Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-10 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s foreign ministry has strongly condemned the Israeli strikes on Lebanon which took place on Wednesday and called for an immediate ceasefire.
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[2026-04-10 00:38 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The madness is contagious – and nowhere has this been more evident than in the newly minted two-week ceasefire with Iran
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[2026-04-10 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Even as the US and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbors in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East.
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[2026-04-10 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with US President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the US-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait of Hormuz and a powerful lever over global energy markets and Gulf rivals, analysts say.
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[2026-04-10 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli public is deeply divided over the question of victory in the war with Iran, according to a Walla and Maariv poll published on Thursday.
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[2026-04-10 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: What may be coming is neither stable peace nor uninterrupted war, but something in between: a prolonged condition of managed instability
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[2026-04-10 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: What may be coming is neither stable peace nor uninterrupted war, but something in between: a prolonged condition of managed instability
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[2026-04-10 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-04-10 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Young American men could be automatically registered for eligibility for the military draft as soon as December, ending decades of self-registration.
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[2026-04-10 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has issued an evacuation warning for Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead of possible strikes in the area.
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[2026-04-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Global economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kristalina Georgieva says even ‘most hopeful scenario’ will lead to growth downgrade and cause permanent hit to living standards
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[2026-04-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Trump loomed large in both Iran war and subsequent pause, analysts weigh the importance of rhetoric vs results in his talks with China
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[2026-04-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Xi Jinping] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Trump loomed large in both Iran war and subsequent pause, analysts weigh the importance of rhetoric vs results in his talks with China
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[2026-04-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The head of the International Monetary Fund issued a stern directive to central banks struggling with the economic impact of the Iran war: fight inflation, even if it means sacrificing growth.
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[2026-04-10 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When April’s fuel prices were announced on the final day of last month, queues formed at petrol stations soon afterwards. This contributor passed several outlets on March 31 where cars tailed back beyond petrol station slip roads in the afternoon, as well as much later in the evening, as midnight approached.
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[2026-04-09 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A separate arrangement must be found for Lebanon if it cannot be included in the temporary ceasefire struck by the US, Iran and Israel, The EU's commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica has told The National.
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[2026-04-09 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: With the war on Iran exposing global centres of capital in the Gulf to risk, the Turkish government is looking for ways to lure investors and firms based in the United Arab Emirates to Turkey.
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[2026-04-09 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US stocks sank Thursday morning as oil jumped back near $100 after Iran accused the US of violating its ceasefire agreement and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained limited.
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[2026-04-09 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Spain strongly condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon as well as the broader war on Iran on Thursday, cementing Madrid's role as an outspoken critic of the US and Israeli military campaigns despite US threats to punish uncooperative NATO allies.
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[2026-04-09 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Peace is better than war. No sane person should want endless missiles, dead civilians, or a region permanently on fire. Israel’s children have spent weeks out of school or kindergarten, looking up at their parents and asking, "When will the rockets stop?" Many have not worked for weeks. In Israel, we are happy to get back to some semblance of normality.
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[2026-04-09 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are using arts and crafts to express their trauma from the war and make some money, as the humanitarian situation in the enclave remains dire although overshadowed by the Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 23:46 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Uncertainty over US-Iran ceasefire pushes price of US oil over $100 a barrel
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[2026-04-09 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Part of the Shell Polymers Monaca Plant, a petrochemical plant, operates in Monaca, Pa., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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[2026-04-09 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage from the scene showed a burnt‑out vehicle on Al‑Rashid Street, while mourners later gathered at Shifa and Al Aqsa hospitals before his burial. Al Jazeera and Palestinian health officials said Wishah died in the targeted strike on Wednesday, adding to growing concern over the safety of media workers in the war‑torn enclave, where journalists have continued reporting under fire.
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[2026-04-09 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dramatic video shows the moment Israel blew up a car in Gaza that it says was carrying “a Hamas terrorist operating under the guise of an Al Jazeera journalist.”
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[2026-04-09 23:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Strikes that killed more than 200 people spark outrage amid global efforts to salvage truce
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[2026-04-09 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese prime minister Nawaf Salam has asked the Pakistani prime minister to confirm the country’s inclusion in the Iran war ceasefire with the US, after Israeli strikes killed more than 250 people in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 23:27 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel claims attacks on densely populated residential areas that killed more than 200 people were aimed at Hezbollah members
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[2026-04-09 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz has not opened to ship traffic after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, said the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., or ADNOC, on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Dubai Financial Services Authority has unveiled flexibility relief measures aimed at helping financial firms cope with the effects of the current regional conflict.
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[2026-04-09 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As the dust begins to settle from the latest escalation in the Iran conflict, markets are left to grapple with a more complicated question: what comes next? Is this the beginning of a reset toward stability, another leg up in markets, and lower inflation -or- are the early stages of a broader economic unraveling tied to supply shocks, currency stress, and geopolitical fragmentation?
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[2026-04-09 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
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[2026-04-09 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, according to a statement released by the Israeli court hours after Israel lifted the state of emergency imposed as a result of its war with Iran.
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[2026-04-09 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon said at least 182 people were killed and hundreds were wounded, making it the deadliest day in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. (AP video by Malak Harb)
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[2026-04-09 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians, including a child, were injured during an Israeli military raid on the neighbourhood of Umm al-Sharayet, south of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reports.
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[2026-04-09 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In the weeks since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the battle for the narrative over the war's progress has been taking place at the heart of American military power.
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[2026-04-09 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Three Russian submarines conducted a "covert" operation of cables and pipelines in waters north of the UK, Defence Secretary John Healey said.
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[2026-04-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Single-day transactions via China’s Cross-border Interbank Payment System surge past 1 trillion yuan as Beijing’s moves to expand the yuan-payment network show signs of paying off
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[2026-04-09 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Single-day transactions via China’s Cross-border Interbank Payment System surge past 1 trillion yuan as Beijing’s moves to expand the yuan-payment network show signs of paying off
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[2026-04-09 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US Army veteran who worked with the elite Delta Force commando unit has been charged with providing top secret data to a reporter, the US Department of Justice has said.
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[2026-04-09 22:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US Army veteran who worked with the elite Delta Force commando unit has been charged with providing top secret data to a reporter, the US Department of Justice has said.
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[2026-04-09 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European government bonds reversed course on Thursday, moving higher after plunging during the previous session, as a fragile Middle East ceasefire keeps markets on edge.
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[2026-04-09 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: WH confirms Vice President Vance will lead Kushner-Witkoff delegation in Pakistan, seen as positive in Tehran and Islamabad.
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[2026-04-09 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Education Ministry plans to expand its subsidized summer program for elementary pupils by three weeks and launch a new summer program for middle school students in response to closures during the war, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center left, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after restrictions were lifted following a ceasefire reached between Iran, Israel and the United States, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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[2026-04-09 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose 0.4% MoM in February (pre-war), in line with expectations, with YoY rising 3.0% (as expected - lowest since Dec), down from January's +3.1%...
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[2026-04-09 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A California’s SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)
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[2026-04-09 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A hacking group aligned with Iran said it obtained at least 19,000 sensitive files after targeting the personal phone of former Israeli army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.
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[2026-04-09 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Core inflation eased slightly in February before the recent surge in energy prices, according to a key gauge released Thursday that offers the Federal Reserve a snapshot of conditions leading into the Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In taking a back seat in de-escalation efforts with Pakistan, China is decoupling its influence from responsibility
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