Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “The president has got himself and America stuck in the quagmire of another war in the Middle East.” — Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Wednesday
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[2026-05-01 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON – President Trump is tightening the noose on Iran and summoned his top military commander to signal to Tehran that it’s time to make a deal.
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[2026-05-01 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has been in a very public spat and back-and-forth with Congressional Democrats over the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request, as well as over Iran war strategy and mounting costs.
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[2026-05-01 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-01 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed that Iran will play its originally scheduled World Cup matches this summer in the United States.
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[2026-05-01 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went to rhetorical war Thursday with Democrats during a combative Senate hearing, where he fielded tough questions about his military purge, concerns about insider trading, the conflict in Iran, and more.
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[2026-05-01 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: FIFA President Gianni Infantino opened his address at Thursday’s FIFA Congress by affirming that Iran will participate in the World Cup and that the team will play in the United States despite the conflict between the two nations.
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[2026-05-01 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The average price of one gallon (3.8 litres) of gasoline in the United States has reached $4.30, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), up from less than $3 before the February 28 start of the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s air defence, which sounded over some areas of Tehran on Thursday, was reportedly engaging small drones and surveillance UAVs, according to the Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-05-01 07:26 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Mojtaba Khamenei's father, former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes on 28 February. Source: Getty / Majid Saeedi
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[2026-05-01 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Iraq or Lebanon. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the travel ban late on Thursday "in light of current regional developments".
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[2026-05-01 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Cain have faced public questioning for the second day, this time in front of the Senate Armed Forces Committee.
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[2026-05-01 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should focus on resolving the Ukraine conflict and deal with problems at home instead of questioning Washington’s strategy in the war against Iran, US President Donald Trump has said.
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[2026-05-01 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner, File)
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[2026-05-01 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Central Command has requested that long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles be deployed to the Middle East, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Central Command has requested that long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles be deployed to the Middle East, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Top congressional lawmakers shrugged off the supposed Friday deadline to reauthorize the war in Iran, given that it’ll be 60 days since Operation Epic Fury began.
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[2026-05-01 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq due to regional developments, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FRONT ROYAL, Virginia — King Charles III was treated to a big helping of Americana on Thursday, the final day of a state visit aimed at healing ties between Britain and the United States strained by the war in Iran.
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[2026-05-01 06:16 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage this Friday, May 1.
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[2026-05-01 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing fighting in Congo’s South Kivu province arrive in Cibitoke, Kansega, Burundi, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Berthier Mugiraneza, File)
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[2026-05-01 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian foreign ministry has condemned Israel for raiding and detaining activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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[2026-05-01 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luciano V. replaces the fuel nozzel after filling the tank of their 1999 Mazda Miata at an Astro gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fifa President Gianni Infantino on Thursday told the world football body's congress that Iran would take part in the World Cup this summer, despite the war between Tehran and the US.
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[2026-05-01 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fifa President Gianni Infantino on Thursday told the world football body's congress that Iran would take part in the World Cup this summer, despite the war between Tehran and the US.
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[2026-05-01 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is set to receive a briefing on a proposal for a new series of “short and powerful” military strikes targeting Iran’s infrastructure, according to a recent report.
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[2026-05-01 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Speaking from the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran “wants to make a deal” but responded that he “doesn’t know” if the US will restart the war following their ceasefire deal.
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[2026-05-01 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices jumped to their highest since 2022 after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have reportedly been dissatisfied with the way Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has conducted diplomacy and negotiations and are calling for his dismissal, Iran International reported on Thursday, citing two informed sources.
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[2026-05-01 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fans of the Vancouver Whitecaps MLS soccer team rally to keep the team in Vancouver, Thursday, April 30, 2026, outside the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-05-01 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: People walk near a billboard featuring an image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (Reuters: Majid Asgaripour/WANA)
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[2026-05-01 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices whipsawed and surged toward their highest levels since the war with Iran began, only for the leaps to quickly vanish. The US stock market, meanwhile, is rising following strong profit reports from big companies like Alphabet.
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[2026-05-01 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated that he approved of the decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) amid the fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 04:37 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in Iran
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[2026-05-01 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The $25b that the US has already spent on the war in Iran could have paid for the entirety of the UN’s humanitarian plan for 2026 to provide life-saving assistance to 87 million people, its head of humanitarian operations told AFP on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [Fifa] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran’s participation in doubt following US/Israel attacks
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[2026-05-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Younes Hamami Lalehzar, a leader of Iran's Jewish community, pledged allegiance to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to footage circulating on social media.
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[2026-05-01 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta del Banco Central Europeo, Christine Lagarde, durante una rueda de prensa tras una reunión del consejo del BCE en Fráncfort, Alemania, el jueves 30 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Michael Probst)
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[2026-05-01 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “an extension of military operations” and called the “continuation of this oppressive approach... intolerable”.
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[2026-05-01 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Intelligence estimates suggest Iran could run out of storage capacity for the oil it is producing within 15 to 60 days, according to two Western intelligence sources who spoke to The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-05-01 03:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los precios de la gasolina exhibidos en una gasolinera en Portland, Oregon, el 29 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has since the war's start and prior assassinations of top leaders including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei become the most visible figurehead representing the Islamic Republic to the world, has continued trolling the United States even as President Trump is renewing fresh military strikes amid an uneasy extended ceasefire and ongoing US naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-05-01 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Central Command (Centcom) has requested to deploy the military’s secretive Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran as a way to hit targets deep inside the Islamic Republic while remaining beyond the reach of its air defences, according to a report by Bloomberg on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s severely injured supreme leader remained defiant on Thursday as he vowed to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities — warning that America’s only place in the Gulf was “at the bottom of its waters.”
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[2026-05-01 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amid the ongoing conflict in Iran and surging fuel costs, your vacation could increase in price even after you’ve paid or be canceled outright.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US inflation accelerated in March as the Iran war raised gasoline prices, bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates unchanged well into next year.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that it was “possible” that his country “may soon have to act again” against Iran to eradicate the “threat” it poses to Israel.
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