Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 1, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-01 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BAGHDAD (AP) — An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said.
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[2026-04-01 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US-Israel war on Iran and its ripple effect throughout the Middle East have had a devastating impact on Arab countries, with millions expected to slide into poverty, according to the United Nations.
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[2026-04-01 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the US war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil” as the conflict with Iran and its closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent average U.S.
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[2026-04-01 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks on Israeli troops and positions along the border on Thursday.
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[2026-04-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, the Ministry of Interior has confirmed, without providing any information about the reporter’s identity.
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[2026-04-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) accused US media of engaging in “selective coverage” that has downplayed the successes of Operation Epic Fury — and instead benefited Iran during the first 30 days of the war.
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[2026-04-01 04:23 UTC+10:00] [Ali Khamenei] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A list of 18 US tech firms released by the Revolutionary Guards also included Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Oracle and Palantir
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[2026-04-01 04:20 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-01 04:06 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Many countries in Europe have called the conflict illegal, with some blocking Israeli and US planes from moving weapons through their airspace
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[2026-04-01 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike in southern Gaza killed a father and his five-year-old son, according to health officials at Nasser hospital, where the bodies were taken.
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[2026-04-01 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s Defense Ministry has halted all defense procurement from France due to what it views as Paris’s hostile stance toward Jerusalem in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Moscow will not supply oil to countries backing an “anti-market” price cap scheme, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said, as demand for crude rises amid the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-01 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ethiopia has begun rationing fuel as shortages affect supplies amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Warren Buffett warned that the spread of nuclear weapons is making the world a more dangerous place, saying the prospect of Iran acquiring a bomb would heighten the risk of a catastrophic conflict.
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[2026-04-01 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold is on track for its worst monthly decline since 2008 as a historic energy supply shock amid the Iran war spooks investors who were hoping for interest-rate cuts.
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[2026-04-01 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China and Pakistan have proposed a five-point plan to end the US-Israeli war on Iran that calls for an immediate ceasefire and restoration of “normal passage” for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-01 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO/COLOMBO/WELLINGTON — Indonesia’s leader visited Tokyo this week in Asia’s latest flurry of fuel bartering efforts to offset crippling shortages caused by conflict in the Middle East, a key source of regional energy supplies.
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[2026-04-01 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: London, United Kingdom – Civil rights groups and Palestine solidarity campaigners are accusing the United Kingdom of “intimidation tactics” after two young pro-Palestinian activists were recently arrested while on bail.
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[2026-04-01 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani was reportedly heckled — by a critic who shouted “every Jewish organization is a target” — while the anti-Israel pol was speaking at a Passover seder event this week.
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[2026-04-01 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations humanitarian chief has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) what it is prepared to do to protect civilians in Lebanon as Israel pushes ahead with its ground invasion and bombardment of the country.
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[2026-04-01 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A leaked UN panel of experts' report obtained by Middle East Eye has revealed details of the Haftar family’s connections to oil, fuel and arms smuggling networks in eastern Libya.
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[2026-04-01 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IRAN’S Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi could not have said it better when asked at a media forum how Iran would respond to the United States’ warning for Iran to make peace now or otherwise face future attacks much greater and far easier.
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[2026-04-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — After declaring Iran’s military “gone,” United States President Donald Trump appealed to the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and South Korea — as well as China, Iran’s strategic partner — to send minesweepers and naval forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. When allies balked, the request turned into a warning: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would face “a very bad” future if it refused.
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[2026-04-01 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 02:59 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: EU, Spain and Germany, as well as rights groups, condemn law to execute Palestinian convicted terrorists
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[2026-04-01 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinos protestan contra la decisión del parlamento israelí de aprobar la pena de muerte para atacantes convictos de asesinar a israelíes, en Nablus, Cisjordania, el 31 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-04-01 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The breakaway region of Kosovo has approved sending troops to Gaza as part of a force proposed by US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, its prime minister, Albin Kurti, announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-01 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Continued escalation ‘not in anyone’s interest’, Qatar’s FM spokesperson says
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[2026-04-01 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A decisive US victory in the Iran war is far more important than market swings, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday, after weeks of Wall Street jitters sparked by the conflict.
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[2026-04-01 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump and King Charles III interacting at a state banquet at Windsor Castle in 2025. (Reuters: Yui Mok / Pool)
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[2026-04-01 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jugadores iraníes cantan el himno nacional, sosteniendo fotografías de niños presuntamente asesinados en ataques estadounidenses e israelíes en Irán, antes de un partido amistoso de fútbol entre Irán y Costa Rica, en Antalya, al sur de Turquía, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-01 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON - Dove soap maker Unilever ULVR.L has implemented a global hiring freeze "at all levels" that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
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[2026-04-01 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Plumes of smoke rise from an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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[2026-04-01 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A diplomat at the United Nations resigned from his post on Friday and accused the international body of preparing for a scenario involving the possible use of nuclear weapons on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of Palestinian children from Gaza, evacuated abroad as premature infants for treatment, have returned to the enclave more than two years after Israel’s siege of al-Shifa hospital where they were born.
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[2026-04-01 02:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign ministers Ishaq Dar and Wang Yi met in Beijing as Pakistan pushes for peacemaker role
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[2026-04-01 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s players sing the national anthem, holding pictures of children allegedly killed in U.S. and Israel strikes in Iran, before a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-01 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned it could target US technology companies operating in the region, urging staff and nearby residents to evacuate.
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[2026-04-01 02:09 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, has been the subject of a wave of global sympathy after Israeli forces stopped him on the way to pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday.
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[2026-04-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A group of toddlers evacuated as premature infants just a month into the Israel-Hamas war returned Monday to families overjoyed yet worried about their futures in a transformed Gaza.
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[2026-04-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UN has said that the initial findings of an investigation into the deaths of two Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on 30 March point to a roadside explosion striking their convoy.
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[2026-04-01 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — King Charles III will visit the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, despite some calls for the trip to be cancelled or delayed amid the Iran war.
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[2026-04-01 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Shop now
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China and Pakistan's foreign ministers have called for an immediate ceasefire to end hostilities amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, urging peace talks as soon as possible, Pakistan's foreign ministry and Chinese state news agency Xinhua is reporting.
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has positioned himself as an unlikely financial adviser during the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has announced that it will be ending security procurement from France after what it claimed was the country's "hostile" attitude in recent months, Israeli media reported.
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[2026-04-01 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ray Ruda fills his van with fuel at a gas station Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-04-01 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On the night of 7 March, air strikes hit four oil depots and refineries in and around Tehran.
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