Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has suspended negotiations with Iran and is seeking to gradually “strangle” the country, CNN reported on Tuesday, after its bombing campaign near the Strait of Hormuz failed to yield the desired results.
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[2026-08-19 11:54 UTC+10:00] [US & Canada] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ICC. Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 9, 2025.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran carried out a drone attack on the office of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s prime minister’s office on August 17. The attack took place in the early hours and the autonomous KRG government quickly determined that Iran had used new jet-powered drones in the attack.
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[2026-08-19 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On August 17 the homepage of the BBC had two important headlines that reflect changing US policy and the affect it is having on the world order.
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[2026-08-19 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and another senior official as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being "politicized."
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[2026-08-19 11:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, has ridiculed US President Donald Trump after he declared the Strait of Hormuz as a US territory.
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[2026-08-19 10:15 UTC+10:00] [AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bice, Blakey, Heeney, Jordon and Warner hit by suspensions
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[2026-08-19 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Gulf nation has halted all trade and financial dealings with Iran in response to the attack, which Tehran denies
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[2026-08-19 09:40 UTC+10:00] [uae] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Gulf nation has halted all trade and financial dealings with Iran in response to the attack, which Tehran denies
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[2026-08-19 09:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets the commitments stipulated in the memorandum of understanding, including lifting its naval blockade.
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[2026-08-19 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to an incident in July involving two staff members of the French embassy in Tehran.
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[2026-08-19 08:57 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney Swans coach Dean Cox confirmed the club would make a statement today following a board meeting on Tuesday night where they were deciding on sanctions and penalties for a group of players they believe “are in serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards”.
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[2026-08-19 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration.
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[2026-08-19 08:48 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen lashed out at the Trump administration on Tuesday after Washington sanctioned two senior officials at the International Criminal Court over probes targeting alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza.
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[2026-08-19 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States expects "responsible action" by the Israeli government over recent attacks by West Bank settlers in the Palestinian village of Kusra, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday in an interview with N12 News, referring to the attacks as "terrorism."
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[2026-08-19 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks alongside Paraguay’s Vice President Pedro Alliana (not pictured), in the Treaty Room at the State Department, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tierney L. Cross)
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[2026-08-19 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei rejected a statement by the UAE on Tuesday that said Iran was behind missiles launched against the Gulf country a day earlier, saying the "accusations" were "baseless."
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[2026-08-19 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has asserted that the United States is not engaged in talks with Iran and has not scheduled any, but has meanwhile insisted that the Strait of Hormuz remains open.
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[2026-08-19 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta foto proporcionada por la Marina de Estados Unidos, el destructor USS Benfold lleva a cabo operaciones de rutina en el mar de Filipinas el 24 de junio de 2022. (Especialista en Comunicación Masiva de 2da clase Arthur Rosen/Marina de los Estados Unidos vía AP/Archivo)
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[2026-08-19 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE on Wednesday announced it was suspending all activities, trade exchanges and financial transactions with Iran.
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[2026-08-19 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE said on Tuesday that all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transations with Iran have been halted until further notice, according to a statement from the country's foreign ministry.
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[2026-08-19 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US announced on Tuesday that it is sanctioning the Japanese president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Tomoko Akane, as well as the body's Senegalese senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye.
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[2026-08-19 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Justice Department has unsealed an indictment accusing 17 Iranians of cyber crime and hacking campaigns against the US, one of which was directed at streaming service HBO.
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[2026-08-19 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has added the head of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as one of its senior lawyers to a list of sanctioned individuals.
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[2026-08-19 06:06 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: As the administration promises unprecedented economic isolation, former US officials and Iran experts warn Tehran may be willing to absorb far more pain than Washington anticipates.
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[2026-08-19 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's ambassador to Kuwait met four Iranian nationals who have been detained in Kuwait for three months, state media quoted Iran's embassy in Kuwait as saying on Tuesday, a few days after an Iranian military official accused Kuwait of withholding information about their fate.
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[2026-08-19 06:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-19 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senior ICC lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who was on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, was also targeted
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[2026-08-19 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senior ICC lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who was on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, was also targeted
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[2026-08-19 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian-American comedian Max Amini has drawn criticism online after describing those fighting the US and Israel as a different "species" with "no sense of morals", while arguing that Washington's war is against Iran's government rather than its people.
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[2026-08-19 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-19 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Already US officials have signaled they may just abandon hard-hit bases in the Middle East altogether, in the wake of Iran's retaliation as a result of Operation Epic Fury, and a conflict that's dragged on for nearly six months.
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[2026-08-19 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El Golfo de Omán cerca del Estrecho de Ormuz, visto desde Khor Fakkan, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, el 1 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Fatima Shbair)
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[2026-08-19 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Criminal Court (ICC) said in a statement on Tuesday that US sanctions on its top members "undermine the rule of law" after Washington imposed measures on the ICC president and its senior lawyer.
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[2026-08-19 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-19 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US on Tuesday imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court, Tomoko Akane, and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, intensifying the administration's campaign against a court it accuses of threatening American sovereignty.
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[2026-08-19 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration is examining whether to pull troops out of the Gulf as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran, with the Pentagon weighing the risks facing large US bases in the region that have come under Iranian drone and missile attack.
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[2026-08-19 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against the president and a senior lawyer of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-08-19 03:50 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Marco Rubio announced measures against Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israel’s war crimes in Gaza
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[2026-08-19 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UAE has accused Iran of firing two ballistic missiles in its direction on Tuesday, as the two-month window for US-Iran peace talks expired without a breakthrough. Following the incident, Abu Dhabi announced a halt to all trade and financial transactions with Tehran.
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[2026-08-19 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
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[2026-08-19 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is famous for his seemingly off-the-cuff policy changes and governing via social media, but his subversion of traditional diplomacy during the Iran war is alienating allies at a challenging moment.
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[2026-08-19 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is not the first time the US president, faced with a foreign policy obstacle, has threatened to annex foreign territory
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[2026-08-19 02:48 UTC+10:00] [Gaza Strip] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This is not the first time the US president, faced with a foreign policy obstacle, has threatened to annex foreign territory
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[2026-08-19 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE's defence ministry said on Tuesday that Iran targeted its terrority with two ballistic missiles, after reports that the country issued a missile threat alert earlier.
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[2026-08-19 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Amid trade embargoes, asset freezes and attacks on ships as part of a naval blockade, Washington has announced a plan to enact a new wave of restrictions on Iran, targeting its economy.
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[2026-08-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-19 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has called US President Donald Trump “delusional” after he proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz a “new US territory.”
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[2026-08-19 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has called US President Donald Trump “delusional” after he proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz a “new US territory.”
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[2026-08-19 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Congressional Democrats will introduce a war powers resolution prohibiting military action against Oman, after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country for holding talks with Iran.
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