[2026-02-28 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Israel and US attack Iran, sparking retaliatory strikes. Here's what we know

Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/what-we-know-about-the-israel-us-iran-strikes/106400988

[2026-02-28 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Important Notice from SriLankan Airlines on Middle East Operations

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.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2026/02/28/breaking-news/959478/important-notice-from-srilankan-airlines-on-middle-east-operations/

[2026-02-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Russian Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'

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.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-iran-us-israel-578a5791e81493edd09951898ae6f712

[2026-02-28 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Multiple Gulf Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation

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.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/multiple-gulf-arab-states-that-host-us-assets-targeted-in-iran-retaliation

[2026-02-28 22:15 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Sri Lanka suspends all Middle East flights amid regional conflict

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.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2026/02/28/local/959471/sri-lanka-suspends-all-middle-east-flights-amid-regional-conflict/

[2026-02-28 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: What military assets does the US have in the Middle East?Before Saturday’s strikes on Iran, Donald Trump ordered a huge military presence in the region, including warships crewed by thousands.

Snippet: Before Saturday’s strikes on Iran, Donald Trump ordered a huge military presence in the region, including warships crewed by thousands

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3344980/what-military-assets-does-us-have-middle-east

[2026-02-28 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: World warns against Mideast war as US, Israel strike Iran

Snippet: PARIS, France (AFP) -- Countries in the Middle East and around the world voiced fear of a regional conflagration after the United States and Israel carried out long-feared strikes on Iran on Saturday.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684557

[2026-02-28 21:46 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this | Simon Tisdall

Snippet: We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/28/donald-trump-bombs-iran-war-middle-east

[2026-02-28 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Defense chief orders inspection of dispatched troops' safety following US strikes in Iran

Snippet: Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Saturday ordered an "immediate" inspection of the safety of South Korean troops dispatched overseas, following reports of US-Israel strikes against Iran, his office said.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684553

[2026-02-28 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: UAE says it has ‘full right to respond' to Iran missile attack

Snippet: The defence ministry of the United Arab Emirates on Saturday said that the country reserves ‘full right’ to respond after Abu Dhabi was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uae-says-it-has-full-right-respond-iran-missile-attack

[2026-02-28 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Opinion: How Trump was dragged into war

Snippet: There is a chilling but uncanny resemblance in the way that US President Donald Trump is preparing to attack Iran, and the way that Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to invade Ukraine.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opiion-how-trump-was-dragged-war

[2026-02-28 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Video: Trump calls for Iranians to take over regime amid strikes

Snippet: Shortly after joint US-Israel strikes on Tehran, President Donald Trump announced the US military started “major combat operations” against Iran and encouraged the “great, proud people of Iran” to take over the regime.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-trump-calls-iranians-take-over-regime-amid-strikes

[2026-02-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Why won’t Chile let China’s military hospital ship give medical aid?The vessel has sailed into Valparaiso’s waters as the geopolitical winds shift in the western hemisphere.

Snippet: The vessel has sailed into Valparaiso’s waters as the geopolitical winds shift in the western hemisphere

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3344972/why-wont-chile-let-chinas-silk-road-ark-military-hospital-ship-give-medical-aid

[2026-02-28 21:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Airlines suspend Middle East flights after US, Israel strikes on Iran

Snippet: DUBAI, (Reuters) -- Global airlines suspended flights across the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, ‌plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684546

[2026-02-28 20:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Iranian regime is 'without legitimacy', says Albanese after US strikes

Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has claimed Iran's regime is "without legitimacy", as the USA and Israel launch military action and strikes against the country.In a statement released hours after the strikes began, ordered by US PresidentDonald Trump, Albanese slammed the "brutal acts of violence and intimidation" the regime uses, including targeted attacks in Australia.Albanese said he supported the United States "acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security,"

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/usa-israel-attack-iran-anthony-alabanese-statement-australia/8994873d-8665-41cf-ad9e-b63836ba6fde

[2026-02-28 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: How Iranians coped in the lead-up to war

Snippet: On a snowy winter evening, almost two weeks into a nationwide internet shutdown that had cut millions of Iranians off from one another, I made my way through heavy traffic in Tehran, feeling worn down and quietly dispirited, to attend a dinner gathering organised through an app called Hamneshin, Persian for “companion”.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-iranians-coped-lead-up-war

[2026-02-28 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Seoul reviews Iran contingency measures, prioritizes safety of nationals

Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684534

[2026-02-28 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Iran launches retaliatory strike on Israel

Snippet: The Iranian military has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel after the Jewish state and the US attacked the Islamic Republic, although the extent of the damage remains unclear.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/633176-iran-retaliatory-strike-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-02-28 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon to use tech in ‘classified network’

Snippet: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company has reached a deal with the United States Department of Defense after its previous contractor Anthropic voiced ethical concerns about the military’s use of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/openai-strikes-deal-with-pentagon-to-use-tech-in-classified-network

[2026-02-28 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Watch: US launches 'major combat operations' against Iran — Trump

Snippet: US President Donald Trump announces that 'major combat' is underway in Iran. 'The United States' military began major combat operations in Iran,' Trump says in a video message posted on his social media site while he spent the weekend at his Florida golf club. 'Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.'

