Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-23 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied media reports that claimed several commercial ships had evaded the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, calling the reports "inaccurate" in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-23 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Navy Secretary John Phelan will leave office ‘immediately’, soon after the sudden exit of the top US Army general and other senior officers
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[2026-04-23 08:21 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Navy Secretary John Phelan will leave office ‘immediately’, soon after the sudden exit of the top US Army general and other senior officers
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[2026-04-23 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Navy Secretary John C. Phelan has stepped down in an abrupt move announced by the Pentagon without any public explanation or indication that his exit was linked to the naval blockade of Iran.
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[2026-04-23 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Wednesday that gas prices will start to come down once the Iran conflict concludes – and could plummet to below pre-war levels.
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[2026-04-23 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It seem moderate Democrats no longer exist: “Famed political strategist James Carville recently advised his party “they should try to abolish American politics” if they win the presidency and Congress in 2028, marvels National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke. Carville said: “On day one, they should make Puerto Rico and D.C.
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[2026-04-23 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has not set a deadline by which Iran must submit a peace proposal, the White House said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-23 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US downplayed Iran's seizure of two European-owned vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as both sides sought the upper hand in their rival maritime blockades, with a stalemate in negotiations to end the war showing no sign of breaking.
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[2026-04-23 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It's a sombre gathering in the backstreets of one of China's biggest manufacturing hubs, where workers are smoking under a tree in front of storefronts advertising temporary factory jobs.
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[2026-04-23 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 11-12)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-23 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un avión de Lufthansa rueda por un puente que cruza una autopista en el aeropuerto de Fráncfort, Alemania, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Michael Probst)
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[2026-04-23 06:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-23 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman blasted his own party on Tuesday, accusing Democrats and the American media of undermining U.S. efforts to topple the Iranian regime.
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[2026-04-23 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz) has slammed a widely circulated online petition claiming she has secret links to Iran.
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[2026-04-23 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-23 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has not set a timeline for receiving a proposal from Iran.
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[2026-04-23 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-23 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ServiceNow reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that narrowly beat Wall Street's estimates as the software company said the conflict in the Middle East dragged on subscription revenue.
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[2026-04-23 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Specialist Meric Greenbaum works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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[2026-04-23 06:14 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the two-week US ceasefire with Iran, saying the extension was warranted due to Tehran’s Government being “seriously fractured.”
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[2026-04-23 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-23 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-23 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “Our capable and powerful forces have been at full readiness for a long time and are on trigger,” Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, a spokesman for the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters—Iran’s highest operational command unit—said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-23 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An Iranian gunboat has fired on a container vessel near the coast of Oman, according to a British maritime monitoring agency, in an incident that occurred hours after United States President Donald Trump said he would extend a ceasefire with Iran.
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[2026-04-23 05:47 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Thursday, April 23.
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[2026-04-23 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “A complete ceasefire only makes sense if it is not violated by the maritime blockade and the hostage-taking of the world’s economy and if the Zionist warmongering across all fronts is halted,” lead Iranian negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X.
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[2026-04-23 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran’s Cultural Director Ali Kebriaei Zadeh called on Women and Child Affairs Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj at her Ministry recently.
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[2026-04-23 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States (US) President Donald Trump has unilaterally extended the Iran ceasefire, which was due to expire yesterday. Trump said on Truth Social that the ceasefire is being extended at the request of the military and political leadership of Pakistan, which hosted the first round of peace talks at its capital.
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[2026-04-23 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States forces have detained an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil, the Pentagon says.
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[2026-04-23 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian officials have blamed the United States for the impasse in the negotiations and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that Tehran will not submit to “bullying” by Washington.
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[2026-04-23 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is rising toward more records after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the list of those reporting fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. But caution is still hanging over Wall Street, and oil prices are also rising on uncertainty about what will happen in the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-23 05:02 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-23 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-23 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. government's weighing of a financial lifeline for the United Arab Emirates posts bigger questions about what is in store for the booming Mideast economy post-war. The UAE has spent decades engineering one of the world's most resilient tourism economies, built on global connectivity and continuous infrastructure expansion. That model is now under acute stress due to the U.S.-Iran war and attacks Iran has launched targeting its infrastructure.
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[2026-04-23 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that "many" oil-rich U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf have requested a financial backstop amid economic turbulence from the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-23 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-23 03:51 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The pontiff’s criticisms of Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran indicate a welcome resolve to follow in his predecessor’s footseps
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[2026-04-23 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: If US President Donald Trump reaches a deal with Iran that doesn’t include some kind of domestic concessions on behalf of the Iranian people, trust will be irreparably broken, and the masses would be reluctant to take to the streets again, Jewish Iranian-American journalist and author Roya Hakakian told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-23 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Although US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have made the ultimate war and ceasefire decisions regarding Iran, The Jerusalem Post now reveals the details and extent to which IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, and CENTCOM Chief Admiral Brad Cooper have been the next most dominant figures.
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[2026-04-23 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's parliament speaker said on Wednesday that the Islamic republic would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz as long as the US naval blockade remained in place, calling it a "blatant violation of the ceasefire".
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[2026-04-23 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-04-23 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump announced Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women after he pleaded Tuesday for their freedom — calling it “very good news” in a social media post.
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[2026-04-23 03:14 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pakistani capital in pandemic-style limbo as people work from home, public transport is closed and businesses shut
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[2026-04-23 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
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[2026-04-23 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says that the country’s institutions are fully prepared for its national football team’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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[2026-04-23 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent crude rose above $100 a barrel once more on Wednesday, pulling back from declines earlier in the day amid uncertainty over US-Iran talks and prolonged tension in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-23 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that a second French soldier had died as a result of a shoot-out over the weekend in southern Lebanon between a UN mission patrolling the area and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-23 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Courtesy of last night's Truth Social post from US President Donald Trump, the ceasefire between Iran, the US and Israel which was due to expire on Wednesday does at least persist.
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[2026-04-23 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 22 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday a new round of peace talks with Iran is "possible" within the next 36 to 72 hours, a report said, a day after he announced an extension of a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic to allow for diplomatic efforts to continue.
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[2026-04-23 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Oil prices climbed Wednesday while stocks were mixed after US President Donald Trump announced the extension of a ceasefire with Iran, prompting investors to wait and see if peace talks would resume.
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