Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is using new ways to store excess oil that it isn't able to sell due to the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, including the use of old sites and improvised containers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region's digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has informed him that they are in a “state of collapse” as they figure out their leadership situation, in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the Iranian regime for reportedly launching a campaign last month to recruit terrorists through its embassy in the United Kingdom.
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[2026-04-29 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that not all mines placed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz need to removed for ships to resume transiting the vital passageway: “You just need a pathway for ships to be moved in and out,” Wright said in an interview on the sidelines of the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Dubrovnik.
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[2026-04-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Beijing has long seen Tehran as a useful partner, the nation is not crucial to its Middle East strategy, analysts argue
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[2026-04-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tehran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Beijing has long seen Tehran as a useful partner, the nation is not crucial to its Middle East strategy, analysts argue
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[2026-04-29 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Before Donald Trump became president, he honed his hawkishness on Iran, complaining about the “plane loads of cash” it received under the 2015 nuclear deal. Now, his ability to end the war in the Middle East hinges, in large part, on how much money he gives Tehran.
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[2026-04-29 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A nickel processing plant operated by Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: “We called it ‘moon dust’,” Jeffery Camp, a 61-year-old retired military veteran who lives in Sarasota, Florida, says when describing the terrain in Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, where he served with the United States Army from 2008 to 2009.
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[2026-04-29 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump alleged Tuesday that Iran has admitted to being in a “state of collapse” under pressure from the United States and is desperate to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
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[2026-04-29 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the latest Jerusalem Dispatch Podcast, co-host Calev Ben-David and special guest David Brinn, former managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, discussed Israel’s Independence Day celebrations, which were overshadowed by the ongoing conflicts in the region. Brinn reflected on how the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day was particularly emotional this year, with many remembering the newly fallen soldiers in the war with Iran and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-29 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The World Bank said that war in the Middle East is expected to push energy costs this year to their highest since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc is planning major investments in the US natural gas sector through its global investment arm XRG, seeking to diversify its portfolio as the Iran war disrupts global energy markets.
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[2026-04-29 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave OPEC effective May 1 — a shocking blow to the world’s largest oil cartel as the Iran war threatens global energy supplies.
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Canada has permitted an ‘incremental increase’ in flights to China, but airlines may be reluctant to add services amid the wars in Ukraine and Iran
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Huawei Technologies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Canada has permitted an ‘incremental increase’ in flights to China, but airlines may be reluctant to add services amid the wars in Ukraine and Iran
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns over greater costs, Iran’s participation the main issues less than two months before first 48-team edition of tournament
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Jibril Rajoub] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns over greater costs, Iran’s participation the main issues less than two months before first 48-team edition of tournament
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[2026-04-28 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-28 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was quitting Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Iran war has caused a historic energy shock and unsettled the global economy.
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[2026-04-28 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global energy prices are expected to rise by 24 per cent this year to their highest level in four years, as markets continue to reel from the Iran war, which has now entered its third month, the World Bank has said.
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[2026-04-28 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has banned the export of steel products, local media reported customs authorities as saying, after US-Israeli air strikes heavily targeted its steel industry in the war.
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[2026-04-28 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A debate is raging over whether Israel's sending Arrow air defense missiles to Germany during the middle of the Iran war, when it was being showered with ballistic missiles, cost Israeli civilian lives.
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[2026-04-28 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Israel's purchase of grain from occupied Ukrainian territory “stolen” by Russia “cannot be legitimate business”, and that Kyiv is readying sanctions against those attempting to profit from it.
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[2026-04-28 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US delegation headed by Vice President J.D. Vance lacked decision-making authority during talks with Iran earlier this month, Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi, who was part of Tehran’s negotiating team, has told RT’s Sanchez Effect.
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[2026-04-28 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States is considering a new proposal from Iran to end the ongoing war amid a fragile ceasefire between the longtime adversaries.
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[2026-04-28 22:56 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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[2026-04-28 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Trump doesn't appear open to Iran's proposal which hinges on US naval blockade ending & nuclear issue being pushed to future negotiations (CNN).
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[2026-04-28 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just days after the UAE publicly signaled liquidity concerns by requesting swap lines from the Federal Reserve to ease pressures on the country's banks, major Gulf oil producer, the UAE, has decided to exit the oil cartel - an unexpected development that crossed Bloomberg headlines on Tuesday morning around 0822 ET.
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[2026-04-28 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are lower, dragged by tech, following a report that OpenAI missed revenue and user targets and there growing internal pushback against Sam Altman's notorious aggressive spending (the company has $1.5 trillion in commitment it won't be able to meet), which is hitting semiconductors and the broader supply chain.
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[2026-04-28 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it quit OPEC and OPEC+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Iran war has caused a historic energy shock and unsettled the global economy.
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[2026-04-28 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Immigrating to a war zone might sound crazy, yet for several individuals who made aliyah amid the wailing sirens and ballistic missile strikes during the recent Iran war, the decision to move to Israel was not triggered by the crisis but was made despite it.
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[2026-04-28 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Egypt’s government ordered businesses to close early and dimmed public lighting last month, it billed the measures as necessary for the country to cope with the disruption of energy supplies and surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: They did not fire a single missile. They did not sit at a negotiating table or choose a side in any geopolitical chess game. Yet Israel’s children and adolescents – particularly those already teetering on the edge of vulnerability even before the first siren wailed – are paying some of the steepest costs of the conflict with Iran and its proxies.
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[2026-04-28 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Philippines is not worried about any reduction in US deterrence capabilities in the Indo-Pacific due to the war in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on April 28, 2026 although he warned China could try and seize any perceived opening. He made the comments during an interview with Reuters amid annual joint military drills with the United States that have drawn the largest ever number of participating countries, including Japanese combat troops for the first time.
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[2026-04-28 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As I write this, we are now in a period of ceasefire – both on the Lebanon front and with Iran. However, that does not mean that the effects of this war and the conflict of the past two and a half years are not still being felt by all Israelis.
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[2026-04-28 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iranian embassies in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Sri Lanka have openly attempted to recruit fighters willing to “sacrifice their lives” in a new campaign as Tehran continues to refuse terms for an end to the war with the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised US President Donald Trump’s leadership and transparency during the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, as he also addressed ongoing tensions with Iran and conflict involving Hezbollah in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Trey Yingst on Monday.
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[2026-04-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-04-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Israel's purchase of grain from occupied Ukrainian territory "stolen" by Russia "cannot be legitimate business" and that Kyiv was readying sanctions against those attempting to profit from it.
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[2026-04-28 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ed Miliband, the UK's energy and net zero minister, has said his government will tax windfall profits for companies like BP to help with the cost of living crisis fuelled by the war on Iran.
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