Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-08 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain on Sunday said mourning for Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is prohibited during Ashura commemorations this month.
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[2026-06-08 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF has opened an investigation into the West Bank operation during which a seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed, the military confirmed on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US sources have indicated to The Jerusalem Post that they reject the Saturday Pentagon leak to NBC News claiming Israeli espionage activity against the US and a special alert on this, defining them as likely anti-Operation Epic Fury sources.
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[2026-06-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Squad must enter and leave US soil on the same day as their matches, while member of Iraqi team denied entry in Chicago after screening
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[2026-06-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Squad must enter and leave US soil on the same day as their matches, while member of Iraqi team denied entry in Chicago after screening
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[2026-06-08 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli drone strike has killed four Palestinians, including a woman, northwest of Gaza City, raising the day’s death toll from Israeli attacks to 13.
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[2026-06-08 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said he will not unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian assets prior to a lasting ceasefire agreement being reached to formally end the US-Israel war with Iran.
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[2026-06-08 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has warned that Tehran could abandon negotiations and move towards direct confrontation after Israel’s continued attacks on southern Lebanon and Beirut.
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[2026-06-08 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel has hit southern Beirut in the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a truce brokered by the US last week.
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[2026-06-08 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-06-08 02:25 UTC+10:00] [Líbano] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ignorando apelos dos Estados Unidos, Israel bombardeou áreas nos subúrbios ao sul de Beirute neste domingo (07/06). Os ataques, lançados sem aviso prévio numa área que é reduto do grupo xiita Hezbollah, foram os primeiros contra a capital do Líbano desde a renovação de um frágil acordo de cessar-fogo na sexta-feira sob mediação de Washington.
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[2026-06-08 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, plans to visit Turkey on Monday for an official trip, multiple people familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-06-08 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States is pushing members of the UN nuclear watchdog’s board to back a resolution demanding that Iran account for its bombed nuclear sites and the enriched uranium kept there.
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[2026-06-08 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Palestinian-born alleged Hamas operative who resided in Crete was arrested by the Greek Anti-Terrorist Service (DAEEB) and National Intelligence Service on Saturday night, the Hellenic Police said in a Sunday statement.
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[2026-06-08 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is lobbying other countries on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors to back a draft resolution ordering Iran to inform the agency of the fate of its nuclear sites, which Israel and the US bombed in June 2025 and again in early 2026, specifically regarding the 60% highly enriched uranium that was stored there.
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[2026-06-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-06-08 01:55 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Team are based in Tijuana with all group games in US
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[2026-06-08 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes on different locations in Gaza killed at least nine people and wounded 20 others, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tomer Moskowitz, head of the Tzur Hadassah local council and close friend of Justice Noam Sohlberg, Deputy President of the Supreme Court, said on Sunday that the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest outside of Sohlberg's house "wasn't a demonstration, it was a pogrom."
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[2026-06-08 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s Health Ministry recently began preparing hospitals, medical teams, and public health systems following the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, and prepared a scenario in which a suspected Ebola patient arrives in Israel.
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[2026-06-08 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF will not give up on its mission to fully disarm Hamas, IDF Chief of the Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has called for more "surgical" attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, while at the same time saying he was "very close" to a deal with Iran.
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[2026-06-08 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Will the US Senate do what was once considered to be unlikely and endorse a war resolution passed by the US House of Representatives that would curtail President Donald Trump's ability to wage his war with Iran?
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[2026-06-08 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran remain stuck in preliminary talks to end the war, with the main obstacle being Tehran's demand for access to billions of dollars in frozen assets and the Trump administration's refusal to provide upfront cash or broader sanctions relief.
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[2026-06-08 01:04 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Israel launched strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday in what the government described as retaliation for Hezbollah attacks against Israel earlier in the day.
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[2026-06-08 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A pro-Israel influencer and a pro-Israel actor joked about Palestinians being raped by Israeli dogs on the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.
