Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-13 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A massive flotilla of tankers is rushing to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast to pick up crude oil that has been diverted as a result of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-13 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices have soared since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, and President Donald Trump is now turning to America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a wider agreement from many of the world’s wealthiest countries to tap into emergency stockpiles.
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[2026-03-13 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Work at QatarEnergy’s huge North Field Expansion liquefied natural gas project has slowed sharply as the war on Iran enters its third week.
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[2026-03-13 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The CEO of FireEye Kevin Mandia gives a tour of the cybersecurity company’s unused office space in Reston, Va., March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren, file)
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[2026-03-13 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has said that it would not be appropriate for Iran’s national football team to participate in the FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States in the summer.
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[2026-03-13 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei included a disturbing threat of attacks on US soil in his first message to the world — but it’s clear he’s either too hurt or too incompetent to deliver it himself, experts said.
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[2026-03-13 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Army is offering a fat reward for the capture of two thieves who stole drones from a base — amid fears of a possible Iranian drone strike on U.S. soil.
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[2026-03-13 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraqis hold a portrait of the new successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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[2026-03-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The threat to Americans from international terrorist groups is “higher now than it’s been in decades” as the war against Iran nears the end of its second week, Sen. Ted Cruz has warned.
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[2026-03-13 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran says commercial vessels can still transit the Strait of Hormuz provided they coordinate their passage with Iranian naval forces.
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[2026-03-13 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is considering waiving the Jones Act to speed up oil shipments as his administration works to bring down gas prices.
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[2026-03-13 04:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two weeks into Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran, the conflict is beginning to take on a shape that few strategists publicly predicted but many privately feared.
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[2026-03-13 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: TotalEnergies says it has halted around 15 percent of its global oil and gas production as the war in the Middle East disrupts energy operations across the region.
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[2026-03-13 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For the past month, US President Donald Trump and his secretaries of state and of war have emphasised a vision of the United States as a white Christian European nation at war with the non-Christian, non-white world.
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[2026-03-13 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A massive flotilla of tankers is rushing to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast to pick up crude oil that has been diverted as a result of Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-03-13 03:27 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tehran will keep strait of Hormuz closed and continue attacks on US assets, speech read out on state TV says
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[2026-03-13 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Sergey Poletaev, information analyst and publicist, co-founder and editor of the Vatfor project.
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[2026-03-13 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Sergey Poletaev, information analyst and publicist, co-founder and editor of the Vatfor project.
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[2026-03-13 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Authorities say no Nigerian in Iran has been affected by the conflict so far and that officials are stationed at the Armenian border to assist all evacuees. The Nigerian government has begun evacuating its citizens stranded in Iran as Israeli and US bombings continue in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
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[2026-03-13 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, baja del Air Force One en el base de Andrews, Maryland, el miércoles 11 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Luis M. Álvarez)
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[2026-03-13 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Italian defense firm Leonardo said it is "positioned on a path of strong growth" on Thursday, as European defense companies stand to gain business from the war in Iran, as they have been boosted by the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-13 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Russian government on Thursday ordered travel companies to provide refunds to Russians whose trips to the Middle East have been canceled due to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-13 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The wife of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was reported to have died after an air strike on 28 February, is still alive, Iranian state media has said.
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[2026-03-13 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president says higher oil prices benefit the country as Iran war pushes petrol costs above $100 per barrel
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[2026-03-13 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Irans’s players pose for a team photo before an Asian group A qualifying soccer match against North Korea for the 2026 World Cup, June 10, 2025, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)
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[2026-03-13 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The View sounded off on United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the U.S. Department of Defense in the wake of a fatal missile strike at an elementary school in Iran, and also took a moment to call out the Pentagon’s reported spending.
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[2026-03-13 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
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[2026-03-13 02:48 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Participation is in question amid ongoing war
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[2026-03-13 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has responded to Iran’s sports minister saying that his country cannot compete at this summer’s World Cup, which the US is co-hosting.
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[2026-03-13 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has laid out terms for ending the war with the United States and Israel in what analysts say is a possible sign of de-escalation from Tehran as the US-Israel war on Iran entered its 13th day on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s military has shown off its enormous supply of naval suicide drones, which it is using to blockade the crucial Strait of Hormuz, in chilling footage taken from its underground “missile city.”
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[2026-03-13 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military is “not ready” to accompany oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration says as Iran continues to block the strategic waterway.
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[2026-03-13 02:22 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: News stories are weighing nuclear risk as experts muse on the possibility of global warfare
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[2026-03-13 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air defenses after the Iran war exposed shortcomings.
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[2026-03-13 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks plummeted Thursday as oil prices hit $100 after Iran’s new supreme leader vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz blocked.
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[2026-03-13 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Screens display financial information on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-13 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In his first statement since becoming Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said that all US bases must be immediately closed in the region or they will be attacked.
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[2026-03-13 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: California officials say they are aware of information in various news reports that Iran could be targeting the U.S. with drone strikes in retaliation for the ongoing war in Iran but many are downplaying that threat.
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[2026-03-13 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Reactions are mounting across Africa as tensions escalate in the Middle East following strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliation across the region. Governments have issued statements urging restraint, while many citizens are focusing on the potential economic consequences.
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[2026-03-13 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has criticized the US-Israeli war on Iran, branding it part of a dangerous trend “outside international law.” She also condemned a deadly strike on an Iranian school widely attributed to the US.
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[2026-03-13 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, has criticized the US-Israeli war on Iran, branding it part of a dangerous trend “outside international law.” She also condemned a deadly strike on an Iranian school widely attributed to the US.
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[2026-03-13 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court Thursday decided not to pursue allegations by Venezuela that US sanctions had led to crimes against humanity, saying there was "no reasonable basis" for this accusation.
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[2026-03-13 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A view of the island of Qeshm, which oversees the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-03-13 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than three million people have been displaced in Iran since the United States and Israel launched a war against the country late last month, the United Nations says, as concerns mount over a worsening humanitarian crisis.
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[2026-03-13 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nepal will begin rationing cooking gas over fears of shortages amid ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran, an official said on Thursday.
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[2026-03-13 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying Thursday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel.
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[2026-03-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani has warned that if Washington follows through on its threats to target the country's electricity network, the "whole region will go dark".
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[2026-03-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Al Jazeera sees bombs being loaded onto US planes at UK base
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[2026-03-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Piers Morgan asked Mehdi Hasan a whopping seven times in a row whether he was happy that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was no longer ruling Iran after his assassination — but the former MSNBC host refused to answer, calling it a “loaded question.”
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[2026-03-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For many Iranians, the war launched by Israel and the US has triggered fears that go beyond air strikes and missile attacks.
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