[2026-04-08 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Acting AG Blanche says only Trump knows why Bondi was replaced

Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference regarding developments in the Trump Administration’s anti-fraud efforts, at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-bondi-blanche-replaced-justice-department-0fc30dbe986691e7b0ea8942b2a70acd

[2026-04-08 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: French nationals return home following Iran prison release

Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that two French nationals who were detained in Iran for more than three years before being released last year, were returning to France following negotiations led by Oman.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/french-nationals-return-home-following-iran-prison-release

[2026-04-08 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Zach has seen prisons from the inside. He says they're just 'breeding criminals'

Snippet: Experts say investment in youth mental health services, not detention centres, will help to address the causes of crime. (ABC News: Billy Cooper)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/indigenous-youth-incarceration-open-letter/106490452

[2026-04-08 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Mel Kawa 'felt like a fraud' promoting her sport while playing for nothing

Snippet: Mel Kawa believes greater investment in women's sport is long overdue. (Getty Images for Rugby Australia: Chris Hyde)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/women-in-elite-sport-survey-pay-and-resources-rugby-soccer/106458982

[2026-04-08 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Ben Roberts-Smith arrest timeline: How we got here

Snippet: Ben Roberts-Smith has previously denied the allegations levelled against him. (AAP: Bianca De Marchi)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/nsw-ben-roberts-smith-case-charged-war-crimes/106538972

[2026-04-08 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: JAnalysis by Jamie McKinnell

Snippet: Jamie McKinnell is a reporter and digital producer with ABC News in Sydney. He studied at the University of Queensland and began his journalism career in Brisbane, later working as a court and state political reporter. Jamie moved to Australian Associated Press in 2014 and transferred to Sydney in 2017.

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/jamie-mckinnell/9998122

[2026-04-08 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Mamdani opens luxe $241M hospital ward for inmates— complete with basketball court —as he pushes to close Rikers

Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced the opening of a new, quarter billion hospital unit for city inmates complete with specialty care and access to “therapeutic settings.”

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/mamdani-opens-luxe-241-million-bellevue-hospital-ward-for-inmates-as-he-pushes-to-close-rikers/

[2026-04-08 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Damning texts reveal the truth about sex attack scandal engulfing school water polo superstars

Snippet: A water polo star accused of racially abusing a black teammate and subjecting him to sexual assault at their $50,000-a-year private school in Los Angeles apologized for his actions in damning texts, court documents show.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/damning-texts-revealed-between-harvard-westlake-admin-and-lucca-van-der-woude/

[2026-04-08 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Eala downs clay-court specialist Grabher, enters 2nd round at Linz

Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala overcame a tough challenge from clay-court specialist and home bet Julia Grabher, 6-4, 6-3, at the Design Linz Center in Austria to enter the WTA 500 Linz Open second round early Wednesday in Manila.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/04/08/sports/eala-downs-clay-court-specialist-grabher-enters-2nd-round-at-linz/2315853

[2026-04-08 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: 4 Texas teens allegedly kidnapped, tortured classmate for talking to one of their girlfriends

Snippet: Four 17-year-old Texas students allegedly kidnapped and tortured their classmate at gunpoint because he was talking to one of their girlfriends, according to police.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/4-texas-teens-allegedly-kidnapped-tortured-classmate-for-talking-to-one-of-their-girlfriends/

[2026-04-08 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Two IDF officers, civilian face indictment in alleged Gaza aid-truck smuggling scheme

Snippet: Military and civilian prosecutors on Tuesday filed prosecutors’ declarations ahead of indictments against two IDF officers and a civilian suspected of exploiting humanitarian aid trucks to smuggle prohibited goods into the Gaza Strip for profit, in the latest in a growing wartime cluster of Gaza-smuggling cases. According to the joint statement by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Israel Police, and the IDF, the suspects are accused of trying to move contraband into Gaza in exchange for hundreds of thousands

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-892337

[2026-04-08 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Angel Reese is a bronzed goddess in her first Victoria’s Secret campaign

