Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-09 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the Lebanese, the war is not over. While there is a ceasefire in Iran and many people in the region are seeking to return to a semblance of normality, Lebanon is being pounded with massive airstrikes.
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[2026-04-09 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Haifa resident has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence, including allegedly producing explosives intended to target former prime minister Naftali Bennett, read a joint statement issued by police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-09 20:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government said Thursday it will maintain the current price ceilings on fuel products for the next two weeks amid the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East with a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Iranian minister has told the BBC that Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday constituted a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will maintain the current price ceilings on fuel products for the next two weeks amid the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East with a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Two French nationals who returned home on Wednesday after being held for almost four years in Iran said they had never given up hope and would speak out about the "daily horror" of their Iranian prison.
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[2026-04-09 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-09 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 3,000 people were killed throughout Iran during the war that began on 28 February, Iran's forensic chief told state media on Thursday, adding that 40 percent of the dead needed forensic work to be identified and returned to families.
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[2026-04-09 19:42 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democrat leader, will use pro forma session to try to pass measure requiring president to withdraw US forces from Middle East
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[2026-04-09 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-09 19:31 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Britain's top diplomat on Thursday rejected Iran's push to charge ships to travel through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-09 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military shot and killed a young man and a child in Gaza on Thursday, Wafa news agency reported.
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[2026-04-09 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: New Israeli air strikes have killed more people in southern Lebanon a day after 200 people died, as the bombardment raises further doubts over the fragile United States-Iran ceasefire that Tehran says includes Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain and Poland might have run afoul of European Union rules with their tax cuts on fuels aimed at curbing the economic impact of the Middle East war, the European Commission said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran should extend to Lebanon, the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said on Thursday, adding that Hezbollah must disarm.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice has been asked to compel the state to carry out its earlier decision in the Ras Ein al-Auja case and to impose sanctions over delays, after Israeli authorities missed a court-ordered deadline to report on enforcement steps in the Jordan Valley matter.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF said Thursday that it had killed a Hamas operative who posed a threat to Israeli forces and operated under the guise of a journalist, in a strike carried out in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to a military statement.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has suffered extensive economic losses estimated between $140 billion and $145 billion following six weeks of war with Israel and the United States, according to open-source intelligence assessments.
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[2026-04-09 19:03 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actions
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[2026-04-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Red Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strong overseas demand, fuelled by the rise of AI-powered systems, could continue amid Iran war pressures, analysts say
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[2026-04-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strong overseas demand, fuelled by the rise of AI-powered systems, could continue amid Iran war pressures, analysts say
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[2026-04-09 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, the Saudi foreign ministry said Thursday, in the first official contact between the countries since Tehran launched strikes against its Gulf neighbours in retaliation for Israeli-American attacks.
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[2026-04-09 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Emergency workers in Beirut searched for survivors on Thursday after Israeli strikes on busy commercial and residential areas of the Lebanese capital the previous day.
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[2026-04-09 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: US and Iran agree to conditional ceasefire
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[2026-04-09 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran's "fragile truce" has lifted hopes that a full reopening of the Hormuz Strait can end the energy supply crunch that threatens to cripple the global economy.
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[2026-04-09 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war may do what financial markets have already shown they can: constrain President Donald Trump’s tariff war. As higher energy prices begin to feed US inflation, it becomes harder to justify raising duties further, after a year of aggressive increases.
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[2026-04-09 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities reopened Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday after an unprecedented closure lasting more than 40 days.
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[2026-04-09 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-09 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said Thursday it killed Ali Yusuf Harshi, the nephew and close adviser of Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, in Beirut a day earlier.
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[2026-04-09 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While there is reason for optimism, the ceasefire in Iran remains tenuous and the return of inflation is not the kind China wants to see
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[2026-04-09 18:30 UTC+10:00] [oil prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While there is reason for optimism, the ceasefire in Iran remains tenuous and the return of inflation is not the kind China wants to see
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[2026-04-09 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-09 18:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-04-09 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday the European Union should consider temporarily suspending its strict spending rules if the Iran war and the resulting energy shock worsens.
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[2026-04-09 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-04-09 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-09 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem has reopened to Palestinian worshippers after a 40-day closure by Israel.
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[2026-04-09 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran wildly accused the US of breaking the two-week cease-fire as Israel launched its largest-ever blitz on Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have benefited from the Iran war and the oil crisis. (Getty Images)
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[2026-04-09 17:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A trégua de duas semanas entre os EUA, Israel e o Irão começa a mostrar fissuras, já que as partes discordam quanto à inclusão do Líbano no acordo de cessar-fogo.
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[2026-04-09 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is expected to speak by phone with his Iranian counterpart later Thursday, officials said, with stranded South Korea-related vessels in the Strait of Hormuz likely to top the agenda following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s claimed killing of the top militant follows the deadliest day of the war in Lebanon
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[2026-04-09 17:55 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s claimed killing of the top militant follows the deadliest day of the war in Lebanon
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[2026-04-09 17:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has yet to receive any official request from Iran on fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a Seoul official said Thursday, adding that the government is still working to identify the situation surrounding the major shipping route amid a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has yet to receive any official request from Iran on fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a Seoul official said Thursday, adding that the government is still working to identify the situation surrounding the major shipping route amid a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The carefully collapsed term “Islamofascism” is having its moment. Its use across the western mainstream media and blogosphere - including UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Europe - increased in frequency by 33 percent in 2025 over the previous year, according to my own tracking.
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[2026-04-09 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: On Wednesday, Lebanon was hit with the heaviest bombardment by Israel in this conflict.
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[2026-04-09 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces late on Tuesday near the village of Tayasir, east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported, citing Palestinian officials.
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