Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked over Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iran has insisted that continuing its nuclear program is its sovereign right, while the US maintains that the program must be abandoned for good and the uranium surrendered.
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[2026-04-21 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-21 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 21.
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[2026-04-21 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24) has urged wealthier nations and multilateral development institutions to step up support for developing countries struggling with the economic fallout of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, while stressing that domestic resource mobilisation remains critical for long-term resilience.
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[2026-04-21 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: There are moments in international affairs when the conduct of smaller states acquires significance beyond their military and economic power. The efforts now under way to widen the present ceasefire understandings into a more lasting Middle East settlement deserve Sri Lanka’s strongest possible support. Pakistan’s role in helping to open channels between the United States and Iran has created an important diplomatic opportunity.
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[2026-04-21 05:28 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Criminals paid on behalf of Iran are believed to be behind attacks against Jewish targets, say detectives
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[2026-04-21 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Bridges] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is quietly engaging with international partners including the EU and the Palestinian Authority to stabilize Gaza and prepare for post-conflict governance, Norway’s foreign minister told POLITICO.
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[2026-04-21 05:21 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are climbing following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves are more modest than they were earlier in the war. US stocks, meanwhile, are giving back a bit of their record-breaking rally.
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[2026-04-21 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Confirming the Schrodinger nature of the notorious waterway, the Strait of Hormuz is now just closed even more than before Iran and the US said the vital oil channel had been reopened.
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[2026-04-21 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-21 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than $71bn will be needed over the next 10 years for recovery and reconstruction in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war on the territory, a new report says.
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[2026-04-21 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza told Reuters on Monday that he was “fairly optimistic” a plan for disarmament of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza can be agreed but cautioned that it will still take time.
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[2026-04-21 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former IDF chief of staff and leader of the Yashar! Party, Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gadi Eisenkot said he did not think he had cried for 50 years until the funeral of his son, Master-Sgt. Gal Eisenkot, who was killed in combat in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war.
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[2026-04-21 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Each year before Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics releases its familiar set of numbers: population, demographics, immigration, and satisfaction levels.
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[2026-04-21 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset held its annual Songs in Their Memory ceremony to mark the eve of Remembrance Day on Monday, with the participation of Israeli dignitaries and musicians who performed songs in memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: If Chris Pratt’s protagonist in the 2014 Lego Movie was destined to save the world from a tyrannical capitalist, Donald Trump has become the leading figure in dozens of unofficial short sequels.
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[2026-04-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 21, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-21 04:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Thank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-21 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar that the US's "continued violations of the ceasefire" are a major obstacle to the continuation of the diplomatic process, an Iranian foreign ministry statement said on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Christmas is still eight months away, but artificial tree maker Lou Liping is already worried about a bad holiday season due to the Iran war.
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed his top energy official's view that gas prices will not drop until 2027, saying Americans can expect lower costs as soon as the Iran war ends.
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefire looms
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s support for Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become a central battleground in the Farrer byelection, with a big-spending advertising campaign seeking to link the One Nation leader to rising fuel and fertiliser costs hitting regional voters.
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[2026-04-21 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Lebanon’s political system and differing views on how to deal with Israel make a lasting peace deal difficult to achieve, according to an RT report from Beirut.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ayatollah Khomeini referred to his 1988 decision to accept a ceasefire ending the eight-year Iran-Iraq War as “drinking the poisoned chalice.”
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court on Monday sent back for renewed review the fight over whether to permit publication of the name of the man suspected in the rape complaint filed by singer and October 7 survivor Shaylee Atary, ruling that the lower court had erred in treating a psychiatric opinion as the only acceptable way to substantiate claims that publication could lead the suspect to take his own life.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen used a ceremony in Jerusalem on Monday evening to deliver a blunt warning on Iran, saying the Islamic Republic would “continue to lie” and that no agreement or ceasefire would change its fundamental ambitions.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The next big “battle” for southern Lebanon has started, though it is one that does not involve bombs or rockets.
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[2026-04-21 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US will this week host the next round of Israeli-Lebanese talks towards a permanent ceasefire, the State Department confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Al Ahli Saudi needed another thrilling fight back, but they remain on course to defend their AFC Champions League Elite title on soil.
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[2026-04-21 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-21 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE asked the US to provide a financial lifeline to the country in case the US-Israeli war on Iran dented its economy, even as it warned the US it could replace the petrodollar with Chinese Yuan, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-04-21 04:08 UTC+10:00] [Hungarian elections 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said Monday that his country must take Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into custody if he enters Hungarian territory while wanted by the International Criminal Court.
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[2026-04-21 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has arrested members of an Iran-linked group that authorities accuse of plotting ‘systematic terrorist and sabotage acts’.
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[2026-04-21 03:43 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside European concerns over Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. A tougher approach from Brussels is overdue
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[2026-04-21 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran can have a "great and prosperous" future if new Iranian leaders are smart, as he ratcheted up pressure on the Islamic Republic to agree to a peace deal.
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[2026-04-21 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday killed an armed terrorist in southern Lebanon and threatened troops in the area, the military said.
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[2026-04-21 03:39 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
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[2026-04-21 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: FTSE 100 slides and UK gas prices up amid fears strait of Hormuz will be closed for extended period
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said that he was in favor of civil marriage and public transportation on Shabbat in the country, prompting criticism from haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It is not often that an academic trip carries the weight of a diplomatic experiment. But in Damascus, conversations about poetry, antiquities, museums, and student exchanges became a way to test whether intellectual collaboration can move forward even where history, politics, and mistrust still cast a long shadow.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Monday that Israel did not influence his decision to go to war with Iran.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf, denounced political figures in Tehran who oppose holding ceasefire talks with the US, London-based anti-regime outlet Iran International reported on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s National Remembrance Day ceremony honoring fallen IDF soldiers and victims of terror began on Monday evening following a siren that sounded across the country indicating a moment of silence.
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[2026-04-21 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States will host a second round of talks between Lebanon and Israel on Thursday, the US Department of State has confirmed, as the two countries push on with direct negotiations amid regional tensions.
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[2026-04-21 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday again threatened Iran with overwhelming military force, saying "lots of bombs [will] start going off" if no deal is reached before a shaky ceasefire with Tehran expires Tuesday evening.
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[2026-04-21 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli prosecutors have charged a suspected smuggler accused of arranging black market deliveries worth millions of dollars into wartime Gaza.
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[2026-04-21 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have been slowly expanding a list of individuals and entities deemed eligible to have limited internet access. However, the action serves only to illustrate that most of the population of more than 90 million people remains disconnected during the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-21 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz briefly jumped over the weekend before slowing to a trickle again after several attacks on vessels.
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