Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-13 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The threat from the president has left global markets in another period of uncertainty, with questions over how the blockade will be enforced
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[2026-04-13 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland — US President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that he is "not a big fan" of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace.
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[2026-04-13 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-13 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Malaysia has been cracking down on fuel smuggling amid mounting shortages and supply disruptions caused by the Iran war
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[2026-04-13 13:07 UTC+10:00] [Euro diesel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Malaysia has been cracking down on fuel smuggling amid mounting shortages and supply disruptions caused by the Iran war
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[2026-04-13 13:02 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-13 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jim Dowling with a copy of his court summons. (612 ABC Brisbane: Kenji Sato)
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[2026-04-13 12:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the US has no valid reason to carry out a military attack against the island or to attempt to depose him.
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[2026-04-13 12:34 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Appointment part of senior defence changes as navy chief Mark Hammond promoted to chief of defence force
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[2026-04-13 12:33 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-13 12:31 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice. He posts at @Mij_Europe.
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[2026-04-13 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded lower late Monday morning as investor concerns grew over a prolonged conflict in the Middle East after the U.S.-Iran peace talks failed to make progress, while U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-13 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- A pro-North Korea newspaper based in Japan on Monday called for countries to distance themselves from the United States in a bid to defend their national interests amid the U.S.-Iran war and Tehran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 12:15 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Centcom says blockade of Iranian ports to begin at 10am ET; Iran’s negotiator says ‘we will not bow to threats’; oil prices rise. Follow the latest news
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[2026-04-13 12:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The ruling Democratic Party and the government agreed Monday to announce a plan next week to reduce car insurance premiums as an odd-even rule for public vehicles has been implemented to curb demand from rising oil prices from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-13 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it launched rocket barrages at northern Israeli towns, including Kiryat Shmona and Doviv "in response to Israeli violations of a ceasefire" and continued attacks on southern Lebanese villages.
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[2026-04-13 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 13 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the government agreed Monday to announce a plan next week to reduce car insurance premiums as an odd-even rule for public vehicles has been implemented to curb demand from rising oil prices from the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-13 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president shatters diplomatic norms with a direct attack on the first American pontiff for his anti-war messages
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[2026-04-13 12:02 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president shatters diplomatic norms with a direct attack on the first American pontiff for his anti-war messages
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[2026-04-13 12:01 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-13 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Former Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok said civilian voices are being formally included in international efforts to end Sudan’s devastating civil war for the first time as Berlin prepares to host a conference marking the conflict’s third anniversary.
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[2026-04-13 11:45 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 13, 2026 11:45 | News
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[2026-04-13 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Nigerian military often conducts air raids against armed groups that control vast forest enclaves. (AP Photo: Sunday Alamba, file)
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[2026-04-13 11:38 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-13 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump slammed Pope Leo XIV for being “weak on crime,” and “terrible for foreign policy” in a lengthy Truth Social post Sunday night.
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[2026-04-13 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-04-13 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Sunday bashed Pope Leo XIV over the U.S.-born pontiff's criticism of the U.S. war in Iran.
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[2026-04-13 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 12, 2026, after he returned from Miami. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-13 11:17 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. I am calling on the government to take four steps
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[2026-04-13 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said military operations in southern Lebanon will continue, including inside the “security zone,” after a brief visit near the border.
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[2026-04-13 11:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-13 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK will not be involved in enforcing the US military blockade of Iran, the BBC understands.
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[2026-04-13 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The surge in JGB yields was driven by concerns of inflationary pressures coming from high oil prices amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-04-13 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has announced it will begin blockading all Iranian ports on Monday, its latest move to exert pressure on Tehran after marathon peace talks in Pakistan concluded without a deal.
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[2026-04-13 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. has no valid reason to carry out a military attack against the island or to attempt to depose him.
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[2026-04-13 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Continuing uncertainty because of the Middle East war-linked oil shock will intensify inflationary pressures, analysts warn
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[2026-04-13 10:30 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Continuing uncertainty because of the Middle East war-linked oil shock will intensify inflationary pressures, analysts warn
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[2026-04-13 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war, even as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in south Lebanon that the fight there was far from over.
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[2026-04-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday approved Military Secretary Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman as the next head of the Mossad.
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[2026-04-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is considering resuming a limited military operation on Iranian targets as a response to the failure in negotiations with Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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[2026-04-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo and the transatlantic security alliance have a shared problem: what happens if the US walks away?
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[2026-04-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo and the transatlantic security alliance have a shared problem: what happens if the US walks away?
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[2026-04-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Pope Leo has emerged as a critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran and an advocate for peace in the Middle East. Source: PA / Vatican Media
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[2026-04-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Iran wants any ceasefire deal to allow it to impose fees on ships passing the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-13 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Muhammad Daud Ali, a former Indian army technician, recently discovered that he was no longer a voter in his home state of West Bengal.
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[2026-04-13 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, called for a return to negotiations to end the conflict involving Iran, warning of growing economic fallout.
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[2026-04-13 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday, as investors weigh a U.S. naval blockade on Iran's ports after talks between Washington and Tehran failed to produce an agreement to end the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-13 09:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US Navy would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, raising the stakes after marathon talks with Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war, jeopardizing a fragile two-week ceasefire.
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[2026-04-13 09:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Oil prices jumped above $100 a barrel on Monday as the US Navy prepared a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that could restrict Iranian oil shipments after the US and Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war.
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