[2026-04-09 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Trump threatens 50% tariffs on countries supplying Iran with weapons

Snippet: US President Donald Trump said countries supplying Iran with military equipment will face immediate 50 percent tariffs on all goods entering the United States.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-threatens-50-tariffs-countries-supplying-iran-weapons

[2026-04-09 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Seven-year-old killed by drone debris in southwest Iran

Snippet: A seven-year-old girl has been killed by debris from a drone shot down by Iranian air defences, according to Iranian media.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-year-old-killed-drone-debris-southwest-iran

[2026-04-09 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Brent oil spot price above $120 in sign that Iran ceasefire can't solve deep disruption

Snippet: The spot price for cargos of Brent crude oil came in at $124.68 per barrel on Wednesday in a sign that the Iran ceasefire agreement is unlikely resolve the deep supply disruption triggered by the five-week war.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/dated-brent-oil-price-iran-war-ceasefire-strait-hormuz.html

[2026-04-09 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: (EDITORIAL from Korea Times on April 9)

Snippet: End the war completely'Double sided' ceasefire in Iran must be sustained and become final

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260409000700315

[2026-04-09 08:09 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘Deeply concerned’ Australia says Lebanon should be included in Middle East ceasefire

Snippet: Joint statement calling for aid worker protections also signed by Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Sierra Leone and the UK

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/penny-wong-joint-statement-aid-workers-lebanon-ceasefire

[2026-04-09 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement

Snippet: A government supporter chants slogans during a gathering after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire with the United States and Israel in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/polymarket-iran-trump-ceasefire-prediction-markets-350d9fe5ffefa74080ff5dd973aef48b

[2026-04-09 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Why Iran looks like the real winner

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637763-why-iran-looks-winner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-04-09 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Read Full Article at RT.com

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637763-why-iran-looks-winner/

[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Iran war: is the US shifting away from its strategy of precision strikes?

Snippet: As the conflict has intensified, more energy and civilian sites have been targeted in what is seen as a broader approach

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3349430/iran-war-us-shifting-away-its-strategy-precision-strikes?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [China.com] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Iran war: is the US shifting away from its strategy of precision strikes?

Snippet: As the conflict has intensified, more energy and civilian sites have been targeted in what is seen as a broader approach

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3349430/iran-war-us-shifting-away-its-strategy-precision-strikes

[2026-04-09 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Exxon Warns Of $6.5 Billion Hit From Iran War As Q1 Earnings Set To Print Slightly Below Consensus

Snippet: In an early clue how the Iran war will impact energy earnings, ExxonMobil warned of a $6.5bn hit to Q1 earnings from the Iran war but said the bulk of this was the result of unfavorable timing for its accounting of hedging contracts, which would be offset as underlying transactions were eventually completed.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/exxon-warns-65-billion-hit-iran-war-q1-earnings-set-print-slightly-below-consensus

[2026-04-09 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Iran says US must choose between ceasefire and continued war

Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US must choose between a ceasefire or continuing the war through Israel.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-us-must-choose-between-ceasefire-and-continued-war

[2026-04-09 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: 'Ceasefire not holding': US and Iran may have to talk 'as guns are firing'

Snippet: The US was racing to salvage a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday that appeared to collapse as a result of deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and an unclaimed strike on an energy facility on Iran’s Lavan Island.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ceasefire-not-holding-us-and-iran-may-have-talk-as-guns-firing

[2026-04-09 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: US forces hit more than 13,000 targets, every attack drone facility –  as Iran cease-fire takes hold

Snippet: US forces struck more than 13,000 targets in Iran, including most of the regime’s weapons factories and every attack drone production facility, as part of the “decisive military victory” achieved during Operation Epic Fury, according to the Pentagon.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/operation-epic-fury-military-success-in-iran-by-the-numbers/

[2026-04-09 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Trump mulls punishing some NATO members over lack of support during Iran war: WSJ

Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering punishing some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that he perceives as unhelpful to the United States during the Iran war, a report said Wednesday.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260409000400315

[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Trump could ‘punish’ NATO as Iran vows revenge on Israel

Snippet: President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling ways to punish NATO members who refused to help the US in its war against Iran, which is still flaring despite the announced two-week ceasefire.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637771-us-isral-iran-ceasefire-updates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: RT News

Title: Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for talks with US (VIDEOS/PHOTOS)

Snippet: An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has arrived in Islamabad for talks with the US, as efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East continue amid a fragile ceasefire.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637771-us-isral-iran-ceasefire-updates/

[2026-04-09 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: JD Vance says Iran would be ‘dumb’ to let talks collapse over Lebanon

Snippet: United States Vice President JD Vance has warned Iran that it would be “dumb” to jeopardise its ceasefire with Washington over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/jd-vance-says-iran-would-be-dumb-to-let-talks-collapse-over-lebanon

[2026-04-09 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Trump administration signals it is mulling NATO withdrawal after Iran war

