Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Christmas is still eight months away, but artificial tree maker Lou Liping is already worried about a bad holiday season due to the Iran war.
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[2026-04-21 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed his top energy official's view that gas prices will not drop until 2027, saying Americans can expect lower costs as soon as the Iran war ends.
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefire looms
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[2026-04-21 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s support for Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become a central battleground in the Farrer byelection, with a big-spending advertising campaign seeking to link the One Nation leader to rising fuel and fertiliser costs hitting regional voters.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ayatollah Khomeini referred to his 1988 decision to accept a ceasefire ending the eight-year Iran-Iraq War as “drinking the poisoned chalice.”
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen used a ceremony in Jerusalem on Monday evening to deliver a blunt warning on Iran, saying the Islamic Republic would “continue to lie” and that no agreement or ceasefire would change its fundamental ambitions.
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[2026-04-21 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The next big “battle” for southern Lebanon has started, though it is one that does not involve bombs or rockets.
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[2026-04-21 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US will this week host the next round of Israeli-Lebanese talks towards a permanent ceasefire, the State Department confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-21 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE asked the US to provide a financial lifeline to the country in case the US-Israeli war on Iran dented its economy, even as it warned the US it could replace the petrodollar with Chinese Yuan, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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[2026-04-21 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Two months after the Department of War declared Anthropic a "supply chain risk" and moved to several all ties with the AI wunderkind, the National Security Agency (NSA), which falls under DoW, is using it according to Axios.
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[2026-04-21 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday killed an armed terrorist in southern Lebanon and threatened troops in the area, the military said.
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[2026-04-21 03:39 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
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[2026-04-21 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addresses the media at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Monday that Israel did not influence his decision to go to war with Iran.
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[2026-04-21 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf, denounced political figures in Tehran who oppose holding ceasefire talks with the US, London-based anti-regime outlet Iran International reported on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Palantir and its CEO Alex Karp called on the US to pursue AI-powered weapons, reinstate the military draft and shy away from “regressive” cultures in a buzzy 22-point manifesto.
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[2026-04-21 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Arms control] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — NATO member countries will restate their support for the world's primary nuclear non-proliferation treaty as nuclear control efforts come increasingly under strain, three NATO diplomats told POLITICO.
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[2026-04-21 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday again threatened Iran with overwhelming military force, saying "lots of bombs [will] start going off" if no deal is reached before a shaky ceasefire with Tehran expires Tuesday evening.
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[2026-04-21 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have been slowly expanding a list of individuals and entities deemed eligible to have limited internet access. However, the action serves only to illustrate that most of the population of more than 90 million people remains disconnected during the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-21 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz briefly jumped over the weekend before slowing to a trickle again after several attacks on vessels.
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[2026-04-21 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THIS is no ordinary finals – it’s a collision of legacy and longing, a war of attrition where past dominance and present hunger are stripped of meaning the moment the first serve is struck.
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[2026-04-21 02:02 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Oil and gas prices have jumped again as shipping through the strait of Hormuz came to a virtual standstill after Iran closed the waterway over the US blockade and Donald Trump announced an Iranian cargo ship had been seized trying to get past. Tehran has accused Washington of violating the fragile ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-21 02:01 UTC+10:00] [John Oliver] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Last Week Tonight host dug into the rapidly expanding, poorly regulated free-for-all of ‘prediction markets’ like Kalshi and Polymarket
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[2026-04-21 02:01 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sgt Celestino Chavez Jr, accounted for in 2025, given full burial honors and posthumous medals in New Mexico
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-21 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A minibus drives past an empty checkpoint where a mannequin dressed as a soldier stands in downtown Khartoum, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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[2026-04-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post he “won’t be rushed” to end the Iran war on its 52nd day — and lashed out at Democrats and Republicans trying to force him to end the conflict.
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[2026-04-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has denied being dragged into war with Iran by Israel, as the United States president faces increasing criticism over the conflict, including from segments of his own base.
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[2026-04-21 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Moscow authorities detained and interrogated approximately 40 Israelis landing at the Russian capital's Domodedovo Airport over involvement in the Iran war, Russian opposition outlet Mediazona reported on Monday.
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[2026-04-21 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: “What side you standing on?” sang Julian Casablancas, frontman of The Strokes, against the backdrop of the moment that al-Israa University, the last standing university in Gaza, was destroyed by Israeli forces in 2024 after they had been using it as a military base.
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[2026-04-21 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post that he has two questions for Pope Leo XIV about his opposition to the Iran war — after the pontiff continued to voice opposition.
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[2026-04-21 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military have stopped people from returning to more than a dozen villages across southern Lebanon, expanding a no-go zone even as a fragile ceasefire remains in place.
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[2026-04-21 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Trump says 'highly unlikely' will extend ceasefire if deal not signed in Pakistan.
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[2026-04-21 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The billions of euros slated by the EU for the build up of weapons factories and procurement of military hardware are a “magnet for the criminals,” according to a senior anti-fraud official.
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[2026-04-21 00:48 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-04-21 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah has called for Lebanese President Aoun to withdraw from direct talks with Israel, adding that the group wants "the ceasefire to continue".
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[2026-04-21 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Estonia’s top diplomat on Monday dismissed claims by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia may be preparing to invade the Baltic states, stating there is currently no evidence of a military buildup near NATO borders.
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[2026-04-21 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges is “perfectly acceptable,” Washington’s envoy to the UN Mike Waltz has said, dismissing accusations of potential war crimes.
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[2026-04-21 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Monday morning US Central Command had released fuller video showing the dramatic night vision footage of Sunday's capture of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, after it refused to follow US orders to withdraw from its planned passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-21 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Chilling 911 dispatcher audio captures the moment police learned that crazed Army vet Shamar Elkins had murdered eight young kids — with one of the two women he also shot able to raise the alarm.
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[2026-04-21 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Three civil society groups filed a lawsuit before the African Union's human rights court on Monday, alleging that Mali's military and the Russian private military company Wagner committed "serious human rights violations" against civilians.
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[2026-04-21 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell and oil prices surged Monday morning as tensions over the Iran war heated up again, after President Trump announced the US Navy had seized an Iranian cargo vessel and Tehran sent mixed signals on resuming talks.
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[2026-04-21 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As the war in Iran enters its 8th week, Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid says that recent developments can be framed in two ways: either five steps forward towards peace and three back (seems more apt than three and two), or as evidence that the two sides remain far enough apart that a lasting deal will be extremely hard to achieve and markets have become far too optimistic.
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[2026-04-21 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF's Military Prosecution on Monday filed an indictment against a lieutenant who attempted to smuggle goods from Israel into the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-04-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil markets
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[2026-04-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Modern aviation rests on a deceptively fragile foundation. The system appears seamless to the traveller: aircraft depart, cross continents and arrive according to carefully orchestrated schedules. Yet beneath this apparent stability lies a complex web of airspace agreements, geopolitical assumptions and operational dependencies. When those assumptions break down, aviation can be disrupted with remarkable speed.
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[2026-04-20 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israeli military has published a map outlining what it described as a “forward defense line” in southern Lebanon, despite calls for a full withdrawal following the announcement of a ceasefire.
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