Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-22 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pickaxe Mountain is a fortified underground site near one of Iran’s primary nuclear enrichment facilities
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[2026-07-22 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-07-22 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun listens as he meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-07-22 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 22 Jul 2026 at 1:41pm
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[2026-07-22 13:14 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-07-22 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The United States launched strikes on Iran for the 11th consecutive night late on Tuesday, as Tehran warned the US against targeting its nuclear facilities.
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[2026-07-22 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit in June, according to government data released Wednesday, as the higher price of oil imports helped cause the second straight month of red ink.
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[2026-07-22 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday, put the cost of the war with Iran at $37.5 billion to date - while saying that a further $1.5 trillion was necessary for the adequate defense of the United States.
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[2026-07-22 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Under growing global uncertainty, investors sought the dollar as a safe haven. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-07-22 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Under growing global uncertainty, investors sought the dollar as a safe haven. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-07-22 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The cost of the United States' war in Iran has risen to $37.5 billion so far, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, as he faced skeptical lawmakers for the first time since heavy bombings resumed to seek urgent funding for the unpopular conflict.
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[2026-07-22 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It seems that CIA and other US intelligence officials hope to distance themselves from Trump's Iran war, now with the US-initiated conflict having dragged on for nearly five months (with no end in sight), after White House officials had in the opening days touted a swift, limited military excursion.
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[2026-07-22 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — EU ambassadors will make another push Wednesday to finalize the bloc’s first Russia sanctions package since Viktor Orbán left office, after governments stripped back key measures to protect their energy, fish processing, banking and shipping interests.
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[2026-07-22 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 22, 2026 — 11:57am
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[2026-07-22 11:28 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Little is known about the complex near the Natanz nuclear facility, but it is estimated it is buried almost 100 metres inside a mountain
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[2026-07-22 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has seized a cargo vessel suspected of violating U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, officials from Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-22 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HOUSTON (Reuters) -- Asian refiners are seeking to ship crude oil from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port through the Suez Canal and around Africa after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-07-22 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated and may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Report issues here.
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[2026-07-22 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated and may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Report issues here.
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[2026-07-22 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-07-22 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Democrats have grilled US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran war during his testimony before the Senate as the White House requested additional funding for operations in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-22 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Democrats grilled US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the Iran War during his testimony before the US Senate as the White House requested additional funding for operations in the Middle East.
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[2026-07-22 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-22 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military said it began a new round of strikes on Iran Wednesday morning, CENTCOM announced on X/Twitter. It marks the 11th consecutive night of American attacks.
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[2026-07-22 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An antique car passes the Melia Habana Hotel in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-07-22 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has launched an eleventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in northwestern Iran’s Tabriz region.
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[2026-07-22 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Comand (Centcom) announced launching new strikes targeting Iran for the 11th consecutive night, as local media reports explosions across the country.
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[2026-07-22 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Amid geopolitical tension and talk of an AI bubble, China needs a stable financial market to underpin economic growth
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[2026-07-22 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring. Both sides have accused each other of violating the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – an agreement signed last month that was expected to serve as a roadmap for the final settlement.
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[2026-07-22 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US and Iran have been exchanging regular strikes for nearly two weeks following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire deal reached in spring. Both sides have accused each other of violating the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – an agreement signed last month that was expected to serve as a roadmap for the final settlement.
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[2026-07-22 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Hegseth interrupted several times as he seeks additional Iran war funding
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[2026-07-22 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US war against Iran will cost at least $37.5 billion, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. It was an increase of $7.5 billion on the last public estimate.
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[2026-07-22 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is seeking to diversify its export channels as geopolitical tensions destabilise maritime trade hubs
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[2026-07-22 07:28 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, under questioning from lawmakers, said on Tuesday that the Defense Department’s latest estimate of the cost of the Iran war was $37.5 billion.
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[2026-07-22 07:26 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-22 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has put the latest official price tag on the US-Israel war on Iran at $37.5bn.
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[2026-07-22 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Newly sworn-in British Prime Minister Andy Burnham approved the use of British bases for attacks by the United States against Iran, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-07-22 06:59 UTC+10:00] [Fordo (Iran)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his threat to bomb a suspected Iranian nuclear site known as Pickaxe Mountain, telling reporters that the United States would strike that area “pretty soon, and very heavily.”
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[2026-07-22 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 100 American service members have sustained some degree of injury since 7 July, in the latest wave of fighting between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Monday.
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[2026-07-22 06:42 UTC+10:00] [Der Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: President Donald Trump appeared to blame US partner Jordan for the deaths of at least two American troops when an Iranian missile hit a Jordanian air base last week, while saying an attack on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site was imminent.
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[2026-07-22 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Middle East Eye's editor-in-chief David Hearst argues in his latest column that both Israel and the US are "stuck in a doom loop of their own making" in the war that they have waged on Iran.
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Emergency Services
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[2026-07-22 05:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There are concerns global energy supplies could be crippled and oil prices spike even further after Yemen's Houthi rebels opened up a new front in the US-Israeli war on Iran by vowing to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-07-22 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With US-Iran tit-for-tat strikes on their ninth day and the Russia-Ukraine war grinding on in Eastern Europe, US inventories of certain air-delivered munitions are being depleted. This has made the rapid procurement of lower-cost missiles and bombs a top priority for the Trump administration.
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[2026-07-22 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that it has targeted a tactical radar complex near the Ali al-Salem base and another radar system on Bubiyan Island in Kuwait, according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-07-22 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US-Iran tensions escalate as attacks hit Bahrain and Kuwait, raising wider war fears
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[2026-07-22 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and GOP leaders depart after meeting with reporters as he tries to advance a spending package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J.
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[2026-07-22 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Pete Hegseth] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary and chair of the joint chiefs face Senate appropriations committee to continue Iran war effort
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