Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-23 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway a day after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-23 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Twelve British universities have been criticised for paying a private firm run by former military intelligence officials to spy on student protesters and academics.
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[2026-04-23 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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[2026-04-23 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russia's army said Tuesday its Africa Corps unit had freed two hostages — employees of Russian geology company — held in Mali, almost two years after they were captured by an al-Qaeda-linked group in neighbouring Niger.
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[2026-04-23 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has released footage of the military destroying a home in southern Lebanon "in memory" of a soldier who was killed in fighting in the country.
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[2026-04-23 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tensions in the Middle East are mounting as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran threatens to unravel, possibly plunging the region into a broader escalation that could once again draw in Israel, Lebanon, and other major players.
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[2026-04-23 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean national holding a banner carrying political messages was arrested Wednesday for allegedly obstructing an annual spring festival at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese police said.
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[2026-04-23 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces and settlers are committing acts of gender-based and sexualised violence that are contributing to the displacement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a new study has found.
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[2026-04-23 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Minister of Climate Change and Environment has emphasised the UAE's commitment to promoting local agriculture and reducing reliance on imports, as the Iran war continues to pose challenges to global food security.
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[2026-04-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manufacturers are expected to see stronger overseas orders even as price wars hurt profits at home
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[2026-04-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manufacturers are expected to see stronger overseas orders even as price wars hurt profits at home
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[2026-04-22 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Leaders from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and the Gulf Co-operation Council are scheduled to attend an informal meeting of senior European Union figures Cyprus on Friday.
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[2026-04-22 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: LA-based journalist Jesse Barron — a writer for the New York Times Magazine — has landed a major book deal with Penguin imprint Riverhead in a heated bidding war, sources tell Page Six Hollywood.
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[2026-04-22 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russia's army said Tuesday its Africa Corps unit had freed two hostages -- employees of Russian geology company -- held in Mali, almost two years after they were captured by an al-Qaeda-linked group in neighbouring Niger.
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[2026-04-22 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the latest developments in talks between the US and Iran in a call with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar on Wednesday, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters.
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[2026-04-22 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Filipino groups calling for accountability over the victims of the drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber rejecting all four appeals filed by the defense team.
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[2026-04-22 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Libya has reached its highest oil production in more than a decade, approved its first unified budget in 13 years and secured one of the few growth upgrades in the IMF's latest regional outlook, making it a rare bright spot as the Iran war forces steep downgrades on economies across the Middle East.
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[2026-04-22 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli officials are still debating what comes next in southern Lebanon, including whether to pursue a more permanent ceasefire. For Sarit Zehavi, founder and president of the Alma Research and Education Center, the real question is not the pause itself but whether it produces a lasting change in the security reality along Israel’s northern border.
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[2026-04-22 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: IRGC seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria, which had been attempting to transit the Hormuz chokepoint earlier today.
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[2026-04-22 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A pro-Palestine campaign group in France has filed a legal complaint against FedEx for "complicity in genocide" over its alleged role in the transit of components for Israeli military aircraft operating in Gaza.
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[2026-04-22 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher with earnings in full swing and AI winners soaring. Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran just before its Taco Tuesday expiration, while maintaining a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, after plans for peace talks fell apart. Still, the market doesn’t seem too concerned about the lack of a resolution, and is instead focused on a Tasnim report that Iran had received "some signs" the US was ready to break the blockade.
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[2026-04-22 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Rare passage is a direct deterrent’ to the Japanese military bases along the coast, former PLA instructor says
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[2026-04-22 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Iriomote Island] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Rare passage is a direct deterrent’ to the Japanese military bases along the coast, former PLA instructor says
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[2026-04-22 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon will request a one-month extension of the ceasefire during its meeting with Israel in Washington on Thursday, a Lebanese official has told AFP.
