Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Seven rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-04 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has suggested that the United States is looking to seize Iran’s oil industry, appearing to argue that more time is needed for the war.
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[2026-04-04 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. is searching for the crew of an American fighter jet after it was downed in Iran, a U.S. official told MS NOW.
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[2026-04-04 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Africa's food security is increasingly in jeopardy because of the conflict in the Middle East that has sent oil prices soaring and upended key trade routes, a report has found.
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[2026-04-04 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli soldier has shared a photo online in which he appears to use a blindfolded Palestinian man to advertise a private business.
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[2026-04-04 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces said Friday morning that it has struck more than 3,500 targets and killed about 1,000 Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon since the Iranian-backed group entered the war in support of Tehran a month ago.
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[2026-04-04 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Over 100 US-based legal experts and practitioners have signed a letter declaring the war launched by President Donald Trump, jointly with Israel, on Iran a violation of international law, with the strikes potentially constituting war crimes.
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[2026-04-04 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli soldier has shared a photo online in which he appears to use a blindfolded Palestinian man to advertise a private business.
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[2026-04-04 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s military has threatened to destroy more bridges in southern Lebanon in what observers say is an attempt to cut the area off from the rest of the country as Israeli forces press forward with a devastating ground invasion.
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[2026-04-04 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The governor of a southwestern province of Iran has promised whoever captures or kills the crew of an F-35 jet that was downed earlier on Friday "will be specially commended by the governorate", according to Isna news agency.
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[2026-04-04 01:35 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The late-night host reacted to Trump’s primetime address on the war and his firing of attorney general Pam Bondi
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[2026-04-04 01:32 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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[2026-04-04 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: As the war in Iran continues to fuel gas prices across the US, pizza chain Papa John’s is serving up a slice of relief.
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[2026-04-04 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Over 100 US-based legal experts and practitioners have signed a letter declaring the war launched by President Donald Trump, jointly with Israel, on Iran a violation of international law, with the strikes potentially constituting war crimes.
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[2026-04-04 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump llega desde el Salón Azul para hablar sobre la guerra de Irán en el Corredor Estatal de la Casa Blanca, el miércoles 1 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-04-04 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the third such incident in the last week, a blast on Friday in southern Lebanon has left three peacekeepers wounded, two of them seriously.
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[2026-04-04 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following S&P Global's Manufacturing PMI's better than expected print higher (signaling resilience in the face of March's war in Iran), the data released this morning showed the US Services Sector experienced a contraction of activity at the end of the first quarter of 2026.
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[2026-04-04 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The usually packed Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s old city, retracing what tradition holds were Jesus' final steps, was relatively empty on the day Christians worshippers typically mark Good Friday.
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[2026-04-04 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran claimed Friday it shot down a US fighter jet — as it put a bounty on the pilot who Tehran claims was ejected before the attack.
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[2026-04-04 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: If UN member states allow Israel to dismantle the only agency that provides education and health services to Palestinians, all other UN agencies could face the same fate, the outgoing commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) has told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The global energy shock and Trump’s ‘flip-flopping’ objectives could accelerate the PM’s pursuit of the kind of longer-term changes he has shied away from in the past
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[2026-04-04 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Airlines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.
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[2026-04-04 00:58 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
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[2026-04-04 00:49 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.
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[2026-04-04 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that "with a little more time," the United States can easily open up the Strait of Hormuz, take the oil and "make a fortune," amid growing concerns over the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran on oil prices and inflation.
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[2026-04-04 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's army has begun searching for the pilot of an F-35 jet shot down earlier on Friday, according to the Fars news agency.
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[2026-04-04 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — State-run public transport in Pakistan's capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month, officials said on Friday, after the government drastically raised fuel prices due to spiking global energy prices caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-04 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Pentagon shake-up under Trump has not ended, as on Thursday Pete Hegseth has dismissed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, asking him to step down into early retirement.
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[2026-04-04 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran is a victim of illegal aggression by the US and Israel, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has told RT’s Sanchez Effect, rejecting Washington’s claims that Tehran was seeking a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-04 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.
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[2026-04-04 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iran war has ushered in the “end of American Empire”, conservative host Tucker Carlson has argued, suggesting that US President Donald Trump’s call for allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz proved that Washington could no longer function as the world’s policeman.
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[2026-04-04 00:25 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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[2026-04-04 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron Saluda a su homólogo surcoreano Lee Jae Myung en su reunión en la Casa Azul en Seúl, Corea del Sur, el viernes 3 de abril de 2026. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Foto vía AP)
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[2026-04-04 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Multiple weapons experts have disputed a US claim that Iran may have been responsible for a deadly strike on the town of Lamerd on the first day of the war.
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[2026-04-04 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VATICAN CITY— Pope Leo XVI spoke on Friday with the presidents of Israel and Ukraine, discussing the ongoing wars and the need for peace.
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[2026-04-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [International law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions
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[2026-04-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GUANGZHOU, China, April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The 57th China International Furniture Fair (CIFF Guangzhou 2026) concluded on March 31 under the theme "CONNECT•CREATE." With an all‑time high of over 5,100 exhibitors, 93.8% of whom chose CIFF Guangzhou as the platform to debut new products, the eight‑day event welcomed 353,106 professional visitors from 185 countries and regions.
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[2026-04-03 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in remarks made public Friday said his country could help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure by Iran has rattled the global economy.
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[2026-04-03 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army is proposing to replicate its Gaza “Yellow Line” model in southern Lebanon by seizing territory and destroying entire villages.
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[2026-04-03 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Israel have carried out multiple attacks on medical facilities in the course of their war on Iran.
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[2026-04-03 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army is proposing to replicate its Gaza “Yellow Line” model in southern Lebanon by seizing territory and destroying entire villages.
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[2026-04-03 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hiring in March was surprisingly strong, signaling the labor market was stabilizing as the Iran war continues – though economists have warned higher energy prices from the conflict could spook employers and keep the Fed from cutting interest rates.
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[2026-04-03 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-03 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year said on Thursday they would launch a new mission to the devastated territory from Barcelona on April 12.
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[2026-04-03 23:13 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As casualties mount, those who share a home state with the deceased in Iowa, Kentucky or Ohio question the war’s legality
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[2026-04-03 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It has been widely reported that US bombers have been using a base in Gloucestershire in southwest England, RAF Fairford, to launch bombing missions over Iran.
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[2026-04-03 23:02 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the ripple effects of the Middle East war continue, the government says Islamabad will give people free public transport for 30 days
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[2026-04-03 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing takes a stand at the United Nations at the closure of shipping lanes
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[2026-04-03 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem led a scaled-down Good Friday ceremony at Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, amid Israeli restrictions on attendance.
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[2026-04-03 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 100 experts on international law have signed an open letter expressing "profound concern" about what they see as serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran in the Middle East war.
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