Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said recent talks between Washington and Tehran in Islamabad marked “a lot of progress,” while defending the administration’s decision to block Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-14 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran demanded compensation from five regional countries over damage caused during the war, state news agency IRNA reported, quoting Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani.
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[2026-04-14 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: With Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August.
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[2026-04-14 09:18 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Donald Trump is trying to ramp up the pressure on Tehran — but allies and officials are scrambling to understand how the blockade will help.
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[2026-04-14 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Jerusalem Post will return to New York City for its flagship Annual Conference on Monday, June 1, 2026, in what promises to be one of the most meaningful gatherings in its history.
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[2026-04-14 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected an upcoming meeting between the Lebanese government and Israel in the United States, calling such efforts “futile” as Israeli forces intensify their attacks on Lebanon.
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[2026-04-14 08:28 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 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Western media remain utterly incoherent ahead of Tuesday’s Israeli-Lebanese talks in Washington because their Israel Derangement Syndrome renders them unable to acknowledge basic facts.
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[2026-04-14 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United Nations experts have reiterated calls for an end to Israeli attacks on displaced Palestinians in Gaza as well as forced displacement measures in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-04-14 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday rolled out a "blockade" of access to Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf to great fanfare, announcing his intentions on social media and then proclaiming it in motion at his appointed deadline.
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[2026-04-14 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Universal value of human rightsAs Middle East tensions rise, Korea pays the price
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[2026-04-14 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, demonstrators attempted a sit-in at the Manhattan office of top Democrat Chuck Schumer
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[2026-04-14 07:57 UTC+10:00] [Hari Nef] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Led by anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, demonstrators attempted a sit-in at the Manhattan office of top Democrat Chuck Schumer
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[2026-04-14 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Google, the owners of YouTube, has removed a channel on the platform belonging to a pro-Iran group producing Lego-themed videos mocking Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-14 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran “badly” wants to make a deal with his administration as his blockade against the Islamic Republic took effect on Monday and a fragile ceasefire held.
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[2026-04-14 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Stocks have risen and oil price futures have retreated back below $US100 a barrel overnight, as the US Navy's blockade of Iranian ports has begun in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-14 07:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iranian club Tractor has arrived in Saudi Arabia amid the war in the Middle East and confirmed on Monday it will play in the AFC Champions League Elite round of 16.
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[2026-04-14 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The BBC's Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh, Lebanon - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.
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[2026-04-14 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Doug Bartek displays soybeans on his farm near Wahoo, Neb., on Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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[2026-04-14 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen given the Vatican's increasingly vocal criticism and condemnation of US military action in the Middle East. The Vatican has been consistently anti-war especially going back to the Iraq invasion and US occupation under the Bush administration.
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[2026-04-14 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: All of Southeast Asia's three biggest banks, DBS Group Holdings, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and United Overseas Bank, reported lower profits in 2025. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuki Kohara and Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-04-14 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration Monday calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of US bombs to Israel.
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[2026-04-14 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sharon Simmons with DoorDash, gets a $100 tip after delivering McDonald’s to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-14 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-04-14 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The leader of Hezbollah called on Lebanese officials to reject the US-led peace talks scheduled with Israel on Tuesday, saying the terror group would not accept surrender and will keep retaliating against the Jewish state.
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[2026-04-14 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There's currently some consensus among international reports that the weekend US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan fundamentally broke down over the nuclear issue. The question of Iran's enriched uranium has at times over the course of the war taken a front seat and at other times a back seat when it comes to Washington's evolving justifications and war aims in launching Operation Epic Fury.
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[2026-04-14 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s head coach Carlos Queiroz looks on ahead the start of the World Cup group B soccer match between Wales and Iran at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
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[2026-04-14 06:32 UTC+10:00] [US immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Immigration judges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes among six judges terminated by Department of Justice
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[2026-04-14 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-14 06:29 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-14 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Senator Bernie Sanders has promised to advance a resolution to block bombs and bulldozers to Israel, testing support for the US ally in Congress amid the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-14 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man flashes a victory sign as he carries an Iranian flag in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting the American aircrafts into the Iranian armed forces fishing net with signs that read in Farsi: “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,” at the Eqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026.
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[2026-04-14 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks climbed as hope remains on Wall Street that the global economy can still avoid a worst-case scenario because of the U.S.-Iran war.
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[2026-04-14 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV are at odds over the war on Iran. (Reuters)
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[2026-04-14 06:21 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iran and the United States have failed to reach an agreement after peace talks were held in Islamabad on 11 April. Source: AAP / Abedin Taherkenareh
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[2026-04-14 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A protester with Jewish Voice for Peace gets arrested after blocking traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support, Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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[2026-04-14 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Tourism and Leisure Industry
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[2026-04-14 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Full skirts and ivory bodices - the romance of Wuthering Heights makes it to the wedding catwalk.
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[2026-04-14 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-14 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army bulldozed several buildings and landmarks in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura, in the Tyre district, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency is reporting.
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[2026-04-14 05:52 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are hovering just under $US100 ($141) per barrel but Australia’s sharemarket is expected to bounce back on opening after US stocks held steady overnight despite ceasefire talks failing to end the US and Israeli war with Iran.
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[2026-04-14 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hapoel defeated Maccabi 99-88 in the Tel Aviv Euroleague derby that took place in Belgrade late Sunday night.With the win, the Reds clinched a playoff berth and will battle it out for home-court advantage when they face Monaco in the Principality next week.
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[2026-04-14 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When the final siren echoed through the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia on Sunday, the scoreboard read 5-2 in favor of Israel over Iceland. For the casual observer, it was a dominant conclusion to a perfect tournament. For those familiar with the systemic hurdles facing Israeli ice hockey, it was nothing short of a “guerrilla” miracle.
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[2026-04-14 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Addressing a gathering of 2,000 students and international business executives in Krakow, Poland, on Monday evening at a March of the Living event ahead of Tuesday’s march, Sylvan Adams, President of the World Jewish Congress – Israel Region, said that the goal of the March of the Living is not only to mark the death of six million Jews, but to illustrate the continuity and resilience of the Jewish people.
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[2026-04-14 05:38 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday drew a direct parallel between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war in the Middle East, saying they represent the “greatest breakdown of international law since the Second World War.”
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[2026-04-14 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We reject negotiations with the usurping Israeli entity,’ said Naim Qassem ahead of Tuesday’s planned talks
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[2026-04-14 05:34 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We reject negotiations with the usurping Israeli entity,’ said Naim Qassem ahead of Tuesday’s planned talks
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[2026-04-14 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published on Monday.
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[2026-04-14 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The New York Times quietly swapped the headline on a contentious op-ed about Hasan Piker — the far-left Twitch streamer notorious for declaring “America deserved 9/11” — following backlash over a column that cast the pro-Palestinian firebrand as “not the enemy.”
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[2026-04-14 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wafiq Safa, miembro senior del consejo político de Hezbolá, durante una entrevista con The Associated Press en Beirut, el lunes 13 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Hussein Malla)
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