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[2026-04-22 22:04 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Residents waking to find line has moved overnight and they are now in free-fire zone as army takes more territory
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[2026-04-22 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrives to attend a Security Council meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-04-22 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The deputy head of Russia’s military theme park was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a private contractor, making him the latest park official to face criminal prosecution amid a wider shakeup in the country’s defense establishment.
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[2026-04-22 21:50 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany aims to rely less on the U.S. and more on Europe to deter the growing Russian threat, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spelled out Wednesday when announcing the country's new military strategy.
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[2026-04-22 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key US air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks that have destroyed aircraft and buildings, and killed at least one service member.
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[2026-04-22 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It's becoming clearer how a war thousands of miles away is hitting pockets here in the UK, with the latest figures showing inflation has risen to 3.3% largely due to higher fuel prices.
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[2026-04-22 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has appointed Lt. Gen. Rommel Roldan of the Philippine Air Force as its new vice chief of staff during a joint ceremony, which also marked the promotion of senior officers.
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[2026-04-22 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: One of the more surprising turns of the US-Israeli war on Iran has been the sophistication of Tehran’s multi-pronged PR response.
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[2026-04-22 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices have edged higher while Europe's main stock markets eased on uncertainty surrounding the prospect of resumed peace talks following an extension to the US-Iran ceasefire.
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[2026-04-22 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A young PBS employee who was also a military veteran has died days after she was shot outside her home, allegedly by her estranged husband, according to police and family members.
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[2026-04-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenBill Brandt, Nude, 1952In 1927, Brandt traveled to Vienna to see a lung specialist. Upon his visit, he decided to stay and find work in a photography studio. He went on to have a successful career photographing the likes of poet Ezra Pound; frequently contributing to literary journals including Picture Post, Lilliput, Weekly Illustrated and Verve; and making significant images of the extreme conditions of the second world war.
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[2026-04-22 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has dangerously depleted its stockpiles of critical missiles during the seven‑week war on Iran, creating a “near‑term risk” that could leave it vulnerable in any future conflict, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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[2026-04-22 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has dangerously depleted its stockpiles of critical missiles during the seven‑week war on Iran, creating a “near‑term risk” that could leave it vulnerable in any future conflict, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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[2026-04-22 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Donald Trump extended a ceasefire at the 11th hour, he seized the moment to describe Iran’s leadership as divided. It is a characterisation critics will see as justification for stalled diplomacy, but that has been increasingly borne out since the war began on February 28.
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[2026-04-22 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Newly released reports say Colombian mercenaries helped the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fight the Sudanese army, as the civil war gripping the country is entering its fourth year.
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that it would halt its attacks against Iran until the regime can submit a “unified proposal” to discuss during negotiations, but Polymarket's prediction market still sees low chances for the ceasefire to be extended by Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyand Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate stalling peace talks.
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yemen's Houthis are closely monitoring US movements in the Red Sea and are making military preparations for a possible confrontation with the United States and Israel in the coming days, according to a report by the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-22 20:41 UTC+10:00] [World Snooker Championship] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Persian Prince’ begins campaign amid conflict
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[2026-04-22 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Donald Trump's announcement that the ceasefire with Iran would continue for talks damped anxiety that the U.S. was about to resume strikes, but investors largely reacted with a shrug.
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[2026-04-22 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The war with Iran has been a strategic disaster for the US, leaving President Donald Trump in a weaker position at home and damaging American credibility, Quincy Institute co-founder Trita Parsi has told RT. He added that the conflict, which he said Israel had pushed for, had not unfolded as Washington expected.
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[2026-04-22 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Rodrigo Duterte was not present for the court hearing, with his defence saying he was not mentally fit. (AP: Bullit Marquez)
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[2026-04-22 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran state TV says two ships were attacked by the Revolutionary Guard and are in the force’s custody
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[2026-04-22 20:25 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran state TV says two ships were attacked by the Revolutionary Guard and are in the force’s custody
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[2026-04-22 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updatesIran war latest: IRGC navy seizes two vessels in Strait of Hormuz and transports them to Iranian coast
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[2026-04-22 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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