Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-29 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds, thousands in the Iranian-American diaspora are still reeling from the wave of infighting over the war, one that has both painfully and publicly fractured the community.
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[2026-04-29 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Slumping AI stocks and another climb in oil prices because of the Iran war are helping to halt Wall Street’s record-setting rally.
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[2026-04-29 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Unions sometimes destroy entire industries when they demand more than companies can afford.
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[2026-04-29 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON —Efforts to end the Middle East war appeared at a standstill on Tuesday, with the US considering Tehran's latest offer to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran saying Washington could no longer dictate terms.
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[2026-04-29 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese soldiers were wounded after Israeli forces targeted a patrol carrying out a “citizen rescue operation”, the army said.
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[2026-04-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 29, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-29 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A member of Ukraine's military prepares a rocket-type interceptor drone for launch. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mali’s military leader Assimi Goita has met the Russian ambassador to the East African country, according to his office.
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[2026-04-29 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Members of a rescue team were trapped while carrying out an operation in the town of Majdal Zoun in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s National News Agency. The Lebanese army is trying to rescue them.
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[2026-04-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Inflation is set to reach a three-year high as the war against Iran drives up prices on everyday goods, with warnings that the Australian economy could be in the grip of a stagflation slowdown that would drive more than 100,000 people out of work within months.
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[2026-04-29 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: On the 60th day of the Iran war, negotiations between Washington and Tehran remained at an impasse.
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[2026-04-29 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This courtroom sketch depicts Justice Department prosecutor John Gibbs speaking as defense attorneys Lauren Rosen, Geremy Kamens, from center middle seated, defendant Mohammad Sharifullah, and an interpreter, listen along with Judge Anthony John Trenga during the opening day of the trial for Sharifullah in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Monday, April 20, 2026.
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[2026-04-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mali's military leader Assimi Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale jihadist-separatist attacks at the weekend, has met the Russian ambassador to his country, his office said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-29 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUREIJ, Gaza Strip — Young Palestinian artists in Gaza staged an impromptu exhibit on Tuesday, seeking another way to show the world what has happened during war and a fragile ceasefire.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Damascus on Sunday opened the public trial of a senior security official from Syria’s former regime, in what is widely seen as the beginning of a transitional justice process after years of conflict.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF soldiers stood by while extremist Jewish rioters set fire to a Palestinian home in the West Bank and beat an elderly man, Army Radio reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel grinds on, Ashkan Rostami, an Italian Persian geopolitical analyst focused on Iran, Israel, and regional dynamics in the Middle East, and a member of the Institute for a New Middle East, said one important part of the story was unfolding far from the battlefield.
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[2026-04-29 03:16 UTC+10:00] [BP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ben Jennings on BP’s Iran war profits – cartoon
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[2026-04-29 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. (WOI Local 5 News via AP, File)
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 03:09 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UK monarch is on a state visit to reinforce ties with the US, amid a deep rift between the countries over the war in Iran
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[2026-04-29 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People look at paintings by Palestinian artists during an exhibition in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-04-29 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: After two months of conflict, neither a deadly bombing campaign nor a blockade on Iranian exports has forced Tehran to make the concessions the Trump administration is seeking.
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[2026-04-29 02:57 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tech company is latest Silicon Valley firm to sign agreement with US military despite widespread employee opposition
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[2026-04-29 02:57 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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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Komatsu is having a harder time raising prices on construction machinery as competitors are also holding prices steady. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Higher global energy prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have done little to ease the deepening crisis in Russia’s coal industry, with analysts and officials warning the sector remains on track for another year of heavy losses.
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[2026-04-29 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An ariel view of Bamako, Mali, Saturday, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has "no closer friends" than the British, as he welcomed King Charles III to the White House on a state visit overshadowed by tensions over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-29 02:20 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon
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[2026-04-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian military personnel on April 5 carry the coffin of a U.N. peacekeeper killed in Lebanon. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- A Japanese crude oil supertanker may have crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in what would be the first time a refiner-owned vessel has exited the Persian Gulf since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHAT if oil prices rise to more than $370 per barrel due to a protracted war in the Middle East and lingering oil supply disruptions? That nightmarish possibility is now being raised by economists alarmed by the chaotic handling of the Middle East war by Donald Trump’s administration. A protracted war, according to the economists, will make the 3-percent global growth projected by the International Monetary Fund for 2026 as overly optimistic.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with Iran’s latest proposal on resolving the two-month war in the Middle East, a US official said, dampening hopes for resolution of a conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fueled inflation, and killed thousands.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF and Border Police officers completed a counterterrorism operation across east Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, the military announced on Tuesday morning.
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[2026-04-29 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gulf leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a regional crisis triggered by the United States-Israel war on Iran, their first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the conflict two months ago.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United States will struggle to defend itself against advanced missile systems developed by China and Russia, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers as they called for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United States will struggle to defend itself against advanced missile systems developed by China and Russia, senior Pentagon officials told lawmakers as they called for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A group of pro-Palestinian organizations have filed a complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accusing 11 Jewish schools of "promoting the Israeli military and potentially aiding and abetting illegal military recruiting."
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region's digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic sits in the court room in The Hague, Netherlands, June 8, 2021. (Jerry Lampen/Pool via AP, File)
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The figure, for March, is the highest monthly number of intercepted drones since Moscow began its attack on its neighbour in February 2022
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [Kryvyi Rih] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The figure, for March, is the highest monthly number of intercepted drones since Moscow began its attack on its neighbour in February 2022
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In the first G5 central bank announcement of the week, overnight the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate in a 6-3 vote, despite forecasting a sharp rise in inflation as the war in the Middle East sends commodity prices higher and clouds the global economic outlook while testing Japan's given its exposure to rising energy prices.
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