Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 29, 2026 — 12:08pm
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[2026-04-29 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen's Houthis said they support Iran’s restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz and warned they are “not neutral” in the conflict involving Iran, Lebanon and Palestine, adding that its position remains “clear, public and explicit in this regard”.
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[2026-04-29 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Five former US officials, including a former top military lawyer, have criticised the Pentagon for not acknowledging potential American involvement in a deadly strike on an Iranian school earlier this year.
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[2026-04-29 11:49 UTC+10:00] [AUKUS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Skip to Main Content
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[2026-04-29 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Kim Jong Un has praised North Korean soldiers who killed themselves by detonating their grenades while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, confirming a long-suspected battlefield policy.
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[2026-04-29 11:43 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Skip to Main Content
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[2026-04-29 11:32 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates for a third straight meeting next Tuesday
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[2026-04-29 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Japan expands its defence posture with the backing of major allies, its leaders seek to portray Beijing’s objections as an overreaction
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[2026-04-29 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Italy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Japan expands its defence posture with the backing of major allies, its leaders seek to portray Beijing’s objections as an overreaction
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[2026-04-29 11:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea was set to hold a launch ceremony Wednesday for a new homegrown 3,600-ton frigate with enhanced anti-air and anti-submarine capabilities, the Navy and the state arms procurement agency said.
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[2026-04-29 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was set to hold a launch ceremony Wednesday for a new homegrown 3,600-ton frigate with enhanced anti-air and anti-submarine capabilities, the Navy and the state arms procurement agency said.
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[2026-04-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
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[2026-04-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
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[2026-04-29 10:37 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Putin condemns drone attack; King Charles to US Congress – Ukrainians need your 9/11 spirit; acting US ambassador to leave Kyiv. What we know on day 1,526
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[2026-04-29 10:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a concert marking the 80th founding anniversary of a key military band, calling it a symbol of the country's armed forces, state media reported Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An article in Haaretz warned of growing concerns within the Israeli forces over discipline and conduct during the ongoing conflict, following remarks by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir about incidents of "looting" by the Israeli military.
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[2026-04-29 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices rose again as uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States and Iran continued to weigh on markets.
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[2026-04-29 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned an Israeli air strike on the town of Majdal Zoun that killed at least five people, including three civil defence personnel who were responding to an earlier attack, National News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-29 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a concert marking the 80th founding anniversary of a key military band, calling it a symbol of the country's armed forces, state media reported Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters stormed the home of Israeli military police chief Brigadier-General Yuval Yamin in Ashkelon, barricading themselves in his garden in protest against enforcement measures targeting draft evasion.
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[2026-04-29 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The ranks of would-be presidential assassins are a cavalcade of losers, yet the latest shooter who set out to murder President Donald Trump — the man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Sunday — turns out to have an elite educational background.
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[2026-04-29 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US Army soldier stationed at a Louisiana base allegedly threatened to walk into a synagogue with an assault rifle and “kill every single Jew” there in a vile Discord rant, according to authorities.
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[2026-04-29 08:26 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Remarks marking 250th anniversary of American independence tell US lawmakers: ‘The actions of this great nation matter’
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[2026-04-29 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters launched multiple attacks on Israeli troops inside southern Lebanon.
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[2026-04-29 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A tanker ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz headed for China on Monday — the first shipment of natural gas to successfully exit the Persian Gulf since the start of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: America’s favorite gas price app has warned prices are going to continue to go up for Californians as the war in Iran rages on.
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[2026-04-29 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, left, questions a witness as Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, looks on during the Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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[2026-04-29 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if US President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has become a political liability for the White House, two US officials and a person familiar with the matter said.
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[2026-04-29 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE’s exit from Opec next month is a shot across the bows to Saudi Arabia and a potential offering to US President Donald Trump, in the latest sign the war on Iran is exacerbating old tensions in the Gulf instead of uniting the region.
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[2026-04-29 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level of his current term as concern grows over the cost of living and the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran's ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way.
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[2026-04-29 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Britain’s King Charles III has used a speech in front of the United States Congress to pledge NATO unity and call for support for Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion.
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[2026-04-29 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati, File)
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[2026-04-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Theo Francken believed the strained transatlantic relationship should remain ‘united’, although sometimes Nato ‘can be a paper tiger’
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[2026-04-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Theo Francken believed the strained transatlantic relationship should remain ‘united’, although sometimes Nato ‘can be a paper tiger’
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[2026-04-29 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Northern Irish police have made an arrest after the nationalist group New IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a Belfast police station.
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[2026-04-29 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly eight million people in South Sudan are at risk of acute hunger as conflict and displacement worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis, according to a United Nations report.
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[2026-04-29 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-29 06:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 06:00 | News
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[2026-04-29 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany’s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor’s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-29 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, and his wife Sara, left, and Israel’s President Isaac Herzog attend a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-29 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fateful talks over the future transformation of US-Israel military relations, which will frame that partnership for a decade or more, are due to start in May, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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[2026-04-29 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Today we are not looking for good leaders. We are looking for great leaders. We are looking for men and women who can take charge of a situation, who can inspire others and leaders who can contribute to the building of a country. A leader with a certain balance of qualities- strength, character, discipline, courage, intelligence, innovation and commitment to the task at hand.
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The 60-day mark of the United States and Israel’s war with Iran represents a fork in the road for US lawmakers: will they assert their authority – either in support or against – the conflict, or remain silent?
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows no signs of de-escalating.
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[2026-04-29 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Britain's King Charles III addressed the US Congress on Tuesday, defending Nato as the Trump administration continues to voice fiery criticism of the alliance.
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[2026-04-29 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Exterminators PLC, Asia’s first publicly listed pest management company, today announced a landmark digital transformation in termite control with the launch of the re-engineered Smart Missile 3G.
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[2026-04-29 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Navy arrested three individuals engaged in night diving without the valid permits to harvest sea cucumbers, during a search operation in the coastal area of Kudairippu, Jaffna, on Monday (27).
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[2026-04-29 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan – Sri Lanka bilateral counter-terrorism exercise ‘Shake Hands-II’ has commenced as a joint military training initiative between the Armed Forces of both countries, Pakistan media reported.
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[2026-04-29 05:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our coverage of US politics, Donald Trump and the war in Iran on Wednesday, April 29.
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