Snippet: Angel Reese is taking it from the court to the beach.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/04/07/style/angel-reese-is-covered-in-gold-for-victorias-secret-lingerie-campaign/

[2026-04-08 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Donald Trump Jr. criticizes EU during trip to Bosnia

Snippet: Police officers stand in front of the Palace of the Republic prior visit of Donald Trump Jr. and meetings with representatives of the authorities of the Republika Srpska, in Banja Luka, Bosnia, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/bosnia-trump-junior-serbs-visit-02fabedba2eafec2564e529a8df0d13c

[2026-04-08 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Michael West Media

Title: Roberts-Smith to front court after night spent in cell

Snippet: April 8, 2026 03:30 | News

Read full article: https://michaelwest.com.au/roberts-smith-to-front-court-after-night-spent-in-cell/

[2026-04-08 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Taylor Frankie Paul accuses Dakota Mortensen of ‘slamming her head’ against car dashboard in violent fight as she files restraining order

Snippet: Taylor Frankie Paul has filed for a temporary restraining order against Dakota Mortensen, accusing her ex of assault, harassment and stalking, Page Six has learned.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/04/07/celebrity-news/taylor-frankie-paul-files-restraining-order-against-dakota-mortensen/

[2026-04-08 03:15 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Meta employee in London accused of downloading 30,000 private Facebook images

Snippet: Police investigating as former worker is suspected of having designed program to avoid security checks

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/meta-worker-london-accused-downloading-private-facebook-images

[2026-04-08 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Judge tosses PETA lawsuit against the American Kennel Club

Snippet: The pug group is judged outside at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, June 12, 2021, in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/peta-lawsuit-akc-dog-breeds-french-bulldog-d9726657b599325f223d8c37bfb6ef11

[2026-04-08 02:43 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: First Nation asks court to block Alberta referendum on seceding from Canada

Snippet: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has asked a court to halt the separatist push, arguing it would violate their treaty rights

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/first-nation-decries-alberta-separatist-push-canada

[2026-04-08 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: The Levittown house helped shape the American suburb

Snippet: Two police patrol on the sidewalk, far left, in front of the newly-purchased home of William Myers, a black man who bought the house in this all-white community in Levittown, Penn, Aug. 16, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/american-objects-250-levittown-house-51ede82b99174a73fb004fb5a48ed3ef

[2026-04-08 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Strictly star will not face rape charges, police say

Snippet: An unnamed star from Strictly Come Dancing who was arrested on suspicion of rape last year will not face criminal charges, police have said.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgld1vjdewo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-04-08 02:13 UTC+10:00] [ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini

Snippet: Pheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentences

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/cambodian-man-pheap-rom-deported-us-eswatini

[2026-04-08 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Deere & Co agrees to pay $99 million to settle 'right to repair' lawsuit

Snippet: A person walks on an X9 1100 combine at the John Deere booth during the CES tech show, Jan. 6, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/john-deere-repair-lawsuit-settlement-595d4b089689cd94418991326275b68d

[2026-04-08 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AfricaNews

Title: Three gunmen open fire on police outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Snippet: Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were wounded and captured.

Read full article: http://www.africanews.com/2026/04/07/three-gunmen-open-fire-on-police-outside-israeli-consulate-in-istanbul/

[2026-04-08 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Court asked to lift halt on closing Everglades immigration detention center

Snippet: Trucks come and go from the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-desantis-alligator-alcatraz-83266006bf642ac998be578a4e403d0a

[2026-04-08 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: ABC News

Title: Police charge international baby trafficking syndicate in Indonesia

Snippet: Topic:Human Trafficking

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/international-baby-trafficking-syndicate-charged-in-indonesia/106539992

[2026-04-08 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Pentagon abruptly cancels Hegseth media briefing as military assault on Iran is underway

Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s planned press conference on Tuesday was abruptly canceled without explanation hours in advance, as the US began striking Kharg Island, where roughly 90% of Iran’s oil is handled.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/pentagon-abruptly-cancels-hegseth-media-briefing-as-military-assault-on-iran-is-underway/

[2026-04-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Press freedom] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Peter Greste warns court finding about animal cruelty footage has grave consequences for press freedom

Snippet: Finding set to have significant implications for the use of covertly-recorded footage by media outlets to expose wrongdoing

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/07/peter-greste-court-finding-animal-cruelty-footage-grave-consequences-press-freedom-ntwnfb

[2026-04-08 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Ben Roberts-Smith] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Ben Roberts-Smith is back in court, now as a defendant. His case reminds us that there are laws even amid war

Snippet: The former soldier’s previous defamation trial presents the rare situation of there being hours of evidence of his alleged crimes already on the public record

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/07/ben-roberts-smith-alleged-war-crimes-analysis-ntwnfb

[2026-04-08 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AfricaNews

Title: 'I am innocent,' French ex-president Sarkozy tells appeals court in Libya funding case

Snippet: French former President Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence at an appeal hearing in Paris on Tuesday over his conspiracy conviction last year, saying that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007 presidential campaign.

Read full article: http://www.africanews.com/2026/04/07/i-am-innocent-french-ex-president-sarkozy-tells-appeals-court-in-libya-funding-case/

[2026-04-08 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul leaves attacker dead

Snippet: Police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/shooting-at-israeli-consulate-in-turkiye/106540032

[2026-04-08 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Murder suspect in ICE custody is accused of luring teen into ambush where he begged for his life

Snippet: An 18-year-old murder suspect is being held on an immigration detainer after prosecutors say he helped lure a 15-year-old Missouri boy into a deadly ambush where the teen begged for his life.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/murder-suspect-18-on-ice-hold-accused-of-luring-15-year-old-into-ambush-where-victim-begged-for-his-life/

[2026-04-08 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Moscow Times

Title: Krasnodar Vice Governor Arrested on Fraud Charges

Snippet: The vice governor of the southern Krasnodar region was placed in pre-trial detention on Tuesday, as state prosecutors detailed a sprawling corruption case involving illegal business mergers, hidden cash and more than $1 billion in seized assets.

Read full article: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/07/krasnodar-vice-governor-arrested-on-fraud-charges-a92446

[2026-04-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AfricaNews

Title: Who owes Africa? The global reparations debate - [Africanews Debates]

Snippet: Days after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the “gravest crime against humanity,” the global conversation has shifted from recognition to a more contentious question: who owes Africa?

Read full article: http://www.africanews.com/2026/04/07/who-owes-africa-the-global-reparations-debate-africanews-debates/

[2026-04-07 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Iraq sentences 11 ISIS members to death for plotting attacks on state | The National

Snippet: Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced 11 members of an ISIS cell to death on Tuesday for plotting attacks on state institutions.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/04/07/iraq-sentences-11-isis-members-to-death-for-plotting-attacks-on-state/

[2026-04-07 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Iran has allowed two French former detainees to leave, Macron says

Snippet: PARIS (AP) — Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises there since their release from prison.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/cecile-kohler-jacques-paris-macron-iran-aaae509683d80ef1d711138618077699

[2026-04-07 23:22 UTC+10:00] [EU-Turkey] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: Gunmen open fire near Israeli consulate building in Istanbul

Snippet: Three gunmen were involved in a shootout with police near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving one attacker dead and two wounded and in custody, Turkish authorities said.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/gunmen-attack-israeli-consulate-building-in-istanbul/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-04-07 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: Police, labor industry probe alleged assault of migrant worker with air gun

Snippet: HWASEONG, South Korea, April 7 (Yonhap) -- Police said Tuesday they have launched an investigation into allegations that the head of a manufacturing company in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, assaulted a foreign worker by blasting compressed air into his body.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260407009200320

[2026-04-07 23:15 UTC+10:00] [Corruption] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: JD Vance slams Brussels ‘bureaucrats’ for meddling in Hungary before election

