Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump says the United States will continue its naval blockade of Iran until a nuclear deal is reached with Tehran.
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[2026-04-30 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 30, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-30 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president says the Russian leader offered help with the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, and they discussed a ceasefire with Kyiv
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[2026-04-30 04:53 UTC+10:00] [Moscow] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president says the Russian leader offered help with the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, and they discussed a ceasefire with Kyiv
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[2026-04-30 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday told Axios that Iran will remain under a naval blockade until the Islamic regime agrees to a deal that addresses US concerns about its nuclear program.
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[2026-04-30 04:43 UTC+10:00] [Trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-30 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-30 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amin Rahimi, Iran’s justice minister, said all state institutions are aligned behind the Supreme National Security Council on decisions related to war and negotiations.
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[2026-04-30 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the third consecutive time in what might be its last rate decision under Chair Jerome Powell, as concerns have risen over the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran on oil prices and inflation.
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[2026-04-30 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday as rising oil prices due to the Iran war added to growing concerns over the inflation outlook.
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[2026-04-30 03:53 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — As airlines ground planes and officials urge citizens to cut back on their commutes, Europe’s effort to prevent shortages caused by the Iran war is running into an unexpected hitch: Nobody knows how much fuel the continent actually has.
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[2026-04-30 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the Kuwaiti-American journalist who recently spent weeks in jail over sharing images related to the US-Israeli war on Iran, has had his Kuwaiti citizenship revoked.
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[2026-04-30 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid reports that Vice President JD Vance is very seriously questioning the White House's Iran War narrative along with the Pentagon's rosy and overly positive updates on how things are going, over in Congress there's growing alarm as Trump's Operation Epic Fury is set to hit the 60-day mark on Friday.
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[2026-04-30 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Narges Mohammadi denied medical leave from prison in spite of sharp decline in health and drastic weight loss, say lawyers
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[2026-04-30 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday described North Korea's menacing nuclear program as "the lesson" to learn, as he defended the U.S. military operation against Iran, which a Pentagon official said has cost an estimated US$25 billion.
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[2026-04-30 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disclosure to Congress comes as the defence chief faces mounting Democratic criticism over spending priorities and strategy
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[2026-04-30 03:14 UTC+10:00] [Adam Smith] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disclosure to Congress comes as the defence chief faces mounting Democratic criticism over spending priorities and strategy
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[2026-04-30 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president spoke to oil executives about extending his naval blockade, amid reports that he had rejected Iran’s Hormuz proposal
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[2026-04-30 02:59 UTC+10:00] [Iranian rial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president spoke to oil executives about extending his naval blockade, amid reports that he had rejected Iran’s Hormuz proposal
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[2026-04-30 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has instructed his aides to prepare for an extension of America’s naval blockade of Iran to squeeze Tehran’s already struggling economy, officials said.
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[2026-04-30 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Energy prices are anticipated to surge 24% in 2026, the largest jump since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as a result of the Iran conflict, the World Bank predicted in the latest Commodity Markets Outlook published on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-30 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-30 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was stored at Isfahan during US and Israeli strikes in June 2025 and is believed to still be there.
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[2026-04-30 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran was “choking like a stuffed pig” due to the US blockade of the Islamic Republic’s ports, which he indicated would remain until Tehran agreed to give up its pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-30 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices were up by 7 per cent on Wednesday, with Brent approaching $120 a barrel on supply concerns amid the standoff between the US and Iran.
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[2026-04-30 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to ‘get smart soon’ and sign a deal, following days of deadlock in efforts to end their war and a media report saying the US would extend its blockade of Iran’s ports.
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[2026-04-30 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Rumor has it that last year, United States President Donald Trump delayed his so-called Liberation Day tariff announcement by a day, to April 2, because he didn’t want his unconstitutional trade “emergency” to come across as an April Fools’ Day hoax. This year, Trump defied the calendar with an address to the nation on April 1, touting yet another unconstitutional act — a war with Iran conducted without congressional approval.
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[2026-04-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI — Two months into a war with the United States and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
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[2026-04-30 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran’s national currency has plunged to new lows as authorities mobilise to dampen the impact of the naval blockade enforced by the United States.
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[2026-04-30 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sixty days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, peace talks are stalled and the world is bracing for yet more economic pain. RT asks how we got here, and who – if anyone – is really winning in the Persian Gulf?
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[2026-04-30 01:27 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The figure is the most specific price tag the administration has provided on the U.S. military conflict.
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[2026-04-30 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States could extend its naval blockade of Iran for months more, oil executives were told in a meeting with President Donald Trump, a White House official said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US war on Iran has cost $25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of war costs.
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of the most crucial issues hovering over the recent Israel-US-Iran war and the future of the standoff between these countries has little to do with them, but rather with another major power: China.
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[2026-04-30 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-30 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced lawmakers for the first time since the war on Iran began, defending the administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion defence budget.
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[2026-04-30 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unloaded a preemptive attack on congressional critics of the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the surface, the streets of Tehran appear to have returned to normal. Cafés are open, and traffic jams in the capital have resumed their usual pace. However, beneath this routine lies a nation on the brink of financial collapse, one that even the most brutal crackdowns may not contain.
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[2026-04-30 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. is intensifying pressure on Iran and China across two fronts.
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[2026-04-30 00:04 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Germany will borrow like never before over the next four years — and may have to raise yet more money to cope with the strains of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “irresponsible war” in Iran, center-left Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has warned of “potentially catastrophic” threats to the Gulf’s marine environment, and called on governments to condemn Iran’s attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-30 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A boom in battery installations across Australia is outstripping the most optimistic industry forecasts, smoothing out volatile electricity price swings and making the grid more resilient to the threat of global shocks as the Iran war pushes up the cost of energy in other countries.
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[2026-04-29 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Thanks to the war in Iran, JetBlue Airlines is passing the cost along to us - announcing during Q1 earnings on Tuesday that while the airline had strong revenue performance, prices are going up due to rising fuel costs.
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[2026-04-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State proxy hacktivism, like Iran’s Handala group, was on the rise in 2025, with strong indications that in 2026, there will be attacks focused on damaging actual infrastructure rather than only hacking official state websites, a new report by KELA Group warned on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has ordered a plan to prolong the blockade of Iranian ports in a bid to pressure Tehran towards a more favorable peace deal, despite his approval rating hitting record lows, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-04-29 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Democrats in Congress are discussing a potential lawsuit against US President Donald Trump over the war on Iran, Time Magazine has reported, citing multiple sources.
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[2026-04-29 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Defensa estadounidense Pete Hegseth y el jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Dan Caine en conferencia de prensa en el Pentágono en Washington, el 16 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-04-29 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran to "get smart soon," as peace talks remained at an impasse amid growing concerns over the economic fallout of the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-29 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People ride in a shared taxi in front of a sign opposing the U.S. blockade on Cuba, in Havana, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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