Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-02 10:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President is expected to offer a timeline for end of the war, and speak about his threat to withdraw the US from Nato as he faces falling poll numbers and global energy crisis
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[2026-04-02 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that the U.S. president is looking to exit the Iran war.
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[2026-04-02 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The first foreign troops from a new United Nations-backed force have arrived in Haiti in an effort to combat escalating levels of gang violence in the Caribbean country.
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[2026-04-02 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has unleashed a number of new executions, with many more expected to come, over fears of another citizen-led uprising as the embattled regime fights for survival in its war against the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-02 10:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that South Korea was "not helpful" to the United States, noting the presence of American troops "in harm's way" in the Asian country "right next to a nuclear force," as he highlighted the need for countries to secure the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-02 10:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
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[2026-04-02 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The new Hulu series Dear Killer Nannies is about the life of Juan Pablo Escobar, the son of notorious Medellin cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar. What’s unusual about the show is that it’s not only told from his perspective, but Juan Pablo himself narrates the scripted story.
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[2026-04-02 09:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-04-02 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Poland will not relocate its American-made Patriot air defense missile systems to the Middle East to help the US intercept attacks from Iran, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said.
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[2026-04-02 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-04-02 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "The hard part is done," President Donald Trump said in his address to the nation Wednesday night about the Iran war. The recent jump in gas prices is a "short term increase" that "will rapidly come back down" once the vital Strait of Hormuz is reopened, he said.
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[2026-04-02 08:55 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-02 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Live
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[2026-04-02 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sir Keir Starmer opted for a morning press conference to address the nation. (Reuters: Frank Augstein)
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[2026-04-02 08:12 UTC+10:00] [Women's Champions League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Arsenal ended Chelsea’s perfect record in Champions League quarter-finals, their 3-1 lead from the first leg was enough to counter the 1-0 defeat in a frenetic end-to-end encounter at Stamford Bridge.
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[2026-04-02 08:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president asked the people of the United States if the Middle East conflict was truly putting "America First", accusing the US of war crimes and being influenced by Israel ahead of a much-anticipated address by Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-02 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel plans to fight Iran “to the last American soldier and the last American taxpayer dollar”, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote in an open letter released on Wednesday, hours before US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a primetime address on the war.
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[2026-04-02 07:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged people in the United States to look beyond “a flood of distortions and manufactured narratives” and ask whose interests are being served by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-02 07:38 UTC+10:00] [US President] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some see the move as Tehran’s bid to convince the US public that the war is wrong and thus indirectly force a ceasefire
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[2026-04-02 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it has carried out more than 400 air strikes in Tehran over the past two days.
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[2026-04-02 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks rushed higher worldwide, and oil prices eased as hopes built that the war with Iran could end soon. That’s even though some of the signals investors saw as hopeful on Wednesday are already under dispute.
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[2026-04-02 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ecuador has touted “concrete results” in its fight against organised crime, as the country joins forces with the United States to conduct an anti-cartel military offensive.
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[2026-04-02 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Burundi’s army says that at least 13 civilians have been killed and 57 others were wounded when ammunition exploded due to an electrical short circuit at a military base in the economic capital Bujumbura.
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[2026-04-02 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-04-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is reportedly preparing to help the US fight Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz by force after being repeatedly struck by Iranian drones and missiles since the war began, Arab officials said.
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[2026-04-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is signalling the US could scale back its war on Iran while raising fresh doubts about its future role in NATO. Source: Getty / Alex Wong
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[2026-04-02 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A police officer stands guard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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[2026-04-02 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday recovered over 300 kilogrammes of heroin worth over Rs. 6 billion from a multi-day fishing trawler that was intercepted and escorted to the Dikowita Fisheries Harbour.
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[2026-04-02 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A Russian military plane has crashed in the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, killing 29 people on board, the Russian Defence Ministry has said.
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[2026-04-02 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Stock markets surged and oil plunged below US$100 a barrel after President Donald Trump suggested the US would end its attack on Iran in two to three weeks.
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[2026-04-02 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Measures In view of the prevailing war situation in the Middle East region and the resulting external shocks affecting both the daily lives of the public and the overall economy, the Government has been implementing various measures to manage such impacts in a systematic manner.
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[2026-04-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: According to international news sources oil prices fell in Asian trading on Tuesday, reversing earlier gains, after reports suggested a possible easing of tensions in the ongoing Iran conflict.
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[2026-04-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ceylon Chamber has recommended a number of policy measures to mitigate potential economic risks from the Middle east conflict.
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[2026-04-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Government’s decision to implement strict energy conservation measures is a timely move, especially considering the many factors that mitigate against the uninterrupted provision of electricity to consumers. Such moves have been implemented even by some developed countries to conserve energy wherever possible given the serious energy crisis stemming from the Iran War.
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[2026-04-02 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy took hold of a cache of smuggled goods during a search operation conducted at the Kudawa beach area in Kalpitiya on Tuesday (31).
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[2026-04-02 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The heads of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said they will form a coordination group to respond to the economic and energy fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-02 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump plans to lambast Nato in his address at the White House on Wednesday night local time, in the latest sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is causing fissures in the West's premier alliance.
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[2026-04-02 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign shows the price of gas at a store, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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[2026-04-02 06:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: War shows little sign of easing despite Donald Trump claiming Iranian leadership ‘just asked’ for ceasefire
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[2026-04-02 05:59 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There was a potentially telling moment at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as Chief Justice John Roberts questioned Donald Trump’s solicitor-general, John Sauer, during a hearing about birthright citizenship.
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[2026-04-02 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This saucy military supporter heeded the call of booty.
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[2026-04-02 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran kept up its attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf neighbors on Wednesday as airstrikes pounded Tehran and U.S. President Donald Trump again made contradictory statements about whether he was ready to wind down the war or escalate it.
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[2026-04-02 05:21 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-02 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump will be addressing the nation Wednesday evening about the ongoing Iran war, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced.
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[2026-04-02 05:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Stocks are rushing higher worldwide, and oil prices are easing as hopes build that the war with Iran could end soon. That’s even though some of the signals investors saw as hopeful are already under dispute, and several prior bouts of optimism in financial markets quickly got undercut by continued, fierce fighting in the war.
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[2026-04-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Albanese government has repeatedly dodged demands to publish documents and refused to explain why modelling for a centrepiece housing policy has been kept secret, opposition and crossbench senators have said, as they wage a war over transparency in the Senate.
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[2026-04-02 04:54 UTC+10:00] [UK cost of living crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Brutal past experience has taught us that a cost of living crisis doesn’t affect us all the same, because we don’t all go into it with the same income or wealth
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[2026-04-02 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran's president had asked for a ceasefire, but ruled out any truce until the vital Strait of Hormuz was reopened for crucial energy shipments.
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[2026-04-02 04:42 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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