Snippet: BUDAPEST — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday insisted that Brussels rather than Washington was interfering in Hungarian politics before a crunch election on April 12, which will decide the future of key MAGA ally Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/us-jd-vance-slams-eu-brussels-bureaucrats-meddling-hungary-before-election/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-04-07 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: France ex-president Sarkozy challenges conviction over alleged Libya funding

Snippet: He was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy and sentenced to 5 years in prison

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349294/france-ex-president-sarkozy-challenges-conviction-over-alleged-libya-funding?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-04-07 23:14 UTC+10:00] [Paris] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: France ex-president Sarkozy challenges conviction over alleged Libya funding

Snippet: He was found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy and sentenced to 5 years in prison

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349294/france-ex-president-sarkozy-challenges-conviction-over-alleged-libya-funding

[2026-04-07 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Black nonprofits didn't see lasting philanthropic commitments made after George Floyd's murder

Snippet: Asiaha Butler, the co-founder of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood, looks to outside from her office in Chicago, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/black-nonprofits-study-abfe-candid-710f03382d3498606157dc23e06b6d31

[2026-04-07 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Parents charged after toddler injured at Hersheypark zoo wolf enclosure

Snippet: HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a toddler who suffered a minor injury at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after squeezing through a fence near a wolf enclosure and making contact with one of the animals have been charged with endangering the welfare of children, police said.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/toddler-injury-hersheypark-zoo-wolf-pennsylvania-992d2ab64bf6808ac2abebe1648976c1

[2026-04-07 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Turkish police shoot three gunmen in clash outside Israel's Istanbul consulate

Snippet: Police "neutralised" three gunmen in a firefight outside Israel's consulate in Istanbul, authorities said, with one attacker killed and two others severely wounded.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkish-police-shoot-three-gunmen-clash-outside-israels-istanbul

[2026-04-07 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s stalker charged after unknown substance horror attack

Snippet: Lindsey Buckingham’s stalker has been charged with multiple felonies after attacking the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist with an unknown substance.

Read full article: https://pagesix.com/2026/04/07/celebrity-news/fleetwood-mac-guitarist-lindsey-buckinghams-stalker-charged-after-assault/

[2026-04-07 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: What’s Iran’s 10-point peace plan that Trump says is ‘not good enough’?

Snippet: Video released by Iranian police was said to show Iranian forces firing at an aircraft over Isfahan

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/7/whats-irans-10-point-peace-plan-that-trump-says-is-not-good-enough

[2026-04-07 22:09 UTC+10:00] [David Warner] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Australia cricket legend David Warner faces court over drink-driving charge

Snippet: Batsman tested positive after roadside stop in Sydney

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/07/australia-cricket-legend-david-warner-faces-court-over-drink-driving-charge

[2026-04-07 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Police officer jailed for killing woman in crash

Snippet: A police officer who crashed and killed a woman while responding to an emergency call to help a choking baby has been jailed for two years and three months.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20d5g6v4z0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-04-07 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Interpol red notice vs Zaldy Co out soon; ex-lawmaker got P802M from construction firm

Snippet: (UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — The red notice from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) against fugitive former lawmaker Zaldy Co is “expected to be out this week or next week,” Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said on Tuesday.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/04/07/news/interpol-red-notice-vs-zaldy-co-out-soon-ex-lawmaker-got-p802m-from-construction-firm/2315117

[2026-04-07 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Gunfight erupts near Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Snippet: A firefight broke out between police and several gunmen near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye on Tuesday, local media have reported. The building has been closed for months and is said to be unstaffed. It is unclear if it was the target of the attack.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637574-israeli-consulate-istanbul-gunfight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-04-07 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Read Full Article at RT.com

Snippet: A firefight broke out between police and several gunmen near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye on Tuesday, local media have reported. The building has been closed for months and is said to be unstaffed. It is unclear if it was the target of the attack.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/637574-israeli-consulate-istanbul-gunfight/