Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-01 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Loud explosions have been heard in central Israel following what Israeli media describe as a fresh missile barrage from Iran.
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[2026-03-01 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s Interior Ministry says falling missile fragments injured eight people, one of them seriously following Iranian strikes on the country.
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[2026-03-01 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Newspapers hang on display for sale in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.” (AP Photo/Jon Orbach)
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[2026-03-01 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Mark Butler scored 21 points as Lafayette beat Army 83-77 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.
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[2026-03-01 07:23 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: As European leaders raced to respond to the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, the crisis exposed fault lines inside Europe — and across the Atlantic.
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[2026-03-01 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions hit Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Saturday as the UAE was one of several Gulf states sucked into the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
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[2026-03-01 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 07:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: The Australian government has issued a slew of travel advisory updates for a number of Middle East countries overnight in the wake of the US-Israel operation in Iran and retaliatory strikes on US military bases.The ongoing risk of further reprisal attacks prompted a flood of warnings from the government's Smartraveller platform, which warned against travel to key regions in the Middle East.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade advises Australians not to travel to: Qatar, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, the United
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[2026-03-01 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has defended the US strikes on Iran, saying Israel acted to neutralise what he claimed was as an existential threat.
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[2026-03-01 07:06 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Regime could try to retain control of streets as US and Israel have expressed no intention of mounting ground invasion
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[2026-03-01 07:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran strikes are attempt to hijack the global narrative and drown out Epstein and tariffs with the thunder of cruise missiles
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[2026-03-01 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Poland’s leadership said Saturday it had prior awareness of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, in contrast to France, which said it was neither informed of nor involved in the operation.
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[2026-03-01 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launch a military operation against Iran on February 28, 2026, global attention turns to the Middle East, where the stakes could not be higher. Analysts and experts from Russia are weighing in, offering a wide range of perspectives on the strategic calculations, potential consequences, and risks of escalation.
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[2026-03-01 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran unleashed a furious missile and drone assault across the Arabian Gulf on Saturday in response to a surprise US-Israeli attack, but one city in particular appeared to bear the brunt of it: Dubai.
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[2026-03-01 06:40 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Democrats are demanding an immediate vote in the US Congress over military action launched by Donald Trump against Iran, accusing the president of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.
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[2026-03-01 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Norway has urged its citizens to avoid travel to several countries across the Middle East following the Israeli-US war on Iran. The foreign ministry advised against travelling to Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq. Authorities said the guidance reflects the deteriorating security situation and heightened risk across the region.
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[2026-03-01 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranians are being directly addressed by leaders inside and outside the country after the United States and Israel launched attacks across Iran, prompting Tehran to respond with a wave of ongoing missile and drone attacks across the region.
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[2026-03-01 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was stranded in Dubai on Saturday after flight suspensions followed US and Israeli strikes on Iran, a source close to the ministry said, Reuters reported.
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[2026-03-01 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A young child holds a toy gun while the men around him wield high-powered assault rifles. (ABC News: Marian Faa)
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[2026-03-01 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump's military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a deeper Middle East conflict.
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[2026-03-01 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued his first statement since launching the war on Iran. “This fateful operation will continue as long as necessary - patience is needed. This war will bring about true peace,” Netanyahu claimed on Saturday evening. He also appeared to reference reports of an attempt on the life of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-01 06:06 UTC+10:00] [Dubai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region
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[2026-03-01 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ragip Soylu, Turkey bureau chief for Middle East Eye, assesses Ankara’s position on the ongoing Israeli-US war on Iran: Turkey did everything it could to stop the US attack on Iran, but it failed. Ankara stopped short of directly condemning Washington in order to preserve the rapport between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-01 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Capitol is photographed Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-03-01 05:49 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-01 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged all sides to show restraint after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iran, followed by Tehran’s retaliatory missile attacks. Ramaphosa expressed “deep concern” over the rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East, warning of broader consequences beyond the region. “These developments pose a serious threat to regional and international peace and security, with far-reaching humanitarian, diplomatic and economic consequences,” the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa said in a
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[2026-03-01 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran unleashed a furious missile and drone assault across the Arabian Gulf on Saturday in response to a surprise US-Israeli attack, but one city in particular appeared to bear the brunt of it: Dubai.
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[2026-03-01 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two people were killed on Saturday in air strikes on an Iraqi military base housing the powerful pro-Iran group Kataeb Hezbollah, which has threatened the US with a response.
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[2026-03-01 05:28 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive
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[2026-03-01 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it deployed around 200 fighter jets in a sweeping attacks across Iran, striking roughly 500 sites, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
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[2026-03-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Israel have launched a major attack in order to lay waste to much of Iran’s military as well as deny it the ability to build a nuclear weapon, according to US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-01 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir invoked biblical language widely considered as genocidal in comments posted on X about the war on Iran. “Blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget!” said Ben Gvir, using the same biblical reference Israeli politicians cited at the outset of the Gaza genocide.
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[2026-03-01 04:33 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another attempt at Middle Eastern regime change
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[2026-03-01 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-01 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Explosions hit Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Saturday as the UAE was one of several Gulf states sucked into the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
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[2026-03-01 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the first hours of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, opponents of the war and critics of the Islamic Republic from across the political spectrum quickly made their divergent voices heard on Farsi social media.
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[2026-03-01 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Republicans largely welcomed strikes launched Saturday by US forces and ally Israel against Iran but prominent Democrats condemned what they called an illegal aggression.
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[2026-03-01 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli emergency services say they have treated 89 people for minor injuries since Israel launched its war on Iran on Saturday morning, according to Haaretz.
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[2026-03-01 04:06 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CEO Sam Altman claims military will not use AI product for autonomous killing systems or mass surveillance
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[2026-03-01 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fuel importers have been warned they could be breaching Australian sanctions law by importing Russian-origin oil processed in third countries, as the federal government comes under pressure to crack down on the revenue streams funding Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
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[2026-03-01 03:55 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Members of Congress swiftly denounced the president’s military action against the Islamic Republic alongside Israel
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[2026-03-01 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba has released photographs of the numerous weapons, ammunition, and tactical gear confiscated from the gunmen who recently attempted what it has called an “armed infiltration for terrorist purposes” off the island nation’s coast.
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[2026-03-01 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baqai has told Al Jazeera Arabic that Tehran views the latest US and Israeli strikes as "a declaration of war" rather than a "limited operation.”
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[2026-03-01 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming strikes by Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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[2026-03-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran considers all US and Israeli bases, facilities, and assets in the region to be "legitimate military objectives," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a letter on Saturday.
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[2026-03-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel on Saturday launched an attack on Iran, with explosions seen across Tehran and in multiple cities across the country. Tehran has responded by launching waves of missiles and drones at Israel and towards several military bases in the Middle East where US forces operate.
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[2026-03-01 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli air and missile strikes across Iran on Saturday have raised renewed questions about the two nations’ alleged breaches of international legal norms.
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[2026-03-01 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Walid Joumblatt, the former Lebanese lawmaker and prominent Druze leader, has said a "a long war with unimaginable consequences" has begun.
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[2026-03-01 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN, Germany — Britain, Germany and France slammed Iran for retaliating to US-Israel strikes Saturday with attacks on countries in the Middle East hosting US military bases.
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