Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-23 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s threat against all infrastructure in the region is a “dangerous escalation in rhetoric,” Bahraini analyst Ahmed Alkhuzaie warned The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The agreement offers the Saudis the same options Trump has sworn Iran will never have
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[2026-07-23 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: European Union countries agreed Thursday to a watered-down 21st package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, freezing the Russian crude oil price cap following weeks of intense negotiations.
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[2026-07-23 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the price for Iran’s recent escalation in violence will increase every night until leadership in Tehran “come to their senses,” while speaking with reporters on the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on Thursday.
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[2026-07-23 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Multiple explosions were heard in the Iranian city of Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.
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[2026-07-23 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI — A Saudi vessel was attacked in the Red Sea as Tehran-backed Houthi rebels claimed to strike tankers in the waterway, Riyadh's state media said Thursday, signaling a potential new front in the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-07-23 18:24 UTC+10:00] [easyJet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Budget airline, which has two US investment firms vying to buy it, also affected by passengers booking later
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[2026-07-23 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, saludan mientras un equipo militar estadounidense carga un féretro de transporte con los restos de la soldado Isabella Gonzales de Carrollton, Texas, el miércoles 22 de julio de 2026, en la Base Aérea de Dover, Delaware.
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[2026-07-23 17:32 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — EU countries reached a deal Thursday on a sweeping 21st sanctions package against Russia.
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[2026-07-23 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-23 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International carriers are extending flight suspensions across parts of the Middle East amid escalating tension in the region.
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[2026-07-23 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As the World Cup was unfolding, Israel was continuing its uninterrupted murder and land theft across occupied Palestine and Lebanon, having also triggered the megalomaniacal US President Donald Trump to join its war on Iran.
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[2026-07-23 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Central Command said the attacks were designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters,” as the Americans push to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz and restore the flow of international shipping.
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[2026-07-23 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 4:52pm
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[2026-07-23 16:49 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran-backed Houthi militants said on Thursday they had struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, threatening to create a second choke point on global oil supplies alongside Iran’s near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-23 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Tehran-backed Houthis have claimed attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening to open up a new front in the Middle East conflict as the U.S. completed its 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran.
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[2026-07-23 16:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-23 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: DRONES. Iranian drones are displayed during a ceremony of the joining new drones to the Iranian Army's combat organisation in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 13, 2025
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[2026-07-23 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iranian-aligned Houthis said they struck two Saudi oil tankers as part of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, threatening to create a second chokepoint on global oil supplies alongside Iran's near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-23 15:49 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-07-23 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian army has announced that a number of US facilities in Kuwait were targeted by "destructive drones" a few hours ago.
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[2026-07-23 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iranian infrastructure if Tehran attacks commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as the war continues for a 12th consecutive night.
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[2026-07-23 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-07-23 14:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few Republican holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections.
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[2026-07-23 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This report contains distressing descriptions of the deaths of children.
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[2026-07-23 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced attacks targeting US military infrastructure in Kuwait.
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[2026-07-23 14:19 UTC+10:00] [Houthis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attacks by Iranian-aligned Houthis in Red Sea follow Trump threats to destroy more Iranian infrastructure
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[2026-07-23 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state
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[2026-07-23 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attacks on his country will be met with a "powerful and decisive" response.
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[2026-07-23 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a massive defence policy bill on Wednesday, despite Democrats' concerns about its huge price tag, the Iran war and a provision that would boost Pentagon ties to Israel.
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[2026-07-23 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthis said they had struck two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea in the first such attack since the Iran-backed militant group declared a naval blockade of the kingdom.
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[2026-07-23 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US attack on Iran’s Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq killed at least and wounded 11 others on Thursday, state news agency IRNA reported.
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[2026-07-23 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Iranian-backed Houthis say they have closed the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea
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[2026-07-23 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stock indexes barely budged on Wednesday after oil prices climbed another 3% as fighting continues in the war with Iran.
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[2026-07-23 12:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The US military announced Wednesday that it was conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-23 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A slew of United States actions against Brazil, including a range of tariffs and sanctions on local criminal gangs, is playing into Brazilian voter sentiment ahead of the presidential elections in October.
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[2026-07-23 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-23 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-23 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Britain's Foreign Ministry withdrew embassy staff from Iran on Wednesday, following US President Donald Trump threatening to "bomb and destroy" Iranian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-23 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US House of Representatives narrowly passed an annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that would authorize a record $1.15 trillion in funding for the Pentagon, as the divisive Iran war drags on.
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[2026-07-23 10:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the United States will bomb an Iranian bridge or power plant whenever the Islamic Republic fires at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, amid growing concerns over a potential return to full-scale war between the two countries.
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[2026-07-23 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iranian infrastructure in response to any attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, raising fears of a further escalation in the conflict that has already disrupted crude supplies.
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[2026-07-23 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-23 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The militants say the strikes are part of their military blockade on Saudi Arabia
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[2026-07-23 10:03 UTC+10:00] [Jizan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The militants say the strikes are part of their military blockade on Saudi Arabia
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[2026-07-23 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-23 08:57 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US military says it is degrading Tehran’s ability to threaten ships in strait of Hormuz; Houthis say tankers violated their blockade; US signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia
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[2026-07-23 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s decision to end sanctions on some Hong Kong and mainland officials is welcome but maintaining them against others continues to antagonise Beijing
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[2026-07-23 08:45 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington’s decision to end sanctions on some Hong Kong and mainland officials is welcome but maintaining them against others continues to antagonise Beijing
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[2026-07-23 08:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers search for ways to tackle Beijing’s rapid rise in commercial shipbuilding and restore America’s diminished commercial fleet
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