Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-20 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of US and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January remain daunted by the future as damage from airstrikes and internet cuts take a toll.
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[2026-04-20 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain could strip people of their citizenship if they are found to have compromised the kingdom's security during recent attacks by Iran, King Hamad has decreed.
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[2026-04-20 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain could strip people of their citizenship if they are found to have compromised the kingdom's security during recent attacks by Iran, King Hamad has decreed.
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[2026-04-20 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has again become the chaotic centre of the United States-Israel war on Iran, as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war.
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[2026-04-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — America’s allies, stung by soaring energy costs due to Washington’s attacks on Iran, are confronting an uncomfortable truth: The escape route from fossil fuel shocks leads straight into China’s arms.
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[2026-04-19 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-19 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON,UNITED STATES — President Donald Trump said US negotiators will be in Pakistan Monday to resume talks on ending the war with Iran, as he again threatened to destroy its power plants and bridges if no deal is reached.
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[2026-04-19 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Sunday morning, the latest Bloomberg ship tracking data showed that tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had largely ground to a halt. There were multiple incidents of tankers U-turning over the last 24 hours. At the same time, a senior Iranian official renewed threats to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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[2026-04-19 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Prices at the gas pump likely peaked about a week ago and should start to slowly decline over the coming weeks as the war in Iran comes to a close, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A ceasefire has paused the Iran war, but whether it marks an end or merely an interlude remains unclear. What is clear is this: The US and Israel may damage the regime but not topple it. Worse, they may produce something more dangerous – a weakened but more hardline Iran, more militarized at home and more threatening abroad.
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[2026-04-19 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A cartel has been referred to the Federal Public Prosecution over the manipulation of prices in the poultry market.
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[2026-04-19 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told Fox News that America will “blow up the whole country” if Iran does not sign a peace deal.
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[2026-04-19 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Islamabad police have given notice to residents that restrictions will be in place due to “foreign delegations” visiting the capital - a further sign that potential talks will resume between Iran and the US in Islamabad.
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[2026-04-19 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan the following day for peace talks with Iran, renewing his threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not agree to a deal.
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[2026-04-19 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire but still thinks he can get a peace deal, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl posted on X/Twitter on Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US military is deploying unmanned and autonomous surface platforms that can tow an advanced mine-hunting sonar system to detect sea mines that were deployed by Iranian naval forces. This development comes even as Iran closed the Hormuz chokepoint on Saturday morning.
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[2026-04-19 22:42 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The Iranian government ridiculed EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas’ calls to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and respect international law.
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[2026-04-19 22:37 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Trump said on Truth Social that his representatives were going to be in Islamabad on Monday night for more negotiations.
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[2026-04-19 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — President Trump’s Middle East envoy is headed to Pakistan this week to restart negotiations to end the Iran War, the commander-in-chief told The Post Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Envoy Tom Barrack has downplayed escalating tensions between Turkey and Israel as just "rhetoric" and pushed for regional cooperation between the two countries in security and energy projects.
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[2026-04-19 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran will not yield to US pressure, parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said. He stressed that progress has been made in the negotiations, though fundamental issues are still unresolved.
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[2026-04-19 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly two months into the US–Israel war on Iran, the conflict has killed thousands of people and disrupted major energy flows. At the centre of the crisis is the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint where about 20 percent of the world’s oil supplies normally flow, which has been repeatedly restricted or threatened with closure by both parties, Iran and the US.
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[2026-04-19 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As a South Azerbaijani dissident journalist, I am overjoyed to live in a world without the tyrant Ali Larijani, Iran’s former Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. He was the mastermind behind much of the Iranian regime’s policy and a man with a long history of oppressing the Azerbaijani nation.
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[2026-04-19 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran claims it is replenishing its missile and drone launchers at a higher speed than it did prior to the war with the US and Israel, the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force commander, Majid Mousavi, said on Sunday, according to Nournews.
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[2026-04-19 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that both Iran and the United States had the will to continue talks to end the war.
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[2026-04-19 21:14 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-04-19 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s armed forces turned back two tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after issuing warnings, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, saying this came as a result of the continuing U.S. maritime blockade on Iran.
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[2026-04-19 21:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz remained closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's powerful speaker of parliament signalling a final peace deal was "far" off despite movement in negotiations.
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[2026-04-19 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is updating and replenishing its missiles and drone launchers at a higher rate than it did before the war with the US and Israel, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force commander claimed on Sunday.
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[2026-04-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Military advisers intentionally excluded President Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official.
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[2026-04-19 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Al Jazeera is reporting that a second round of talks could take place in Islamabad between Tehran and Washington.
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[2026-04-19 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran ratcheted up its rhetoric against the U.S. on Sunday, a day after it said it had reasserted control of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed peace talks with Iran are continuing, while warning Tehran not to try to use blackmail.
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[2026-04-19 20:13 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Orbán gone and Meloni distancing herself, EU sanctions on trade and settlers are looking more likely
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[2026-04-19 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a US decision to extend the period during which Russia is allowed to sell oil despite Western sanctions.
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[2026-04-19 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Taking into account the continuously changing objectives of the US-Israeli war on Iran - which range from inciting internal turmoil and regime change, to dismantling Iran’s civilian nuclear programme, eliminating its missile capacity and unconditionally opening the Strait of Hormuz - it is clear that none have been achieved. Rather, the campaign largely failed.
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[2026-04-19 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Major hotels are sold out for reservations this week and some transportation and other services have shut down in and near Pakistan’s capital city on Sunday, as the world waits in hope for a second round of peace talks between Iran and the US to take place.
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[2026-04-19 19:36 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-19 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian released a lengthy statement on Sunday, distributed by the semi-official Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), that addressed a number of topics, including the Iranian athletes who were offered asylum in Australia in March.
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[2026-04-19 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The strategic Strait of Hormuz was closed again amid the standoff between Iran and the United States, as the influential Iranian parliamentary speaker indicated that a conclusive peace agreement was still “far” away, even though talks made some headway.
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[2026-04-19 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. forces under President Donald Trump have extensively used artificial intelligence in strikes against Iran during the war between the two countries.
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[2026-04-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mohamed Amersi, who is close to Iranian negotiators, says regime is prepared for long haul and will not give up its missile programme
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[2026-04-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Antalya Diplomacy Forum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mohamed Amersi, who is close to Iranian negotiators, says regime is prepared for long haul and will not give up its missile programme
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[2026-04-19 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has no justification to deprive Iran of its nuclear rights, the Iranian Student News Agency quoted Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying on Sunday, as Washington and Tehran continue to face disagreements over nuclear issues.
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[2026-04-19 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker said talks with the US on ending the war had made progress but stressed the arch-foes are some way from reaching a deal.
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[2026-04-19 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Friends and comrades of Ghazal Molan, a 19-year-old Peshmerga from Mahabad opposed to the Islamic Republic, laid her to rest on Thursday afternoon in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, amid deep sorrow, as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone and missile strikes continued across the area.
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[2026-04-19 18:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-19 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El sol sale tras varios petroleros fondeados en el estrecho de Ormuz en la costa de la isla de Queshm, Irán, el sábado 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati)
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[2026-04-19 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-19 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has renewed a sanctions exemption allowing Russian crude and petroleum products already loaded onto tankers to be delivered and sold freely, the US Treasury Department has announced. The move came despite a pledge by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made two days prior that the waiver would not be extended.
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[2026-04-19 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is more coordinated with China than many assume, former Israeli Navy commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer Marom told 103FM on Wednesday.
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