Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-30 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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[2026-07-30 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International carriers are extending flight suspensions across parts of the Middle East amid strikes and drone attacks in the region.
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[2026-07-30 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The New York Times published an extraordinary investigation this month, asserting that Israel’s Mossad spent years cultivating former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset, with the aim of installing him as leader of a post-Islamic-Republic Iran.
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[2026-07-30 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is worsening food insecurity in a country already battling with one of the world's largest humanitarian crises, the head of the U.N. food agency said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-30 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The latest strikes in Iraq and Egypt threatened to draw more Middle Eastern countries into the conflict, after the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen last week declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-07-30 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Shell's profits for the second quarter of the year have more than doubled after the Iran war pushed up oil prices.
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[2026-07-30 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington yesterday stood out primarily for what it lacked: a joint press statement and a photo op alongside US President Donald Trump. These images are particularly crucial for Netanyahu ahead of the elections in Israel, but their absence also reflects the growing sensitivity in the White House toward Israeli attempts to influence its policy on Iran.
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[2026-07-30 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The explosion of a US tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta on Wednesday was the result of an Iranian drone attack, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two Iranians who requested anonymity.
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[2026-07-30 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The latest statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that countries who aid the US will be met with consequences.
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[2026-07-30 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit, benefitting from the jump in oil and gas prices amid the sprawling Middle East conflict.
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[2026-07-30 15:54 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian motorists are facing the prospect of another surge in petrol and diesel prices, with Ampol warning the expanding conflict in the Middle East is driving up global oil and refined fuel costs just as the Albanese government’s 16¢-a-litre excise relief is due to end.
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[2026-07-30 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-30 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US strike on a residential house in Qeshm, located in Iran's Hormozgan, killed three members of a family and injured two others.
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[2026-07-30 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic Republic’s far-right political party has long suspected that Iran’s top officials have “surrendered” to the United States by signing the Memorandum of Understanding.
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[2026-07-30 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: EL CAIRO, Egipto (AP) — Las defensas antiaéreas de Jordania derribaron cinco misiles lanzados desde Irán la mañana del jueves, afirmó el portavoz de las fuerzas armadas del país, según la agencia estatal de noticias Petra, horas después de que el ejército de Estados Unidos dijera que había completado “una intensa oleada de ataques contra Irán”, en represalia a un ataque previo con misiles iraníes contra una base de Estados Unidos en Jordania.
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[2026-07-30 15:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The stop-start fighting between the US and Iran appears to have entered a new phase as Saudi Arabia has publicly joined military escalations against Tehran-backed proxies. At the same time, an already untenable diplomatic effort to end the war has faltered once again as mistrust deepens between the longtime adversaries.
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[2026-07-30 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)
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[2026-07-30 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: BYD cars are displayed at the Bangkok International Motor Show in Thailand on March 23. Sales of EVs in Southeast Asia jumped 62% on the year between March and June, led by Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, according to the International Energy Agency. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-07-30 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Statistics show that there is a divide in Asia between economies reaping the full benefit of tech export growth and those that cannot fully offset the negative impact of high energy prices. (Source photos by Yuki Nakao and Reuters)
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[2026-07-30 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has launched a “heavy wave of strikes against Iran”, following Iranian missile attacks on US forces a day earlier.
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[2026-07-30 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 30 Jul 2026 at 1:52pm
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[2026-07-30 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Buying on the dip supported shares in Japan and South Korea on July 30 after the main Tokyo and Seoul indexes fell sharply over the past few days. © Reuters
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[2026-07-30 13:11 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-30 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In mixed signals to Beijing, the US leader blasts Fauci-led pandemic response for ‘protecting China’ and warns Xi over arms for Iran
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[2026-07-30 13:09 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In mixed signals to Beijing, the US leader blasts Fauci-led pandemic response for ‘protecting China’ and warns Xi over arms for Iran
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[2026-07-30 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israelis head to the polls on October 27 for the first election since the October 7 massacre in 2023. Voters will pass judgment on the failures that led to that day, the conduct of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and the ongoing confrontation with Iran.
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[2026-07-30 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-30 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BAGHDAD, Iraq — The US military launched retaliatory strikes Wednesday on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attack on American forces in Jordan. The barrage came after the US partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed militias in neighboring Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers.
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[2026-07-30 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Command claimed attacks on dozens of targets in Iran, including military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites, and maritime capabilities.
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[2026-07-30 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Further blasts were heard in parts of the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz, in Khuzestan province.
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[2026-07-30 12:19 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: A woman walks near a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump on a building in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026.
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[2026-07-30 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that US President Donald Trump is in full control of the war with Iran after disclosing that the two leaders discussed options to resolve the conflict in their recent meeting in Washington, ABC News reported on Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq has appealed for closer transport and logistics co-operation with the UAE and other Gulf states, arguing that deeper economic integration can help build “lasting and sustainable peace” in a region grappling with the fallout of the Iran war.
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[2026-07-30 11:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HAVANA — Nearly three-quarters of Cuba's hotels have been shuttered and the island's tourism sector has been brought to "almost total paralysis" by US sanctions and fuel shortages, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the US would hit Iran "very hard" after an attack on the US military in Jordan.
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[2026-07-30 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US military says it has begun launching strikes against Iran in retaliation for an attempted surprise attack on American forces in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-30 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has launched a “powerful” bombing raid against Iran after President Donald Trump warned that it was “our turn to hit them,” following Tehran’s ballistic missile attack on American forces in Jordan the previous night.
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[2026-07-30 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. Wednesday stateside, retaliating against Iranian missile attacks on American forces in the region, raising the specter of escalating conflict after a brief pause.
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[2026-07-30 10:35 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US announces attacks early on Thursday, as experts say strikes carried out by both sides in previous day increase risk of return to all-out war
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[2026-07-30 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Here we go again... after months ago President Trump urgently pushed for an international naval alliance to 'open' the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war, which was met with at the time with a collective cold shoulder from European allies, the Saudis are newly pitching the same to open up the Bab al Mandab Strait.
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[2026-07-30 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the Iran war with the leaders of the Evangelical community, who he met on Wednesday during his trip to Washington.
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[2026-07-30 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iraq’s National Security Council has condemned Wednesday’s Saudi-US strikes against the Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), which killed at least 20 members of the Iraqi paramilitary group.
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[2026-07-30 08:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit Iran “very hard” after Tehran launched ballistic missiles at American forces in Jordan and a drone reportedly struck a US-owned liquefied natural gas storage vessel at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta.
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[2026-07-30 08:21 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump said the U.S. would strike back at Iran after a recent attack that targeted a military base in Jordan, as the war in the Middle East flared up again following a pause in hostilities.
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[2026-07-30 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command (CENTCOM) has highlighted the extensive military assets being used to enforce the American blockade of Iranian ports, illustrating the scale of Washington’s effort to isolate Iran while maintaining freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-30 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The tensions between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq entered a new phase this week after joint US-Saudi airstrikes targeted Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) facilities across Iraq.
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[2026-07-30 07:33 UTC+10:00] [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Already serving a 25-year state prison sentence for the attack, Matar now faces a potential life sentence for the federal conviction
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[2026-07-30 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump has repeatedly said that China's President Xi Jinping has directly assured him that Beijing will not supply Iran with weaponry or military support.
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[2026-07-30 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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