Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-18 23:28 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: WASHINGTON — As European finance officials descended on the U.S. capital this week for the IMF-World Bank spring meetings, they sought to engage the Americans on the existential economic issues facing the continent: from the economic fallout from the Iran war to threats facing the global financial system to support for Ukraine.
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[2026-04-18 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh adjusts his glasses as he talks during an interview with Associated Press at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-18 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – United States President Donald Trump’s announcements about securing major concessions from Tehran have riled supporters of the Iranian establishment, prompting rejections and clarifications from the authorities.
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[2026-04-18 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In the past week, many Americans were keeping a closer eye than ever before on the economy, inflation and how those issues and others will potentially impact their daily lives. Concerns range from rising grocery and gas prices to escalating housing costs and corporate layoffs.
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[2026-04-18 22:56 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Iran's military reimposed strict control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, demanding that the U.S. must lift its blockade of Iranian ports before the vital waterway is opened again, a spokesperson for the joint military command said.
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[2026-04-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fire in Hendon on Friday follows another arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday
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[2026-04-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump made seven claims in one hour after Tehran announced the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and all of them are untrue, Iranian parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said.
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[2026-04-18 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In one of the most unfortunate moral and strategic inversions in recent times, Democrats today seem to believe what is good for our national security is bad for the Democratic Party.
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[2026-04-18 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports that a tanker was "approached by 2 IRGC gunboats, with no VHF challenge, and then fired upon."
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[2026-04-18 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, calling the decision a response to a continued blockade of its ports by the United States.
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[2026-04-18 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-18 21:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions on three people and two firms over allegedly recruiting and deploying Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s war, which has entered its fourth year with no end in sight.
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[2026-04-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A statement said to have been issued by Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, warned that the Islamic Republic's navy is ready to defeat US forces, as the two countries sparred over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on at least one ship in the waters near Oman after Tehran again closed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization.
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[2026-04-18 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian leadership claimed on Saturday that it has regained military control over the Strait of Hormuz and that this control will remain in place unless the United States guarantees full freedom of movement for vessels traveling to and from Iran.
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[2026-04-18 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Some merchant vessels have received a radio message from Iran's navy that the Strait of Hormuz is shut again and no ships are allowed to pass through, shipping sources told Reuters on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Saturday it had received a report of a tanker being fired upon by what it said were "two gunboats linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)" 20 nautical miles north-east of Oman.
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[2026-04-18 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has denied US claims that it agreed to transfer its enriched uranium abroad and threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again if Washington’s naval blockade is not lifted, as a handful of vessels began transiting the strategic waterway on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers
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[2026-04-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US-Israeli attacks are a ‘massive learning opportunity’, a Middle East analyst tells a seminar held in Shenzhen
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[2026-04-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US-Israeli attacks are a ‘massive learning opportunity’, a Middle East analyst tells a seminar held in Shenzhen
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[2026-04-18 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month, even as lawmakers accused the government of going easy on Moscow as its war on Ukraine grinds on.
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[2026-04-18 20:29 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran has swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
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[2026-04-18 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it would not end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping.
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[2026-04-18 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt and Pakistan are working "very hard" as mediators to bring about "a final agreement between the United States and Iran", Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey.
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[2026-04-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian military has once again closed free passage through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, citing what it described as US ‘piracy.’
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[2026-04-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fuel prices are set to fall even further by next weekend after an Iranian leader announced a halt to the regime’s weeks-long blockade on shipping from the Middle East.
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[2026-04-18 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Pakistan’s army chief and the prime minister have wrapped up separate diplomatic visits aimed at advancing efforts to end the United States-Iran conflict, with Field Marshal Asim Munir leaving Tehran and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returning from Turkiye.
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[2026-04-18 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the declaration of the so-called ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in October 2025 - violated more than 2,000 times - and more dramatically since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, Palestine has been actively displaced from the centre of global attention.
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[2026-04-18 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt is working closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a lasting peace between the US and Iran, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-18 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The waterway has ‘returned to its previous state’, Chinese news agency reports
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[2026-04-18 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The waterway has ‘returned to its previous state’, Chinese news agency reports
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[2026-04-18 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump sounded optimistic late Friday about the progress of peace talks with Iran and said negotiations are continuing as a fragile ceasefire held, but Iranian media said the key Strait of Hormuz was closed to shipping traffic again after the U.S. failed to meet its obligations.
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[2026-04-18 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A group of vessels attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz late on Friday, after the US and Iran announced that it has been reopened, but were forced to stop or turn back, demonstrating the extent of confusion there.
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[2026-04-18 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's central military command announced on Saturday it would resume "strict management" of the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a decision to unblock the strategic channel as part of negotiations with Washington.
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[2026-04-18 18:37 UTC+10:00] [Media] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The speaker of Iran's parliament issued a direct threat to close the Strait of Hormuz if a U.S. naval blockade continues, marking one of Tehran's sharpest public warnings since ceasefire negotiations began.
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[2026-04-18 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dos policías pasan por delante de un cartel antiestadounidense que muestra un avión de Estados Unidos siendo capturado por las fuerzas armadas de Irán en una red de pesca con la frase, en farsi, “El estrecho de Ormuz seguirá cerrado, todo el golfo Pérsico es nuestro terreno de caza”, en Teherán, Irán, el 5 de abril de 2026.
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[2026-04-18 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: After six weeks of escalating violence in the US-Israeli war on Iran, a fragile two-week ceasefire was brokered by Pakistan in early April, with peace talks taking place this past weekend in Islamabad.
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[2026-04-18 18:32 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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[2026-04-18 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Five empty Iranian tankers were sighted in Iranian ports loading millions of barrels of oil amid the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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[2026-04-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,” in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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[2026-04-18 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they are
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[2026-04-18 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday issued a month-long sanctions waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil and petroleum products that are at sea, extending an earlier move to soften surging energy prices.
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[2026-04-18 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Varias personas pasan por delante de tiendas cerradas en el principal bazar tradicional, casi vacío, durante las vacaciones del Año Nuevo iraní, o nowruz, en Teherán, Irán, el 29 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, archivo)
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[2026-04-18 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Much like schools in the UAE, all public and private universities are to resume in-person learning on Monday, having moved online as the country defended itself against Iranian attacks.
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[2026-04-18 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of women and young girls attended the “Sacrificed Girls” rally in Tehran on Friday, according to state media reports.
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[2026-04-18 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Friday there had been some "pretty good news" regarding Iran, adding that the US and Iran's temporary ceasefire may end unless a long-term deal to end the war is agreed upon by Wednesday.
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