Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-23 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran in months raised hopes on Wednesday that the adversaries could make some progress towards ending the Middle East war, although neither side spelled out any change in their positions.
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[2026-09-23 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has presented the US with a road map to end their conflict that includes a regionwide ceasefire, the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the US blockade of the country, regional sources told The National on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has presented the US with a road map to end their conflict that includes a regionwide ceasefire, the gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the US blockade of the country, regional sources told The National on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices rose slightly to $100 per barrel on Wednesday afternoon, after trading lower in the morning, as Iran and the US hold negotiations in New York to end the conflict and focus remains on Saudi supply.
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[2026-09-23 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Houthi-affiliated media on Wednesday said Saudi airstrikes killed 10 people and left 14 others wounded in Yemen's Taiz and Al-Jawf governorates over the past 24 hours. "Eight civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in Taiz, while two civilians were killed and three others wounded in Al-Jawf," Al-Masirah TV channel said.
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[2026-09-23 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are down modestly, but at session lows, as oil reverses earlier losses (crude was on pace for a sixth straight day of declines, its longest losing run in a year) sending Brent back over $100 and pushing 10Y yields back to 4.99%. As of 8:30am, S&P 500 futures were 0.1% lower with Nasdaq 100 futures sliding 0.3%, and also at session lows after hitting a record on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are due to address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday morning.
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[2026-09-23 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Yemeni civilians celebrate while riding in the back of a pickup truck in the Bani Matar district, Yemen, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, as they follow a convoy carrying Houthi prisoners freed in Mokha on its way to Sanaa following the Houthi takeover of the southern Red Sea port city. (AP Photo/STR)
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[2026-09-23 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A snapshot of major news across the continent on September 23, 2026: Protest against Iranian government outside UN headquarters in New York ------ Trump administration to admit mostly white South African refugees in 2027-----South Africa mass shooting leaves 11 dead as police search for three attackers------US denies visa for Sudan's de facto leader due to address UN------- Iran says it has the technology to produce missiles with far longer ranges
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[2026-09-23 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Since the early days of the US-Iran conflict, we have tracked the rewiring of global energy flows. That theme continues today and is accelerating as LNG buyers seek supplies and shipping routes well beyond the Gulf. Before the conflict, roughly one-fifth of global LNG trade transited through the Strait of Hormuz, concentrating risk at a single chokepoint.
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[2026-09-23 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta imagen, distribuida por la Oficina Presidencial de Irán, el presidente Masoud Pezeshkian saluda a la prensa y las autoridades al embarcar en su avión en el aeropuerto de Mehrabad rumbo a Nueva York, para asistir a la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas, en Teherán, Irán, el 22 de septiembre de 2026.
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[2026-09-23 20:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeks
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[2026-09-23 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces say they have taken full control of strategic Mount Qarfan in the western governorate of Taiz during a battle with Iran-aligned Houthi fighters.
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[2026-09-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran war, rising prices and president’s low ratings give Democrats advantage, but Republicans have poured cash into key races – could it be decisive?
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[2026-09-23 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the last week of August, I received several messages from Iran, all bewildered, about the English language proficiency exams having been cancelled. "Students like me are very surprised and shocked," one of them said, "because it is unaffordable to take the exam abroad."
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[2026-09-23 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Speaking on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran. Hours later, he told reporters that US officials held a “very good” meeting with Iranian leaders.
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[2026-09-23 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Tuesday that the country possesses the technological infrastructure to make missiles with significantly longer ranges.
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[2026-09-23 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly as senior US and Iranian officials pursue talks that could open the way to further diplomatic contact between the two countries.
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[2026-09-23 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite a tense but relatively stable security period, the Middle East is approaching the risk of a broader escalation as multiple flashpoints converge across the region, Israeli security officials told Walla on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is readying a new round of fuel assistance under the Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (Uplift) to provide relief to vulnerable sectors as the benchmark Brent oil hit $100 per barrel on Sept. 9 — the first time since July amid renewed US-Iran tension.
