Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-04-17 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo XVI during a visit to Cameroon has slammed world leaders for manipulating religion for war.
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[2026-04-17 14:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dressed in prison greens and wearing a dispassionate expression, alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith sat bolt upright with his hands on his knees and his hair neatly combed when he appeared via video link at the Sydney Downing Centre Local Court.
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[2026-04-17 14:36 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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[2026-04-17 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tracer fire, explosions and fireworks were seen over the Beirut skyline after midnight into Friday as a ceasefire agreed on by Lebanon and Israel went into effect.
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[2026-04-17 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A currency trader talks on the phone near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 17, 2026.
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[2026-04-17 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A poll by the Israeli daily Maariv found that a majority of Israelis (62 percent) believe that Israel will return to fighting Iran in the near future.
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[2026-04-17 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Chinese AI cracking decade-old maths problem to Japan eyeing Nato partnership, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-04-17 14:12 UTC+10:00] [Peking University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Chinese AI cracking decade-old maths problem to Japan eyeing Nato partnership, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-04-17 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
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[2026-04-17 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [War in Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: POLITICO’s weekly political series lifting the curtain on how Westminster really works.
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[2026-04-17 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has come into effect, with celebratory gunfire heard in Beirut as the truce began.
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[2026-04-17 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several countries have hailed the 10-day ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel that came into a few hours ago.
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[2026-04-17 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Daniel Lacalle,
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[2026-04-17 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has agreed to a “temporary ceasefire” with Lebanon to facilitate discussions, but rejected Hezbollah's demands for Israel to fully withdraw from Lebanon.
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[2026-04-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buyers from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand have helped push May sales to over 60 million barrels, the highest in three years
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[2026-04-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [US] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Buyers from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand have helped push May sales to over 60 million barrels, the highest in three years
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[2026-04-17 13:16 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: António Guterres welcomes truce and says through spokesperson he hopes halt in fighting will ‘pave the way for negotiations’
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[2026-04-17 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has criticized the US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, arguing that it could empower the Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-17 13:09 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Independent service stations are slashing unleaded petrol to as low as $1.90 a litre and diesel to less than $2.95 after news of the Iran war ceasefire last week spurred a swift fall in global oil prices, now flowing through to Australia.
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[2026-04-17 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire went into effect at midnight between Thursday and Friday, with the two countries committing to further negotiations toward a comprehensive agreement for lasting peace, according to a Thursday US State Department press release.
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[2026-04-17 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For decades, the bedrock of Israel’s national security rested on a simple bipartisan assumption: that the United States would always provide the qualitative military edge needed for the Jewish state to survive.
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[2026-04-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Navy has quietly equipped one of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with a previously unseen launcher, reflecting a broader effort to counter the growing threat posed by drones in contested maritime environments, according to TWZ.
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[2026-04-17 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A lawmaker from Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc said the new ceasefire agreement with Israel must include a complete cessation of Israeli hostilities across Lebanon.
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[2026-04-17 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has been granted bail over war crimes allegations.
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[2026-04-17 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has fronted court charged with war crimes murder. (Supplied: Rocco Fazzari)
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[2026-04-17 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Dubai Economic Development Corp. CEO Hadi Badri says it is business as usual in the emirate, and that the Iran war's impact has been a "largely mental challenge." (From the Facebook account of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism)
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[2026-04-17 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Widespread reports on Thursday say the very last US military convoy has finally departed Syrian territory, with the years-long occupation of the primarily northeast oil and gas rich sector over in a 'mission accomplished' fashion.
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[2026-04-17 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As geopolitical tension continues to shift, financial anxiety is resurfacing for many and attention is moving from growth to something more immediate: security. For some, that means checking savings, reconsidering expenses and reassessing long-term plans.
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[2026-04-17 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Diesel and gasoline prices are expected to go down next week, as a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel took effect and US President Donald Trump saying that both the US and Iran may sit down again over the weekend to discuss the conflict in the Middle East, local industry sources said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: What’s the line in the sand for Albanese to rethink the multibillion-dollar Aukus agreement? Why won’t the government implement sanctions on the US and Israel – similar to those imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine? And should the Senate expand to better represent the needs of a growing population, such as in the ACT?
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[2026-04-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Conflict] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Cyprus has a new pitch for nervous holidaymakers: If it’s safe enough for 27 EU leaders, surely it’s safe enough for your beach break.
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[2026-04-17 11:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the prolonged Middle East conflict are posing risks of inflation and greater downside pressure on the South Korean economy, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 11:48 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-17 11:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A senior South Korean diplomat has discussed with top officials in Algeria and Libya the possibility of securing crude oil and naphtha supplies amid the Middle East conflict, the foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 11:46 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenSmoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern coastal city of Tyre on 7 March.Photograph: Kawnat Haju/AFP/GettyShareView image in fullscreenCivil defence forces attempt to extinguish a blaze that erupted after an Israeli bombardment on a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Tyre, 4 March.Photograph: Kawnat Haju/AFP/GettyShareView image in fullscreenThrough the hole of a shattered window, emergency workers and security forces are seen responding to an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese city
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[2026-04-17 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Drivers of jeepneys, the well-known public minibuses in the Philippines, are struggling to survive as fuel costs surge. Local oil companies, meanwhile, are accused of amassing record profits since the Iran war started. (Photo by Michael Beltran)
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[2026-04-17 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday issued what may be his most explicit condemnation yet of the Trump administration's use of biblical invocations to justify the US-Israeli war on Iran, as tensions between the Vatican and the White House ramp up.
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[2026-04-17 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- Escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the prolonged Middle East conflict are posing risks of inflation and greater downside pressure on the South Korean economy, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-04-17 11:16 UTC+10:00] [Ben Roberts-Smith] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former SAS soldier charged with five counts of war crime murder to learn whether he will be be released from Silverwater prison
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[2026-04-17 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today
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[2026-04-17 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-04-17 10:41 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bamenda, Cameroon: Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions of dollars on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants” in unusually forceful remarks made just days after US President Donald Trump attacked him on social media.
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[2026-04-17 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire following talks in Washington.
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[2026-04-17 10:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An official at the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that South Korea has "substantial" energy buffers although it has vulnerabilities stemming from energy supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-04-17 10:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon, saying that Washington is "very close" to making a deal with Tehran, and that the next round of peace talks between the two countries may take place this weekend.
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[2026-04-17 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran is going "swimmingly" and that it "should be ending pretty soon."
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[2026-04-17 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres welcomed the 10-day ceasefire announced Thursday between Israel and Lebanon, and urged "all actors" to fully respect the truce, his spokesman said.
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