Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mediation efforts to halt the Iran war were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight diplomatic push to secure a temporary ceasefire and bring Washington and Tehran into direct negotiations, four Pakistani sources told Reuters.
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[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is considering a plan to punish some members of the NATO alliance that he believes were unhelpful to the US and Israel during the Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials.
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[2026-04-09 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said his party will seek passage of a resolution to stop further US military action in Iran during Thursday’s session.
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[2026-04-09 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “The two sides” in the US-Iran ceasefire “seem to have a dramatically different sense of what they just agreed upon,” frets National Review’s Jim Geraghty. Iran made a slate of “unrealistic demands” on uranium enrichment, control of Hormuz and sanctions relief; “a U.S. concession to just about any of them would represent a dreadful setback to American national security interests.” Remember, too: “The Iranian regime has broken just about every treaty it has ever signed.” “Trump may well believe that
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[2026-04-09 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: This is definitely in you really can't make this up(!) territory... Sen. Lindsey Graham is actually calling for a Congressional vote, but not concerning a War Powers Resolution.
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[2026-04-09 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two-week truce with Tehran leaves Trump mere days to finalise a deal before a legal cut-off triggers a high-stakes clash with Congress
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[2026-04-09 07:17 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two-week truce with Tehran leaves Trump mere days to finalise a deal before a legal cut-off triggers a high-stakes clash with Congress
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[2026-04-09 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: More Australians are riding bikes and trikes as the Iran war disrupts global oil supplies and drives up fuel prices. (Supplied: Trike Bike Australia)
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[2026-04-09 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With regime change increasingly out of reach, the US president may pivot towards a business deal with Tehran’s fractured leadership
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[2026-04-09 07:02 UTC+10:00] [Karoline Leavitt] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With regime change increasingly out of reach, the US president may pivot towards a business deal with Tehran’s fractured leadership
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[2026-04-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [Vietnam] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Trump Says Opening the Strait of Hormuz ‘Should Be Easy.’ Will It?1:34
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[2026-04-09 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump has once again shown his compassion for an oppressed population by allowing Iran to agree to a cease-fire in this war (“Don’s halt on Doomsday,” April 8).
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[2026-04-09 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on track.
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[2026-04-09 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post the CIA’s secret new “Ghost Murmur” tool was “very important” to rescuing a downed airman inside Iran this weekend — as leading physicists and engineers debate how the futuristic technology, said to detect heartbeats at great distance, might work.
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[2026-04-09 06:38 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-09 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: De izquierda a derecha: El comandante interino del Comando Cibernético de Estados Unidos, William Hartman; el director del FBI, Kash Patel; la directora de Inteligencia Nacional, Tulsi Gabbard; y el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, durante una audiencia de la Comisión Selecta Permanente de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Inteligencia, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026, en Washington.
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[2026-04-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Loyalists rush to defend president for ‘outsmarting the critics’ but others decry deal as ‘a negative for our country’
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[2026-04-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has recently escalated his rhetoric over the Iran war, using language that is unusually provocative. He warned that Iran could be “sent back to the Stone Age.” In a social media post, he went further, urging Iran to “Open the F---in' Strait,” accompanied by insults and threats that depart sharply from any recognizable form of diplomatic language.
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[2026-04-09 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: With minutes before a self-imposed deadline – and an unprecedented threat to wipe out Iran's "civilisation" - US President Donald Trump announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed to halt the war.
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[2026-04-09 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran.
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[2026-04-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump is “weaponizing Christianity” to justify its actions in the Middle East, while Israel continues to act with impunity as much of the West turns a blind eye, Irish activist and satirist Tadhg Hickey has said.
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[2026-04-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump is “weaponizing Christianity” to justify its actions in the Middle East, while Israel continues to act with impunity as much of the West turns a blind eye, Irish activist and satirist Tadhg Hickey has said.
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[2026-04-09 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-09 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
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[2026-04-09 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump says fraudsters and charlatans are circulating fake versions of Iran's 10-point proposal. (Reuters: Nathan Howard)
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[2026-04-09 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US vice president, who has largely stayed out of the spotlight regarding the war on Iran, will lead on Friday a team headed to Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss next steps in ceasefire negotiations, the White House announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-09 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A ceasefire deal struck by Washington and Tehran is a “disaster” and “failure,” several prominent Israeli politicians have said. Israel was left out of the equation, they argued, calling it a strategic mistake on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-04-09 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A ceasefire deal struck by Washington and Tehran is a “disaster” and “failure,” several prominent Israeli politicians have said. Israel was left out of the equation, they argued, calling it a strategic mistake on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-04-09 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Donald Trump claimed "total" victory after a ceasefire with Iran. But critics say the deal is a fresh example of their maxim that the tough-talking US president always "chickens out."
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[2026-04-09 06:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the US and Iran, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-09 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The White House said Vice President JD Vance will lead the US negotiating team in talks with Iran aimed at reaching a permanent end to the war on Iran.
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[2026-04-09 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Oil prices have been rising since the U.S and Israel attacked Iran. A stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows the price for West Texas Intermediate one-month futures on March 24, 2026. © Reuters
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[2026-04-09 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-09 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM—Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel remains prepared to confront Iran if necessary, despite a truce reached between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 05:59 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran includes a proposal allowing Iran and Oman to charge transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route, news agency AP reported.
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[2026-04-09 05:57 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-09 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: From left, Acting Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, listen during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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[2026-04-09 05:54 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s sharemarket is expected to slide on opening despite oil prices plunging and stock markets surging worldwide after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire in the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-04-09 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has expressed support for the United States’ decision to suspend strikes on Iran, but said the two-week truce will not extend to Israel’s ongoing military operations in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The US and Iran reached a ceasefire deal on Tuesday, less than two hours before the deadline President Trump imposed for Iran to meet his demands or else face wide-scale destruction.
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[2026-04-09 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas se relajan después de almorzar en un centro Hogares de Cristo en el barrio Carlos Mugica, que forma parte de una red de centros comunitarios que fue apoyada inicialmente por el difunto papa Francisco, en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-04-09 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have launched an intense bombardment across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people, hours after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the United States-Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 05:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose massive 50% tariffs on countries sending military firepower to Iran, putting Russia and China on notice.
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[2026-04-09 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said NATO allies have not done enough to support the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-09 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal Reserve officials stuck to their projection of one interest-rate cut this year at their meeting in March despite uncertainty around the war in Iran – and the odds of at least one cut tripled Wednesday following the start of a two-week cease-fire in the conflict.
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[2026-04-09 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting the American aircrafts into the Iranian armed forces fishing net with signs that read in Farsi: “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,” at the Eqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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