Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-12 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said it was unrealistic to expect a deal with the United States in a single round of negotiations, noting the talks took place after weeks of conflict and amid deep mistrust.
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[2026-04-12 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar urged the United States and Iran to maintain their commitment to the ceasefire and continue negotiations in a “positive spirit.”
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[2026-04-12 14:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KB Kookmin Bank said Sunday it will launch a 6 trillion won ($4.04 billion) support program offering preferential interest rates for small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly those affected by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-12 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Orthodox Easter truce agreed by Russia and Ukraine came into force on Saturday afternoon but 38 minutes later we heard air raid sirens in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-12 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed military victory against Iran and downplayed the importance of ongoing ceasefire negotiations involving Vice President JD Vance because “regardless what happens we win.”
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[2026-04-12 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-12 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducts routine underway operations while transiting through the Taiwan Strait, May 8, 2024. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd class Ismael Martinez/U.S. Navy via AP, File)
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[2026-04-12 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the subtle changes afoot when cities age, and double standards in the US-Iran war
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[2026-04-12 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the subtle changes afoot when cities age, and double standards in the US-Iran war
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[2026-04-12 13:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Donald Trump’s astonishing social media post last Tuesday threatening “a whole civilisation will die tonight” attracted appropriately furious reactions around the world. To threaten the extinguishment of an entire people (Iran has a population of 93 million) is to threaten genocide on a scale without parallel in human history. The excuse offered by Trump’s apologists – that it was a negotiating tactic, and therefore not to be taken seriously – misses the point.
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[2026-04-12 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pontiff urged prayer and peace talks, rejecting religious justifications for violence
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[2026-04-12 13:25 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pontiff urged prayer and peace talks, rejecting religious justifications for violence
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[2026-04-12 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Negotiations in Islamabad move to ‘written text exchange’US and Iran held direct talks for two hours in Islamabad, media reportsPope Leo urges dialogue over the 'madness of war'Pakistan Prime Minister meets JD Vance and Iranian delegation separately for indirect talksFrench President Macron says Lebanon must be included in ceasefire negotiationsThirteen killed by Israeli strikes across southern LebanonPakistan sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as part of defence agreementIsrael reportedly set to scale back Beirut strikes amid US-Iran talksBookmarkShareLinkCopy linkXShare on
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[2026-04-12 13:08 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Did you, even a little bit, envy those Artemis II astronauts for having been able to take a break from planet Earth? Well, they’re back, thankfully safe and sound. They’ve returned to this world that’s reeling from the Middle East war, which the US, Israel, and Iran may or may not decide to end soon.
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[2026-04-12 13:05 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney’s gang war has boiled over with gunmen dispatched to shoot up homes while masked men, armed and driving a “kill car”, led police on a high-speed chase across the city in separate incidents.
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[2026-04-12 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah is stronger than the Lebanese state in the arena that matters most: the ability to make war, to threaten Israel's north, and to drag an entire country into confrontation. That is precisely why diplomacy with Lebanon should not be dismissed as naive. It should be pursued soberly, forcefully, and without sentimentality.
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[2026-04-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US and Iranian delegations fail to reach common ground after 21 hours of negotiations, with both sides blaming the other for unreasonable demands
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[2026-04-12 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In what should not at all be a surprise to anyone who has been awake and observant over the past 20+ years of America's military interventions in the Middle East, the Israeli Army and intelligence officials have concluded that Iran's news leadership is more extreme than the previous one.
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[2026-04-12 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s not as if the ranks of antisemites were thinning and reinforcements are needed.
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[2026-04-12 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Since it was announced that Gal Hirsch, the coordinator for hostages and missing persons, will light a torch at the state Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl, the decision has faced sharp criticism, especially from hostage families, as well as from soldiers who served under him during the Second Lebanon War.
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[2026-04-12 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As part of his wedding vows to me, my husband promised to be my ears when I am tired.
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[2026-04-12 12:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Pope Leo lashed out against warmongers on Saturday while calling on billions of people around the globe to embrace peace and "believe once again in love, moderation and good politics."
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[2026-04-12 12:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country’s two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn’t produce a bloc with a decisive majority.
