Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-04 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Thursday that as long as Lebanese villages were being bombed and people were being killed, northern Israel would not be safe.
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[2026-06-04 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In a joint statement released after a fourth round of U.S.-mediated talks at the State Department, the two sides said the ceasefire “is contingent on a complete cessation of Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of all Hezbollah operatives” from areas south of the Litani River, which is roughly 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the northern Israel-Lebanon border.
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[2026-06-04 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are weaker, dragged lower by Tech after a disappointing outlook from Broadcom triggered doubts that the blistering rally in technology shares had gone too far, a move exacerbated by euphoric positioning. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures dropped 0.4%, while Nasdaq futures slumped 1.2%. Broadcom, which added around $150 billion in market value just this week, slumped 13% in US premarket trading after its forecast for artificial-intelligence semiconductor revenue in the current quarter fell short of expectations.
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[2026-06-04 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump condemned a vote in the US House seeking to order the withdrawal of American troops from the Iran war, suggesting the "unpatriotic" move disrupted negotiations with Tehran.
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[2026-06-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group "unpatriotic".
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[2026-06-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a major expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as he pushes to annex more of the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-06-04 22:04 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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[2026-06-04 21:57 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President attacks lawmakers as ‘unpatriotic’ after vote to block him from continuing war in Iran
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[2026-06-04 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A high-pressure acid leach (HPAL) smelter run by Harita Nickel on Obi island, Indonesia. HPAL smelters process nickel ore into materials for electric vehicle batteries. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)
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[2026-06-04 21:51 UTC+10:00] [Estreito de Ormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A guerra dos Estados Unidos e de Israel contra o Irã está prestes a completar 100 dias em meio a negociações para encerrar o conflito e ao aumento da pressão do Congresso americano sob o presidente Donald Trump.
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[2026-06-04 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump in an early Thursday morning Truth Social post has said the United States is "in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War" - while blasting the Republicans who voted the night prior to limit war powers "GRANDSTANDERS" and "unpatriotic".
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[2026-06-04 21:46 UTC+10:00] [Moçambique] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Uma denúncia pública de um paciente sobre a alegada administração de medicamentos fora de prazo, no distrito de Chibuto, na província de Gaza, veio intensificar as dúvidas e críticas sobre a qualidade dos serviços prestados pelo Sistema Nacional de Saúde. E junta-se às inúmeras denúncias da Associação dos Profissionais de Saúde Unidos de Moçambique (APSUM).
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[2026-06-04 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities are seeking to recruit ultranationalists and settlers into police units deployed at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a report by Haaretz.
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[2026-06-04 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that an agreement on implementing a ceasefire announced in Washington after talks with Israel was the "last chance" to reach a comprehensive truce.
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[2026-06-04 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s pound has held near 89,500 to the dollar even as war drains the country’s reserves, damages infrastructure, and pushes an already exhausted economy deeper into uncertainty.
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[2026-06-04 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Damascus has created a new Tourism Police Unit, responsible for the security of visitors in the country, as part of plans to bolster Syria’s reviving hospitality industry, Syrian Tourism Minister Mazen Al Salhani announced at the Syria Private Sector Dialogue summit in Damascus earlier this week, according to The National.
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[2026-06-04 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-06-04 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The head of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that Israel must pull back from its current front lines in Lebanon to pre-war positions.
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[2026-06-04 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-04 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least 11 Palestinians have been killed, including women and children, and dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes across Gaza City, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
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[2026-06-04 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Director, illustrator and author Marjane Satrapi poses for photographers as she arrives to present the movie “La Bande des Jotas” at the 7th edition of the Rome International Film Festival in Rome, on Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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[2026-06-04 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In recent weeks, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has shown the world a version of “modern Israel” it had preferred not to see.
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[2026-06-04 20:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Vice foreign ministers of South Korea and New Zealand met in Seoul on Thursday and discussed ways to boost cooperation in energy and other fields of mutual interest amid the conflict in the Middle East, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-06-04 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Welcome back. In the news today: The House for the first time approves a war powers resolution that would halt military action against Iran; the AP finds dozens of kids who were separated from family under the Trump administration faced separation again; and a UN report says that the environmental footprint of AI and data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries.
