Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-14 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two IDF soldiers were moderately wounded, and six others were lightly wounded when an explosive drone fell in the area the soldiers were operating in within southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-04-14 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A French court has fined cement group Lafarge $1.3 million for paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists to keep its factory running in Syria during the civil war.
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[2026-04-14 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump is once again engaged in a high risk bet in hopes that Iran will buckle to US demands after failed initial truce talks in Pakistan. The blockade now in effect as of Monday seeks to starve Iran of $200 million in daily oil revenues.
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[2026-04-14 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Donald Trump's threat that a "whole civilisation" would die unless Iran agreed to end the war was "wrong", Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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[2026-04-14 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Central District Court in Lod convicted Barkat Abu Issa of Tel Sheva on Monday of rape under aggravated circumstances, burglary, and abuse of a minor, in a case stemming from a February 2023 nighttime attack on a woman in her Gedera home while her young children were present.
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[2026-04-14 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, as the Southeast Asian country aims to expand energy supplies in the face of Middle East constraints. © Reuters
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[2026-04-14 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Luxury conglomerate and industry bellwether LVMH reported quarterly sales that missed expectations on Monday as the sector begins to decipher the fallout from the war in the Middle East and its impact on stocks.
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[2026-04-14 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is losing the information war against Iran, as social media platforms allow the “raw, unfiltered truth” about the conflict to instantly reach millions, undermining Washington’s narrative, an Iranian-American Lego cartoonist has told RT.
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[2026-04-14 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is losing the information war against Iran, as social media platforms allow the “raw, unfiltered truth” about the conflict to instantly reach millions, undermining Washington’s narrative, an Iranian-American Lego cartoonist has told RT.
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[2026-04-14 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A student drinks from a water fountain inside Cuyama Elementary School, Sept. 20, 2023, in New Cuyama, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)
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[2026-04-14 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria's Air Force has launched an investigation after an airstrike on Saturday allegedly killed dozens of civilians in the country's northeast.
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[2026-04-14 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: There's no doubt the US military has the capability to mount a blockade of vessels moving in and out of the Gulf. The question is: to what end?
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[2026-04-14 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war wiped out 7.88 million barrels per day of Opec’s production in March, resulting in the biggest supply collapse for the producers’ group in recent decades, the Vienna-based organisation said in its latest monthly report.
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[2026-04-14 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We've been tracking the global rewiring of energy flows from the start, including identifying who stands to emerge as the net beneficiary of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the resulting disruption across the Gulf theater. Early in the conflict, we cited energy research firm Criterion, which noted that Qatar had been dethroned as the "LNG king" as the U.S.
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[2026-04-14 01:18 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The director, who cast Chalamet in 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, spoke out in the actor’s defence ahead of the premiere of his staging of opera The Death of Klinghoffer
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[2026-04-14 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It is entirely in keeping with the way he has managed this war that US President Donald Trump’s first reaction to the collapse of talks in Islamabad was to announce a measure that helps Iran more than it hurts it.
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[2026-04-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Amid the daily horror show in the Middle East is the realisation the so-called adults in the room are insane or powerless or just as bewildered as you are
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[2026-04-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Monarchy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Promotional events with hefty price tags are on the agenda, alongside visits to a children’s hospital, women’s homeless service and the war memorial
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[2026-04-14 00:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 14.
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[2026-04-14 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO — The US military vowed to blockade all Iranian ports starting Monday, part of efforts to force Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with threats on all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, taking aim at US-allied countries.
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[2026-04-14 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tehran wants to ensure that no damage is inflicted on its terrorist proxy groups across the Middle East and that it always retains instruments of pressure and leverage against Israel. In the strategic logic of Islamist movements, terrorist organizations do not abandon each other in moments of danger. During this war, the regional configuration changed significantly.
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[2026-04-14 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In minutes during the major IDF attacks on Hezbollah on April 8, the military devastated Hezbollah, killing hundreds of its fighters and destroying dozens of its key command centers, a senior IDF intelligence official said on Monday.
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[2026-04-14 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-04-14 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: UK will not back US blockade of Hormuz, PM Keir Starmer says
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[2026-04-14 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: When it comes to the week ahead, clearly the Iran conflict will be the main focus, but there are a few other things to look out on the calendar.
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[2026-04-14 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks fell Monday morning as oil surged past $100 a barrel after President Trump announced a new blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during the precarious ceasefire with Iran.
