A father and his daughter have been killed in an Israeli drone attack in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as Palestinians continue to suffer amid worldwide attention on the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President underlines his strict ideological line to the PLA’s diminished delegation to the NPC
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[2026-03-08 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A serviceman controls an FPV drone of “General Cherry” company at the polygon in Ukraine, on Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
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[2026-03-08 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises after an Iranian drone attack in the port area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
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[2026-03-08 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VATINCAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV named a new ambassador to the United States on Saturday, amid diplomatic tensions over the Trump administration's war on Iran and its hardline migration policy.
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[2026-03-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Authorities have issued a series of warnings promising use of force against anyone in the country engaging in actions perceived to harm national security and aid “enemies”, as war with the United States and Israel enters its second week.
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[2026-03-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US crime] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran
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[2026-03-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In South Africa, femicide rates are thought to be five times higher than the global average. With many women victims of violence, some are now taking their security into their own hands through martial arts and self-defence classes.
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[2026-03-07 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Content Warning: This video contains disturbing violent footage.
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[2026-03-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This combination of images provided by the U.S. Army taken on May 16, 2025 shows, from left, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn., Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Lakeland, Fla., and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb.
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[2026-03-07 23:28 UTC+10:00] [ExxonMobil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City’s automobile association says fuel cost increases not warranted as petrol currently on sale is from stockpile before conflict erupted in Middle East
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[2026-03-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: For many veterans of post-9/11 wars, the strikes on Iran bring troubling echoes of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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[2026-03-07 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has issued a forced displacement order for some residents in the coastal city of Tyre in Lebanon.
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[2026-03-07 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said late Friday, as the United States and Israel continued to escalate their attacks against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed government agencies to remain vigilant and proactive in addressing the possible effects of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, warning that complacency could put the country at a disadvantage.
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[2026-03-07 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers have landed at the Royal Air Force Fairford base in Gloucestershire, southern England, as the Pentagon prepares for a new "surge" in strikes against Iran.
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[2026-03-07 22:26 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-03-07 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Long queues of cars and motorbikes form at gas stations in Pakistan's Lahore amid concerns over disruption caused by the Middle East war. The government has raised consumer prices for diesel and petrol by about 20 percent, citing higher global oil prices.
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[2026-03-07 22:12 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Masoud Pezeshkian issues rare apology to neighbouring Gulf states for Iranian strikes as war enters eighth day
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[2026-03-07 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new frontier in asymmetric warfare
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[2026-03-07 21:53 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Source says officers have increased patrols at the consulates as precaution since the outbreak of US-Israeli war against Iran
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[2026-03-07 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) navy has launched a drone attack on the al-Dhafra airbase in the UAE, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has exposed deep flaws in the West’s sense of self, as European leaders claim to stand on the right side of history all while demonstrating a patently obsequious approach to Washington.
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[2026-03-07 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel attacked Iran last Saturday, citing the need to curb the alleged threat posed by the Islamic Republic and the need to topple its government.
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[2026-03-07 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Congolese armed forces made an unexpected discovery this week: buried in a mining site in Noro, a secret weapons stash was unearthed that could belong to Thomas Lubanga's militia.
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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: Air Force Falcons (3-27, 0-19 MWC) at Nevada Wolf Pack (19-11, 11-8 MWC)
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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 19:55 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 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will implement a four-day work week for personnel assigned to its main building in Pasig City starting Monday as part of energy conservation measures amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the agency announced Saturday.
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