Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 19:51 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-02 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces killed four Lebanese people and wounded three others in an air raid on Al-Ramadiyah in southern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanese National News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-02 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: In a televised speech on April 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said the war in Iran is nearing its end and that the flow of energy in the Middle East will return to normal soon. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-04-02 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Sky News
Snippet: The law makes death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks.
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[2026-04-02 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Itamar Ben Gvir] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tel Aviv-based INSS reports an increase in settler attacks since the start of the Iran war, along with a rise in ‘the severity of the acts’
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[2026-04-02 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BASORA, Irak (AP) — Los yacimentos petrolíferos de Irak que antes bullían de actividad gracias al ajetreo de los trabajadores, están ahora casi desiertos. Los puertos que vibraban con el ir y venir de las mercancías, se han quedado en silencio, y el estruendo del comercio ha sido reemplazado por el suave ritmo de las olas.
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[2026-04-02 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in South Korea on Thursday, after travelling from Japan where he praised Europe’s “predictability” in remarks seen as a veiled criticism of Donald Trump over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Gold prices reversed course to slip more than 1% on Thursday, snapping a four-day winning streak, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would continue the war in Iran over the coming weeks.
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[2026-04-02 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-04-02 19:30 UTC+10:00] [interest rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Central banks cannot pump oil into the global economy in the same way they can flood the financial system with liquidity
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[2026-04-02 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has called the war on Iran an investment in the future of American children as he delivered his first address to the nation since the start of the conflict a month ago.
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[2026-04-02 19:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is ramping up imports of US crude as the government and refiners move to secure alternative supplies amid concerns over potential disruptions from the Middle East, with US President Donald Trump urging allies to buy American oil.
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[2026-04-02 19:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi has been seriously wounded in an apparent assassination attempt that killed his wife, as United States-Israeli strikes continue to pound Iran for a fifth week.
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[2026-04-02 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-04-02 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Oil prices rose more than $5 as President Donald Trump said the United States would continue attacks on Iran without committing to a specific timeline to end the war, fanning investor fears about sustained disruptions to supply.
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[2026-04-02 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: During the most sacred days of the Christian calendar, Israeli authorities prevented the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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[2026-04-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Battlefield outcomes are connected by the sharing of weapons and intelligence as well as the damage to the global economy
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[2026-04-02 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s military threatened on Thursday to launch crushing and destructive attacks on the US after President Trump declared Operation Epic Fury an “overwhelming” victory in an address to the nation.
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[2026-04-02 18:55 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The state-run Economic Daily says the real problem with the global economy is not China’s strong exports, but rising protectionism
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[2026-04-02 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has launched a new wave of missiles at Israel after United States President Donald Trump said Washington had “destroyed the Iranian military” and was close to achieving its war objectives.
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[2026-04-02 18:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked out a contentious tax reform package to boost home ownership as a way to counter populism. He is also pledging to rebuild Australia’s fuel stocks and floating the prospect of caps on coal and gas prices if the war in Iran further spikes commodity prices.
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[2026-04-02 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his first national address since launching the Iran war, President Donald Trump said U.S. forces are “on track to complete” their mission soon, as the “core strategic objectives are nearing completion. Still, he vowed heavy strikes would continue.
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[2026-04-02 18:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean activist who had previously been detained in an Israeli prison for boarding a Gaza-bound aid ship has sparked controversy as she again attempts to visit the Palestinian enclave, news reports said Thursday.
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[2026-04-02 18:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks fell sharply Thursday, as US President Donald Trump's renewed threat of strikes against Iran rattled investor sentiment and pushed up global oil prices. The Korean won weakened against the US dollar.
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[2026-04-02 17:58 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has urged citizens to "save every drop of fuel,” ramping up an official call for energy conservation as the deepening Iran conflict hits the energy-importing nation hard, straining households and businesses.
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[2026-04-02 17:36 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-02 17:34 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-02 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe-listed shares look set to open broadly lower on Thursday, as concerns about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war grip global markets once again.
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[2026-04-02 17:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lack of ceasefire clarity fuels risk aversion, dollar's strength
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[2026-04-02 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Oil prices spiked and stocks sank on Thursday after Donald Trump reiterated that US forces would hammer Iran for another two to three weeks but offered no solution to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz that has crippled global markets.
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[2026-04-02 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran will continue to launch attacks in the region until the United States and Israel face "permanent regret and surrender", the spokesperson of its armed forces' said said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-02 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraqi oil fields once alive with the buzz of workers are nearly deserted. Ports that pulsed with the churn of cargo have fallen still, the din of commerce replaced by the soft rhythm of waves. (AP Video shot by Farid Abdulwahed)
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[2026-04-02 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-02 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fuel companies and the federal government are in talks about further lowering Australia’s fuel-quality standards to widen the pool of available imports, as Donald Trump’s declaration the war with Iran would continue for up to three weeks exposes Australia to heightened risk of shortages by the end of April.
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[2026-04-02 16:41 UTC+10:00] [Asean] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Granting Southeast Asian vessels safe passage through the strait allows Iran to come across as a diplomatic good guy, analysts say
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[2026-04-02 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: One of Donald Trump's defining traits is his tendency to call a loss a win.
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[2026-04-02 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two or three weeks in a national address on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-02 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Left: A woman holds an image of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, alongside his slain father and predecessor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on March 11. Right: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kyodo, Reuters and AP)
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[2026-04-02 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An American journalist who was kidnapped in Baghdad had tried to cross from Syria into Iraq three weeks earlier and was initially turned back, an Iraqi official said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-02 16:21 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-02 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – When the White House announced that Donald Trump would be making a speech to the nation about the war on Iran, it was expected that the United States president would make a major announcement.
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[2026-04-02 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Embassy in Baghdad has categorised Iraq as a level four risk, the highest advisory level, warning its citizens to avoid travelling to the country or flee if they are residing in it.
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[2026-04-02 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A pub-goer watches Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese deliver his address to the nation over the Iran crisis, on his phone at a pub in Sydney on April 1. © Reuters
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[2026-04-02 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: India’s massive condom industry is facing major disruptions due to material shortages and soaring production costs linked to the ongoing war in the Middle East, local media has reported, citing manufacturers.
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[2026-04-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Fossil fuels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil crisis triggered by blockade of strait of Hormuz prompts emergency measures to protect supply and halt rising prices
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[2026-04-02 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The sprawling Middle East crisis is expected to spur drivers to abandon traditional internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of EVs, analysts told CNBC, although early evidence suggests this will be a gradual gearshift.
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[2026-04-02 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that the United States was nearing victory in Iran as he laid out his case more than a month into a war that has sent his approval rating tumbling.
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[2026-04-02 15:45 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The remarks come after Trump said the conflict is ‘very close’ to completion, while signalling plans for fresh attacks in the coming days
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[2026-04-02 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said air defences were responding to a new wave of Iranian strikes, the fourth within the past six hours.
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