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[2026-04-14 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was "holding" and that efforts were underway to reach an agreement after weekend talks failed to do so.
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[2026-04-14 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines -- China has described as a mere "stunt" the allegation of the National Security Council (NSC) that Chinese fishermen used cyanide near Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea to deny food and water to Filipino troops stationed there.
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[2026-04-14 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistan presses diplomatic efforts as fragile ceasefire holds; questions remain over enforcement and impact on global energy flows through Hormuz
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[2026-04-14 00:17 UTC+10:00] [Iranian coastline] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistan presses diplomatic efforts as fragile ceasefire holds; questions remain over enforcement and impact on global energy flows through Hormuz
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[2026-04-14 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s threat to begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz soon after talks in Islamabad between Washington and Tehran ended without a deal is a substantial escalation in the war on Iran, analysts say.
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[2026-04-14 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A US naval blockade of all ships entering and leaving Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz has begun.
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[2026-04-14 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Soaring prices for liquefied natural gas in the wake of the war in the Middle East could hasten the shift towards renewable energy. (Reuters)
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[2026-04-14 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The ceasefire involving Iran has prompted a familiar wave of quick conclusions. As tensions eased, some observers framed the episode in binary terms – either as a test the region passed or as a warning sign of deeper fragility. Yet such interpretations miss the more important question: not whether disruption occurred, but how states functioned under pressure.
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[2026-04-13 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines - The National Security Council (NSC) on Monday confirmed that the yellow bottles confiscated from Chinese fishing boats (sampans) operating around Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) had tested positive for cyanide threatening both marine life and the safety of the troops stationed on BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57).
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[2026-04-13 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – More than 12 hours of face-to-face negotiations between the United States and Iran ended without agreement in Islamabad on Sunday, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire as the only barrier between diplomacy and a return to war.
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[2026-04-13 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military will start blockading all ship traffic in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea east of the crucial Strait of Hormuz on Monday morning (Washington time), the U.S. Central Command said in a note to seafarers, according to a report.
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[2026-04-13 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran's military has warned that no ports in the Persian Gulf or Gulf of Oman will be safe if its own ports are threatened. According to Iranian state media, the army said, ‘security in the Persian Gulf and the sea of Oman is either for everyone or for no one’.
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[2026-04-13 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The White House warned its staff against using their insider knowledge to place well-timed bets on sites such as Polymarket in a March 24 staff-wide email, the Wall Street Journal reported last week.
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[2026-04-13 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine had assisted in downing drones in the Middle East during the Iran War in an X/Twitter post on Friday.
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[2026-04-13 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Antisemitism rose in several states in 2025 despite the United States brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the fourth quarter of the year, deviating from a decline in Jew hatred charted the previous year, according to a Monday report by Tel Aviv University's Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and The Irwin Cotler Institute.
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[2026-04-13 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States' NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in US President Donald Trump's plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, further ratcheting up tensions within the increasingly fragile alliance.
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[2026-04-13 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attacks come as Israel presses its offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, raising concerns over humanitarian access and civilian safety. Emergency workers reported repeated disruptions to rescue operations due to ongoing shelling in the area. The escalation follows Israel’s announcement that its forces have surrounded and are moving to capture Bint Jbeil, a town about 5 kilometres from the border, after killing more than 100 Hezbollah fighters there over the past week.
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[2026-04-13 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Goldman Sachs reported its highest quarterly profit in five years, as the bank's equities traders beat their own previous all-time quarterly high revenue by more than $1 billion thanks to a surge in market volatility due to the war in Iran; however this stellar performance in equities was offset by an unexpected drop in FICC revenues.
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[2026-04-13 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. on Monday has begun blocking ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed.
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[2026-04-13 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Middle East war will dominate global finance officials' talks this week in Washington, but World Bank President Ajay Banga is sounding the alarm about a bigger, looming crisis: a huge gap in jobs for the 1.2 billion people who will reach working age in developing countries in the next 10 to 15 years.
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[2026-04-13 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: US-born Pope Leo XIV pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s broadside against him over the US-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation are rooted in the Gospel, and that he doesn’t fear the Trump administration.
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[2026-04-13 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attacks on Saturday bring number of people killed in boat strikes by US military to at least 168
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[2026-04-13 22:48 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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