Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm is co-chair of a non-profit that has aggressively pushed for US energy dominance
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[2026-07-16 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran asked the Houthis in Yemen to close the Red Sea gateway Bab al-Mandeb Strait if the US attacks power infrastructure, Reuters reported.
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[2026-07-16 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran launched new attacks on its Gulf neighbours on Thursday despite issuing a call for diplomacy after the US carried out another night of strikes across the country.
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[2026-07-16 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s space program is advancing in its infrastructure development, satellite development, and satellite data and imagery services, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported on Thursday, citing the head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hassan Salarieh.
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[2026-07-16 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran, also known as Qavam Church, and the eviction of the 27 members of the Christian community who lived within its compound must be reversed, UN experts demanded on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei condemned the US attack last night near a children's cancer treatment centre in Ahvaz in southwestern Iran, describing it as "barbaric".
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[2026-07-16 20:47 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President will meet new Republican senator who has taken over the seat following the death of her brother Lindsey Graham
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[2026-07-16 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A majority of Iranian political figures have said a full-scale military conflict between Iran and the US is unlikely, but warned that limited confrontations will possibly continue.
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[2026-07-16 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a US base in Jordan as American strikes continued to hit the country.
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[2026-07-16 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian tech giant VK announced Thursday plans to sell 100% of RuStore, the country’s state-backed app marketplace, to the CEO of the company that develops the platform.
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[2026-07-16 19:34 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Dutch punch above their weight in technology transfers that shaped the modern world. In the 17th century their financial and farming innovations spread to Britain, spurring the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire’s expansion. Peter the Great, a Russian tsar, studied Dutch shipbuilding techniques to build the navy that made Russia a maritime power in the 18th century.
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[2026-07-16 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: India has barred its country's seafarers from working aboard vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz amid growing safety concerns owing to the escalating US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-07-16 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran warned Thursday that it would "crush" key targets in the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to target the country's infrastructure in the coming days are carried out.
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[2026-07-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran12:14 p.m. July 16
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[2026-07-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran5:31 p.m. July 16
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[2026-07-16 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US military has continued strikes against Iran, hitting targets further to the country’s north as well as close to capital Tehran for the first time in the latest round of violence.
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[2026-07-16 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, while Tehran says it retaliated with missile and drone attacks against US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
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[2026-07-16 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
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[2026-07-16 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fighting between the US and Iran is once again disrupting air travel in the Gulf, as airlines adjust their operations amid renewed military action and a ceasefire that now appears to be over.
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[2026-07-16 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US citizen who had been detained by Iran since December 2024 has been released, US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-16 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “In November, when the elections are over, and these talks have reached an impasse yet again, Trump doesn’t have to start bombing Iran again. Most of the high-value targets have been destroyed. There’s little military action that the Iranians can do. They’re not in any kind of nuclear breakout situation.
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[2026-07-16 17:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran reports explosions in several cities including capital while US military says it also hit and disabled tanker in strait of Hormuz
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[2026-07-16 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US and Iran have continued to exchange fire as negotiations stall
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[2026-07-16 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mediator Pakistan on Thursday urged the US and Iran to put an end to the violence and resume talks under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it helped mediate last month.
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[2026-07-16 16:48 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-16 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States imposed sanctions on a network of people supporting the procurement of weapons for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday, according to a press release from the US Treasury Department.
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[2026-07-16 15:42 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia should send military assets to the Gulf to help protect commercial shipping, former prime minister Scott Morrison has urged, as US bombing of Iran intensifies and a crisis redevelops in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-16 15:34 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-07-16 15:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced targeting a C-RAM early warning radar system at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait as well as a gathering of "criminal soldiers of the US terrorist army".
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[2026-07-16 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tres niños juegan en el agua en el estrecho de Ormuz mientras al fondo se alza una columna de humo de una explosión, cerca de Bandar Abbas, Irán, el lunes 13 de julio de 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-16 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-16 14:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Argentina could face disciplinary action from FIFA after its players displayed a political message about the disputed Falkland Islands following their World Cup semifinal victory over England.
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[2026-07-16 14:01 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: No one starts a war expecting it to last forever.
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[2026-07-16 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-07-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Tomorrow, it will be 30 days since a 14-point framework agreement was signed by the US and Iran to try to end the damaging conflict in the Middle East. Looking at the current situation, it would be fair to say that this process has thus far failed to deliver.
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[2026-07-16 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran "wants to settle so badly," adding that he would decide whether or not to take that step.
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[2026-07-16 12:40 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US disables unladen oil tanker using Hellfire missiles in strait of Hormuz amid concerns strikes could spiral into open conflict
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[2026-07-16 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-16 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observers point to the high costs of owning an e-jeepney and a lack of government support in enabling the electric shift
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[2026-07-16 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 11:20am
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[2026-07-16 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday to curb its ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump warned he could widen attacks unless the Islamic republic returned to talks.
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[2026-07-16 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-16 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian air defences are responding to 'hostile threats' over Tehran, the semi-official Mehr News Agency reported.
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[2026-07-16 10:33 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-16 10:24 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-07-16 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump said that the US "appreciates" Iran after it allowed an American who was "wrongfully detained" in 2024 to leave the country.
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[2026-07-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The American citizen had been held since December 2024
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[2026-07-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [us citizen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The American citizen had been held since December 2024
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