Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-09 20:40 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [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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[2026-04-09 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-09 20:23 UTC+10:00] [Royal Navy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation
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[2026-04-09 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Plans for automated military conscription during a US national emergency are advancing and on schedule to be in place by the end of the year, according to the federal agency tasked with maintaining the list, the Selective Service System (SSS).
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[2026-04-09 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Plans for automated military conscription during a US national emergency are advancing and on schedule to be in place by the end of the year, according to the federal agency tasked with maintaining the list, the Selective Service System (SSS).
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[2026-04-09 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maybe not, analysts say, but much of what happens next rests on ‘wild card’ Israel
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[2026-04-09 20:21 UTC+10:00] [Iranian Foreign Minister] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maybe not, analysts say, but much of what happens next rests on ‘wild card’ Israel
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[2026-04-09 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink says the US still has ‘extraordinary’ influence in the region, given its trade and security ties with Asean
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[2026-04-09 20:20 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink says the US still has ‘extraordinary’ influence in the region, given its trade and security ties with Asean
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[2026-04-09 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Europe's aviation safety regulator Easa on Thursday extended until 24 April its advisory to airlines to avoid the Middle Eastern and Gulf airspace, according to an updated bulletin on conflict zones.
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[2026-04-09 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey delivers a statement on recent UK operational activity at 9 Downing Street in Westminster, central London, Thursday April 9, 2026. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-09 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the Lebanese, the war is not over. While there is a ceasefire in Iran and many people in the region are seeking to return to a semblance of normality, Lebanon is being pounded with massive airstrikes.
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[2026-04-09 20:16 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: ULSAN -- The location of a worker who went missing in a fire that broke out on a Navy submarine under maintenance at a shipyard in Ulsan has been found, with authorities working to rescue her, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-04-09 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Iran war.
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[2026-04-09 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Filipino and American soldiers who defended Bataan in the Second World War were commemorated at Mount Samat National Shrine.
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[2026-04-09 20:07 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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[2026-04-09 20:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government said Thursday it will maintain the current price ceilings on fuel products for the next two weeks amid the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East with a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Mexican army divers have rescued a miner from a flooded underground tunnel two weeks after he was first trapped.
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[2026-04-09 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Iranian minister has told the BBC that Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday constituted a "grave violation" of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-09 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will maintain the current price ceilings on fuel products for the next two weeks amid the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East with a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-04-09 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-09 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 3,000 people were killed throughout Iran during the war that began on 28 February, Iran's forensic chief told state media on Thursday, adding that 40 percent of the dead needed forensic work to be identified and returned to families.
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[2026-04-09 19:42 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democrat leader, will use pro forma session to try to pass measure requiring president to withdraw US forces from Middle East
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[2026-04-09 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-04-09 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine Air Force (PAF) conducted a joint flight operation with the United States Pacific Air Forces as part of the Cope Thunder Philippines 26-1 exercises at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga.
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[2026-04-09 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military shot and killed a young man and a child in Gaza on Thursday, Wafa news agency reported.
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[2026-04-09 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: New Israeli air strikes have killed more people in southern Lebanon a day after 200 people died, as the bombardment raises further doubts over the fragile United States-Iran ceasefire that Tehran says includes Lebanon.
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[2026-04-09 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain and Poland might have run afoul of European Union rules with their tax cuts on fuels aimed at curbing the economic impact of the Middle East war, the European Commission said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-09 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran should extend to Lebanon, the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said on Thursday, adding that Hezbollah must disarm.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF said Thursday that it had killed a Hamas operative who posed a threat to Israeli forces and operated under the guise of a journalist, in a strike carried out in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to a military statement.
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[2026-04-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has suffered extensive economic losses estimated between $140 billion and $145 billion following six weeks of war with Israel and the United States, according to open-source intelligence assessments.
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[2026-04-09 19:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province — Hours before BTS took the stage for its world tour “Arirang,” its first concert in four years, thousands of fans had already gathered outside Goyang Stadium, filling the rainy grounds with anticipation.
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[2026-04-09 19:03 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actions
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[2026-04-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Strong overseas demand, fuelled by the rise of AI-powered systems, could continue amid Iran war pressures, analysts say
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