Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-04 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump greets Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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[2026-09-04 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-04 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-04 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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[2026-09-04 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Were Iran and Israel to accept Lebanon’s status as a sovereign state, not only would this be a principled decision – one that is in accordance with the universal values enshrined in the UN Charter – it would also serve both countries’ long-term interests.
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[2026-09-04 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised the European Union for formally joining "Operation Economic Outcast," the U.S.-led sanctions campaign aimed at severing Tehran from the global financial system, as Washington widens its war to include economic pressure.
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[2026-09-04 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Argentina's President Javier Milei has said he will sanction oil companies working off the Falklands as he reiterated the country's claim on the British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean.
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[2026-09-04 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When the US announced it was imposing new sanctions on Iran late last month, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the aim was to sever every economic lifeline “until Tehran stands alone”.
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[2026-09-04 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has announced a new series of economic sanctions targeting Cuba, its latest step in a campaign to squeeze the island’s already fragile economy.
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[2026-09-04 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday that the US is "very fully" investigating the military's reported strikes on a wedding in Iran which killed at least four people this week.
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[2026-09-04 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Trump White House is reportedly looking to try and keep things 'quiet' related to the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz leading into the November midterms, after an intense flare-up in fighting this week.
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[2026-09-04 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the European Union has officially joined Washington’s economic pressure campaign against Iran.
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[2026-09-04 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE on Thursday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as US Vice President JD Vance said the strike was being investigated.
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[2026-09-04 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) CORRECTION: Date corrected to Sept. 3 instead of July 23.
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[2026-09-04 10:17 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: INJURED. An injured victim lies in a hospital bed following an attack at a wedding near Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Red Crescent reported, as the United States and Iran engaged in the most significant exchange of fire in weeks, in Sirik, Hormozgan province, Iran, September 2, 2026, in this screen grab taken from a handout video.
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[2026-09-04 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-09-04 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man rests on a sofa on a street in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-09-04 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: JD Vance has acknowledged moments where the conflict has "flared up", but says "right now, there is no active shooting". (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
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[2026-09-04 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: JD Vance "extremely sceptical" over alleged strike on Iranian wedding
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[2026-09-04 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday that the US is "very fully" investigating the military's reported strikes on a wedding in Iran which killed at least four people this week.
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[2026-09-04 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as "Trump Strait" despite ongoing clashes with Iran -- then hours later implied he wasn't serious.
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[2026-09-04 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Vice President JD Vance has declined to offer a prospective timeline for the end of the US-Israeli war on Iran, which remains a source of surging global energy prices and unpopularity at home.
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[2026-09-04 07:04 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US vice-president says he’s ‘extremely skeptical’ of Iran reports when asked whether US was responsible for deaths
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[2026-09-04 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Last night’s debate on the Iran war brought together Alan Dershowitz and libertarian Dave Smith for a wide-ranging clash over Iran, Israel, and … you guessed it: Antisemitism!
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[2026-09-04 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the United States is investigating an airstrike that Iran says struck a wedding party in Iran.
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[2026-09-04 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On a balmy summer afternoon this week, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and his team were scoping out the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem ahead of the embassy’s annual Independence Day celebrations set to take place there next week.
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[2026-09-04 05:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gains in big technology stocks and easing bond yields helped lift Wall Street even as oil prices ticked higher amid an escalation in the US war with Iran.
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[2026-09-04 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump asiste a un acto con legisladores republicanos en el Jardín de las Rosas de la Casa Blanca, el 2 de septiembre de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-09-04 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 04:03 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-09-04 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has again pushed back on media reports detailing dangerously low munitions stockpiles as the US-Israel war with Iran stretches into its seventh month.
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[2026-09-04 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has arrested seven people in the northwestern province of Ilam, accusing them of being affiliated with Kurdish separatist groups.
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[2026-09-04 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump attends an event with Republican lawmakers in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-09-04 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The dissection of the war and peace policies that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces from his challengers in the October 27 election is not new: he has failed to achieve diplomatic and lasting strategic changes to make Israel safer, wasting a wide range of large tactical military wins.
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[2026-09-04 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to rage against US media coverage of the Iran war (not for the first time), following Treasury Scott Bessent giving similar scathing remarks earlier this week.
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[2026-09-04 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-04 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday flagged that while the country’s general economic outlook was positive, heightened uncertainty due to high energy prices, policy issues and the Iran war was weighing on industry and household sentiment.
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[2026-09-04 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce clashes with Houthi fighters across several fronts west of Taiz province, as the Iran-backed group launches a broad offensive along front lines on the western Red Sea coast.
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[2026-09-04 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran attacked United States military bases in Kuwait on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the Middle East war.
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[2026-09-04 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Iran continue to make competing claims about who has greater control of the critical Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf.
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[2026-09-04 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic regime has come under increasing pressure from hardline media outlets and figures to escalate the conflict by severing the international fiber-optic cables running beneath the Strait of Hormuz and the Arab Gulf.
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[2026-09-04 01:33 UTC+10:00] [Energy and Climate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The Slovak government on Wednesday rejected a 12-month extension for the EU's individual sanctions package against Russia, three diplomats told POLITICO.
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[2026-09-04 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has congratulated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over the latest American strikes on Iran, despite one of the attacks hitting a wedding and killing several civilians.
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[2026-09-04 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Syria acting as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz would be “great.” He commented after a headline at The Washington Post noted that Syria was “eyeing role as Middle East hub, offers options to bypass Hormuz.” This comes as US and Iran tensions grew this week with the US carrying out airstrikes and Iran attacking Jordan, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait and other countries.
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[2026-09-04 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday the deaths of six more military personnel from US strikes this week, bringing the military death toll to at least 13.
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[2026-09-04 00:16 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Air bases used by US in the UAE and Kuwait hit as the Israeli defence chief says Iran’s regime fears collapse due to economic pressures
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[2026-09-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Country’s chaotic birth registration system has allowed older children to compete against younger ones, potentially earning great rewards
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[2026-09-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Country’s chaotic birth registration system has allowed older children to compete against younger ones, potentially earning great rewards
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[2026-09-03 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's retaliatory attacks on US bases and the regional countries hosting them actually continued overnight into Thursday, despite CENTCOM having on Wednesday announced the cessation of the US bombing operation.
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