Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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] [General] [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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[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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[2026-04-09 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The cessation of US-Israeli strikes has brought relief to people in Iran. For those among them who began the conflict supportive of the assault, it also came with a kind of realisation.
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[2026-04-09 22:23 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In his Q&A with journalists today, John Healey, the defence secretary, was asked about Russia sending a warship through the Channel escorting Russian ships subject to sanctions.
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[2026-04-09 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that Lebanon is “an inseparable part of the ceasefire” between the US and Iran and warned of “strong responses” to violations of the deal in comments made on X on Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Turkiye’s energy minister says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying energy routes and will force the world to move towards forming a new energy structure.
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[2026-04-09 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Stocks resumed their drop and oil erased about a third of its Wednesday drop as traders watched the fragile US-Iran ceasefire shatter by the hour, with both sides accusing the other of breaches while the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed and Israel intensified strikes on Lebanon. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures fell 0.4% after Bloomberg strategists said a best-case scenario has already been priced in; Nasdaq futures dropped 0.3% with Mag7 stocks mostly lower.
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[2026-04-09 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said that Israeli strikes on Lebanon would violate the ceasefire agreement and render negotiations with the US meaningless.
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[2026-04-09 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The guns were supposed to have fallen silent.
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[2026-04-09 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, is joined by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, for a photo opportunity at the State Department, Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-04-09 22:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-04-09 22:06 UTC+10:00] [Petrol prices] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: How much fuel does Australia have left today, and when could we run out? Check how much petrol and diesel prices have risen near you in Sydney, Melbourne and across the country since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began in late February
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[2026-04-09 21:59 UTC+10:00] [Energy crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DUBLIN — The Irish government deployed the army Thursday to remove trucks and tractors currently blocking key ports used for importing fuel and critical chemicals into the country.
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[2026-04-09 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mourners have gathered in central Gaza for the funeral of Mohammed Wishah, an Al Jazeera journalist killed in an Israeli drone strike, as the death toll among media workers continues to rise during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-04-09 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After 39 days of fighting across multiple fronts, a two-week ceasefire went into effect, a ceasefire that, by all appearances, President Trump pushed for more than any other party involved.
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[2026-04-09 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial is set to resume on Sunday after weeks in which Israel’s court system operated under emergency restrictions because of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-09 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The ceasefire deal in the six-week US-Iran conflict remained in doubt by late week, as Israel intensified its bombardment of Beirut, Tehran kept the Hormuz chokepoint closed, and negotiators prepared to meet on Friday even as both sides declared victory.
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[2026-04-09 21:39 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Israel to halt its attacks in Lebanon, which she said went beyond self-defense against Hezbollah and endangered the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-09 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's cabinet on Thursday instructed security forces to restrict weapons in the capital, Beirut, exclusively to state institutions.
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[2026-04-09 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel said it wiped out the Hezbollah chief’s top secretary in targeted strikes on Lebanon overnight — as it ramped up attacks Thursday despite the risk of throwing President Trump’s Iran war cease-fire into turmoil.
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[2026-04-09 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: US and Iran agree to conditional ceasefire
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[2026-04-09 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will export an additional 112 units of its K9 self-propelled howitzers to Finland in an arms deal valued at some 940 billion won (US$634 million), the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, in what would be another boost for Seoul's push to export more weapons.
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[2026-04-09 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Despite 40 days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s industries, infrastructure, schools, universities and hospitals, principlist groups in the country have opposed a two-week ceasefire and have been calling for the fighting to continue.
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[2026-04-09 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The cessation of US-Israeli strikes has brought relief to people in Iran. For those among them who began the conflict supportive of the assault, it also came with a kind of realisation.
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[2026-04-09 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Thursday urged Korean nationals in Lebanon to leave the country promptly, as airstrikes have continued in the Middle East despite a ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Despite 40 days of US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s industries, infrastructure, schools, universities and hospitals, principlist groups in the country have opposed a two-week ceasefire and have been calling for the fighting to continue.
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[2026-04-09 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — Nearly 70 young Thai men sat on flimsy plastic chairs, faces tense as they waited to draw their fate from a jar — an annual ritual deciding whether they will serve in the military.
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[2026-04-09 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with details from FMs' phone talks) By Kim Seung-yeon
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[2026-04-09 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE Armed Forces dealt with no ballistic missiles and no drones on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.
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[2026-04-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli army carried out a wave of air attacks on Lebanon, killing more than 250 people, on Wednesday – the bloodiest day since the US-Israel war on Iran began nearly six weeks ago.
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[2026-04-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: European Commission says call in which Hungary’s Péter Szijjártó appears to offer to share documents about Ukrainian accession is ‘alarming’
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[2026-04-09 20:57 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Global oil prices have risen as concerns grow over whether a fragile US-Iran ceasefire will hold after Israel launched a wave of strikes on Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rescue workers pulled bodies from collapsed buildings in the capital and in southern villages including Abbassiyeh, near Tyre, where smoke was still rising on Thursday morning. The scale of the bombardment made it the deadliest day in the latest phase of the Israel-Hezbollah war and deepened fears of a wider regional spillover.
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[2026-04-09 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Four key players in the Iran war's tentative truce, from left: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif; Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi; U.S. President Donald Trump; and Pakistan's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
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[2026-04-09 20:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is expected to speak by phone with his Iranian counterpart later Thursday, officials said, with stranded South Korea-related vessels in the Strait of Hormuz likely to top the agenda following the US-Iran ceasefire.
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[2026-04-09 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s relentless Lebanon strikes threaten to shatter the fragile truce as peace talks loom
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