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[2026-06-04 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The British government has said Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's holy sites "must be respected" in a statement to Middle East Eye.
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[2026-06-04 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Residents in Lebanon’s capital expressed cautious scepticism Thursday following the extension of a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel brokered by the U.S.
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[2026-06-04 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution aimed at making it impossible for US President Donald Trump to take further military action against Iran without the approval of Congress.
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[2026-06-04 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For much of the time since the Gaza war began in October 2023, the tarmac at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport was almost empty.
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[2026-06-04 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pussy Riot and FEMEN activists protest Russia’s presence after its absence following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian pavilion at the 2026 Art Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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[2026-06-04 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice unanimously accepted a petition on Wednesday against the state’s sweeping ban on visits by the International Committee of the Red Cross to security prisoners and detainees held in Israel Prison Service and IDF facilities, ruling that the policy was unlawful and must be canceled.
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[2026-06-04 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On Tuesday, David Barnea completed his astounding five-year term as Mossad chief during which he transformed the spy agency from a unit that carried out one or two operations in the shadows at a time, to a juggernaut which could influence the course of war and peace on multiple Middle Eastern fronts: from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, to protecting Jews from terrorism overseas.
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[2026-06-04 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States House of Representatives has voted in favour of measures to halt President Donald Trump’s war on Iran as the conflict drags into a fourth month and both sides remain at loggerheads in peace negotiations.
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[2026-06-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 24th Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance began on Thursday with a new route toward the Knesset.
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[2026-06-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces plunging support in the electorally vital north, where Hezbollah rocket fire has been heaviest, a new poll has shown, putting pressure on him to take a more hawkish stance as elections loom.
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[2026-06-04 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF on Thursday morning disclosed that recently the personal command vehicle of the IDF Northern Command Chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo was struck by a Hezbollah drone while he was visiting sub-commanders in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-06-04 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Germany failed to secure a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul suggesting that Berlin’s support for Israel may have cost the country crucial votes.
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[2026-06-04 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Vice foreign ministers of South Korea and New Zealand met in Seoul on Thursday and discussed ways to boost cooperation in energy and other fields of mutual interest amid the conflict in the Middle East, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-06-04 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Beirut/Tel Aviv1:04 p.m. June 4
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[2026-06-04 19:44 UTC+10:00] [Australian foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign affairs minister says her position is to ‘always believe women’ when sexual assault allegations are made
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[2026-06-04 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinos caminan entre edificios destruidos en Ciudad de Gaza, el miércoles 3 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-06-04 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Yazidi woman has alleged she shared a bedroom with a woman accused of enslaving her in Syria and was repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman’s father, police told a court on Thursday.
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[2026-06-04 19:36 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 19:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-04 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a message on Thursday that Iran's enemies, having been defeated on the battlefield, were now seeking to undermine public resilience and sow internal divisions.
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[2026-06-04 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A UN peacekeeper in Lebanon died on Thursday from wounds sustained when mortar shells hit his position near Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon late the previous night, the UN peacekeeping mission Unifil said.
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[2026-06-04 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s national football team intensified their preparations on Wednesday ahead of FIFA World Cup, holding an energetic training session in Antalya, Turkey as excitement builds across their country ahead of the tournament. (AP Video by Khalil Hamra)
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[2026-06-04 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians walk between destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-06-04 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Scientists have unearthed the origins of one of the Middle East’s great rivers, the Euphrates, which is closely tied to the development of civilisation in the region.
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[2026-06-04 18:50 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The country’s defence minister said the IDF will not withdraw from southern Lebanon and will not allow the ‘return of the population’
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[2026-06-04 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the riot and said law enforcement must apply the full force of the law against the rioters. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Defense Minister Israel Katz, the Judiciary, the national judges’ representative body, and political figures from across the spectrum also condemned the attack.
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