Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: St. Benedict’s College Kotahena will meet their arch rivals Wesley College Colombo in the semi final of the under 19 Division One tier ‘B’ inter schools two day Cricket tournament from today at Army ground Salawa Kosgama.
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[2026-04-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Less than a week remains until the dawn of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year 2026. People are busier than ever, rushing to buy everything needed for the celebrations. This year, however, it is a tougher road than before, now that the cost of food, clothing, and other essentials has soared, driven by rising fuel and electricity prices.
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[2026-04-07 05:26 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wall Street has pared some of its earlier gains after President Donald Trump said Iran could be “taken out in one night” as he warned Tehran it had to make a deal by the deadline of Tuesday night (Wednesday AEST) or face a wider bombing campaign.
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[2026-04-07 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an unspecified media outlet with jail time if it does not reveal the person who leaked information about a US military pilot who was missing in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 05:09 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on Tuesday, April 7.
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[2026-04-07 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In today’s volatile media landscape, viral theories often spread faster than the truth, especially when tied to geopolitical events. On Scratching the Surface, Shir Perets unpakcs three such theories surrounding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, along with the curious case of public figures' death hoaxes.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney’s Victoria Barracks would be thrown open for homes, leisure, sporting and cultural events under concept plans intended to stir debate around a divisive proposal to sell off historic military sites.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 7, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW government is using reams of commercially sensitive data from fuel companies to assess whether the state’s supply will be significantly disrupted by war in the Middle East and to prepare for possible “further action” to ensure petrol reaches critical regional areas.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The ongoing disruptions tied to Iran’s energy infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz, have once again exposed the fragility of global oil supplies. As oil prices swing on geopolitical headlines, the founder and executive chairman of Nano Nuclear Energy, Jay Yu, underscored the critical alternative during a recent Fox Business appearance: nuclear power offers “consistent baseload energy”, while oil remains “a finite commodity” vulnerable to conflict.
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[2026-04-07 04:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-07 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-07 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: As the world's oil traders parsed satellite images and official statements for clues on the fate of the Strait of Hormuz, one research firm seems to have taken a different approach: It claims that it sent an analyst directly into the conflict zone.
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[2026-04-07 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticized the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct during the war, questioning his strategy on Monday and saying Israel was failing to meet war objectives as Operation Roaring Lion has continued for over a month.
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[2026-04-07 04:47 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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[2026-04-07 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US intelligence believes China's military has been tasked to be prepared to invade Taiwan from 2027. (ABC News)
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[2026-04-07 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-07 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany is scrambling to clarify a controversial rule requiring that men aged 17 to 45 seek permission before leaving the country for more than three months, after the measure triggered a political backlash over the weekend.
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[2026-04-07 04:09 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An expletive-ridden post on social media shamed the office of the US president. Its substantive message, if acted on, would be a war crime
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[2026-04-07 04:06 UTC+10:00] [War crimes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beginning at noon on Tuesday, the IDF's Home Front Command will extend the time civilians have to reach shelter from the moment a siren sounds for rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon toward Israel, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The decades-long norm against the spread of nuclear weapons, and the system of international inspections designed to prevent it, may be under strain, said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi in a recent interview with Frontline.
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's F-15s were the aircraft which assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's top military leaders. They, along with the F-16s and F-35s, also were part of the key thrust on February 28 which broke the Islamic regime's ability to launch what would have been devastating large-scale ballistic missile salvos at Israel, and have continued hunting the missile teams down ever since.
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[2026-04-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the war in the Middle East continues to spread uncertainty around the world, Donald Trump once again postponed his ultimatum to Iran. He gave Iranian authorities until Tuesday at 8 p.m. Washington time to open the Strait of Hormuz. Otherwise, the US President said he would destroy Iranian bridges and nuclear facilities.
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[2026-04-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [Hungary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Claims explosives found near pipeline come before election in which PM Viktor Orbán is trailing in most polls
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[2026-04-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Several Democrats have condemned Donald Trump after the United States president renewed his threat to destroy Iran’s civilian infrastructure in a profanity-laden message.
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[2026-04-07 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pilot saved in F-15 mission as Tehran rejects ceasefire; Trump threatens action if no deal by Tuesday, 8pm EST.
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[2026-04-07 03:41 UTC+10:00] [F-15] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pilot saved in F-15 mission as Tehran rejects ceasefire; Trump threatens action if no deal by Tuesday, 8pm EST.
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[2026-04-07 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has warned that an Iranian proposal to bring an end to the war is not enough to avert his threat to destroy infrastructure unless Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-07 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has set the Middle East “on fire,” reflecting Russia’s warning about the dangerous consequences of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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[2026-04-07 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has set the Middle East “on fire,” reflecting Russia’s warning about the dangerous consequences of the move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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[2026-04-07 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dramatic video shows the moment an Israeli civilian was knocked to the ground Monday by a powerful explosion yards away — before calmly getting up and walking off.
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[2026-04-07 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iranians are "animals," therefore bombing their civilian infrastructure like power plants would not be considered a war crime.
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[2026-04-07 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russia’s defence ministry on Monday said it had also attacked energy facilities as well as factories producing missile components in Ukraine
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[2026-04-07 03:13 UTC+10:00] [Caspian Pipeline Consortium] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russia’s defence ministry on Monday said it had also attacked energy facilities as well as factories producing missile components in Ukraine
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[2026-04-07 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Budget airline AirAsia X is hiking airfare and cutting flights in response to jet fuel shortages amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-07 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Elbit Systems announced on Monday that it has secured a contract worth approximately $750 million to provide Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) rocket artillery to Greece.
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[2026-04-07 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on the “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo” program, on the Fox Business Network, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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[2026-04-07 02:59 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘She got ripped away from me,’ army soldier Matthew Blank said after his wife Annie Ramos was detained in Louisiana
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[2026-04-07 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Monday that a proposed 45-day ceasefire with Iran was a "very significant step" but "not good enough" for him to sign, as Iranian officials vowed to keep fighting.
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[2026-04-07 02:37 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump says Americans want their troops to return home from Iran, even though he would prefer to launch a mission to seize the country’s oil, in a strong signal that he will curb his maximalist ambitions in favour of a ceasefire.
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[2026-04-07 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A high-ranking Sudanese military delegation met Libya's army chief in Tripoli on Sunday to enhance intelligence sharing and security co-ordination.
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[2026-04-07 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Thanks to war mongering and the rising cost of oil, your high-seas adventure could come with an even higher price tag this year.
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[2026-04-07 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Sunday into Monday saw significant casualties in Israel, after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement carried by state media that Iranian forces had targeted an oil refinery in Haifa.
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[2026-04-07 02:12 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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[2026-04-07 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE way the Trump administration’s conduct of the US’ 2026 war against Iran has drawn significant criticism that point to a series of strategic miscalculations as well as a perceived apathy toward long-term geopolitical and geoeconomic stability. Let me cite the primary ones.
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[2026-04-07 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-07 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Competition] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — A new generation of defense startups is taking on the world’s biggest arms-makers in a cutthroat competition — and gaining ground.
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