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[2026-09-23 18:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-23 18:35 UTC+10:00] [Espionage] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: French citizen Martin Ryan is being released from Azerbaijani prison, one day after Paris successfully lobbied Brussels to lift sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
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[2026-09-23 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: For more than a month, the Houthis have been striking Saudi oil infrastructure and shipping in the Red Sea, stepping up pressure on global oil prices and boosting Iran’s leverage in its war with the United States. The Houthi advances have seemed to come with little resistance from Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces.
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[2026-09-23 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK will grow by less than expected next year amid the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran, an international agency has said.
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[2026-09-23 18:00 UTC+10:00] [OECD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Paris-based body warns that ‘economic prospects remain heavily dependent on durable resolution to conflict’
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[2026-09-23 17:29 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian fuel companies are warning global supply buffers that have shielded motorists from the full impact of the Iran war are rapidly depleting, raising the risk of steeper price rises at service stations if international inventories continue to tighten.
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[2026-09-23 17:05 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is scouring the nation for resources ranging from oil to rare earths, as it tries to shield its economy from rising geopolitical turbulence
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[2026-09-23 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has launched a petition calling for action to suspend Israel’s United Nations membership.
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[2026-09-23 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister has met US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN on a day when the US leader said he could "annihilate" the Islamic Republic if the conflict went unresolved.
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[2026-09-23 16:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran conveyed its conditions for ending hostilities with the United States through Qatari mediators, Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state media IRNA on Tuesday, during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 15:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Today on Trending Middle East, both Iran and the US have confirmed they held talks through mediators during the UN General Assembly. This marks the first known negotiation between both sides since an interim agreement broke down in July.
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[2026-09-23 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran has been in negotiations with the U.S. through a Qatari mediator in New York, and communicated its conditions for ending the seven-month war on all fronts, according to regional media reports.
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[2026-09-23 14:42 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-09-23 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Iran have engaged in hours of indirect talks through mediators on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, but accounts differed over whether officials from the two countries met directly.
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[2026-09-23 14:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei, has hailed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force for its “tireless efforts”, according to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
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[2026-09-23 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australian petrol and diesel prices are surging as the Iran war continues. (ABC News: Adam Griffiths)
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[2026-09-23 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-23 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has said Tehran engaged with the United States through a Qatari mediator in New York and conveyed conditions including an end to the war on all fronts and a halt to "acts of aggression," state news agency IRNA reported.
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[2026-09-23 13:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said US and Iranian representatives had met for "very good" talks at the United Nations.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: G7 foreign ministers meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday delivered a blunt message to Tehran – end your arming and financing of Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The appeal came after seven of the world’s biggest economies warned that Iran’s continued support for the violent militia threatens international trade and global stability.
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[2026-09-23 12:31 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton once said that when a crisis breaks out, the first thing everyone in Washington asks is, “Where is the nearest (aircraft) carrier?” That remains a critical question as the U.S. faces off against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, but for the shipping industry, it may have been replaced by another: “Where are the nearest oil tankers — and do we have enough?”
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[2026-09-23 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US President Donald Trump said US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the UN General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.
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[2026-09-23 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Donald Trump is in an advantageous position in dealings with Iran, a State Department official told The National on Tuesday, after the US President announced new negotiations had taken place.
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[2026-09-23 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: World leaders descended on New York this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, where the agenda spans the U.S.-Iran war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and the risks posed by artificial intelligence.
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[2026-09-23 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-09-23 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Washington can’t or won’t defend the island, Taipei has no choice but to settle with Beijing
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[2026-09-23 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil fell Wednesday, amid optimism that supply disruptions would ease following U.S.-Iran talks which raised hopes of a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-23 10:55 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: With artificial intelligence and the Iran war topping the agenda at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, the president of the upcoming U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep rising emissions in focus.
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[2026-09-23 10:47 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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