Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-09 17:42 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 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has warned that US forces will remain deployed around Iran and threatened overwhelming military action if Tehran fails to meet Washington’s demands, casting doubt over a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CHANGES photos)
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[2026-04-09 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Beijing said on Thursday that Lebanon's sovereignty "should not be violated" after Israel carried out strikes on the country, threatening a fragile thing. "Lebanon's sovereignty and security should not be violated.
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[2026-04-09 17:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks fell by more than 1.5 percent Thursday to snap their four-day winning streak as investors digested different claims by Washington and Tehran on terms of their two-week ceasefire. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-09 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper is expected to call for unhindered access through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, countering a push by Iran to control one of the world's most important oil chokepoints.
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[2026-04-09 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, JD Vance, y el primer ministro húngaro, Viktor Orbán, a la izquierda, se estrechan la mano durante un acto por el Día de la Amistad en Budapest, Hungría, el martes 7 de abril de 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Foto via AP)
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[2026-04-09 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is key to prices of petrochemical products in Asia. © Reuters
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[2026-04-09 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's pounding of Lebanon was "deeply damaging," and the conflict must end to prevent the US-Iran ceasefire from being destabilized, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Times Radio on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF said Thursday that Paratroopers Brigade troops operating under the 98th Division expanded ground operations in southern Lebanon over the past week, eliminating dozens of Hezbollah operatives and uncovering hidden weapons.
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[2026-04-09 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Costa Rica designated late Wednesday night Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Yemen's Houthis as terror organizations, the country's Foreign Ministry confirmed.
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[2026-04-09 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rescue workers were still searching for survivors and bodies on Thursday morning in neighbourhoods including Tallet El Khayat, where apartment blocks and shops were reduced to rubble. The bombardment came only hours after a ceasefire was announced in the US-Iran conflict, shattering hopes in Beirut that the wider region might be moving towards calm.
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[2026-04-09 17:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes killed seven people and wounded others in the town of Abbasiya in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-09 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French Foreign Minister strongly condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon, describing them as "intolerable".
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[2026-04-09 16:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won fell against the US dollar Thursday as the United States and Iran wrangled over the terms of a two-week ceasefire in their monthlong conflict.
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[2026-04-09 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's deputy foreign minister said that the US cannot ask for a ceasefire while its "ally just starts a massacre", referring to Israel's attacks on Lebanon that has left over 250 people killed on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-09 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES figures in para 2, stock market closing in last para)
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[2026-04-09 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell by more than 1.5 percent Thursday to snap their four-day winning streak as investors digested different claims by Washington and Tehran on terms of their two-week ceasefire. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.
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[2026-04-09 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Beach in Mallorca renamed 'Drunkards Beach' on Google Maps, Spain's PM welcomes Iran-US ceasefire but 'won't applaud those who set the world on fire' and more news on Thursday April 9th.
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[2026-04-09 16:50 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
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[2026-04-09 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid a major war on Iran waged in partnership with the United States, Israel's reputation among Americans has continued to deteriorate, with 60% of US adults viewing Israel unfavorably. That's a hefty 18-point increase from 2022, according to a new survey from Pew Research. Over the same stretch, Israel's "favorable" share cratered by 18 points.
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[2026-04-09 16:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-09 16:40 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 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz could lead to a "slippery slope" of the right to ask for tolls and taxes over international waters.
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[2026-04-09 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-09 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after a wave of Israeli attacks killed at least 254 people and injured more than 1,165 in a single day, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam mobilising “all of Lebanon’s political and diplomatic resources to stop the Israeli killing machine”.
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[2026-04-09 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chris Cuomo and Bill O’Reilly got swept up in a finger-pointing shouting match as the on-air talk between the two veteran journalists derailed into a vicious argument over Iran’s nuclear capacity.
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[2026-04-09 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday instructed his aides to devise "thorough and preemptive" measures on the Middle East conflict, calling the safe return of South Korean vessels stranded in the Strait of Hormuz the most urgent task.
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[2026-04-09 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday that the government will make all-out efforts to ensure a stable supply of daily necessities, such as plastic bags, amid growing concerns over a potential shortage of raw materials due to the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-09 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un camarógrafo graba al petrolero con bandera india LPG Jag Vasant, que lleva gas licuado de petróleo, en el Puerto de Mumbai en Mumbai, India, tras pasar por el estrecho de Ormuz, el miércoles 1 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Rafiq Maqbool)
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[2026-04-09 16:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper described Israel's attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday as "deeply damaging", stressing a need for resolution to hostilities in the region.
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[2026-04-09 16:20 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-09 16:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-04-09 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares in Europe are poised to open in mixed territory on Thursday, as the fragile truce agreed between the U.S. and Iran already shows signs ofstrain.
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[2026-04-09 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A sigh of relief swept across the Gulf region late on Tuesday after Iran and the United States agreed to a two-week truce, pausing more than five weeks of increasingly violent attacks and inflammatory rhetoric.
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[2026-04-09 15:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia’s fuel stocks have been guaranteed almost to June and has urged Israel to abide by a fragile ceasefire in a Middle East conflict that has roiled global oil markets, as he jets to Singapore to further bolster the nation’s supplies.
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[2026-04-09 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updatesIran war latest: Trump says military to remain in place until agreement is 'fully complied with'
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[2026-04-09 15:47 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 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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