Russia-Ukraine war: Why has Putin rejected limits on long-range strikes? ^8.2%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 6/29/2026, 9:58 AM

False Dilemma 9.7% - Negativity Bias 8.6% - Hasty Generalization 8.4%

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will continue its more than four-year-long war on Ukraine, rejecting Kyiv’s proposals to limit the use of long-range missiles and stop hostilities. In an interview with Russia’s state television service on Sunday, Putin said Ukraine had proposed a mutual halt to long-range attacks as a step... more

US-Iran talks in Switzerland: Is Lebanon top of agenda; who is attending? ^10.2%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 6/21/2026, 9:10 AM

Negativity Bias 16.2% - Confirmation Bias 10.1% - Hasty Generalization 10.1%

United States and Iranian delegations are holding high-level technical talks in Switzerland, as a deal signed on Thursday between Tehran and Washington is strained by continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Iran says the deal includes a ceasefire in Lebanon and that the Israeli attacks are a violation of the agreement. Sunday’s talks will... more

US-Iran ceasefire? Not for Indian sailors being killed in Hormuz ^16.9%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar, Yashraj Sharma - 6/12/2026, 7:49 AM

Negativity Bias 32.6% - Appeal to Authority 23.1% - Recency Bias 10.7%

Three Indian sailors have been killed in strikes on at least three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz this week, as the United States doubles down on its naval blockade of Iranian ports. The Indian government on Wednesday summoned a senior US diplomat in New Delhi to demand an explanation after the US military hit a Palau-flagged... more

LIVE: Threat of war ‘still looms large’ as US, Iran inch towards deal ^79.2%

Al Jazeera - By Urooba Jamal, Priyanka Shankar - 5/24/2026, 5:35 AM

Negativity Bias 46.5% - Optimism Bias 43% - Pessimism Bias 31%

President Donald Trump says on social media that “an agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization” between the US, Iran and regional powers, adding that the deal, which includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, will be announced shortly. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the next round of talks between... more

What’s Iran’s 14-point proposal to end the war? And will Trump accept it? ^10.3%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 5/3/2026, 11:10 AM

Framing Effect 10.9% - Negativity Bias 9.3% - Hasty Generalization 6.3%

Iran has offered a new 14-point proposal to the United States in the latest diplomatic step to reach a permanent end to the war, which has exposed the limits of US military dominance and shaken the global economy. Responding to the new proposal on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said he is studying it but is not sure he can make a... more

Iran-Iraq Tanker War redux? Why the Strait of Hormuz crisis is different ^7.8%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 4/24/2026, 3:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 18.1% - Unattributed Quote 15.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.5%

On April 20, the United States fired at and then seized an Iranian-flagged container ship close to the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Arabian Sea, amid its blockade of Iranian ports. It was similar to a scene which played out in the 1980s during the so-called Tanker War between Iran and Iraq, during which both countries fired on each... more

How long can Iran survive the US’s Hormuz blockade? ^58.5%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 4/24/2026, 11:26 AM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 17% - Negativity Bias 8.8% - Appeal to Authority 8.2%

United States President Donald Trump has claimed Iran is “collapsing financially” and said the country is losing millions of dollars a day due to Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday night, Trump wrote: “Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened... more

Iran calls US ship seizure ‘piracy’: Is it? ^16.3%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 4/22/2026, 12:33 PM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 17.6% - Appeal to Authority 15.8% - Negativity Bias 15.1%

Iran responded to the US capture of one of its tankers close to the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week by capturing two foreign commercial vessels on Wednesday and moving them to its coast. Iran called the US attack on its ship by the US an act of “piracy” and, on Wednesday, said the two tankers it had seized had violated maritime... more

What are Iran’s $100bn in frozen assets and where are they held? ^0%

Al Jazeera - By Priyanka Shankar - 4/15/2026, 1:40 PM

As momentum builds for a second round of talks between the United States and Iran aimed at ending their war, one central issue has emerged as a bone of contention: Tehran’s frozen assets held in other countries. Iran’s economy has been ailing for years due to sanctions imposed on the country by the US and other nations. These sanctions... more

Iran war live: Israel’s Lebanon attacks threaten Tehran’s ceasefire with US ^0%

Al Jazeera - By Heba Habib, Priyanka Shankar, Stephen Quillen - 4/9/2026, 12:00 AM

Negativity Bias 52.5% - Appeal to Emotion 52.5% - Framing Effect 50.3%

Lebanon observes a day of mourning after hundreds killed as US, Israel say the country is not included in ceasefire deal with Iran. Israeli attacks on Lebanon raise questions about the future of a fragile Iran-United States ceasefire as the US and Israel insist Lebanon is not included in the agreement. Lebanon has declared a day of... more