Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-15 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Graham Hryce, an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant.
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[2026-04-15 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran is currently under discussion, though nothing has been officially scheduled yet, a White House official told CNBC on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-15 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several soldiers were wounded when the IDF encountered a terrorist cell in Bint Jbeil, where three armed terrorists opened fire on the soldiers.
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[2026-04-15 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its growth outlook on Tuesday due to Iran's war-driven energy price spikes and supply disruptions, warning that the global economy would teeter on the brink of recession if the conflict worsens and oil stays above $100 per barrel through 2027.
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[2026-04-15 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Earlier this year, South Africa took the unprecedented step of asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule whether Israel's brutal military assault and starvation campaign in Gaza amounted to genocide. In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Pandor, who served as South Africa's former minister of international relations until June 2024, discusses why her country took Israel to court.
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[2026-04-15 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Economic Growth
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[2026-04-15 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-15 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said the trip was a sign that the UAE was seeking ‘more reliable partners’ in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran
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[2026-04-15 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said the trip was a sign that the UAE was seeking ‘more reliable partners’ in the wake of the US-Israeli war on Iran
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[2026-04-14 23:50 UTC+10:00] [JD Vance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after the pope criticized the White House over the Iran war
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[2026-04-14 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The collapse of US-Iran talks after a full day of negotiations is reinforcing concerns that the current ceasefire may be less a diplomatic opening than a fragile pause shaped by competing strategic calculations.
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[2026-04-14 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance has waded into the feud between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, after the American president sparked global controversy for erupting at the Catholic leader over his criticism of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-14 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. will suffer the biggest hit to growth of all of the world's richest economies because of the Iran war, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Oil production in the Middle East plummeted in March as the US-Israel war against Iran raged on.
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[2026-04-14 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four people including a toddler were killed in an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the civil defence.
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[2026-04-14 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: One day after Goldman Sachs reported its highest profit in 5 years (despite an ugly miss in FICC revenues), this morning JPMorgan impressed with just as solid results, when it reported that its Q1 profits rose 13% as the bank benefited from soaring market volatility and frantic trading amid the war with Iran and the US military operation in Venezuela.
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[2026-04-14 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning international journalist, has been detained for over a month by the Kuwaiti authorities following social media posts related to the Iran war, campaigners say.
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[2026-04-14 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning international journalist, has been detained for over a month by the Kuwaiti authorities following social media posts related to the Iran war, campaigners say.
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[2026-04-14 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – On April 11, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shook hands with United States Vice President JD Vance, guiding him to a seat for talks on the sidelines of the highest-level direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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[2026-04-14 23:16 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenNew York, US A protester is arrested by police during a demonstration and sit-in on Third Avenue. People gathered in front of the office of Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, to protest against the war in Iran and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and in support of PalestiniansPhotograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenLima, Peru People protest outside the offices of the National Office of Electoral Processes, after an election marred by logistical foul-ups and deep voter angerPhotograph:
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[2026-04-14 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Italy has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of a defence agreement with Israel due to conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to provide US$500,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to war-torn Iran at the request of international organizations, including the United Nations, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-14 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Russian government has restricted helium exports until the end of 2027 after the war in Iran sparked a global shortage of the rare gas, which is used in everything from semiconductor production and medical imaging to rocket fuels and welding.
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection Tuesday, warning that the world economy could be "thrown off course" by the war in the Middle East - as the conflict roils commodity markets and sparks higher prices.
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[2026-04-14 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Russian government has introduced export controls on Helium until the end of 2027 after the war in Iran sparked a global shortage of the rare gas, which is used in everything from semiconductor production and medical imaging to rocket fuels and welding.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two days are dedicated to Holocaust commemoration – International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 and Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 27th of Nisan. Both memorial days represent diametrically opposed responses to the Holocaust. International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz and universalizes the Holocaust as a moral lesson against “intolerance” and “hatred.”
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The war that closed the Strait of Hormuz in late February did not stop at the waterline. Within weeks, it had reached the soil.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In most of the world, being 12 years old means you cannot drive, vote, drink, marry, sign a contract, or join the military. The international community spent the better part of the 20th century constructing the legal frameworks required to protect that fact.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On April 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his country’s unmanned defense systems, including robotic ground platforms, had achieved new successes. “The future is already on the front line – and Ukraine is building it. These are our ground robotic systems. For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms – ground systems and drones.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Audiences often have one standard idea of the realities of the Russia-Ukraine War on either side of the home front. In early 2022, pictures and videos of embattled Ukrainians at funerals or sleeping in subway stations made international headlines.
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[2026-04-14 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said this week that the fund would have upgraded its forecast for the global economy if not for the war in the Middle East. © Reuters
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The energy shock from the Iran war will hit the UK the hardest of the world's advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), listens during a briefing in Beijing, China, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The latest projection is 0.1 percentage lower than January’s estimate but higher than October’s
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The latest projection is 0.1 percentage lower than January’s estimate but higher than October’s
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lowered its growth forecast for the Middle East due to the effects of the Iran war, reflecting its global estimates.
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[2026-04-14 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers is being warned not to use the budget to deliver cost-of-living handouts to deal with the inflation fuelled by the Iran war, with the International Monetary Fund fearful the globe could be pushed into a recession if hostilities do not end soon.
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[2026-04-14 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Italy has suspended a defence agreement with Israel that involves the exchange of military equipment and technology research, according to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Netanyahu and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli president Avraham Burg.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US‑Israeli war on Iran and the recently announced ceasefire have exposed a fundamental clash of political interests between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to former acting Israeli President Avraham Burg.
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[2026-04-14 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-04-14 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The month-over-month change in producer prices had accelerated for five straight months ahead of today's March data, which is expected to surge thanks to Iran-war impacts on energy costs.
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[2026-04-14 22:39 UTC+10:00] [Catholic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suspended Italy's defense cooperation agreement with Israel as she continues to distance her government from the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran that has enveloped the Middle East.
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir warns the effects of the crisis can last until next year, with oil prices expected to remain high
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir warns the effects of the crisis can last until next year, with oil prices expected to remain high
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[2026-04-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fuel prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station as a fuel truck drives by, March 17, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
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[2026-04-14 22:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will ban hoarding of key petrochemical feedstocks and products starting Wednesday, the government said, as the Iran war raises the risk of further supply disruptions.
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[2026-04-14 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday a relief package for small and medium-sized businesses to cushion the effects of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-14 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States naval blockade of Iran has come into effect as President Donald Trump’s administration tries to pressure Tehran into accepting its terms for an end to their war by trying to squeeze the Iranian economy.
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