Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-02 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: There was almost nothing new in Donald Trump’s live address to the nation (and the world) about the war against Iran. Whatever questions you had at 11.59am on Thursday AEDT, you would have still had at 12.20pm, too.
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[2026-04-02 15:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has secured around 50 million barrels of alternative oil supplies for this month to replace supplies from the Middle East blocked due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, government officials said Thursday, vowing continued efforts to stably manage energy supplies.
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[2026-04-02 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump offered nothing new in an address that was expected to provide clarity. (REUTERS: Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said that it launched drones and rockets at northern Israel on Thursday, as Israel's Home Front Command announced the activation of air raid sirens across the boundary.
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[2026-04-02 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)
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[2026-04-02 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K. will host an international diplomatic conference this week on ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment to the Daily Telegraph newspaper that he is considering pulling out of NATO, Starmer said Britain is “fully committed to NATO.”
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[2026-04-02 15:13 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 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Gulf countries are revisiting costly plans for pipelines that would allow them to bypass Iran's restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, Financial Times reports.
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[2026-04-02 15:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said US forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion,” offering a full-throated defense of the war Wednesday night in his first national address since the conflict began more than a month ago.
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[2026-04-02 15:02 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-04-02 15:00 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Deep divisions on Israel mean the union has failed to act over Lebanon, Gaza, or settler violence in the West Bank
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[2026-04-02 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
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[2026-04-02 14:23 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-04-02 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
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[2026-04-02 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una persona se encuentra frente a una pantalla electrónica que muestra el índice Nikkei de Japón en una correduría de valores el jueves 2 de abril de 2026, en Tokio. (AP Foto/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-02 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian television announced that missiles reached the port of Haifa, just minutes after Trump declared to have "decimated" the country.
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[2026-04-02 13:52 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
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[2026-04-02 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-04-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Persons walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-04-02 13:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- US President Donald Trump has been fuming about NATO, musing about leaving the alliance, ratcheting up his criticism of European leaders and exposing a wider rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance -- this time over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 13:47 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say
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[2026-04-02 13:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks dropped over 3 percent late Thursday morning after US President Donald Trump warned that the United States would strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next few weeks.
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[2026-04-02 13:39 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump sought on Wednesday night (Washington time) to explain his rationale for the war against Iran at a pivotal moment at home and abroad, but he offered few new details as he amasses extraordinary executive authority to prosecute the military operation.
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[2026-04-02 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that original objectives of the war on Iran had been met, adding that it was not clear what more needs to be achieved.
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[2026-04-02 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that the US only launched its war on Iran to assist its partners in the region, a statement that likely references a long-held Israeli bid for Washington to attack Tehran.
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[2026-04-02 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Israel's military said air defences responded to three waves of Iranian missile fire early Thursday, with media reporting several light injuries in the Tel Aviv area.
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[2026-04-02 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said air defences were responding to an Iranian missile salvo, shortly after US President Donald Trump delivered an address.
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[2026-04-02 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has urged countries that buy oil from the Middle East to unblock the Strait of Hormuz by force unless Iran reopens the vital shipping route to all vessels.
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[2026-04-02 12:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the United States will hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks, while highlighting that its "core strategic" military objectives in the war against the Islamic Republic are "nearing completion."
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[2026-04-02 12:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
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[2026-04-02 12:42 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-02 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump vowed to bomb the Iranian regime “back to the stone ages” during his primetime address to the nation Wednesday.“Thanks to the progress we’ve made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” Trump said.
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[2026-04-02 12:22 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and large-scale losses in a matter of weeks’, US president says
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[2026-04-02 12:19 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 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said in a televised address to the nation said that the war on Iran has left it "decimated".
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[2026-04-02 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil rose in volatile trading as U.S. President Donald Trump in his address to the nation on Iran war said that he expected the conflict to last another two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 12:14 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-02 11:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won weakened against the US dollar Thursday, following a sharp gain in the previous session, ahead of US President Donald Trump's scheduled message on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-02 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE defence ministry said that its air defences are dealing with missile and drone attacks coming from Iran.
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[2026-04-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened higher Thursday as US President Donald Trump hinted that an end to the monthlong war in the Middle East could be near.
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