Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 11:36 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel and Lebanon on Thursday extended a shaky ceasefire by three weeks, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he voiced hope for a historic three-way meeting soon and a potential peace deal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Australia will begin a monthlong project next week to excavate the remains of an Australian soldier who went missing while fighting during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's defense ministry said Friday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US Army soldier involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro has been charged with making $400,000 by betting on the removal of the ousted Venezuelan leader, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Australia is set to buy several nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines from the US in the 2030s (Reuters: Brian Snyder)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro has been arrested after he allegedly bet on the removal of Venezuela's former leader before the information was publicly available.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush" himself.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army carried out air strikes on southern Lebanon, claiming that launchers used to fire the rockets were targeted.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Friday, bucking overnight losses on Wall Street, as the United States announced a three-week ceasefire extension for Iran and Lebanon.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Seoul says it explained to U.S. background of unification minister's remarks on N. Korea's nuclear facility in Kusong
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Congress] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US lawmakers push export controls to limit China’s tech access in a bid to protect the US semiconductor industry
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Spring has reached its most vivid point in Seoul, making it the perfect time to step outside to take it all in. At Yongsan Children’s Garden, a once off-limits military site reborn as a public park, wide lawns and quiet paths offer a rare sense of openness in the city’s core.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Last week, local media in Iran reported that "Janfada girls" had been involved in a pro-regime demonstration in Iran. Source: Getty, SBS
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:53 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie says Australia has allowed an overreliance on the United States military to weaken the country.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Thursday announced stunning charges against an Army officer who allegedly traded on classified info involving the US military operation to capture former Venezuelan strong man Nicolás Maduro – netting $400,000.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were mostly set to open lower Friday as investors remained cautious despite a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, underscoring lingering geopolitical uncertainty.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Duke of Sussex says US must ‘honour obligations’ as it persuaded Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons; US president retorts that Harry doesn’t speak for Britain. What we know on day 1,521
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March as Iran war-fueled higher energy prices stoke consumer inflation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:32 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $US400,000 ($560,000) in an online betting market, federal officials announced.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three professors at Atlanta’s Emory University in the United States have filed a lawsuit over their arrests during a 2024 campus protest over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket - the first known instance of the Department of Justice prosecuting insider trading on such a platform.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ukrainian officials have pitched a plan to rename a section of the Donbas region, which is coveted by Russia, to “Donnyland” as a clear nod to President Trump and the aid he has provided against Moscow’s invasion, according to a new report.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations at the White House “went very well”, announcing a three-week extension to the ceasefire.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: At the Kyiv Security Forum, Prince Harry asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war. (Reuters: Valentyn Ogirenko)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:45 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iranian woman accused of helping to secure weapons for the regime will remain behind bars after a no-nonsense message from a federal judge.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US Army Special Forces soldier was arrested Thursday for using classified information about the military operation to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to place winning bets on Polymarket and pocket more than $400,000.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Donald Trump has lashed out at a reporter who asked whether his threats to destroy Iranian power plants, bridges, and the entire civilization meant he was ready to use a nuclear weapon, dismissing the question as “stupid.”
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just days after the UAE hinted at a growing dollar shortage in the Gulf nation by requesting swap lines with the Fed, Bloomberg reports that as Iran's struggling neighbors scramble to build cash buffers to deal with any potential economic fallout from the Iran war, one large buyer has stepped in: the world's largest bond manager, Pacific Investment Management Co.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A U.S. Army soldier was arrested on a federal indictment accusing him of using classified information to make bets that won him $400,000 on the Polymarket prediction market related to the American military mission that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 18-19)By Song Sang-ho
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 8-10, 16)By Song Sang-ho
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Thursday afternoon that he plans to resume bombing Iran if there’s no peace deal.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah says it has launched rockets towards northern Israel, describing the attack as a response to Israeli breaches of the ceasefire.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush himself".
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Army troops of South Korea and Canada launched joint high-tech military drills in South Korea for the first time earlier this week, officials said Friday, as part of efforts to bolster bilateral military ties between the two nations.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump's initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from earlier threats of overwhelming force.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Liberal frontbencher says the country’s ‘sovereign capabilities’ have been eroded. Follow today’s news live
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- The war in the Middle East is raising concern over Japan's supply of plastic products for medical care and drawing renewed attention to how heavily the country relies on imports for such essential items as dialysis tubes.The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has cut sharply into Japanese imports of crude oil and the petrochemical feedstock naphtha, which is used to make plastics.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan relies more 99% of its medical gloves on imports. © Kyodo
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Laura Lavelle is a multiplatform journalist, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She started her career in regional Queensland as a TV reporter and producer in Mackay, Bundaberg and Toowoomba before joining the ABC in 2022. Laura has a keen interest in stories about crime and justice and the Australian Defence Force.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-04-24 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire.
--------------------------------------------------------------------