Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-20 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-20 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: PARIS — An 85-year-old French widow who moved to the US to start a new life with an American military veteran she first met more than half a century ago is back in France again after a harrowing 16 days spent in federal immigration custody.
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[2026-04-20 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Even as the global economy shakes, the world community watches a rare geopolitical event: the mighty sole superpower, the United States of America, is compelled by war-battered ‘heathen’ Iran to comply with Tehran’s pre-condition for talks! Imperial Washington has had to get its client colony Israel to halt its military battering of Iranian ally Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shia social movement and militia.
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[2026-04-20 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As IMF was looking to lift up the global growth forecast in 2026 the war in the Middle East halted this momentum. The closing of the Strait of Hormuz and serious damage to critical energy facilities in the Middle East raise the prospect of a major energy crisis should a durable solution not be found soon, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department IMF told its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) launch held on April 14, in
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[2026-04-20 05:56 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan is facing widening power cuts as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shortages worsen amid the war in the Middle East, disrupting electricity supply at a time of peak summer demand, according to local media.
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[2026-04-20 05:53 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Of all Donald Trump’s instincts, perhaps his keenest is leverage. He knows how to use the power gifted to him – whether it be America’s economic size or military strength – to heap pressure on friends and adversaries.
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[2026-04-20 05:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Monday, April 20.
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[2026-04-20 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said US officials are heading to Pakistan for talks with Iran, warning that US strikes will resume if negotiators can’t reach a peace deal.
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[2026-04-20 05:49 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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[2026-04-20 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship after “blowing a hole” in its engine room when it tried to break past the Navy blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump revealed Sunday.
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[2026-04-20 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For decades insecure women have used feminism as a vehicle to crusade against "body shaming" and male objectification - Which is essentially a war on men who dare to have beauty preferences.
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[2026-04-20 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors said a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war.
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[2026-04-20 05:43 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A 25-year-old man died of a heart attack while participating in a tug-of-war competition at a New Year festival in Koswatte on April 17.
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[2026-04-20 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian police say they have detained 100 people allegedly linked to “terrorist groups” and seized weapons and surveillance equipment.
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[2026-04-20 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday.
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[2026-04-20 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Law & Order] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Navy, in collaboration with the Coast Guard and the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department, conducted a series of co-ordinated operations from April 1 to 15, in an effort to safeguard the nation’s marine resources.
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[2026-04-20 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Indonesian Navy ship KRI BIMA SUCI – 945 departed the island on April 18 April, marking the successful completion of her official goodwill visit. The ship was accorded a formal farewell by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions at the Colombo Port.
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[2026-04-20 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut Bangladesh’s economic growth further to 4 percent for the current fiscal year 2025-26 from its previous projection of 4.7 percent amid a fuel price spike and disruption in global supply chains due to the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-20 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-20 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of the biggest questions entering the Lakers-Rockets first-round playoff series was how the Luka Doncic- and Austin Reaves-less Lakers would generate quality offense against the Rockets’ defense that ranked sixth during the regular season.
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[2026-04-20 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK has effectively lost contact with tens of thousands of reservists who would be called up in a national emergency, George Robertson, a former NATO secretary general and a lead adviser for the Strategic Defense Review (SDR), has said.
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[2026-04-20 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Local councils across NSW are sitting on a $4.2 billion infrastructure war chest that could help unlock thousands of new homes, but the money is not being spent because of rigid spending rules and funding shortfalls on individual projects.
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[2026-04-20 04:55 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’
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[2026-04-20 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-20 03:54 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s unreliable style sows diplomatic confusion but leaves Tehran clear on strategic value of strait of Hormuz
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[2026-04-20 03:33 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze Iran’s infrastructure
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[2026-04-20 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 20, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-20 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The currently closed Strait of Hormuz, situated between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, and has emerged as a major flashpoint in the US-Iran war. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, off Yemen's coast, has also remained a focal point among critical maritime chokepoints, given ongoing threats from Iran-linked Houthi rebels.
