Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Hegseth interrupted several times as he seeks additional Iran war funding
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[2026-07-22 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US war against Iran will cost at least $37.5 billion, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. It was an increase of $7.5 billion on the last public estimate.
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[2026-07-22 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is seeking to diversify its export channels as geopolitical tensions destabilise maritime trade hubs
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[2026-07-22 07:28 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, under questioning from lawmakers, said on Tuesday that the Defense Department’s latest estimate of the cost of the Iran war was $37.5 billion.
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[2026-07-22 07:26 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-22 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has put the latest official price tag on the US-Israel war on Iran at $37.5bn.
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[2026-07-22 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Newly sworn-in British Prime Minister Andy Burnham approved the use of British bases for attacks by the United States against Iran, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-22 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Fordo (Iran)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threat to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site known as Pickaxe Mountain, telling reporters that the United States would strike that area “pretty soon, and very heavily.”
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[2026-07-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 06:42 UTC+10:00] [Der Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: President Donald Trump appeared to blame US partner Jordan for the deaths of at least two American troops when an Iranian missile hit a Jordanian air base last week, while saying an attack on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site was imminent.
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Middle East Eye's editor-in-chief David Hearst argues in his latest column that both Israel and the US are "stuck in a doom loop of their own making" in the war that they have waged on Iran.
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Emergency Services
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There are concerns global energy supplies could be crippled and oil prices spike even further after Yemen's Houthi rebels opened up a new front in the US-Israeli war on Iran by vowing to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-07-22 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes on their ninth day and the Russia-Ukraine war grinding on in Eastern Europe, US inventories of certain air-delivered munitions are being depleted. This has made the rapid procurement of lower-cost missiles and bombs a top priority for the Trump administration.
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[2026-07-22 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that it has targeted a tactical radar complex near the Ali al-Salem base and another radar system on Bubiyan Island in Kuwait, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-07-22 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US-Iran tensions escalate as attacks hit Bahrain and Kuwait, raising wider war fears
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[2026-07-22 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J.
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[2026-07-22 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort
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[2026-07-22 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Like a slow-motion car crash, the US-Israeli attacks on Iran are morphing into a third Gulf war.
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[2026-07-22 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli officials believe US President Donald Trump is preparing to significantly escalate the American military campaign against Iran, according to two Israeli officials.
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[2026-07-22 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq's new government hopes it could serve as a mediator between the US and Iran, as it seeks to strike balanced relations between the two countries, an advisor to the Prime Minister has said.
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[2026-07-22 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore called on US President Donald Trump on Monday to publicly distance himself from recent statements by Vice President JD Vance concerning Israel, Iran, and alleged Israeli influence in American politics.
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[2026-07-22 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack a site linked to Iran's nuclear program known as Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep underground near one of Tehran's main nuclear sites.
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A group of drones flying alongside an Apache attack helicopter could provide another major layer of defence to Gulf states attacked by Iran.
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[2026-07-22 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, July 21 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States would 'take care of' the Iran-backed Houthi militia if it presses ahead with a blockade in the Red Sea, as concerns grew that if the waterway is blocked, it could further strain global energy supplies.
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[2026-07-22 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the Pentagon Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
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[2026-07-22 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Each trip to the supermarket brings an unpleasant surprise for Leyla, a pensioner who lives in western Tehran.
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[2026-07-22 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian army said on Tuesday that it had shot down a one-way attack drone flying over the northwest of the country, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-07-22 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: French Foreign Ministry officials summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires on Tuesday, two days after it said French embassy staff were briefly detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran.
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[2026-07-22 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-22 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday in a call to his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot that the conduct of two French diplomats in Tehran was “unconventional”, “unprofessional” and “unacceptable”.
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[2026-07-22 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two unusual media appearances involving Saudi Arabia and Israel have revived questions about whether the countries are cautiously reopening channels as Iranian attacks place growing pressure on Gulf security.
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[2026-07-22 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On March 26, the IDF said that naval intelligence had assisted with assassinating Iranian Naval Chief Alireza Tangsiri in the port city of Bandar Abbas, with eliminating key Iranian naval cruise missile production sites, and Iranian sites related to submarines and other underwater threats.
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[2026-07-22 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the US will be hitting the area where Iran’s nuclear centrifuges are rumoured to be “very heavily” in the near future, without clarifying when.
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[2026-07-22 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-22 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Having initially been tipped for the role of chancellor, former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been appointed foreign secretary by Andy Burnham, the UK's new prime minister.
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[2026-07-22 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FOR a brief period of time, there was hope that a tentative easing of tensions in the Persian Gulf would lead in the direction of the end of the global energy crisis caused by the Israeli-US war against Iran. In the past week, however, that hope has unraveled in the face of a volatile, multi-front disruption to the global energy supply network and the broader economy that might be even more severe than what initially followed the outbreak of war
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[2026-07-22 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN - Iran targeted US radar and air defense installations in the Gulf on Tuesday, warning Washington of “more decisive and powerful” attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saudi ports by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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[2026-07-22 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-22 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Speaking to reporters in the White House on Tuesday, Trump claimed that the Iranians “want to meet desperately to try and end [the war] because they’re getting decimated”, adding that “until they’re ready to meet in a meaningful way, we have no interest”.
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[2026-07-22 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi was in the United States last week, where he met with US President Donald Trump, members of Congress, businesspeople, along with other officials, seeking a new partnership with the US while portraying himself as a new young leader who could bring Iraq into the future and not allow the country to fall back to the failures of the past.
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[2026-07-22 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Having initially been tipped for the role of chancellor, former Labour leader Ed Miliband has been appointed foreign secretary by Andy Burnham, the UK's new prime minister.
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[2026-07-22 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures are trading in the low $90s as the Gulf area escalation enters a tenth consecutive day. Iran attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, while two tankers carrying Saudi crude reversed course in the southern Red Sea after warnings from Iran-backed Houthi forces placed another critical maritime chokepoint under threat.
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[2026-07-22 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In a July 13 interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, US President Donald Trump said, "We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ready," while in another breath said, "We see no activity there."
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[2026-07-22 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting on Tuesday with Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni in which he called for restraint from all warring sides amid escalating regional tensions in the US war on Iran.
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[2026-07-22 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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