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[2026-04-12 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A Pakistani military force arrived at Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Air Base on Saturday, as part of a strategic defense pact between the two countries, the kingdom's defense ministry has announced.
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[2026-04-12 12:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told Reuters.
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[2026-04-12 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The AFC Champions League Elite will reach its climax over the next two weeks in Jeddah.
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[2026-04-12 11:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of violating a brief ceasefire in their four-year-old war hours into the truce put in place to mark Orthodox Easter.
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[2026-04-12 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Esmail Qaani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, said the “resistance front is stronger and more cohesive than ever” as talks continue involving the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-12 11:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Two US Navy warships transited the Strait of Hormuz to begin clearing Iranian-laid mines, US Central Command said Saturday -- a claim Tehran denied as the Revolutionary Guards threatened to deal "severely" with military vessels crossing the strategic waterway.
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[2026-04-12 11:35 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Catherine King says while peace talks were ‘best chance’ at lowering fuel prices, further help may be included in budget
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[2026-04-12 11:02 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Warring sides exchange 175 prisoners as Ukraine accuses Russia of 469 ceasefire violations, and Moscow blames Kyiv for gas station attack. What we know on day 1,509
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[2026-04-12 10:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Navy is considering assigning the hull numbers of two decommissioned Chamsuri-class patrol boats to next-generation high-speed patrol ships in a bid to honor their role in naval skirmishes against North Korea in the Yellow Sea, a Seoul lawmaker said Sunday.
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[2026-04-12 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: West Asian markets accounted for 16.1% of India's total coffee exports in 2024, up from 12.6% a decade earlier. © Reuters
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[2026-04-12 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran concluded a third round of historic, face-to-face negotiations before dawn Sunday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. Two Pakistani officials said discussions between the heads of the delegations will resume after a break.
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[2026-04-12 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Indian workers have been impacted by the conflict in the Middle East. (ABC News: Som Patidar)
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[2026-04-12 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes on the town of Qounine and the outskirts of Halta farm in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
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[2026-04-12 10:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States was in "deep negotiations" with Iran in Pakistan, stressing that "we win" regardless of what happens in the high-stakes talks aimed at ending the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-12 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney Alan Dershowitz’s bestselling 2003 book The Case for Israel was flawed from the get-go by the fact that its author is Jewish and American. This is a topic best handled by an insider – and not a Jew, but an Arab. An Arab with intellectual curiosity, integrity, courage, and journalistic expertise.
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[2026-04-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Fuel prices have surged globally as Iran effectively blocks the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's seaborne oil travelled before the war. Credit: AP
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[2026-04-12 08:51 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Suspect in 40s arrested after man apparently climbed on to USAF C130 Hercules transport plane on remote taxiway in County Clare
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[2026-04-12 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: John-Paul (left) and Roger Drake run the Drakes Supermarkets chain. (Supplied: Drakes Supermarkets)
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[2026-04-12 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said that it fired missiles at Israeli army positions near Bint Jbeil in the south of the country.
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[2026-04-12 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump threatened “big problems” for China Saturday if they deliver air defense systems to Tehran while the US is locked in a war with Iran.
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[2026-04-12 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States was in "deep negotiations" with Iran in Pakistan, stressing that "we win" regardless of what happens in the high-stakes talks aimed at ending the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-12 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: War-crime allegations are floating as many Democrats question US President Donald Trump’s entry into a war with Iran. Shouldn’t the question be how the Iranian regime could push its people, including children, to encircle energy plants as human shields without that being considered a war crime?
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[2026-04-12 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UNICEF official Elias Diab has reiterated calls for a ceasefire, saying that hospitals in “hard-to-reach” areas of southern Lebanon are “cut off” from the rest of the country, making humanitarian convoys “critical to sustain people”.
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[2026-04-12 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not bothered about the outcome of US-Iran talks in Pakistan, insisting the United States had come out ahead from the war.
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[2026-04-12 07:41 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yet
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[2026-04-12 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have warned that any attempt by military vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz would be met with “a strong response” in a statement broadcasted to Iranian media.
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[2026-04-12 07:29 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US Vice President said the United States had, "made very clear what our red lines are" during historic talks in Pakistan. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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