Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One day after Goldman Sachs reported its highest profit in 5 years (despite an ugly miss in FICC revenues), this morning JPMorgan impressed with just as solid results, when it reported that its Q1 profits rose 13% as the bank benefited from soaring market volatility and frantic trading amid the war with Iran and the US military operation in Venezuela.
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[2026-04-14 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kristalina Georgieva, directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), en una sesión informativa en Beijing, China, el 10 de diciembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Ng Han Guan, Archivo)
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[2026-04-14 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning international journalist, has been detained for over a month by the Kuwaiti authorities following social media posts related to the Iran war, campaigners say.
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[2026-04-14 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning international journalist, has been detained for over a month by the Kuwaiti authorities following social media posts related to the Iran war, campaigners say.
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[2026-04-14 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – On April 11, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shook hands with United States Vice President JD Vance, guiding him to a seat for talks on the sidelines of the highest-level direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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[2026-04-14 23:16 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenNew York, US A protester is arrested by police during a demonstration and sit-in on Third Avenue. People gathered in front of the office of Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, to protest against the war in Iran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and in support of PalestiniansPhotograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenLima, Peru People protest outside the offices of the National Office of Electoral Processes, after an election marred by logistical foul-ups and deep voter angerPhotograph:
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[2026-04-14 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Italy has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of a defence agreement with Israel due to conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to provide US$500,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to war-torn Iran at the request of international organizations, including the United Nations, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Russian government has restricted helium exports until the end of 2027 after the war in Iran sparked a global shortage of the rare gas, which is used in everything from semiconductor production and medical imaging to rocket fuels and welding.
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection Tuesday, warning that the world economy could be "thrown off course" by the war in the Middle East - as the conflict roils commodity markets and sparks higher prices.
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Russian government has introduced export controls on Helium until the end of 2027 after the war in Iran sparked a global shortage of the rare gas, which is used in everything from semiconductor production and medical imaging to rocket fuels and welding.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two days are dedicated to Holocaust commemoration – International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 and Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 27th of Nisan. Both memorial days represent diametrically opposed responses to the Holocaust. International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz and universalizes the Holocaust as a moral lesson against “intolerance” and “hatred.”
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In most of the world, being 12 years old means you cannot drive, vote, drink, marry, sign a contract, or join the military. The international community spent the better part of the 20th century constructing the legal frameworks required to protect that fact.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said this week that the fund would have upgraded its forecast for the global economy if not for the war in the Middle East. © Reuters
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The energy shock from the Iran war will hit the UK the hardest of the world's advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), listens during a briefing in Beijing, China, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The latest projection is 0.1 percentage lower than January’s estimate but higher than October’s
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The latest projection is 0.1 percentage lower than January’s estimate but higher than October’s
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday kept its 2026 growth forecast for South Korea unchanged at 1.9 percent despite the Middle East crisis, the finance ministry said.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for the Middle East due to the effects of the Iran war, reflecting its global estimates.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being warned not to use the budget to deliver cost-of-living handouts to deal with the inflation fuelled by the Iran war, with the International Monetary Fund fearful the globe could be pushed into a recession if hostilities do not end soon.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through Hormuz Strait, in order to avoid a fresh clash with US forces & avoid testing Trump's blockade.
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[2026-04-14 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Italy has suspended a defence agreement with Israel that involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, according to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Netanyahu and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli president Avraham Burg.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli President Avraham Burg.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-14 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Our right to peaceful protest is under relentless attack.
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[2026-04-14 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Our right to peaceful protest is under relentless attack.
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[2026-04-14 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like a massive blitz to acquire - or control - energy assets and maritime chokepoints as part of a broader economic pressure campaign against China, which depends heavily on the Gulf and Venezuelan crude.
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[2026-04-14 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The month-over-month change in producer prices had accelerated for five straight months ahead of today's March data, which is expected to surge thanks to Iran-war impacts on energy costs.
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[2026-04-14 22:39 UTC+10:00] [Catholic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suspended Italy's defense cooperation agreement with Israel as she continues to distance her government from the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran that has enveloped the Middle East.
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir warns the effects of the crisis can last until next year, with oil prices expected to remain high
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir warns the effects of the crisis can last until next year, with oil prices expected to remain high
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fuel prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station as a fuel truck drives by, March 17, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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[2026-04-14 22:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will ban hoarding of key petrochemical feedstocks and products starting Wednesday, the government said, as the Iran war raises the risk of further supply disruptions.
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday a relief package for small and medium-sized businesses to cushion the effects of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: German lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and ten other officials over their alleged "aiding and abetting [of] Israel’s genocide in Gaza."
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF announced on Tuesday that 10 soldiers were wounded during fighting in Lebanon overnight.
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon and Israel are sitting down in Washington for direct talks. This is important and is seen as the first talks of their kind in 43 years. The Middle East is watching the talks closely.
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[2026-04-14 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States naval blockade of Iran has come into effect as President Donald Trump’s administration tries to pressure Tehran into accepting its terms for an end to their war by trying to squeeze the Iranian economy.
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[2026-04-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Aramco Stadium Company, a subsidiary of Aramco, today announced its official launch and the appointment of its inaugural Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. The appointments mark a key milestone in activating the company and delivering one of the Kingdom's most important sports and entertainment development projects, aligning with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and contributing to its hosting of the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
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[2026-04-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The standard critique of the war does not ask who requires Iran to remain an enemy rather than a problem to be managed
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[2026-04-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Isfahan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The standard critique of the war does not ask who requires Iran to remain an enemy rather than a problem to be managed
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[2026-04-14 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mossad has a new chief who was once shot and wounded by Hamas fighters, has called for the occupation of Gaza, and has been accused of “abandoning” a teenager he "used" in an intelligence operation.
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[2026-04-14 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures, and global stocks rise while oil slides on a Reuters report that negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week to resume negotiations to end the war in the Gulf, days after the first peace talks ended without a breakthrough, with chatter from Pakistani media that Trump is said to be in attendance.
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[2026-04-14 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will ban hoarding of key petrochemical feedstocks and products starting Wednesday, the government said, as the Iran war raises the risk of further supply disruptions.
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[2026-04-14 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the Trump administration to back off from its newly-implemented blockade of Iranian-linked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday evening. On Sunday, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that Iran has "large, untouched levers" to respond to such a blockade.
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[2026-04-14 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has achieved its objectives in Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance has claimed, adding Washington could begin winding down its military operation against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-14 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Displaced Palestinians sit outside a makeshift shelter in the rubble of buildings at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. AFPInfo Colleagues of Hassan Ali Badawi, a paramedic with the Lebanese Red Cross who was killed in an Israeli air strike, mourn with his family at their home near Bchamoun, south of Beirut.
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