Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has not indicated when the internet shutdown could be lifted. Source: Getty / Xinhua News Agency
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump looks to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine as he speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: While Rasha (right) said she understood some of the "basic human instinct(s)" she shared with US Iraq War veterans, she also asked them: "When did the dehumanisation of Iraqis start? The joy that came from hurting and humiliating us?" Credit: Deeyah Khan / Darin Prindle
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[2026-04-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Less than a week remains until the dawn of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year 2026. People are busier than ever, rushing to buy everything needed for the celebrations. This year, however, it is a tougher road than before, now that the cost of food, clothing, and other essentials has soared, driven by rising fuel and electricity prices.
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[2026-04-07 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wall Street has pared some of its earlier gains after President Donald Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night” as he warned Tehran it had to make a deal by the deadline of Tuesday night (Wednesday AEST) or face a wider bombing campaign.
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[2026-04-07 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta foto de archivo del 5 de febrero de 2018, el sello de la Junta de Gobernadores del Sistema de la Reserva Federal de EEUU en el Edificio de la Junta de la Reserva Federal Marriner S. Eccles, en Washington. (Foto AP/Andrew Harnik, Archivo)
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[2026-04-07 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an unspecified media outlet with jail time if it does not reveal the person who leaked information about a US military pilot who was missing in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 10 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes and fighting between Hamas and an Israel-backed Palestinian militia in central Gaza, local sources say.
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[2026-04-07 05:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 7.
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[2026-04-07 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Spanish citizens see US President Donald Trump as the world leader who presents the greatest threat to world peace, followed by Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a poll published Monday by Spanish news outlet El País.
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[2026-04-07 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In today’s volatile media landscape, viral theories often spread faster than the truth, especially when tied to geopolitical events. On Scratching the Surface, Shir Perets unpakcs three such theories surrounding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, along with the curious case of public figures' death hoaxes.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 7, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW government is using reams of commercially sensitive data from fuel companies to assess whether the state’s supply will be significantly disrupted by war in the Middle East and to prepare for possible “further action” to ensure petrol reaches critical regional areas.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The ongoing disruptions tied to Iran’s energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz, have once again exposed the fragility of global oil supplies. As oil prices swing on geopolitical headlines, the founder and executive chairman of Nano Nuclear Energy, Jay Yu, underscored the critical alternative during a recent Fox Business appearance: nuclear power offers “consistent baseload energy”, while oil remains “a finite commodity” vulnerable to conflict.
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[2026-04-07 04:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-07 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-07 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters that Iran could be taken out in one night, "and that night might be tomorrow night."
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticized the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct during the war, questioning his strategy on Monday and saying Israel was failing to meet war objectives as Operation Roaring Lion has continued for over a month.
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The teenage boys arrested for the Hatzola ambulance arson likely don’t even ascribe to Islamism, but “rather they ascribe to the eventual goals of what they perceive is Islamism,” Haras Rafiq, vice president of policy at Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 04:47 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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[2026-04-07 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Allied airstrikes are targeting the area around Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant, with an attack killing a nearby security staffer and another landing just 82 yards from the main building, the UN said Monday.
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[2026-04-07 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-07 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korea appears to be distancing itself from longtime partner Iran in the hopes of forming a new relationship with the United States, South Korean intelligence believes.
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[2026-04-07 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russian intelligence has provided Iran with a detailed list of 55 critical energy infrastructure targets within Israel, according to information obtained by The Jerusalem Post from a source close to Ukrainian intelligence.
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[2026-04-07 04:09 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An expletive-ridden post on social media shamed the office of the US president. Its substantive message, if acted on, would be a war crime
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[2026-04-07 04:06 UTC+10:00] [War crimes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beginning at noon on Tuesday, the IDF's Home Front Command will extend the time civilians have to reach shelter from the moment a siren sounds for rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon toward Israel, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's F-15s were the aircraft which assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's top military leaders. They, along with the F-16s and F-35s, also were part of the key thrust on February 28 which broke the Islamic regime's ability to launch what would have been devastating large-scale ballistic missile salvos at Israel, and have continued hunting the missile teams down ever since.
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[2026-04-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues to spread uncertainty around the world, Donald Trump once again postponed his ultimatum to Iran. He gave Iranian authorities until Tuesday at 8 p.m. Washington time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Otherwise, the US President said he would destroy Iranian bridges and nuclear facilities.
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[2026-04-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Several Democrats have condemned Donald Trump after the United States president renewed his threat to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure in a profanity-laden message.
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[2026-04-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La gente pasa junto a una valla publicitaria que muestra un gráfico que representa al Líder Supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Mojtaba Jamenei, en el centro de Teherán, Irán, el lunes 6 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-04-07 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pilot saved in F-15 mission as Tehran rejects ceasefire; Trump threatens action if no deal by Tuesday, 8pm EST.
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[2026-04-07 03:41 UTC+10:00] [F-15] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pilot saved in F-15 mission as Tehran rejects ceasefire; Trump threatens action if no deal by Tuesday, 8pm EST.
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[2026-04-07 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed Monday to catch the “leaker” who revealed that US forces were not immediately able to rescue the second F-15 pilot shot down over Iran — as he retold of the wounded airman’s dramatic weekend rescue.
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[2026-04-07 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has warned that an Iranian proposal to bring an end to the war is not enough to avert his threat to destroy infrastructure unless Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-07 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has set the Middle East “on fire,” reflecting Russia’s warning about the dangerous consequences of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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[2026-04-07 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has set the Middle East “on fire,” reflecting Russia’s warning about the dangerous consequences of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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[2026-04-07 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Budget airline AirAsia X is hiking airfare and cutting flights in response to jet fuel shortages amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-07 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A doctor from the intensive care unit at Ichilov Hospital was arrested on Monday around 2:30 a.m. after the police launched an investigation into his alleged involvement in a stabbing incident on Jabotinsky Street in Ramat Gan, which appears to have been sparked by a traffic dispute.
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[2026-04-07 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's Elbit Systems is preparing to start delivery of Watchkeeper X drones to Romania under a $428.75 million contract, the company said on Monday, after the Romanian defense minister threatened last week to cancel the deal due to delays.
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[2026-04-07 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Elbit Systems announced on Monday that it has secured a contract worth approximately $750 million to provide Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) rocket artillery to Greece.
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[2026-04-07 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on the “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” program, on the Fox Business Network, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-04-07 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Monday that a proposed 45-day ceasefire with Iran was a "very significant step" but "not good enough" for him to sign, as Iranian officials vowed to keep fighting.
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[2026-04-07 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iranian-Swedish analyst and outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic has told The Jerusalem Post he believes Tehran was behind an alleged murder plot against him in Sweden, after a teenager armed with a knife came to his home in Malmö and asked for him at the door.
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[2026-04-07 02:37 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump says Americans want their troops to return home from Iran, even though he would prefer to launch a mission to seize the country’s oil, in a strong signal that he will curb his maximalist ambitions in favour of a ceasefire.
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[2026-04-07 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Sunday into Monday saw significant casualties in Israel, after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement carried by state media that Iranian forces had targeted an oil refinery in Haifa.
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[2026-04-07 02:12 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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[2026-04-07 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE way the Trump administration’s conduct of the US’ 2026 war against Iran has drawn significant criticism that point to a series of strategic miscalculations as well as a perceived apathy toward long-term geopolitical and geoeconomic stability. Let me cite the primary ones.
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[2026-04-07 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Katz says Israel has attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field
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