Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-01 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suffered 200 casualties in Iranian retaliatory strikes on bases across the Middle East, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.
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[2026-03-01 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Syria and the UAE all announced at least partial closures of their skies
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[2026-03-01 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US military bases in several Gulf states were targeted by Iranian missiles on Saturday, following Tehran’s vow to retaliate in the wake of American and Israeli strikes.
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[2026-03-01 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The assault, which Washington says was needed to counter nuclear threats, has split world opinion and prompted Iranian missile retaliation
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[2026-03-01 01:44 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the military escalation in the Middle East, following US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's subsequent retaliation against American bases in the region.
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[2026-03-01 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the world wakes up to this news and sits at the receiving end of multiple propaganda outlets trying to spin the news in one way or another, here are the four militant factors at work with the fate of more than 90 million human beings at stake.
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[2026-03-01 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China's ministry of foreign affairs on Saturday expressed deep concerns over the US and Israel's military strikes against Iran, urging an immediate ceasefire.
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[2026-03-01 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-01 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Defence Minister, Amir Nasirzadeh, and Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammed Pakpour, are believed to have been killed in Israeli air attacks, Reuters reported citing two sources familiar with Israel’s military operations and one regional official.
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[2026-03-01 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Saturday, as President Donald Trump announced that the United States had launched a major attack on Iran, the Israeli military declared that the joint US-Israeli attack had targeted "dozens of military targets" in Iran.
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[2026-03-01 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sudden escalation in military operations has left many in the Middle East on edge
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[2026-03-01 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The outbreak of conflict between Israel and the United States against Iran, triggered by joint US-Israeli strikes across Iran, has drawn frantic calls for calm across the globe.
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[2026-03-01 00:48 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Caspar San Giorgio to appear in court after defacing London statue with slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’
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[2026-03-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Behrouz Farahani, a political analyst and opponent of the Islamic Republic living in exile in France, condemned the US and Israeli military attack on Iran. He said the war would only bring destruction to Iran and more suffering for its people, and he called for an immediate ceasefire.
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[2026-03-01 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on Saturday denounced the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran, suggesting Washington was duped into war by the Israelis, as a deal was within reach.
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[2026-03-01 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-01 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is deterrence fatigue: escalation thresholds weakened by repeated testing and retaliation. The risk is not only war but systemic strain
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[2026-03-01 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-03-01 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British opposition parties have urged the Labour government to join the US and Israeli attack on Iran after it emerged that British bases were not used in the initial strikes.
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[2026-03-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Mexico] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the border
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[2026-03-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pricey arms packages are already facing legislative pushback. Now critics say they may be addressing the wrong threat
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[2026-02-28 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said his country refused to be dragged into regional war.
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[2026-02-28 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-28 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British opposition parties have urged the Labour government to join the US and Israeli attack on Iran after it emerged that British bases were not used in the initial strikes.
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[2026-02-28 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in a Friday announcement that a local ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia is in effect around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to urgently allow crews to restore the facility's backup power supply.
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[2026-02-28 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four people have been killed and several others wounded after an Iranian missile struck a building in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Saturday, the state news agency Sana said.
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[2026-02-28 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an armed Kurdish-Iranian group, has told MEE it seeks to turn the current conflict into an opportunity.
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[2026-02-28 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The pattern of US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation signals a more "expansive and escalatory" conflict compared to the 12 day war last June, according to Iran analyst Hamidreza Azizi.
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[2026-02-28 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The death toll from an air strike on a girls’ school in Iran has risen to 40, according to Mehr News Agency.
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[2026-02-28 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Businesses are vying for a refund, with nearly $175bn on the line, but customers are unlikely to benefit from reversal
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[2026-02-28 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Footage on social media shows an intercepted Iranian missile over Jordan falling on a house in the Marj Al-Hamam area of Amman.
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[2026-02-28 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Africa's president announced earlier this month that he will deploy the army to high-crime areas to fight the scourge of organized crime, gang violence and illegal mining.
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[2026-02-28 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israelis rushed to shelters, car parks, and underground stations after the military launched sweeping strikes against Iran.
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[2026-02-28 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian missile attack on Saturday caused "significant damage" to the runway of a Kuwait air base hosting Italian air force personnel, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted by the ANSA news agency as saying.
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[2026-02-28 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-28 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: SriLankan Airlines has announced the immediate cancellation of several key flights to and from the Middle East today, citing the closure of regional airspace due to escalating military tensions.
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[2026-02-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
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[2026-02-28 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has targeted United States assets across the Gulf Arab states in retaliation for a huge joint attack on Iran by the US and Israel, as the region’s worst fears of being ignited in the flames of a sustained war loom.
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[2026-02-28 22:15 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) has officially announced the temporary suspension of all flights from Sri Lanka to the Middle East, effective immediately. The decision comes in response to the rapidly deteriorating military situation in the Middle Eastern region.
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