Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-22 10:12 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-04-22 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-22 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The new head of Britain’s MI6 Blaise Metreweli makes her first public speech in London, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)
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[2026-04-22 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s military said it would immediately strike “pre-designated targets” if the United States launches any new attack, according to Ebrahim Zolfaghari of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
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[2026-04-22 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started almost flat Wednesday following a record-breaking rally, amid lingering uncertainties over U.S.-Iran peace talks.
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[2026-04-22 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China already dominates global shipbuilding orders – and the Strait of Hormuz crisis appears to be boosting demand
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China already dominates global shipbuilding orders – and the Strait of Hormuz crisis appears to be boosting demand
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Economics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The trend has been accelerated by the US-Israel war on Iran, leaving households – and cafe owners – glum, surveys suggest
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have urged negotiations to shore up a ceasefire in Lebanon and called on Israel to respect its neighbour’s territorial integrity. Source: Getty, AAP, SBS / Graphic by Lilian Cao
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[2026-04-22 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iranian news agency Tasnim said the container ship had "ignored warnings from Iran's armed forces". Source: AP / Altaf Qadri
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[2026-04-22 09:52 UTC+10:00] [Contraception and family planning] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Karex produces more than 5 billion condoms annually and is a supplier to leading brands like Durex and Trojan, as well as the NHS
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[2026-04-22 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open broadly lower Wednesday as concerns grew that the Middle East conflict could drag on, after President Donald Trump extended a U.S. ceasefire in Iran.
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[2026-04-22 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Female IDF reservists were forced to guard violent Nukhba terrorists at the Sde Teiman base and detention center in the days following October 7, 2023, despite repeated sexual harassment, according to a Monday KAN News report.
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[2026-04-22 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support for Nawaf Salam and the people of Lebanon, calling for Israel to withdraw its forces and for Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel.
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[2026-04-22 09:30 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Protests are growing against moves to change Japan’s ‘supreme law’, a document written by the US that is now being challenged by Iran war
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[2026-04-22 09:27 UTC+10:00] [internal-open-access-from-nl] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Pope Leo Says News Outlets Misunderstood Recent Remarks as Trump Criticism1:41
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[2026-04-22 09:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: A wave of pre-winter warmth will sweep across southern Australia this week.Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart are all facing a run of days above 20 degrees leading into the weekend.Adelaide's top temperatures will run to 27 or 28 degrees from today until Sunday, when it drops again.LIVE UPDATES: Trump announces ceasefire extension with IranUnseasonably warm weather will push across southern Australia this week.
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[2026-04-22 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The video opens on Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office. One hand is held to his head, the other grips a mobile phone, about to blast a late-night rant across Truth Social.
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[2026-04-22 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just as the Iran ceasefire seems on the brink of collapsing (though unilaterally extended late in the day Tuesday by Trump), so does the Lebanon one as well, as on Tuesday Israel accused Hezbollah of firing a new rocket volley at its IDF forces, effectively breaking the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-22 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was considering helping the United Arab Emirates financially and that a currency swap with the Middle Eastern nation was under consideration.
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[2026-04-22 08:32 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Declaration comes amid intense efforts to bring two sides together in Pakistan for new round of talks
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[2026-04-22 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker said Donald Trump’s extension of the ceasefire “means nothing”.
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[2026-04-22 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israeli soldiers who smashed a figure of Jesus Christ and photographed it in southern Lebanon were removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days of military detention, officials said.
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[2026-04-22 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 10 seafarers have been killed and several others seriously wounded in attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-22 07:22 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A view of the heavy destruction after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, where despite the ceasefire, Israel is maintaining a so-called "buffer zone". Source: Getty / Anadolu
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[2026-04-22 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump issued a vague extension of his ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday hours before the agreement was set to expire, leaving the fate of peace talks between the two countries uncertain.
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[2026-04-22 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-22 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has given Iran more time to submit a "unified proposal". Source: AP / Alex Brandon
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[2026-04-22 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People climb on old tanks at the Armored Corps memorial site during a ceremony marking Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the soldiers who died in the nation’s conflicts and victims of nationalistic attacks, in Latrun, Israel, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-04-22 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-22 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has decided not to attend planned talks in Pakistan, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-04-22 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-22 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-22 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Requests for legal support related to pro-Palestine advocacy remained high in the United States last year, as President Donald Trump threatened activists and universities with penalties.
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[2026-04-22 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; TRIMS)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-22 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has issued a new round of sanctions against Iran on the eve of possible talks to close more of seven weeks of fighting between the two countries.
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[2026-04-22 06:42 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The European Commission will present a sweeping emergency energy package on Wednesday, as it attempts to fend off a looming energy crisis.
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[2026-04-22 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier this week we featured commentary on a disturbing viral photograph: IDF Under Fire After Troops Caught Destroying Statue Of Jesus With Sledgehammer.
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[2026-04-22 06:38 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Displaced Family Returns Home Following Truce Between Israel and Lebanon1:49
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[2026-04-22 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union is mulling jet fuel imports from the United States and new minimum reserve quotas as it eyes options amid a supply crunch due to the Iran conflict.
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[2026-04-22 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it launched an attack on northern Israel in retaliation for Israeli breaches of the 10-day ceasefire.
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[2026-04-22 06:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-22 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (LEAD) S. Korea secures 273 mln barrels of crude oil, 2.1 mln tons of naphtha by year-end: presidential aide
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[2026-04-22 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flopped as uncertainty rose about what will happen following a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, which is set to expire Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the two-week U.S. ceasefire with Iran, saying the extension was warranted due to Tehran's government being "seriously fractured."
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[2026-04-22 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras in paras 2, 16-21)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-22 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are holding a joint news conference in Paris ahead of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington on Thursday.
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[2026-04-22 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Michigan Democrats had to choose between a Hezbollah-sympathizing radical and a perfectly respectable former Barack Obama attorney.
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[2026-04-22 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump should aim higher than a temporary nuclear deal with Iran that would merely “kick the can down the road” for future generations — and demand basic freedoms for the Iranian people, an expert has argued.
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