Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US-Israel war on Iran and its ripple effect throughout the Middle East have had a devastating impact on Arab countries, with millions expected to slide into poverty, according to the United Nations.
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[2026-04-01 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the US war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil” as the conflict with Iran and its closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent average U.S.
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[2026-04-01 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks on Israeli troops and positions along the border on Thursday.
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[2026-04-01 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Prince Harry arrives at London’s High Court to lead a group accusing the Daily Mail’s publisher of privacy invasion through unlawful tactics in a trial that is part of a wider phone hacking scandal in London, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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[2026-04-01 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) accused US media of engaging in “selective coverage” that has downplayed the successes of Operation Epic Fury — and instead benefited Iran during the first 30 days of the war.
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[2026-04-01 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday blasted Hungary for "pleasing" Moscow as Budapest's veto over the EU's lifeline package delays the war-torn country's recovery and preparation for the next winter.
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[2026-04-01 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, stands next to an F-39E Gripen fighter jet during a ceremony presenting the first supersonic aircraft assembled in Brazil, developed by Saab, at the Embraer plant in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. From left are Brazilian Air Force Commander Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno, Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto, Defense Minister Jose Mucio, Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Saab CEO Micael Johansson.
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[2026-04-01 04:06 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Many countries in Europe have called the conflict illegal, with some blocking Israeli and US planes from moving weapons through their airspace
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[2026-04-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Moscow will not supply oil to countries backing an “anti-market” price cap scheme, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said, as demand for crude rises amid the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-01 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ethiopia has begun rationing fuel as shortages affect supplies amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Warren Buffett warned that the spread of nuclear weapons is making the world a more dangerous place, saying the prospect of Iran acquiring a bomb would heighten the risk of a catastrophic conflict.
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[2026-04-01 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold is on track for its worst monthly decline since 2008 as a historic energy supply shock amid the Iran war spooks investors who were hoping for interest-rate cuts.
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[2026-04-01 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China and Pakistan have proposed a five-point plan to end the US-Israeli war on Iran that calls for an immediate ceasefire and restoration of “normal passage” for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-01 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO/COLOMBO/WELLINGTON — Indonesia’s leader visited Tokyo this week in Asia’s latest flurry of fuel bartering efforts to offset crippling shortages caused by conflict in the Middle East, a key source of regional energy supplies.
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[2026-04-01 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In a show of force in Cape Town, around 500 military and police personnel paraded ahead of a year-long deployment targeting gangs, illegal mining, and organized crime across the Western Cape. The operation, set to begin in April, will cover five of South Africa’s nine provinces, focusing on areas struggling with rampant crime.
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[2026-04-01 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations humanitarian chief has asked the UN Security Council (UNSC) what it is prepared to do to protect civilians in Lebanon as Israel pushes ahead with its ground invasion and bombardment of the country.
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[2026-04-01 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: North Korea's state news agency and Russian counterpart TASS have agreed to counter jointly what they call "disinformation" delivered by their "many enemies," the outlets reported Tuesday, in a further deepening of ties.
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[2026-04-01 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan’s first long-range missiles were deployed at a military camp in the country’s southwest, its defense chief said on Tuesday, as Tokyo pushes to bolster its offensive capabilities amid tensions with China.
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[2026-04-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BILLED as a clean decapitation strike, Operation “Epic Fury” fractured the post‑Cold War economic order triggering a cascading breakdown in global supply chains as longstanding guardrails erode. Donald Trump, pretending control over a conflict with no strategic clarity, doubled down.
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[2026-04-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE ambush that killed five police officers over the weekend is more than just another outbreak of violence in the Bangsamoro region; it is a stark indictment of the near collapse of the post-conflict normalization process, a civilian monitoring group said.
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[2026-04-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — After declaring Iran’s military “gone,” United States President Donald Trump appealed to the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and South Korea — as well as China, Iran’s strategic partner — to send minesweepers and naval forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. When allies balked, the request turned into a warning: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would face “a very bad” future if it refused.
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[2026-04-01 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s defence ministry said its forces intercepted and destroyed five ballistic missiles and seven drones that entered the country’s airspace over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-04-01 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-01 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The breakaway region of Kosovo has approved sending troops to Gaza as part of a force proposed by US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, its prime minister, Albin Kurti, announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-01 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Whitney Cummings continued to bring the laughs on Tuesday’s episode of The View, this time skewering Kid Rock alongside Joy Behar.
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[2026-04-01 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A decisive US victory in the Iran war is far more important than market swings, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday, after weeks of Wall Street jitters sparked by the conflict.
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[2026-04-01 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump and King Charles III interacting at a state banquet at Windsor Castle in 2025. (Reuters: Yui Mok / Pool)
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[2026-04-01 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian seaborne oil exports have fell by about 1.75 million barrels per day (bpd) last week as repeated Ukrainian drone strikes knocked key Baltic terminals out of order, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing shipping data and sources.
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[2026-04-01 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON - Dove soap maker Unilever ULVR.L has implemented a global hiring freeze "at all levels" that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
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[2026-04-01 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A diplomat at the United Nations resigned from his post on Friday and accused the international body of preparing for a scenario involving the possible use of nuclear weapons on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s players sing the national anthem, holding pictures of children allegedly killed in U.S. and Israel strikes in Iran, before a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-01 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Authorities in the Ryazan region have ordered businesses to nominate a minimum number of employees for contract military service, marking the latest iteration of government efforts to maintain a steady flow of troops to the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-01 02:09 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-01 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A group of toddlers evacuated as premature infants just a month into the Israel-Hamas war returned Monday to families overjoyed yet worried about their futures in a transformed Gaza.
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[2026-04-01 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — King Charles III will visit the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, despite some calls for the trip to be cancelled or delayed amid the Iran war.
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[2026-04-01 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Type-12 land-to-ship missile launcher is shown at the Camp Kengun in the Kumamoto prefecture, western Japan. (AP: Kyodo News)
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[2026-04-01 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Shop now
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China and Pakistan's foreign ministers have called for an immediate ceasefire to end hostilities amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, urging peace talks as soon as possible, Pakistan's foreign ministry and Chinese state news agency Xinhua is reporting.
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[2026-04-01 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has positioned himself as an unlikely financial adviser during the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ray Ruda fills his van with fuel at a gas station Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Brentwood, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-04-01 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon is drawing parallels with its 1982 campaign, and could prove even worse as it becomes more protracted, European officials told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-01 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump ‘interested’ in asking Arab countries to pay for war on Iran. Analyst: ‘Israel should pay’
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[2026-04-01 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has told aides that he is willing to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday night, citing Trump administration officials.
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[2026-04-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted never-before-seen photos on Tuesday of his secret Saturday trip to visit troops prosecuting America’s war on Iran.
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[2026-04-01 00:39 UTC+10:00] [King Charles III] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Visit with Camilla to go ahead in late April despite calls for delay over conflict and Trump-Starmer tensions
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[2026-04-01 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, left, is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for their lunch after they announced their statements at the Akasaka guesthouse in Tokyo Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-01 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-01 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pilots shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait early in the war on Iran are already back in the fight, carrying out a bombing campaign over the enemy’s capital city overnight, Hegseth said.
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[2026-04-01 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russia has found itself in the curious position of benefiting from the turmoil hitting its Middle East partner and ally, Iran.
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