Snippet: United States President Donald Trump is said to be considering withdrawing from NATO, the transatlantic alliance that has been a central pillar of Western security for decades.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/trump-administration-says-it-is-mulling-nato-withdrawal-after-iran-war

[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Israel offered to check itself in Lebanon strikes to promote Iran ceasefire, VP Vance claims

Snippet: Israel has offered to restrain its strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon in order to allow for the ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the US to be successful, US Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Wednesday night.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892398

[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Italy summons Israeli ambassador after shots fired at UN in Lebanon

Snippet: Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador on Wednesday to demand an explanation over shots fired at an Italian convoy in a UN mission in Lebanon, the foreign minister said, warning Israeli forces had "no authority to touch" Rome's troops.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-892396

[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: 'Talks were almost dead': Pakistan's last-ditch effort to secure Iran war truce

Snippet: Mediation efforts to halt the Iran war were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight diplomatic push to secure a temporary ceasefire and bring Washington and Tehran into direct negotiations, four Pakistani sources told Reuters.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892395

[2026-04-09 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Trump weighs punishing certain NATO countries over lack of Iran war support - report

Snippet: The Trump administration is considering a plan to punish some members of the NATO alliance that he believes were unhelpful to the US and Israel during the Iran war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing administration officials.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-892397

[2026-04-09 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Democrats push vote to halt US military action in Iran

Snippet: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said his party will seek passage of a resolution to stop further US military action in Iran during Thursday’s session.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/democrats-push-vote-halt-us-military-action-iran

[2026-04-09 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Don’t trust the mullahs, Mamdani’s ignorant ‘equity’ plan and other commentary

Snippet: “The two sides” in the US-Iran ceasefire “seem to have a dramatically different sense of what they just agreed upon,” frets National Review’s Jim Geraghty. Iran made a slate of “unrealistic demands” on uranium enrichment, control of Hormuz and sanctions relief; “a U.S. concession to just about any of them would represent a dreadful setback to American national security interests.” Remember, too: “The Iranian regime has broken just about every treaty it has ever signed.” “Trump may well believe that

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/opinion/dont-trust-the-mullahs-mamdanis-ignorant-equity-plan-and-other-commentary/

[2026-04-09 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Sen. Graham Urges Congressional Iran Vote...On Approving Peace, Not War

Snippet: This is definitely in you really can't make this up(!) territory... Sen. Lindsey Graham is actually calling for a Congressional vote, but not concerning a War Powers Resolution.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/sen-graham-urges-congressional-iran-vote-peace-not-war

[2026-04-09 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: US ceasefire with Iran sets diplomatic clock as war powers deadline nears

Snippet: Two-week truce with Tehran leaves Trump mere days to finalise a deal before a legal cut-off triggers a high-stakes clash with Congress

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3349437/us-ceasefire-iran-sets-diplomatic-clock-war-powers-deadline-nears?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-09 07:17 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: US ceasefire with Iran sets diplomatic clock as war powers deadline nears

Snippet: Two-week truce with Tehran leaves Trump mere days to finalise a deal before a legal cut-off triggers a high-stakes clash with Congress

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3349437/us-ceasefire-iran-sets-diplomatic-clock-war-powers-deadline-nears

[2026-04-09 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: SnoCountry Mountain Reports

Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/exclude-from-apple-news-d481d98928e320c9136096e39083b699

[2026-04-09 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Australians dust off bikes, buy trikes as fuel prices surge

Snippet: More Australians are riding bikes and trikes as the Iran war disrupts global oil supplies and drives up fuel prices. (Supplied: Trike Bike Australia)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/more-australians-ride-bikes-fuel-prices-soar/106526810

[2026-04-09 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli strikes hit multiple areas in southern Lebanon

Snippet: Israeli air strikes have targeted the areas of Beit Yahoun, al-Jumaijmah and Majdal Selm in southern Lebanon, according to reports from the ground.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-hit-multiple-areas-southern-lebanon

[2026-04-09 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Strait of Hormuz: is a Trump‑Iran joint venture really possible?

Snippet: With regime change increasingly out of reach, the US president may pivot towards a business deal with Tehran’s fractured leadership

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3349436/strait-hormuz-trump-iran-joint-venture-really-possible?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-09 07:02 UTC+10:00] [Karoline Leavitt] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Strait of Hormuz: is a Trump‑Iran joint venture really possible?