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[2026-04-20 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amid a military operation, a widening deficit, and a surge of violence in Arab society, Israel faces a compounded challenge – security, social, and economic. A Bank of Israel report published this week makes clear that precisely at this moment, advancing a new five-year plan for Arab society is essential.
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[2026-04-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After nearly two months of hiatus in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing criminal trial testimony, he is now unlikely to return to the witness stand before next week, following a Sunday decision by presiding Jerusalem District Court Judges Rivka Friedman-Feldman, Moshe Bar-Am, and Oded Shaham to hear another defense witness on Monday instead.
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[2026-04-20 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IRRITATED by the Iran virus “threatening the US with its nuclear program,” President Donald Trump went on a sneeze spree in March 2026, spray-bombing over 1,000 targets in the opening day of the undeclared war on Iran predicting an easy, fast and complete victory.
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[2026-04-20 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-20 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-20 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has published a map outlining a new military deployment line inside southern Lebanon, days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, indicating it will maintain an occupation beyond the border.
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[2026-04-20 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Cybersecurity and enterprise software stocks have been market dogs since the start of 2026, with fears that AI will wipe out a wide range of companies in the enterprise space dominating the narrative. But they snapped a brutal losing streak this past week, joining in the broader market rally that saw all losses from the U.S.-Iran war regained by the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500.
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[2026-04-20 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Thousands of people were evacuated from a northern suburb of Paris while a World War Two bomb was rendered safe on Sunday.
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[2026-04-20 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s reasonable for the pope to object to wars, but using Iran as an example is not credible (“Leo would do well to remember render to Caesar,” Douglas Murray, April 17).
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[2026-04-20 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has proposed plans to rebuild Rafah, a city in southern Gaza that was flattened by two years of Israeli bombardment. It has been touted as the centrepiece of a US-Israeli vision for a post-war Gaza, but satellite images suggest the project has stalled before even breaking ground.
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[2026-04-20 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanese people returning to southern Lebanon have found ways to traverse the Litani River, despite Israeli strikes on bridges over the river. The fact is that the river is not very large, and people have found a way to make temporary passages over it. In videos online, it appears in many cases people have been able to drive over the river, which looks more like a stream, via ad-hoc solutions such as putting some rocks, mud, and other items over
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[2026-04-20 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai’s rental market recorded contracts worth Dh32.2 billion ($8.8 billion) in the first quarter of this year, reflecting sustained activity and stability, according to data from the Dubai Land Department.
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[2026-04-20 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwaiti authorities have detained US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has not been seen in public for six weeks, as Gulf states tighten restrictions on reporting linked to the Iran war.
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[2026-04-20 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NEW DELHI, April 19 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung pledged on Sunday to deepen South Korea's strategic partnership with India to better navigate growing uncertainties in global supply chains and the economy stemming from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cyclist ends UCI Track World Cup campaign with crashes, bruises and a failure to add a medal to collection
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[2026-04-20 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Fiona Majendie] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cyclist ends UCI Track World Cup campaign with crashes, bruises and a failure to add a medal to collection
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[2026-04-20 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of US and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January remain daunted by the future as damage from airstrikes and internet cuts take a toll.
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[2026-04-20 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syrian authorities said on Sunday that they had foiled a plot by members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to launch a surprise missile attack.
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[2026-04-20 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain could strip people of their citizenship if they are found to have compromised the kingdom's security during recent attacks by Iran, King Hamad has decreed.
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[2026-04-20 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain could strip people of their citizenship if they are found to have compromised the kingdom's security during recent attacks by Iran, King Hamad has decreed.
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[2026-04-20 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has again become the chaotic centre of the United States-Israel war on Iran, as a standoff between Washington and Tehran is complicating efforts to end the war.
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[2026-04-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — America’s allies, stung by soaring energy costs due to Washington’s attacks on Iran, are confronting an uncomfortable truth: The escape route from fossil fuel shocks leads straight into China’s arms.
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