Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-09 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The US military has struck two empty Iranian-flagged oil tankers, US Central Command says, adding that a third Iranian-flagged vessel had been disabled on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-09 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Conservative: Israelis a Literary ‘Crime’?
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[2026-05-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Yesterday when discussing China's unexpected flip-flopping on its decision to order local banks to ignore the latest US sanctions on Chinese, followed days later by a demand that they pause loans to sanctions refiners, we highlighted something remarkable: in the aftermath of the Strait of Hormuz blockade, which throttled the transit of ~10% of global oil and sent physical prices soaring to record highs (especially for Dubai crude), resulting in a windfall for European refiners thanks to soaring gasoline premiums...
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[2026-05-09 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman carries a girl on a bicycle in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-05-09 07:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, has compared control of the Strait of Hormuz to the power of a nuclear weapon, highlighting the waterway’s global significance.
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[2026-05-09 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A $5 price tag at gasoline pumps is looking like more of a possibility, according to JPMorgan analysts.
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[2026-05-09 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Geopolitical risks and the oil shock from the Iran war were cited as the two biggest concerns facing the US financial system, according to a new Federal Reserve report.
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[2026-05-09 07:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-05-09 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Oil is oozing through the ocean near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos released Friday, raising questions about the state of Iran’s central energy production hub located there.
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[2026-05-09 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: An LNG tanker docks at Futtsu, Japan, in February. A tanker that recently passed through the Strait of Hormuz is due to land at the port city. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
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[2026-05-09 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An apparent large oil spill spanning dozens of square miles of sea has been spotted off of Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island, according to open source satellite imagery and reporting in both the NY Times and Reuters on Friday.
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[2026-05-09 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Even before the war in Iran, Qatari media outlets faced a structural dilemma: how to consistently cover events with a pro-Islamist bias while simultaneously maintaining a facade of balanced and credible journalism.
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[2026-05-09 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Six months before his assassination in Tehran, Hamas political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh explained the goals of the Oct. 7 attack in a dramatically clear manner.
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[2026-05-09 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The United States expects Iran to respond to its proposals to end hostilities on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, noting that Tehran's "fractured" and "dysfunctional" system might impede its decision-making.
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[2026-05-09 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Toyota expects a sharp decline in profit as rising material and shipping costs tied to the Iran conflict pressure its business, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-05-09 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Pentagon said the U.S. military launched “self-defense strikes” on Iranian targets on Thursday after “unprovoked” attacks from the Islamic republic on U.S. Navy vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-09 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Despite Trump's disdain for his allies, the significant damage to US bases and military assets in the Middle East that are increasingly being reported means his military's physical options now seem more constrained. (Reuters: Eduardo Munoz)
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[2026-05-09 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran will continue to pursue “friendly relations” with other countries based on mutual respect, while rejecting what he described as colonial practices.
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[2026-05-09 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US attacks on Iranian oil tankers were a “violation of the ceasefire and American terrorism,” said an Iranian military source, according to a report by semi-official Tasnim News.
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[2026-05-09 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-09 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rubio says Washington is awaiting Iran’s response to a new US proposal to end the conflict in the region
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[2026-05-09 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rubio says Washington is awaiting Iran’s response to a new US proposal to end the conflict in the region
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[2026-05-09 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday raised questions about allies' lack of support for the United States' military efforts to address Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-09 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Opinion editor Sulaiman Hakemy explains how six land routes between Pakistani ports and Iran bypass America's blockade
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[2026-05-09 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Secondary school students wave the Kuwaiti flag as they gather in the grounds of the Fajr al-Sabah School to attend in-person classes in Kuwait City on May 3, 2026. High school students resumed in-person classes after a suspension of more than two months following military strikes launched by the US and Israel against Iran that killed its supreme leader, triggering a war that spread across the Middle East and prompting the Kuwaiti Education Ministry to implement remote learning for students.
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[2026-05-09 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-09 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: I have travelled to the UAE countless times, in various capacities – privately, as Austria’s foreign minister and later as my country’s chancellor. In recent years, I have spent about one week per month here, even establishing an office in Abu Dhabi. In many ways, it has become a second home.
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[2026-05-09 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
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[2026-05-09 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A suspected oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers of sea near Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island has been seen on satellite imagery this week.
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[2026-05-09 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington joined Israel’s war against Iran despite intelligence assessments that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump’s former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, has said.
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[2026-05-09 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington joined Israel’s war against Iran despite intelligence assessments that the Islamic Republic was not developing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump’s former counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, has said.
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[2026-05-09 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, has condemned recent US military action against Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, warning against what he described as escalating behaviour.
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[2026-05-09 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has pushed back against US actions, saying Tehran will not yield under pressure as tensions continue to mount.
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[2026-05-09 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Small and midsize Japanese manufacturers face a grim earnings outlook. (Photo by Kotaro Igarashi)
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[2026-05-09 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FIRST, we got hit by a double whammy of Covid-19 and Pharmally. Second, we reel from the spillover ravages of the Iran war after waking up to find flood control grafters had robbed us of our taxes. Both pairs of calamities sank the economy to new lows that left everyone worse off, especially the poor.
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[2026-05-09 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DIESEL prices will go down, while gasoline prices could rise next week, mostly due to the global market reacting to a possible ceasefire between the US and Iran, local oil industry sources said on Friday.
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[2026-05-09 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian women walk past American artist Roy Lichtenstein’s “Brattata” as they visit an exhibition called: “Art & war” displaying some artworks of American pop artists at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-05-09 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact.
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[2026-05-09 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Un buscador de empleo espera para hablar con un reclutador en una feria de empleo, el 28 de agosto de 2025, en Sunrise, Florida. (AP Foto/Marta Lavandier, Archivo)
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[2026-05-09 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US forces disabled two Iranian-flagged oil tankers attempting to violate the US blockade by firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday.
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[2026-05-09 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Three Iranian oil tankers have bypassed what US President Donald Trump has called a naval “wall of steel” in the Strait of Hormuz and reached Iranian ports through Pakistani waters over the past two days, Tehran’s IRNA state news agency reported on Friday, citing maritime tracking data.
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[2026-05-09 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Three Iranian oil tankers have bypassed what US President Donald Trump has called a naval “wall of steel” in the Strait of Hormuz and reached Iranian ports through Pakistani waters over the past two days, Tehran’s IRNA state news agency reported on Friday, citing maritime tracking data.
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[2026-05-09 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kamala Harris needed her mouth washed out with soap after delivering a profane assessment of the war in Iran during an appearance in Las Vegas Thursday.
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[2026-05-09 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was expecting a response from Iran on Friday to US proposals for a deal to end the conflict.
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[2026-05-09 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military said it struck two Iran-flagged unladen oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, preventing the vessels from entering an Iranian port in violation of a U.S. naval blockade.
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[2026-05-09 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of opting for a "reckless military adventure" every time a "diplomatic solution is on the table".
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[2026-05-08 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. says Asean calls for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East, stressing that peace remains the bloc’s central appeal amid ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. Speaking at the press conference during the 48th Asean Summit in Cebu on May 8, 2026, Marcos said Asean foreign ministers had issued a statement urging all parties to cease hostilities, step back from escalation, and pursue dialogue for a lasting resolution.
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[2026-05-08 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military launched a new series of airstrikes Friday, targeting a group of empty tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that were trying to barrel through the blockade of Iranian ports, according to Fox News.
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[2026-05-08 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome, as tensions grow between Italy and Washington over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-08 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese shipping giants are signing long contracts and rejigging their networks, as they hedge against prolonged disruptions to global trade routes
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