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/02/28/videos/watch-us-launches-major-combat-operations-against-iran-trump/2290384

[2026-02-28 19:57 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]

Source: 9News

Title: Trump went from 'not happy' to bombing Iran in hours - here's why

Snippet: Just hours ago, US President Donald Trump appeared to indicate he was keen to continue talks between the US and Iran.Now, missiles are raining down on multiple Iranian cities as the US and Israeli militaries coordinate attacks, and Trump has called for the Iranian people to "take over" their government.There are decades of tension and conflict between Tehran and Washington that have led to this point, but the temperature has boiled over in recent months.LIVE UPDATES: US launches 'major combat

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-strikes-israel-usa-following-nuclear-talks-how-it-reached-this-point/f2628aa6-b240-4dc7-8cf2-94ec6addbe6e

[2026-02-28 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Iran says missiles fired at Israel as more explosions reported in Tehran

Snippet: Iran's IRGC says the first wave of missile and drone attacks has been launched against Israel in response to attacks on Iran, Tasnim news agency has reported.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-missiles-fired-israel-more-explosions-reported-tehran

[2026-02-28 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Sweden confirms Russian drone intercepted near French aircraft carrier

Snippet: Sweden’s military has confirmed that a drone disabled near a visiting French aircraft carrier this week was Russian, prompting France to condemn what it described as a “ridiculous provocation” by Moscow.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/sweden-confirms-russian-drone-intercepted-near-french-aircraft-carrier

[2026-02-28 19:43 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: What we know so far about ‘massive and ongoing’ attack on Iran

Snippet: Israel and the US attacked Iran in a joint military strike on Saturday, killing the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and attacking targets in Tehran and other major cities.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/what-we-know-so-far-about-massive-and-ongoing-attack-on-iran-20260228-p5o6br.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-02-28 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Trump announces major attack vs Iran, says ‘hour of freedom’ has come

Snippet: WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a major attack against Iran, vowing to "annihilate" its navy and missile sites and telling Iranians their "hour of freedom" had come from the Islamic republic.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/02/28/news/trump-announces-major-attack-vs-iran-says-hour-of-freedom-has-come/2290383

[2026-02-28 19:22 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Senior military leader slams inner workings of ADF

Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/senior-military-leader-slams-inner-workings-of-adf-20260228-p5o6bx.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-02-28 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli army says missiles launched from Iran heading towards Israel

Snippet: The Israeli army on Saturday said that missiles launched from Iran were heading towards Israel, prompting sirens in several areas of the country.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-says-missiles-launched-iran-heading-towards-israel

[2026-02-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Managed escalation’: Pakistan-Taliban stand-off enters dangerous new phaseWith positions entrenched, mediation efforts by regional powers are unlikely to deliver a swift breakthrough, observers say.

Snippet: With positions entrenched, mediation efforts by regional powers are unlikely to deliver a swift breakthrough, observers say

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3344965/pakistan-taliban-showdown-risks-becoming-protracted-war-attrition

[2026-02-28 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: ‘Dangerous venture’: World reacts to US-Israel attack on Iran

Snippet: Israel and the US conducted joint strikes on Iran on Saturday that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered retaliation from Tehran, plunging the Middle East into renewed conflict.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/633168-world-reacts-us-israel-attack-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-02-28 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: LIVE: Israel and US attacking Iran with blasts reported in Tehran

Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/israel-us-attacking-iran-live-updates-blasts-in-tehran/106222024

[2026-02-28 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Pakistan says it killed more than 300 Afghan forces

Snippet: People carry the coffin of an army soldier, killed in the cross-border clashes of Pakistan and Afghan forces, for his funeral prayer at a village in Lakki Marwat, a district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/G.A. Marwat)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-border-clashes-air-strikes-b24a3f12e630e8dd30f8a4841f2c4198

[2026-02-28 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Duran

Title: Striking Iran and selling an unpopular war to America

Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Read full article: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-duran/episodes/Striking-Iran-and-selling-an-unpopular-war-to-America-e3fnqtp

[2026-02-28 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates

Snippet: Israel’s military sounded air raid sirens across the country ‘to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel’ in retaliation

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/feb/28/israel-attacks-iran-as-blasts-heard-in-tehran-live-updates

[2026-02-28 17:54 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]

Source: 9News

Title: Israel says it's attacked Iran, declares a state of emergency

Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.

