Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-09 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘It will take several months for prices to gradually decline after the war ends completely,’ expert says
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[2026-04-09 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Oil price] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘It will take several months for prices to gradually decline after the war ends completely,’ expert says
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[2026-04-09 10:29 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Actor and filmmaker George Clooney has condemned US President Donald Trump’s threat earlier this week that a “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Iran did not open the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a “crime”.
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[2026-04-09 10:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday that volatility in the financial and foreign exchange markets has "somewhat eased" following a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened lower Thursday as investors still doubt whether a ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran will proceed amid woes over different versions of the agreement terms.
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[2026-04-09 10:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The United States and Iran will have the first round of their negotiations in Pakistan this weekend to end their war, the White House said Wednesday, a day after they agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has announced alternative routes for vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz due to the risk of sea mines.
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[2026-04-09 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented US President Donald Trump with a plan for a war with Iran during his trip to the US in mid-February, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday, which laid bare many previously unknown details about the fateful meeting.
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[2026-04-09 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The son of an Iranian carpet merchant from Isfahan, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who will accompany the parliament speaker in peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, has compared the country's negotiating style to the bartering of the bazaar, an approach requiring "patience and great time."
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[2026-04-09 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday that volatility in the financial and foreign exchange markets has "somewhat eased" following a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has remained at an effective standstill in the 24 hours since Iran conditionally lifted its blockade on the critical shipping lane, amid a fragile ceasefire with the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-09 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-04-09 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The installation boasts more than two million solar panels and comes online as global fossil fuels face unprecedented disruption
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[2026-04-09 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The installation boasts more than two million solar panels and comes online as global fossil fuels face unprecedented disruption
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[2026-04-09 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iran has accused the United States and Israel of already breaking the ceasefire after Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Source: AAP, Getty / Graphic by Lilian Cao
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[2026-04-09 09:56 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-09 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mostly higher, as investors assess the implications of President Donald Trump's decision to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks.
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[2026-04-09 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump’s two-week cease-fire with Iran is a huge gamble — and allowing Pakistan to act as the go-between only raises the stakes.
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[2026-04-09 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A street food seller on the Thai island of Koh Lam: Prices for plastic packaging used by such vendors have risen sharply across Southeast Asia since the Iran war started. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-04-09 09:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that headed off US President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. Hours after the announcement, Iran and Gulf Arab countries reported new attacks Wednesday, though it was not clear if the strikes would scuttle the deal.
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[2026-04-09 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eleventh-hour pause in hostilities and global instabilities leave no room for any miscalculation that heightens distrust
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[2026-04-09 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eleventh-hour pause in hostilities and global instabilities leave no room for any miscalculation that heightens distrust
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[2026-04-09 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS para 3; ADDS more info in paras 10-14)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-09 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s chief justice demanded all executions of “enemy agents” be sped up in a jarring video leaked the same day the US secured a temporary cease-fire with war-torn Tehran.
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[2026-04-09 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un simpatizante del gobierno grita consignas durante una marcha tras el anuncio de un alto el fuego de dos semanas con Estados Unidos e Israel, el miércoles 8 de abril de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (AP Foto/Francisco Seco)
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[2026-04-09 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore torched the US as the “bad guys” in the war with Iran – while hailing the Middle Eastern nation as one of the world’s “greatest civilizations” in a deranged online tirade.
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[2026-04-09 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When fruit grower Ali Capper woke to news that war had broken out in Iran, she says she "felt quite sick" anticipating the repurcussions for the UK farming industry.
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[2026-04-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Iranian official told Al Jazeera that Tehran will “punish Israel” over what it described as violations of the ceasefire and attacks in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The world breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday night on news of a cease-fire in the Iran war, but this is certainly no time for President Donald Trump to go wobbly.
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[2026-04-09 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Trump White House is mulling ways to 'punish' NATO allies for not stepping up to support the US Iran campaign, and for staying on the sidelines after Trump's repeat appeals to create a coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-09 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said countries supplying Iran with military equipment will face immediate 50 percent tariffs on all goods entering the United States.
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[2026-04-09 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A seven-year-old girl has been killed by debris from a drone shot down by Iranian air defences, according to Iranian media.
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[2026-04-09 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The spot price for cargos of Brent crude oil came in at $124.68 per barrel on Wednesday in a sign that the Iran ceasefire agreement is unlikely resolve the deep supply disruption triggered by the five-week war.
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[2026-04-09 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: End the war completely'Double sided' ceasefire in Iran must be sustained and become final
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[2026-04-09 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A government supporter chants slogans during a gathering after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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[2026-04-09 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-09 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the conflict has intensified, more energy and civilian sites have been targeted in what is seen as a broader approach
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[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [China.com] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the conflict has intensified, more energy and civilian sites have been targeted in what is seen as a broader approach
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[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranians who have fled the rogue theocratic nation said lasting peace can only be achieved by overthrowing the brutal regime, which they slammed as a “cancer.”
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[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In an early clue how the Iran war will impact energy earnings, ExxonMobil warned of a $6.5bn hit to Q1 earnings from the Iran war but said the bulk of this was the result of unfavorable timing for its accounting of hedging contracts, which would be offset as underlying transactions were eventually completed.
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[2026-04-09 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US must choose between a ceasefire or continuing the war through Israel.
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[2026-04-09 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US was racing to salvage a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday that appeared to collapse as a result of deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and an unclaimed strike on an energy facility on Iran’s Lavan Island.
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[2026-04-09 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US forces struck more than 13,000 targets in Iran, including most of the regime’s weapons factories and every attack drone production facility, as part of the “decisive military victory” achieved during Operation Epic Fury, according to the Pentagon.
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[2026-04-09 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering punishing some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that he perceives as unhelpful to the United States during the Iran war, a report said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling ways to punish NATO members who refused to help the US in its war against Iran, which is still flaring despite the announced two-week ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has arrived in Islamabad for talks with the US, as efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East continue amid a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Vice President JD Vance has warned Iran that it would be “dumb” to jeopardise its ceasefire with Washington over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump is said to be considering withdrawing from NATO, the transatlantic alliance that has been a central pillar of Western security for decades.
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[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has offered to restrain its strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon in order to allow for the ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the US to be successful, US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Wednesday night.
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