Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Department of State said it has imposed sanctions on multiple entities, an individual and a vessel involved in the trade of Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical products.
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[2026-05-02 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe.
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[2026-05-02 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The small group of Islamist regime loyalists now ruling Iran by committee may be able to fool the world with AI-generated propaganda videos, paper statements attributed to an invisible ayatollah and ChatGPT-scripted posts on X, but they can’t escape the reality of an American naval blockade pushing their economy off the cliff.
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[2026-05-02 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Fars News Agency reported that 14 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed and two others injured when unexploded ordnance detonated in Zanjan Province in northwestern Iran.
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[2026-05-02 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Put us down as skeptical that Operation Economic Fury is going to finally force Iran’s leaders to get real about permanently ending their nuclear programs — and worried about what message the prolonged suspension of US-Israeli assaults is sending not only to Tehran and other adversaries, but to our allies and to the American public.
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[2026-05-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anwar’s government has tilted to the right in recent years in a move to win the support of Malay voters, analysts say
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[2026-05-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anwar’s government has tilted to the right in recent years in a move to win the support of Malay voters, analysts say
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[2026-05-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's latest comments indicated the deadlock over the two-month-old war is likely to persist. Source: Getty / NurPhoto
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[2026-05-02 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-02 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A tale of two gas stations drives home a point: It’s Sacramento policy –– and not the Iran war –– that make fuel costs so onerous in California.
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[2026-05-02 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan-based Thunder Tiger Group displays a drone during a media tour in Taichung in April. Taiwan is pursuing an asymmetric defense strategy in which unmanned vehicles would play a key role. © Reuters
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[2026-05-02 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Iran remains open to diplomacy with the United States if Washington changes what he described as its “expansionist approach” and “threatening rhetoric”.
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[2026-05-02 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran “wants to make a deal” but added he is “not satisfied” with the latest proposal submitted via Pakistan.
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[2026-05-02 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: De izquierda a derecha, los astronautas Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch y Jeremy Hansen, integrantes de la misión Artemis II de la NASA, hacen sonar una campana ceremonial durante su visita al piso de remates de la Bolsa de Valores, el viernes 1 de mayo de 2026, en Nueva York.
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[2026-05-02 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has warned several European countries, including the UK, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia, to expect delays in deliveries of American-made weapons because the war with Iran has depleted stockpiles, the Financial Times reported late on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-02 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has warned several European countries, including the UK, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia, to expect delays in deliveries of American-made weapons because the war with Iran has depleted stockpiles, the Financial Times reported late on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-02 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has said that it will pull 5,000 troops out of Germany amid ongoing tensions with the key European ally concerning the US war against Iran, according to media reports.
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[2026-05-02 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump declared that a ceasefire had "terminated" hostilities against Iran, as he sought to bolster his argument that he does not need lawmakers' permission to continue the conflict.
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[2026-05-02 08:31 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-02 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US will withdraw 5,000 troops from Nato ally Germany, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe.
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[2026-05-02 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US Department of Defence plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, amid a spat between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-02 07:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-02 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Defense Blog's Dylan Malyasov reports that U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Airmen tested a counter-drone interceptor in Arizona, designed as a low-cost solution against one-way attack drones, such as Iran's Shahed drone.
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[2026-05-02 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Gianni Infantino says there will be no problem with Iran attending the World Cup. (Getty Images: FIFA/Rich Lam)
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[2026-05-02 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Curbs tied to Iran and a fragile ceasefire cast a shadow over the leaders’ planned Beijing summit as tensions between the powers mount
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[2026-05-02 07:25 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Curbs tied to Iran and a fragile ceasefire cast a shadow over the leaders’ planned Beijing summit as tensions between the powers mount
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[2026-05-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-02 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has already been “terminated,” and the Trump administration believes it does not need an extension from Congress to continue the fighting, the Associated Press has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-05-02 06:06 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-02 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At her studio in Iran’s capital, Amen Khademi prepared a fashion shoot for a jacket she designed with Persian-inspired motifs. But even as she applied lipstick to the model, she was distracted, worrying if her business would survive after four months without its main link to customers — the internet.
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[2026-05-02 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info, remarks in para 19By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-02 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A retired top US general Friday said Iran’s leaders “certainly don’t care” what happens to their people — so President Trump should stop trying to negotiate and resume bombing the Middle Eastern country.
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[2026-05-02 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to 10 billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, according to the boss of one of the world’s biggest fertiliser producers.
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[2026-05-02 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States (US) Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed that the Iran War has so far cost the US taxpayers a staggering US$ 25 billion, on top of the US annual defence budget of US$ 900 billion. This is expected to balloon to US$ 1.5 trillion next year, which is more than double the combined defence expenditure of the next two countries on the list – China and Russia, which itself is engaged in a war.
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[2026-05-02 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has told Congress that US hostilities with Iran have "terminated" owing to an ongoing ceasefire as he argued that he did not need lawmakers' authorisation for the conflict.
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[2026-05-02 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-02 05:12 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-02 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
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[2026-05-02 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
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[2026-05-02 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been stranded since the US blockade began two weeks ago. (Reuters)
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Anwar Gargash, the powerful diplomatic adviser to the UAE's president said this week that tensions with Iran had reached a "watershed moment" for Gulf security. (Reuters: Hamad I Mohammed)
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[2026-05-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-02 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has said that he is “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the war which has killed thousands and triggered a global energy crisis.
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[2026-05-02 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: China’s ambassador to the UN said on Friday that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was "wreaking havoc" on global oil markets and the wider economy, as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows.
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de la FIFA Gianni Infantino durante el Congreso de la FIFA, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026, en Vancouver. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press vía AP)
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+, ending nearly six decades in the oil producers’ cartel. The move removes the alliance’s third-largest producer just one day before members were set to meet in Vienna, and it comes as the war between Iran and the US-Israeli coalition enters its ninth week.
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[2026-05-02 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The halls of power in Washington DC have rarely echoed with such full-throated, uncompromising support for the State of Israel. From the Oval Office to the high-ranking echelons of the Pentagon, the Trump administration has framed the US-Israel partnership not merely as a strategic necessity but as the cornerstone of American foreign policy.
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[2026-05-02 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – La prominente activista iraní de derechos humanos Narges Mohammadi asiste a una reunión sobre derechos de las mujeres en Teherán, Irán, el 27 de agosto de 2007. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, Archivo)
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[2026-05-02 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran told Saudi Arabia and Oman that it planned to “heavily target” the UAE in response to the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, in an apparent move to drive a wedge between Abu Dhabi and its Gulf neighbours, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
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