Read full article: https://www.9news.com.au/world/israels-defence-minister-says-his-country-has-attacked-iran-and-declares-a-state-of-emergency/cf1d7de7-7078-4232-9219-920759c85f2b

[2026-02-28 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Pakistan says ‘no dialogue’ with Afghanistan as attacks persist

Snippet: International calls for mediation are growing as Pakistan and Afghanistan engage in cross-border fighting for a third day, in the most serious flare-up in violence between the neighbours in months that Pakistan says has brought them into “open war”.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/pakistan-says-no-dialogue-with-afghanistan-as-attacks-persist

[2026-02-28 17:40 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Israel launches attack on Iran as explosions heard in Tehran

Snippet: Blasts heard in Tehran as Israel declares state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile strikes

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/israel-launches-attack-on-iran-as-explosions-heard-in-tehran

[2026-02-28 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Israel launches pre-emptive strikes against Iran, local media reports

Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/iran-israel-explosion-tehran/106400716

[2026-02-28 17:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Israel says it has launched attack on Iran

Snippet: Israel has launched an attack on Iran, with the country’s defence minister declaring a state of emergency across the country.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-has-launched-attack-on-iran-20260228-p5o6b9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-02-28 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Israel launches attack on Iran, explosions in downtown Tehran

Snippet: Explosions have been heard in downtown Tehran, as Israel announced it had launched a missile attack on the country.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/explosions-in-downtown-tehran-smoke-seen-rising

[2026-02-28 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Bolivian military plane carrying banknotes crashes near capital, killing 20

Snippet: At least 20 people have been killed and more than 30 injured after a Bolivian Air Force Hercules transport plane, carrying a cargo of newly printed banknotes, crashed onto a busy highway while attempting to land in bad weather near the capital, La Paz.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/bolivian-military-plane-carrying-banknotes-crashes-near-capital-killing-20

[2026-02-28 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: World Israel army says striking Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon on Saturday. "In response to Hezbollahs repeated violations of the ceasefire understa

Snippet: JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel's military said it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon on Saturday. "In response to Hezbollahs repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings, the IDF is striking Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army posted on Telegram, using its official acronym. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire in November 2024 after a year of war, but Israel has continued regular strikes, saying it is enforcing ceasefire provisions against the group rearming.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684483

[2026-02-28 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: After North Korea party congress, Kim gifts rifles to officials, daughter

Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented new sniper rifles to top government and military officials following a weeklong governing party congress lauding his leadership.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/after-north-korea-party-congress-kim-gifts-rifles-to-officials-daughter

[2026-02-28 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: N. Korea releases rare photo of leader's daughter firing rifle

Snippet: North Korea on Saturday released a rare solo photo of leader Kim Jong-un's daughter Ju-ae taking aim at a target with a sniper rifle, after she took center stage with her father at a key military parade.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10684481

[2026-02-28 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Israel attacks southern Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation

Snippet: Israeli air strikes have targeted Blat and Wadi Barghouti in several strikes in southern Lebanon’s Iqlim al-Tuffah region, in the latest violation of a truce reached in November 2024 between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/israel-attacks-southern-lebanon-in-latest-near-daily-ceasefire-violation

[2026-02-28 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: F-35 trainer arrest exposes China’s hunt for US airpower secrets

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2026/02/f-35-trainer-arrest-exposes-chinas-hunt-for-us-airpower-secrets/

[2026-02-28 16:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Age

Title: Trump has six options that will decide the future of Iran

Snippet: For someone so instinctively non-interventionist, Donald Trump has developed a taste for military action – particularly when the battle is short and decisive.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/trump-has-six-options-that-will-decide-the-future-of-iran-20260228-p5o6ar.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-02-28 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,465

Snippet: Here is where things stand on Saturday, February 28:

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1465

[2026-02-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Ramadan brings a season of grief for many Gaza families

Snippet: Surrounded by piles of concrete slabs, twisted metals, and debris, Saddam al-Yazji sat with his wife and daughter ready to break a dawn-to-sunset fast as part of the holy month of Ramadan. But the iftar felt rather empty for the trio as they mourned the loss of dozens of family members killed in the Israel-Hamas war.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-israel-hamas-ramadan-16b327f3300eccb218dd6340bbb9410a

[2026-02-28 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: China's Biological Weapons Labs In America

Snippet: Authored by Gordon Change via The Gatestone Institute,

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinas-biological-weapons-labs-america

[2026-02-28 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Why South Africa will send troops into the streets to fight violent crime

Snippet: South African Defense Forces patrol downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-army-deployment-gang-violence-39d86380a72efcd6755a4e500e0f56f9