Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Oil prices surged to their highest level since the beginning of the US-Iran war early Thursday before retreating on the strength of fresh reports that President Trump could soon resume attacking the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-30 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-30 20:11 UTC+10:00] [Central banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: FRANKFURT — The eurozone economy eked out another quarter of growth at the start of the year — but the outlook is darkening fast.
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[2026-04-30 20:06 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary to be quizzed by lawmakers on Senate armed services committee after bad-tempered session in House yesterday
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[2026-04-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance is reportedly questioning assessments from the Department of War about the effectiveness of the US military campaign against Iran.
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[2026-04-30 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Clouds cover the sky over the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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[2026-04-30 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: If there is a resolution to the Iran war, travellers are betting on big discounts to lure them back onto planes. And if not, they are booking fully refundable back-up trips on top of existing flights they’ve already purchased.
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[2026-04-30 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Inflation across the euro area has accelerated sharply, driven by surging energy costs linked to the Israeli-US war on Iran, according to fresh data from Eurostat.
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[2026-04-30 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The euro zone economy expanded by a meager 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, preliminary data showed on Thursday, as the Iran war hampers growth in the region and inflation pressures intensify.
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[2026-04-30 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has opened six overland transit routes for goods destined for Iran, formalising a road corridor through its territory as thousands of containers remain stranded at Karachi port because of the United States blockade of Iranian ports and ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-30 18:32 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s statement follows comments by German chancellor that the US was being ‘humiliated’ in conflict
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The war in Iran might as well be over for investors as positive sentiment, strong corporate earnings and the AI boom lift Asian markets
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[2026-04-30 18:30 UTC+10:00] [data centres] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The war in Iran might as well be over for investors as positive sentiment, strong corporate earnings and the AI boom lift Asian markets
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[2026-04-30 18:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Senior officials from the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran returned home after allegedly being subjected to unfair treatment during immigration procedures at an airport in Toronto while traveling to attend the FIFA Congress, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-30 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Did the UAE just trigger a once in a century shift in global energy markets? The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it was quitting OPEC by May 1st after 60 years as a member, dealing a blow to the cartel as the Iran war exposes discord among Gulf nations and Iran.
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[2026-04-30 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El sol sale por detrás de un petrolero fondeado en la costa del estrecho de Ormuz, visto desde la isla de Qeshm, Irán, el 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati, archivo)
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[2026-04-30 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade, said a new government drive to safeguard supplies of essential products was developed to strengthen the UAE's response to challenges caused by Iran's “egregious attacks” on the country.
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[2026-04-30 17:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The price of Brent crude oil rose to $126 on Thursday as US-Iran talks stalled and reports that US President Donald Trump may extend the blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-30 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. is considering reducing the number of troops it has stationed in Germany, President Donald Trump said Thursday, amid a growing dispute with Berlin over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 17:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ruling keeps Bithumb operating while broader legal challenges to crypto sanctions gather pace
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[2026-04-30 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Two months since the US and Israel launched a joint surprise attack on Iran, negotiations appear deadlocked, as competing blockades of the Strait of Hormuz continue to disrupt global energy supplies, and the future of Iran’s nuclear programme remains unresolved.
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[2026-04-30 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE petrol costs are set to increase in May in line with global oil prices, which remain elevated amid persisting concerns related to the conflict between the US and Iran. However, diesel prices will remain unchanged.
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[2026-04-30 15:32 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
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[2026-04-30 15:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-30 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, UN-backed forecasts warn that almost a quarter of Lebanon's population could face acute hunger, as the conflict continues despite ceasefire efforts.
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[2026-04-30 15:21 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US president has been difficult to pin down when it comes to the country’s true goals for its intervention in the Middle East. An imminent threat to Israel, regime change, stopping Iran developing nuclear weapons, freedom for Iranians – all of these reasons have been floated without an apparent coherent strategy.
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[2026-04-30 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati, File)
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[2026-04-30 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Thursday as investors digest the latest reports on the Iran war and await more earnings and central bank decisions.
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[2026-04-30 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks at Managing Global Imbalances: Policy Priorities forum during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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[2026-04-30 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HONG KONG (AP) — El precio del crudo Brent se disparó por encima de los 125 dólares por barril a primera hora del jueves, luego de que el estancamiento de las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos e Irán incrementara las dudas de que se reabra el estrecho de Ormuz y la guerra llegue a su fin.
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[2026-04-30 14:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An Iranian football federation delegation, including a former member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, will not attend Thursday's Fifa Congress in Vancouver, citing their treatment by Canadian immigration.
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[2026-04-30 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A gas price is displayed as a customer holds a fuel pump nozzle before filling up her vehicle’s gas tank at a gas station, in Lincolnshire, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
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[2026-04-30 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: JAL and ANA aircraft park at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2023. Jet fuel prices are rising faster than expected for Japan's big airlines. (Photo by Takaki Kashiwabara)
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[2026-04-30 14:08 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Countries respond to massive economic pain with accelerating demand for Chinese PV products but will they maintain the pace?
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[2026-04-30 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Oil prices soared more than 6 percent on worries about prolonged supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and fears of a lengthy US siege of Iranian ports, settling at their highest levels in weeks.
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[2026-04-30 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oil prices jumped on Thursday in Asia 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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[2026-04-30 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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[2026-04-30 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil rose to its highest price in four years, on Thursday, topping $120 a barrel as the US increased pressure on Iran.
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[2026-04-30 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tugboats push a crude oil tanker into position at a pier handling oil imports in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
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[2026-04-30 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-30 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he could withdraw some American troops stationed in Germany amid a public spat with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
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[2026-04-30 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military is reportedly considering sending its long-range hypersonic missile to the Middle East — to possibly take out ballistic-missile launchers embedded in Iran.
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[2026-04-30 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The United States has become the largest exporter of naphtha to South Korea following the outbreak of the Iran conflict, the industry ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 12:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil markets spooked as Donald Trump appears willing to maintain the US Navy blockade and Iran keeps strait of Hormuz all but shut
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[2026-04-30 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile launchers deep inside the country Bloomberg reports.
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[2026-04-30 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US is considering reducing the number of its troops in Germany, amid a row with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Page Six has reported that Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson have seemed in a hurry to get hitched.
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[2026-04-30 12:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced less intense attacks in this year's US-Israeli war, the UN nuclear agency's leader told The Associated Press.
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