Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The remarks come after Trump said the conflict is ‘very close’ to completion, while signalling plans for fresh attacks in the coming days
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[2026-04-02 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said air defences were responding to a new wave of Iranian strikes, the fourth within the past six hours.
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[2026-04-02 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: There was almost nothing new in Donald Trump’s live address to the nation (and the world) about the war against Iran. Whatever questions you had at 11.59am on Thursday AEDT, you would have still had at 12.20pm, too.
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[2026-04-02 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump offered nothing new in an address that was expected to provide clarity. (REUTERS: Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)
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[2026-04-02 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K. will host an international diplomatic conference this week on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment to the Daily Telegraph newspaper that he is considering pulling out of NATO, Starmer said Britain is “fully committed to NATO.”
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[2026-04-02 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his first national address since launching the Iran war, President Donald Trump said U.S. forces are “on track to complete” their mission soon, as the “core strategic objectives are nearing completion. Still, he vowed heavy strikes would continue.
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[2026-04-02 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gulf countries are revisiting costly plans for pipelines that would allow them to bypass Iran's restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, Financial Times reports.
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[2026-04-02 15:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said US forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago.
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[2026-04-02 15:02 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-04-02 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
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[2026-04-02 14:23 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-04-02 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una persona se encuentra frente a una pantalla electrónica que muestra el índice Nikkei de Japón en una correduría de valores el jueves 2 de abril de 2026, en Tokio. (AP Foto/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-02 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian television announced that missiles reached the port of Haifa, just minutes after Trump declared to have "decimated" the country.
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[2026-04-02 13:52 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-04-02 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 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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[2026-04-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Persons walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- US President Donald Trump has been fuming about NATO, musing about leaving the alliance, ratcheting up his criticism of European leaders and exposing a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance -- this time over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 13:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say
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[2026-04-02 13:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks dropped over 3 percent late Thursday morning after US President Donald Trump warned that the United States would strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next few weeks.
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[2026-04-02 13:39 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump sought on Wednesday night (Washington time) to explain his rationale for the war against Iran at a pivotal moment at home and abroad, but he offered few new details as he amasses extraordinary executive authority to prosecute the military operation.
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[2026-04-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that original objectives of the war on Iran had been met, adding that it was not clear what more needs to be achieved.
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[2026-04-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that the US only launched its war on Iran to assist its partners in the region, a statement that likely references a long-held Israeli bid for Washington to attack Tehran.
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[2026-04-02 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said air defences were responding to an Iranian missile salvo, shortly after US President Donald Trump delivered an address.
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[2026-04-02 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has urged countries that buy oil from the Middle East to unblock the Strait of Hormuz by force unless Iran reopens the vital shipping route to all vessels.
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[2026-04-02 12:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States will hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks, while highlighting that its "core strategic" military objectives in the war against the Islamic Republic are "nearing completion."
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[2026-04-02 12:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-04-02 12:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to bomb the Iranian regime “back to the stone ages” during his primetime address to the nation Wednesday.“Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” Trump said.
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[2026-04-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks’, US president says
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[2026-04-02 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-04-02 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said in a televised address to the nation said that the war on Iran has left it "decimated".
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[2026-04-02 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose in volatile trading as U.S. President Donald Trump in his address to the nation on Iran war said that he expected the conflict to last another two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 12:14 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won weakened against the US dollar Thursday, following a sharp gain in the previous session, ahead of US President Donald Trump's scheduled message on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-02 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE defence ministry said that its air defences are dealing with missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.
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[2026-04-02 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
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[2026-04-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President is expected to offer a timeline for end of the war, and speak about his threat to withdraw the US from Nato as he faces falling poll numbers and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-02 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that the U.S. president is looking to exit the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has unleashed a number of new executions, with many more expected to come, over fears of another citizen-led uprising as the embattled regime fights for survival in its war against the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-04-02 09:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-04-02 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Iran will participate in this summer’s World Cup as planned despite its fractured relationship with the United States.
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[2026-04-02 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland will not relocate its American-made Patriot air defense missile systems to the Middle East to help the US intercept attacks from Iran, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
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[2026-04-02 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
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[2026-04-02 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "The hard part is done," President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night about the Iran war. The recent jump in gas prices is a "short term increase" that "will rapidly come back down" once the vital Strait of Hormuz is reopened, he said.
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[2026-04-02 08:55 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-04-02 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer opted for a morning press conference to address the nation. (Reuters: Frank Augstein)
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[2026-04-02 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president asked the people of the United States if the Middle East conflict was truly putting "America First", accusing the US of war crimes and being influenced by Israel ahead of a much-anticipated address by Donald Trump.
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