Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Command (Centcom) said US forces boarded a commercial vessel, the Blue Star III, during enforcement of the blockade on Iran’s ports, but allowed it to continue its journey after inspection.
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[2026-04-29 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas realizan sus actividades comerciales en los alrededores del tradicional Gran Bazar de Teherán, Irán, el 29 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi/Archivo)
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[2026-04-29 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices rose again as uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States and Iran continued to weigh on markets.
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[2026-04-29 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A tanker ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz headed for China on Monday — the first shipment of natural gas to successfully exit the Persian Gulf since the start of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: America’s favorite gas price app has warned prices are going to continue to go up for Californians as the war in Iran rages on.
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[2026-04-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un bote junto a un buque petrolero anclado en el estrecho de Ormuz, frente a la costa de la isla de Qeshm, Irán, el 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati/Archivo)
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[2026-04-29 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if US President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has become a political liability for the White House, two US officials and a person familiar with the matter said.
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[2026-04-29 08:00 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Michael D. ShearZolan Kanno-Youngs and Max Bearak
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[2026-04-29 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE’s exit from Opec next month is a shot across the bows to Saudi Arabia and a potential offering to US President Donald Trump, in the latest sign the war on Iran is exacerbating old tensions in the Gulf instead of uniting the region.
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[2026-04-29 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level of his current term as concern grows over the cost of living and the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty / Tasos Katopodis
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[2026-04-29 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty
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[2026-04-29 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran's ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way.
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[2026-04-29 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati, File)
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[2026-04-29 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Iran wants international support to toll the Strait of Hormuz, but Gulf nations were siding with the US against the plan Tuesday as they met to coordinate a response to the crisis.
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[2026-04-29 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-29 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mehdi Taremi (derecha) celebra con sus compañeros de Irán tras anotar el segundo gol en un amistoso contra Costa Rica, en Antalya, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-29 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the bipartite US-Israeli attack on Iran began two months ago, US President Donald Trump has made declarations about stealing Iranian oil: "If it were up to me, I'd take the oil, I'd keep the oil, it would bring plenty of money." Failing that, he has threatened to destroy Iran's oil infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side’s second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)
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[2026-04-29 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-29 06:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 06:00 | News
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[2026-04-29 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany’s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor’s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The 60-day mark of the United States and Israel’s war with Iran represents a fork in the road for US lawmakers: will they assert their authority – either in support or against – the conflict, or remain silent?
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows no signs of de-escalating.
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[2026-04-29 05:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our coverage of US politics, Donald Trump and the war in Iran on Wednesday, April 29.
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[2026-04-29 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds, thousands in the Iranian-American diaspora are still reeling from the wave of infighting over the war, one that has both painfully and publicly fractured the community.
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[2026-04-29 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Slumping AI stocks and another climb in oil prices because of the Iran war are helping to halt Wall Street’s record-setting rally.
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[2026-04-29 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON —Efforts to end the Middle East war appeared at a standstill on Tuesday, with the US considering Tehran's latest offer to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran saying Washington could no longer dictate terms.
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[2026-04-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 29, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Inflation is set to reach a three-year high as the war against Iran drives up prices on everyday goods, with warnings that the Australian economy could be in the grip of a stagflation slowdown that would drive more than 100,000 people out of work within months.
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[2026-04-29 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: On the 60th day of the Iran war, negotiations between Washington and Tehran remained at an impasse.
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[2026-04-29 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Central Command said forces boarded and later released a commercial ship suspected of heading to Iran after determining it would not dock at an Iranian port.
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[2026-04-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Kingdom has summoned Iran’s ambassador to London over what the government described as the Iranian embassy's "unacceptable and inflammatory" comments on social media.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel grinds on, Ashkan Rostami, an Italian Persian geopolitical analyst focused on Iran, Israel, and regional dynamics in the Middle East, and a member of the Institute for a New Middle East, said one important part of the story was unfolding far from the battlefield.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF on Tuesday announced it has destroyed the largest Hezbollah tunnel city in all of southern Lebanon, a network built with significant aid from Iran.
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[2026-04-29 03:16 UTC+10:00] [BP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben Jennings on BP’s Iran war profits – cartoon
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: After two months of conflict, neither a deadly bombing campaign nor a blockade on Iranian exports has forced Tehran to make the concessions the Trump administration is seeking.
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Komatsu is having a harder time raising prices on construction machinery as competitors are also holding prices steady. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran said on Tuesday that it has the right to take “necessary and proportionate measures” in the Strait of Hormuz and blamed the US for disruptions to shipping through the vital waterway.
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Higher global energy prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have done little to ease the deepening crisis in Russia’s coal industry, with analysts and officials warning the sector remains on track for another year of heavy losses.
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's self-imposed internet blackout has crossed the 60-day mark, with authorities announcing changes that will enable some businesses and academics to have access.
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has "no closer friends" than the British, as he welcomed King Charles III to the White House on a state visit overshadowed by tensions over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-29 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- A Japanese crude oil supertanker may have crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in what would be the first time a refiner-owned vessel has exited the Persian Gulf since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with Iran’s latest proposal on resolving the two-month war in the Middle East, a US official said, dampening hopes for resolution of a conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fueled inflation, and killed thousands.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state media said six airports are now operational, including Mehrabad, Mashhad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Gorgan and Urmia.
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[2026-04-29 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gulf leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a regional crisis triggered by the United States-Israel war on Iran, their first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the conflict two months ago.
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