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[2026-06-08 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran "will deliver a decisive and painful response" to Israel's bombing of Beirut, an Iranian politician said on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 00:51 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Um atirador em um carro abriu fogo neste domingo (07/06) em três locais em Israel, perto da fronteira com a Cisjordânia ocupada, matando um homem e ferindo pelo menos outras cinco, duas das quais gravemente, em um evento classificado por autoridades israelenses como ataque terrorista.
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[2026-06-08 00:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attack comes as Donald Trump says he will not demand Lebanon is included in ceasefire deal
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[2026-06-08 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli army has killed at least nine people and injured dozens of others across the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to information gathered by Al Jazeera, as Egypt began hosting a new round of talks with leaders from Hamas and other Palestinian factions to salvage a US-brokered “ceasefire”.
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[2026-06-08 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jugadores de irán bajan del avión en Tijuana, México en donde tendrán su campamento durante la Copa Mundial, el domingo 7 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Gregory Bull)
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[2026-06-08 00:18 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel claimed it was attacking Hezbollah command centers in response to attacks on northern Israel
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[2026-06-08 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Ehsan Hajisafi, left, arrives with his teammates for the World Cup soccer tournament in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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[2026-06-07 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Anyone with evergreens in their yard probably knows the familiar feeling of putting their hand on the trunk and coming away with a sticky film on their fingers. This sticky stuff is better known as resin. Under the right conditions, tree resin hardens. Humans, like with so many natural substances, realized that resin could be made synthetically with a soup of petrochemicals.
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[2026-06-07 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-06-07 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Justice Minister Yariv Levin must cooperate with High Court of Justice President Isaac Amit on matters that require joint action by both parties, the court ruled on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that he is not demanding that Lebanon be a part of any peace deal with Iran in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" released on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US defence department has reportedly raised its assessment of the espionage threat posed by Israel to the highest category of “critical”, according to media reports citing American intelligence and defence officials.
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[2026-06-07 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The son of a British couple jailed in Iran has called for a prisoner exchange to be explored to secure their release, as the pair remain on hunger strike.
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[2026-06-07 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahieh, on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has told NBC News that a deal with Iran is "very close".
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[2026-06-07 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEL AVIV, Israel — A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship went on a shooting rampage in several towns in central Israel on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five others, according to Israeli police. The attacker was killed by police.
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[2026-06-07 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “O Lord, grant me the governorship of Jerusalem,” Turkey’s Interior Minister, Mustafa Ciftci, prayed during his period as governor of Corum and Erzurum, he proudly announced at a speech delivered to the AK Party Corum Provincial Advisory Council meeting on Saturday.
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[2026-06-07 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Iran's Fifa World Cup 2026 football team have landed in Mexico amid an ongoing row over visas and access to the stadiums in the US where they are to play.
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[2026-06-07 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Seven Opec+ oil producers have agreed to raise their July crude production target by 188,000 barrels per day, the fourth monthly increase, despite supply concerns and oil price volatility driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-06-07 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As negotiations between the US and Iran aimed at ending the conflict continue, President Donald Trump has tried to explain why his administration has been unable to finalise a peace deal.
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[2026-06-07 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ronen Siman-Tov – artist, architect, and lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, born (1959) and based in Jerusalem – is to open his solo exhibition “The Dread of Isaac” at the Jerusalem Artists’ House on June 6.
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[2026-06-07 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with his Iranian counterpart, Eskandar Momeni, on June 6. Naqvi had arrived in Tehran on Saturday. For Pakistan, this is an important new step in its goal of mediating a deal between the US and Iran.
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[2026-06-07 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Lebanese citizens were sentenced to 15 years in absentia over allegations they incited the Israeli military to attack Hezbollah targets, according to one of the individuals charged and comments made by a judicial source to Agence France-Presse.
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[2026-06-07 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday afternoon announced that the air force was attacking Hezbollah's stronghold of Dahiyeh in Beirut, after the terror group ignored the ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump on June 1.
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