Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The global energy shock and Trump’s ‘flip-flopping’ objectives could accelerate the PM’s pursuit of the kind of longer-term changes he has shied away from in the past
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.
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[2026-04-04 00:58 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
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[2026-04-04 00:49 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.
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[2026-04-04 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that "with a little more time," the United States can easily open up the Strait of Hormuz, take the oil and "make a fortune," amid growing concerns over the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran on oil prices and inflation.
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[2026-04-04 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's army has begun searching for the pilot of an F-35 jet shot down earlier on Friday, according to the Fars news agency.
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[2026-04-04 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — State-run public transport in Pakistan's capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month, officials said on Friday, after the government drastically raised fuel prices due to spiking global energy prices caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-04 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Pentagon shake-up under Trump has not ended, as on Thursday Pete Hegseth has dismissed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, asking him to step down into early retirement.
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[2026-04-04 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran is a victim of illegal aggression by the US and Israel, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has told RT’s Sanchez Effect, rejecting Washington’s claims that Tehran was seeking a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-04 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.
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[2026-04-04 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.
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[2026-04-04 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-04 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron Saluda a su homólogo surcoreano Lee Jae Myung en su reunión en la Casa Azul en Seúl, Corea del Sur, el viernes 3 de abril de 2026. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Foto vía AP)
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[2026-04-04 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Multiple weapons experts have disputed a US claim that Iran may have been responsible for a deadly strike on the town of Lamerd on the first day of the war.
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[2026-04-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [International law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions
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[2026-04-03 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in remarks made public Friday said his country could help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure by Iran has rattled the global economy.
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[2026-04-03 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel have carried out multiple attacks on medical facilities in the course of their war on Iran.
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[2026-04-03 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hiring in March was surprisingly strong, signaling the labor market was stabilizing as the Iran war continues – though economists have warned higher energy prices from the conflict could spook employers and keep the Fed from cutting interest rates.
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[2026-04-03 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-03 23:13 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As casualties mount, those who share a home state with the deceased in Iowa, Kentucky or Ohio question the war’s legality
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[2026-04-03 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It has been widely reported that US bombers have been using a base in Gloucestershire in southwest England, RAF Fairford, to launch bombing missions over Iran.
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[2026-04-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing takes a stand at the United Nations at the closure of shipping lanes
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[2026-04-03 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 100 experts on international law have signed an open letter expressing "profound concern" about what they see as serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran in the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-03 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: From a lectern at the White House, US President Donald Trump offered his latest assessment on how long the US-Israeli war with Iran might last.
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[2026-04-03 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Swedish Coast Guard said Friday it has boarded a tanker suspected of causing a 12-kilometer (8-mile) oil spill on the Baltic Sea, adding that the vessel is under European Union sanctions aimed at the “shadow fleet” transporting Russian oil.
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[2026-04-03 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's islands are in the spotlight.
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[2026-04-03 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Pope Leo has urged Israel to “reopen all paths of dialogue” to help end the war with Iran, following a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the Vatican said.
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[2026-04-03 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's islands are in the spotlight.
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[2026-04-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Country is torn between those who hope for end to Tehran’s influence and those loyal to Islamic republic
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[2026-04-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-04-03 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image made with a long exposure, President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-04-03 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 100 United States-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and potentially amounting to “war crimes”.
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[2026-04-03 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that there will be strikes on its bridges and electric power plants if its leaders do not agree to his terms to end the war.
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[2026-04-03 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran said on Friday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air defences defences had shot down a US F-35 fighter jet over central Iran.
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[2026-04-03 21:22 UTC+10:00] [Revolutionary Guards] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Mayuree Naree was hit in March after leaving a port in the United Arab Emirates
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[2026-04-03 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-03 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Approximately half of Iran's missile launchers and one-way attack drones are still operational despite five weeks of heavy strikes by the US and Israel, according to a Friday CNN report citing recent US intelligence assessments.
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[2026-04-03 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-03 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry said on Thursday that 1,345 people have been killed and 4,040 wounded since the war began, including 125 children
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[2026-04-03 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-03 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran appears to have shot down a Chinese Wing Loong II drone in the southern region of Shiraz, sparking questions among open-source intelligence analysts about whether Gulf states like Saudi Arabia or the UAE had joined offensive operations against Iran.
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[2026-04-03 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kuwait says a power and desalination plant has been hit by an Iranian attack, as Gulf countries continue to face heavy retaliatory strikes on the 35th day of the United States and Israel’s war on Iran.
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[2026-04-03 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Around half of Iran’s missile launchers and kamikaze drones remain intact despite a month of US-Israeli strikes, CNN reports, citing a military intelligence assessment.
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[2026-04-03 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices have jumped sharply after United States President Donald Trump renewed threats to target Iranian infrastructure.
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[2026-04-03 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Medical personnel and Sri Lanka Navy sailors provide emergency treatment to an injured Iranian crew member rescued after responding to a distress call from the Iranian military ship IRIS Dena, torpedoed by a U.S. Navy submarine while in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, on March 4. © Reuters
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[2026-04-03 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-03 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image released by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma’ameer, Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP, File)
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[2026-04-03 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has warned that Washington “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran”, threatening a potential expansion of attacks on the country’s infrastructure, which would violate international law.
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[2026-04-03 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has called on Tehran to “declare victory and make a deal that both ends this conflict and prevents the next one,” in an article published in Foreign Affairs.
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[2026-04-03 19:02 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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