Snippet: With regime change increasingly out of reach, the US president may pivot towards a business deal with Tehran’s fractured leadership

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3349436/strait-hormuz-trump-iran-joint-venture-really-possible

[2026-04-09 07:01 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Australia news live: Penny Wong warns Middle East ceasefire is ‘fragile’; Albanese heads to Singapore after Brunei talks

Snippet: Prime minister to hold talks with his counterpart to shore up fuel supplies

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/apr/09/anthony-albanese-singapore-visit-fuel-crisis-middle-east-ceasefire-lebanon-strikes-politics-labor-coalition-reactions-ntwnfb

[2026-04-09 07:00 UTC+10:00] [Vietnam] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The New York Times

Title: Vietnam Farms Hit by the War in Iran

Snippet: Trump Says Opening the Strait of Hormuz ‘Should Be Easy.’ Will It?1:34

Read full article: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010810827/vietnam-farms-hit-by-the-war-in-iran.html

[2026-04-09 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Trump’s truce with Tehran: Letters to the Editor — April 9, 2026

Snippet: President Donald Trump has once again shown his compassion for an oppressed population by allowing Iran to agree to a cease-fire in this war (“Don’s halt on Doomsday,” April 8).

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/opinion/trumps-truce-with-tehran-letters/

[2026-04-09 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: ‘Even the street cats ran’: Inside Israel’s deadliest attack on Beirut

Snippet: 'They just targeted civilians’: Beirut resident recounts horror of Israeli strike on Lebanon

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/people-are-afraid-lebanese-reeling-after-israels-devastating-attacks

[2026-04-09 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Australia calls for protection of aid workers in Lebanon

Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/federal-politics-live-blog-fuel-albanese-singapore-wong-lebanon/106542790

[2026-04-09 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on track.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/04/09/world/ceasefire-is-threatened-as-israel-expands-lebanon-strikes-and-iran-closes-strait-again/2316831

[2026-04-09 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Trump confirms CIA ‘Ghost Murmur’ tool was ‘very important’ to find airman in Iran — as experts debate how it works

Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post the CIA’s secret new “Ghost Murmur” tool was “very important” to rescuing a downed airman inside Iran this weekend — as leading physicists and engineers debate how the futuristic technology, said to detect heartbeats at great distance, might work.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/trump-confirms-cia-ghost-murmur-tool-was-very-important-to-find-airman-in-iran-as-experts-debate-how-it-works/

[2026-04-09 06:38 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: Iran blocks Hormuz as Israeli bombing kills hundreds in Lebanon

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2026/04/iran-blocks-hormuz-as-israeli-bombing-kills-hundreds-in-lebanon/

[2026-04-09 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Tregua entre EEUU e Irán difícilmente frenará los ciberataques de hackers vinculados a Teherán

Snippet: De izquierda a derecha: El comandante interino del Comando Cibernético de Estados Unidos, William Hartman; el director del FBI, Kash Patel; la directora de Inteligencia Nacional, Tulsi Gabbard; y el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, durante una audiencia de la Comisión Selecta Permanente de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Inteligencia, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026, en Washington.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-eeuu-israel-guerra-hackers-ciberataques-773e6d7bc12d1a1a080985fbcc823bd6

[2026-04-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Success or surrender? Iran ceasefire exposes rift in Trump’s Maga movement

Snippet: Loyalists rush to defend president for ‘outsmarting the critics’ but others decry deal as ‘a negative for our country’

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/08/trump-iran-ceasefire-maga

[2026-04-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: [Wang Son-taek] The cost of undiplomatic rhetoric

Snippet: US President Donald Trump has recently escalated his rhetoric over the Iran war, using language that is unusually provocative. He warned that Iran could be “sent back to the Stone Age.” In a social media post, he went further, urging Iran to “Open the F---in' Strait,” accompanied by insults and threats that depart sharply from any recognizable form of diplomatic language.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10712966

[2026-04-09 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Negotiators face huge task to close gaps in rival Iran peace proposals

Snippet: With minutes before a self-imposed deadline – and an unprecedented threat to wipe out Iran's "civilisation" - US President Donald Trump announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed to halt the war.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkv9y97n0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-04-09 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 4/8/2026

Snippet: Oil prices plunged below $95 per barrel, and stock markets surged worldwide after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat of devastating attacks against Iran.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-stocks-dow-nasdaq-3f0934159bba1db24af9eeb899851049

[2026-04-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Trump administration ‘weaponizing Christianity’ as Israel acts with impunity – activist

Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump is “weaponizing Christianity” to justify its actions in the Middle East, while Israel continues to act with impunity as much of the West turns a blind eye, Irish activist and satirist Tadhg Hickey has said.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637764-trump-weaponizing-christianity-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-04-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Read Full Article at RT.com

Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump is “weaponizing Christianity” to justify its actions in the Middle East, while Israel continues to act with impunity as much of the West turns a blind eye, Irish activist and satirist Tadhg Hickey has said.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637764-trump-weaponizing-christianity-iran/

[2026-04-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: UN rights chief says Lebanon killings ‘nothing short of horrific’

Snippet: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said the scale of killing and destruction in Lebanon, where at least 254 people were killed in Israeli attacks, is “nothing short of horrific”.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-rights-chief-says-lebanon-killings-nothing-short-horrific

[2026-04-09 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: With Israel's 'finger on the trigger', can the truce last? Matthew Doran has what you need to know

Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/iran-israel-war-daily-briefing/106544586