Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is getting ready to become the first Gulf nation to commit its military to the US-Israeli war against Iran, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing Arab officials.
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[2026-04-02 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic initiative comes as long-standing US-dominated security framework faces growing strain and uncertainty, analysts say
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[2026-04-01 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Iran's president has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire.
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[2026-04-01 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Another week of the war on Iran, another address from the British prime minister, as Keir Starmer told the nation once more that the UK has not been dragged into the US-Israeli operation.
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[2026-04-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police stand outside the Bank of America building in Paris, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
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[2026-04-01 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shoppers navigate packed aisles in the new H Mart, in Dublin, Calif., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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[2026-04-01 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Resistance to a war started without European consent makes clear the alliance’s limits. The US can’t count on Nato support for a war in Asia
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[2026-04-01 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s already fraught relationship with NATO allies is fraying further as the US-Israel war on Iran is in its second month. A growing number of partners are resisting Washington’s requests for support in the conflict, deepening a transatlantic rift.
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[2026-04-01 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its forces have established full control over eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, marking the third time that Russia has made such a claim since launching its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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[2026-04-01 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The coming month will see an intensification of the oil supply glut that has driven prices sharply higher since the start of the Iran war, according to the head of the International Energy Agency.
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[2026-04-01 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to go about the Easter weekend as normal, but warned about grim times ahead and tougher measures to conserve fuel in a rare address to the nation designed to prepare the public for a prolonged economic shock caused by the war in Iran.
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[2026-04-01 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said while Israel’s “enemies” can still fire at it, they do not pose an “existential threat”.
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[2026-04-01 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Workers for one of the two ground handling companies planning strikes over the busy Easter period in Spain have cancelled their stoppages, but other ground staff will continue their walkouts.
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[2026-04-01 22:03 UTC+10:00] [BP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Meg O’Neill’s memo comes as company tries to rebuild strategy amid oil shock of Iran war and after failed green pivot
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[2026-04-01 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike in the Jnah area of Beirut early on Wednesday killed Hezbollah's top commander for Iraq military affairs, Yousef Hashem, a Lebanese security source and a Hezbollah source both told AFP.
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[2026-04-01 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disturbing video shows the moment an accused explosive fiend lit and hurled a device toward a neighbor’s home — just days before dozens of pipe bombs were found stashed in his suburban New York apartment.
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[2026-04-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Joint Maritime Information Centre] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A major oil spill in the Gulf could damage fragile marine habitats, leading to dire consequences for the region, conservationists warn
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[2026-04-01 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON – The family of a New Yorker wrongfully detained in Iran for the past year is urging the White House to put the hostage release first on its list of demands to Iran.
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[2026-04-01 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Russian military plane crash in annexed Crimea has killed six crew and 23 passengers, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the Defense Ministry.
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[2026-04-01 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The sun has set behind a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-04-01 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 21:18 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A West Australian man accused of plotting a “mass casualty” terror attack on the state’s parliament, police headquarters and Perth mosques detailed his alleged plan to make weapons and armour in a diary, in which he wrote that he was addicted to a website called Watch People Die.
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[2026-04-01 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Nato "the single most effective military alliance the world has ever seen" on Wednesday, following renewed criticism of the group by US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-01 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli ‘targeted assassination’ in Lebanon's Beirut causes widespread damage
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[2026-04-01 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Five ships transited Tsushima Strait and were tracked heading northeast after China warned of strong response to ‘neo-militarism’.
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[2026-04-01 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BUYUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Los residentes de una zona cercana a un campamento militar en Burundi huyeron el martes por la noche después de que se escucharan explosiones procedentes del recinto, debido a lo que el portavoz del ejército dijo posteriormente que fue un incendio provocado por una falla eléctrica en la armería.
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[2026-04-01 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two NYPD Bomb Squad detectives who served together in the US Marine Corps — and responded to the ISIS-inspired bomb attack outside Gracie Mansion — reflected on their shared “bond” as they were both promoted this week.
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[2026-04-01 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: January feels an age away for Iranians. The dangers of the authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests have been replaced with a month of incessant US and Israeli strikes and the threat of a looming ground invasion.
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[2026-04-01 20:46 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With most eyes still on the Middle East, and growing US frustrations with European Nato allies' over their decisions to deny the use of their bases for offensive operations in Iran, there is often much less focus on Ukraine.
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[2026-04-01 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: RT has looked into how Iran has used cheap, AI-generated clips to mock US President Donald Trump and the American military, countering the multibillion-dollar US media machine during the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: RT has looked into how Iran has used cheap, AI-generated clips to mock US President Donald Trump and the American military, countering the multibillion-dollar US media machine during the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he was strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after allies failed to back US military action against Iran, according to an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph.
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[2026-04-01 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said he’s strongly considering pulling the US out of NATO after the alliance failed to get behind Washington’s operation in Iran as he branded the defense pact a “paper tiger.”
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[2026-04-01 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — Skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow, the European Union's energy commissioner warned Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — Skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow, the European Union's energy commissioner warned Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, left, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pose for a photo before their meeting at presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP)
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[2026-04-01 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Keir Starmer is speaking now.
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[2026-04-01 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and encouraged citizens to take public transport in a rare address to the nation on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-01 20:05 UTC+10:00] [Min Aung Hlaing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Min Aung Hlaing, who has resigned from the armed forces, is set to get approval from the military-allied parliament to become president
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[2026-04-01 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Tony Blair] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The former PM has no valid response when progressives raise a voice over war crimes, so he seeks to mute them. But we’ll take no moral lectures from him
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[2026-04-01 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel’s Defense Ministry has announced retaliatory steps against France after US President Donald Trump openly criticized the European NATO member for refusing to allow access to its airspace for arms shipments being delivered to the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Damascus will stay out of the Israeli-US war on Iran unless his country comes under attack, during a visit to London on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 19:41 UTC+10:00] [South Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 19:32 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s claim that conflict is nearing end prompts 15% drop in Brent crude and stock market climb in Asia
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[2026-04-01 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed direct contact with United States President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff amid the ongoing war, but downplayed talks of negotiations in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-04-01 19:20 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-01 19:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Iran war has entered a prolonged phase, reshaping strategic debates far beyond the Middle East. It is no longer a regional conflict but a reference point for broader security discussions. As the Iran war drags on, a growing wave of analysis seeks to draw parallels between Tehran and Pyongyang.
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[2026-04-01 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Children displaced from Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh shelter from the rain inside their tents along the coast in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-04-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Washington] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US drivers face soaring petrol costs and budget strain, with a customer saying ‘we are paying the price’ of the war
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