Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: At least nine oil tankers have transited the Strait of Hormuz this week as the U.S. and Iran contest control of the vital sea lane.
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[2026-04-16 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The American military depleted its entire stock of untested Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) early in its attack on Iran last month, a US Army official has said.
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[2026-04-16 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Although Germany is not involved in the war on Iran, the country is feeling its economic impact directly, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Airline industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Price of jet fuel has climbed by 125% since start of Iran war – giving Qantas and Virgin a big challenge as fuel accounts for a fifth of expenses
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[2026-04-16 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: This year's IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington are unlike any in recent memory. The Iran war has given the annual gathering a geopolitical charge that has drawn an unusually broad crowd, not just the traditional ministers of trade, investment and finance, but foreign policy officials and venture capital executives from across the globe.
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[2026-04-16 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund's managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday that she hopes that the ceasefire between the US and Iran will lead to a durable peace.
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[2026-04-16 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil largely held onto a sharp drop from this week’s highs as the US and Iran seek further talks to end a war that has brought the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway to a near-halt.
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[2026-04-16 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is "very close to over," a report said Wednesday, amid speculation that peace talks between Washington and Tehran could resume in the near future.
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[2026-04-16 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Keir Starmer insists the UK will not be dragged into the Iran war despite Trump’s threats to scrap a bilateral trade deal
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[2026-04-16 00:35 UTC+10:00] [Rachel Reeves] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Keir Starmer insists the UK will not be dragged into the Iran war despite Trump’s threats to scrap a bilateral trade deal
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[2026-04-16 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Another flight attendant has been detained in Dubai after sharing a photo privately on WhatsApp during Iranian attacks on the UAE.
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[2026-04-16 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As tensions in the Middle East continue and threats from Tehran intensify, the Jewish community in Baku marked Holocaust Remembrance Day earlier this week with a ceremony that included references to ties with Israel and current regional developments, according to participants.
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[2026-04-16 00:16 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-04-16 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fighting between Israeli forces and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has continued after Israel and Lebanon held direct talks in Washington aimed at easing the conflict.
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[2026-04-16 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the world waits for peace talks between the US and Iran to resume, Russia says it can help solve the problem of Iran's enriched uranium.
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[2026-04-16 00:05 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Item 1 of 3 Motorists queue for fuel at a TotalEnergies petrol station ahead of an announced fuel price hike, as fuel costs rise amid global disruptions caused by the Iran war, in Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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[2026-04-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several clocks are ticking for the American president as he looks for a way out of the deadlock, observers suggest
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[2026-04-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Fox News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several clocks are ticking for the American president as he looks for a way out of the deadlock, observers suggest
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[2026-04-16 00:00 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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[2026-04-16 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: On Tuesday, Donald Trump suggested that talks with Iran could resume this week. The US President’s apparent desire to end the war against Tehran is understandable, having found himself in a box with no easy way out.
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[2026-04-15 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan's two biggest passenger airlines are facing headwinds caused partly by the Iran war. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
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[2026-04-15 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A renewed diplomatic push is under way to revive talks between the United States and Iran amid a fragile two-week ceasefire agreed last week following nearly six weeks of fighting in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-15 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the Rich Starry didn’t visit an Iranian port, it is on a US blacklist for allegedly helping Tehran evade sanctions
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[2026-04-15 23:53 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the Rich Starry didn’t visit an Iranian port, it is on a US blacklist for allegedly helping Tehran evade sanctions
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[2026-04-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Millions have died as a result of disastrous US-led military adventurism. But there have been no consequences for those who championed it for so long
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[2026-04-15 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As momentum builds for a second round of talks between the United States and Iran aimed at ending their war, one central issue has emerged as a bone of contention: Tehran’s frozen assets held in other countries.
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[2026-04-15 23:39 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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[2026-04-15 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq is facing a crisis as it has seen around 80 percent of its oil exports collapse. This was because of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Now, there's also a US blockade of Iran. Iraq is thus seeing many of its normal maritime oil exports via the Persian Gulf interdicted.
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[2026-04-15 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and former Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, condemned remarks made by commentator Toru Tamagawa on TV Asahi questioning whether Jared Kushner, a US Special Envoy for Peace, should be involved in negotiations with Iran because he is Jewish.
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[2026-04-15 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China is stockpiling crude amid the Iran war, the numbers suggest Beijing is facing a supply crunch
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[2026-04-15 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Asian economies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China is stockpiling crude amid the Iran war, the numbers suggest Beijing is facing a supply crunch
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[2026-04-15 23:25 UTC+10:00] [Global economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Conflict is pushing up price of energy and food, fuelling higher borrowing costs and hitting growth, report says
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[2026-04-15 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war has highlighted the need to elevate EU-Gulf Co-operation Council ties as a “strategic necessity”, GCC Secretary General Jasem Al Budaiwi told the European Parliament on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Diana Choyleva wrote an excellent editorial for the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Iran War Is A Boon For The Petrodollar.”
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[2026-04-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Flexible growth target means little likelihood of imminent stimulus, but focus will switch to impact of disruptions in second quarter
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[2026-04-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Flexible growth target means little likelihood of imminent stimulus, but focus will switch to impact of disruptions in second quarter
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[2026-04-15 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s barbaric regime is set to execute its first female protester over recent protests, one of an estimated 1,600 sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic in the past year.
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[2026-04-15 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying he made the decision after China agreed not to send weapons to Iran.
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[2026-04-15 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are flat following yesterday’s rally as market awaits news on the Iran war resolution and as we traverse earnings season. As of 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures are little changed after the benchmark closed within a whisker of a record. Risk sentiment took a small knock in recent trade after Iran cautioned that it will not allow shipments to or from the Gulf if the US blockade remain.Nasdaq futures are fractionally in the green, and set for
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[2026-04-15 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Iran war is "very close to over" with authorities in Tehran eager to agree a peace deal, Trump says, adding: "We've beaten them militarily."
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[2026-04-15 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Ukraine to Gaza and the Middle East, the lesson of history is that ceasefires rarely hold
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[2026-04-15 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Thucydides Trap] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Ukraine to Gaza and the Middle East, the lesson of history is that ceasefires rarely hold
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[2026-04-15 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has told Fox Business Network that he wrote a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping in which he asked Xi not to give Iran weapons. Xi responded by saying that China was not supplying Iran, Trump said.
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[2026-04-15 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: European Council President Antonio Costa travelled to Qatar on Wednesday for the final stop of a tour to show Europe's support for Gulf states against attacks by Iran.
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[2026-04-15 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: European Council President Antonio Costa travelled to Qatar on Wednesday for the final stop of a tour to show Europe's support for Gulf states against attacks by Iran.
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[2026-04-15 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — US President Donald Trump has threatened to renege on a trade agreement with the UK, limiting the impact of US tariffs, as he again criticized Britain's lack of support in the Iran war.
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[2026-04-15 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump said that China has agreed not to send weapons to Iran amid reports it plans to give Tehran new air defense systems — and predicted Chinese leader Xi Jinping “will give me a big, fat, hug” when they meet next month.
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[2026-04-15 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry has told state media that reports about an extension to the ceasefire in the war on Iran are as yet unconfirmed.
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[2026-04-15 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran has submitted a formal document to the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, detailing what it calls severe maritime and civilian losses caused by US and Israeli military attacks.
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[2026-04-15 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Officials in Islamabad have told Nikkei Asia that Pakistan is pressing hard to host a second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran ahead of the current two-week ceasefire deadline on April 21. © Reuters
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