Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hopes rose for renewed talks between the United States and Iran on Wednesday, as the US military said its blockade of Iranian ports was in full effect and Tehran threatened to retaliate by strike targets across the war-weary region.
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[2026-04-15 15:16 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian Defence Force will be dangerously unprepared for the growing security threats the nation faces unless the Albanese government announces a major increase in defence spending this week, some of the nation’s top military experts have warned.
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[2026-04-15 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Of more than 2,000 people killed in Lebanon since Israel’s current war with Iran-backed Hezbollah began, 168 are children. Israel has often struck alleged Hezbollah militants or officials in their homes without warning. It’s frequently in areas far from the front line when they are with their families, in apartment buildings surrounded by uninvolved neighbors.
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[2026-04-15 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hengyi's plant in Brunei. (Screenshot from Hengyi Industries' website)
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[2026-04-15 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Dean Cayley grows sugarcane in Bundaberg in Queensland. (ABC News: Tayla Larsen)
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[2026-04-15 14:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: As overnight shifts increase at the Industry and Energy Ministry amid prolonged conflict in the Middle East, Minister Kim Jung-kwan sends letters, gifts to thank staff families
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[2026-04-15 14:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon located an anti-tank missile launcher aimed at northern Israel and carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, the military said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-15 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said Tuesday the first negotiation talks between Israel and Lebanon were “positive”, saying about the two countries “we are on the same side of the equation.”
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[2026-04-15 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A man stands near the waterfront as a vessel sits at anchor in Muscat, Oman, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran on March 16. © Reuters
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[2026-04-15 14:35 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-15 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-15 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: American livestreamer Johnny Somali, who caused outrage in South Korea by kissing a statue representing World War Two sex slaves, has been sentenced to six months in jail.
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[2026-04-15 14:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday China had been an unreliable global partner during the Middle East war by hoarding oil supplies and limiting exports of some goods, mirroring its actions with medical goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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[2026-04-15 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports is now fully into effect, "completely" cutting off Tehran's international sea trade that powers about 90% of its economy, the U.S. Central Command said late Tuesday stateside.
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[2026-04-15 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rev. John Berinyuy Tatah, auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, poses for a portrait in Bamenda, Cameroon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal)
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[2026-04-15 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-15 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Feng advocated for self-reliance, once saying ‘core technologies cannot be bought and relying on imports will not get us far’
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[2026-04-15 14:00 UTC+10:00] [China Daily] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Feng advocated for self-reliance, once saying ‘core technologies cannot be bought and relying on imports will not get us far’
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[2026-04-15 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Today marks a terrible anniversary of the war in Sudan, the world’s most catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
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[2026-04-15 13:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Lebanon and Israel held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades on Tuesday in Washington following more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “historic opportunity” but making clear that no breakthrough agreement would happen right away.
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[2026-04-15 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Diplomats worked through back channels Tuesday to arrange a new round of talks between the United States and Iran after Washington enacted its blockade of Iranian ports, while Tehran threatened to retaliate by striking targets across the war-weary region.
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[2026-04-15 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the possibility of the wealthy migrating to Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates, and the Hong Kong government’s response to war’s disruptions
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[2026-04-15 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Singaporean government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the possibility of the wealthy migrating to Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates, and the Hong Kong government’s response to war’s disruptions
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[2026-04-15 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors 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, Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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[2026-04-15 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said the US-Iran war is “very close” to ending, as hostilities ease under a two-week ceasefire agreement, in an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-15 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For years, support for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was one of the few constants in Washington that seemed immune to the churn of politics.
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[2026-04-15 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US Vice-President JD Vance has taken issue with Pope Leo, after his public sparring with Donald Trump about the war in Iran.
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[2026-04-15 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-15 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US military has killed four more people in its fourth deadly attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean over the past four days.
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[2026-04-15 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China has pushed back against criticism from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with a spokesperson at the Chinese embassy blaming global fuel shortages on instability in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-15 12:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A delegation of ambassadors to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization visited the Global R&D Center of HD Hyundai in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday. The envoys, representing 30 NATO member states, are in South Korea to seek closer coordination with the South Korean government. They toured the company’s advanced naval technologies, including destroyers, frigates, submarines, unmanned surface vessels and AI-based autonomous navigation systems.
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[2026-04-15 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A heavily armed Glendale man, Sean Steiner, is facing multiple felony firearm charges after deputies say he wandered into a high-profile Los Angeles-area neighborhood dressed in body armor and carrying a collection of weapons, including a rifle styled with “Joker” imagery and phrases.
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[2026-04-15 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that an investigation into allegations of price-fixing and collusion among some gas stations will soon be completed amid rising oil prices following the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-15 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days.
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[2026-04-15 12:19 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-15 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Israel-Lebanon peace talks which have kicked off at the State Dept. in Washington D.C. on Tuesday are unprecedented and historic, and yet they remain largely symbolic and will unlikely lead to much in terms of ending the conflict with Hezbollah. That's of course because Hezbollah is not actually represented, only Lebanese government officials - who hold no power or sway over what is the single most well-armed paramilitary group in the country.
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[2026-04-15 12:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 15, 2026 — 12:08pm
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[2026-04-15 12:04 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ousted Viktor Orbán had previously blocked releasing funds; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Iran war means US ‘has no time for Ukraine’. What we know on day 1,512
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[2026-04-15 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US-mediated direct Israeli-Lebanese talks are unlikely to bring peace unless Washington pressures Israel to end its airstrikes and ground offensive, Naim Joseph Salem, a professor of international affairs and diplomacy at the Lebanese Army Military Academy, has told RT.
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[2026-04-15 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: HISTORYFashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and CoutureJustine PicardieFaber, $39.99
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[2026-04-15 11:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s benchmark Kospi reclaimed the 6,100 mark in early trading Wednesday, backed by growing expectations that the US and Iran will resume ceasefire negotiations.
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[2026-04-15 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday marked the 77th anniversary of the Marine Corps, saying the military branch stands at the "vanguard" of the armed forces, the Marine Corps said.
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[2026-04-15 11:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The World Bank could mobilize $80 billion to $100 billion in funding over the next 15 months for countries hit hard by the war in the Middle East, eclipsing the $70 billion it provided during the COVID pandemic, the bank's president, Ajay Banga, said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-15 11:09 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: An 'eco-friendly' range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has reaped unexpected benefit from the Iran war, which has disrupted supplies of the plastic needed to turn out single-use wrapping.
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[2026-04-15 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Zak Butters (centre) has been found guilty of abusing an umpire. (Getty Images: AFL Photos/Michael Willson)
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[2026-04-15 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Trump to impose a blockade on Iranian ports – key US politics stories from 14 April at a glance
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[2026-04-15 10:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Prime Minister Kim Min-seok instructed the government Wednesday to crack down on the hoarding of critical items, such as medical syringes and petrochemical feedstocks, amid supply concerns stemming from the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-15 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices extended declines after settling sharply lower Tuesday amid rising optimism that the Middle East conflict could see a diplomatic resolution.
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[2026-04-15 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok instructed the government Wednesday to crack down on the hoarding of critical items, such as medical syringes and petrochemical feedstocks, amid supply concerns stemming from the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-15 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US military said Tuesday that four people had been killed in a strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat, the fourth such deadly attack in as many days.
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