Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-18 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Vessels travelling to and from India accounted for one of the largest shares of applications to use Iran-designated routes through the Strait of Hormuz, according to MarineTraffic.
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[2026-07-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned countries hosting US military forces to prepare for a "corresponding response", Iranian media reported.
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[2026-07-18 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media have reported that US missile strikes launched from Kuwait caused explosions in the city of Khorramabad in Lorestan province. Here are some other developments on Saturday:
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[2026-07-18 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire
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[2026-07-18 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-18 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Major General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian military adviser, has warned that if the US continues bombing Iran over the coming days, Tehran will launch “full-scale offensive operations”, according to state-controlled news agency IRIB.
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[2026-07-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-07-18 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Jordanian military has said its air defences downed 10 Iranian missiles that breached the country’s airspace early on Saturday morning.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Tehran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Images shared on Friday showed a damaged bridge in Iran's southern Hormozgan province
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[2026-07-18 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as the United States and Tehran continued to trade drone and missile strikes.
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[2026-07-18 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy "unequivocally announces" that the Strait of Hormuz has become "highly perilous" and is now fully sealed off due to the "crimes of the US military", state broadcaster IRIB reported.
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[2026-07-18 10:33 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai/Cairo: The US struck bridges in Iran, and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the two sides risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the Pentagon publicly clings to a $30 billion price tag for its war against Iran, internal Defense Department assessments (unsurprisingly) paint a far more staggering picture: the true cost is rapidly closing in on the $80 billion to $100 billion range, according to NBC News.
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[2026-07-18 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three people were killed in US strikes on some parts of Iran’s Hormozgan province, IRNA reported, citing the region's deputy governor.
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[2026-07-18 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 9:21am
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[2026-07-18 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said it intercepted and shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the southern port city of Bushehr using a newly developed air defence system.
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[2026-07-18 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that it destroyed a depot housing American unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that it destroyed a depot housing US unmanned surface vessels and the “main artificial intelligence center” in Bahrain, in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian bridges and other civilian infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 08:32 UTC+10:00] [Republicans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections
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[2026-07-18 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after passing through a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state TV reported early on Saturday, citing a statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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[2026-07-18 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Army has launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as a military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader warns of a full-scale offensive if US attacks continue.
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[2026-07-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in Yazd, in central Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, after the US military announced a seventh night of strikes against the country.
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[2026-07-18 07:54 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
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[2026-07-18 07:39 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-07-18 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran fired several ballistic missiles and drones towards Kuwait on Friday, Kuwait's military stated in an X/Twitter post citing Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Maj.-Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi.
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[2026-07-18 06:52 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Central Command says attacks were designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’
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[2026-07-18 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American forces struck bridges, while Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait
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[2026-07-18 05:40 UTC+10:00] [Bahrain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: American forces struck bridges, while Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait
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[2026-07-18 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iraq and Syria signed an agreement on Friday to rebuild an oil pipeline that would provide an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-18 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 18 Jul 2026 at 4:46am
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[2026-07-18 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz has returned to a "worse-case scenario" for oil tankers as Iran has repeatedly attacked ships over the past week, the CEO of a maritime risk services firm said.
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[2026-07-18 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 98]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Friday that attacks on civilian infrastructure are "unacceptable," after Iran accused the United States of targeting bridges and transport hubs.
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[2026-07-18 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The IRGC Navy Command said on Friday that the movements and military equipment of US forces are “under the surveillance” of Iran’s naval units.
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[2026-07-18 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Around 500 undersea cables carry 99% of international data traffic. (NEC)
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[2026-07-18 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La refinería petrolera Mina Al-Ahmadi opera en Kuwait, el 20 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP, archivo)
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[2026-07-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-07-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — The past four months have demonstrated just how volatile oil markets can be. In March, Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time in four years, reaching $119 on March 9 — its highest level since the 2022 energy crisis — as Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz brought tanker traffic to a near-standstill.
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[2026-07-18 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's large-scale 'retaliation' on US bases and Gulf states overnight included a rare first if confirmed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it conducted a missile or drone attack on an American special operations command center at al-Tanf in Syria on Friday.
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[2026-07-18 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s wartime borrowing boom, which helped prop up the economy following Western sanctions, has left the country’s banking sector increasingly vulnerable as high interest rates and slowing growth make it harder for companies and households to repay their debts.
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[2026-07-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry data shows China’s shipyards secured 82 per cent of tanker orders placed this year, as measured by carrying capacity
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[2026-07-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry data shows China’s shipyards secured 82 per cent of tanker orders placed this year, as measured by carrying capacity
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[2026-07-18 00:52 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leaked US intelligence report concluded Iran retained 70% of missiles and launchers after 38-day spring campaign
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[2026-07-18 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq condemned "the unjustified attacks launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Kurdistan Region" in a statement on X, and called on Iran to cease the escalation.
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[2026-07-18 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A power plant in Kuwait and five bridges in Iran have been struck in the latest exchange of fire across the Arabian Gulf as the scope of the fighting expands into infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A power plant in Kuwait and five bridges in Iran have been struck in the latest exchange of fire across the Arabian Gulf as the scope of the fighting expands into infrastructure.
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[2026-07-18 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Having rebounded from record (46 year) lows in June, University of Michigan's preliminary July Sentiment survey was expected to show further improvement as gas prices fell since the US-Iran 'peace' MoU signing (before rising modestly in the last few days of the reignited conflict).
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[2026-07-17 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran on Friday accused the United States of bombing civilian infrastructure in its latest wave of airstrikes since peace talks collapsed last week.
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[2026-07-17 23:10 UTC+10:00] [Irã] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Desde o funeral do aiatolá Ali Khamenei, entre 3 e 9 de julho, a retórica dos principais líderes do Irã se tornou significativamente mais agressiva. Políticos, a mídia estatal e o novo líder supremo exigem publicamente retaliação pelo assassinato de Khamenei, ocorrido após um ataque aéreo dos Estados Unidos em 28 de fevereiro, primeiro dia da guerra entre os dois países, em sua cidade natal, Mashhad, no nordeste do Irã.
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