Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-03 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NOTA DEL EDITOR: CONTENIDO GRÁFICO - Palestinos intentan apagar un coche en llamas tras un ataque militar israelí, el domingo 2 de agosto de 2026, en la ciudad de Gaza. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-08-03 09:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president said he had been asked by Iran as well as US partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to hold off on the new strikes
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[2026-08-03 09:16 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president said he had been asked by Iran as well as US partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to hold off on the new strikes
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[2026-08-03 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-03 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
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[2026-08-03 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-03 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic Republic to pursue a deal.
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[2026-08-03 08:18 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s holding off delivering new strikes on Iran, after Tehran and other Middle Eastern powers told him they’re working on an agreement that might quickly reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-03 07:49 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-08-03 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz stated his intention to appoint current IDF Manpower Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa as the new head of the IDF’s Central Command during a live interview with Channel 14’s “The Patriots” on Sunday night.
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[2026-08-03 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud discussed efforts to de-escalate regional tensions in a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart, the Saudi foreign ministry said on X.
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[2026-08-03 07:23 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 3 August 2026 7:23am
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[2026-08-03 07:20 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fuel excise cut, which was imposed after outbreak of Iran conflict, ended at midnight on Monday. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-08-03 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAIRO — US President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war.
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[2026-08-03 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dr Mazen Rantisi, a 71-year-old Palestinian physician popularly described as the “doctor of the poor”, says he has suffered physical abuse and medical neglect since Israeli authorities detained him more than a month ago, Haaretz reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-03 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers attacked the Armenian Church in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday evening, Wafa news agency reported.
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[2026-08-03 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The crew of an Iranian commercial ship that was hit in a Ukrainian attack and the body of a sailor killed in the incident have returned to Iran, according to Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency in a report on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the IDF continue carrying out targeted strikes against terrorist operatives in Gaza, officials at the White House and the Board of Peace are trying to preserve what they see as the Trump administration’s most ambitious diplomatic initiative: Hamas’s complete disarmament, the transfer of civilian governance to a technocratic Palestinian administration, the deployment of an international stabilization force, and the transformation of Gaza from a terrorist stronghold into a territory focused on reconstruction.
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[2026-08-03 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson,File)
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[2026-08-03 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dr Mazen Rantisi, a 71-year-old Palestinian physician popularly described as the “doctor of the poor”, says he has suffered physical abuse and medical neglect since Israeli authorities detained him more than a month ago, Haaretz reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 06:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 3 August 2026 6:04am
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[2026-08-03 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beersheba has joined a growing list of Israeli cities and communities whose residents are eligible to apply for personal firearm licenses, the National Security Ministry confirmed on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF confirmed on Sunday that Hezbollah terrorists were the ones who deployed an explosive device, which ended up wounding five Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-08-03 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel was meant to be involved in a major attack on Iran, United States officials told N12 News on Sunday, before US President Donald Trump decided to call it off after persuasion by Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-08-03 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Board of Peace (BoP) Director-General and High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov implied on Sunday that IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip are interfering with peace efforts.
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[2026-08-03 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The nominations for the Ophir Awards, presented by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television, were announced Sunday morning, prompting the perennial question: Has the academy finally chosen a movie that will earn an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature?
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[2026-08-03 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite an overall decline in public opinion on immigration, the issue remains stronger for US President Donald Trump than the economy or Iran, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
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[2026-08-03 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the memorandum of understanding signed in June with the US “will be the centre of gravity” of Iran’s “foreign relations in the future”.
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[2026-08-03 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least one Iranian soldier has been killed and another injured in clashes with armed men in the western border city of Marivan in Iran, Mehr News Agency reported.
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[2026-08-03 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister says negotiations with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are entering their “final stages”, as Tehran insists the vital waterway will never return to its pre-war status.
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[2026-08-03 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-03 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 3 Aug 2026 at 4:39am
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[2026-08-03 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: All high school students in Israel will begin learning English using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) lessons beginning in the next school year, the Education Ministry confirmed.
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[2026-08-03 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An-Nahar, Lebanon, July 23
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[2026-08-03 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest denouncing the IDF draft in northern Jerusalem blocked roads, including Shivtei Israel Street, and was considered disruptive, Israel Police announced on Sunday night.
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[2026-08-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The recent crisis in Ceuta cannot be understood merely as a migration episode. It is the visible expression of a much deeper transformation: the shifting strategic balance in the Western Mediterranean, where Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Israel, and the United States have become key players on the same geopolitical chessboard.
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[2026-08-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was prohibited from using crocodiles to secure terrorists in prisons by the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg met with Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday, ahead of the elections set for October 27. They stressed the importance of safeguarding the integrity of the electoral process.
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[2026-08-03 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall of Massive Attack (file photo)
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[2026-08-03 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is an antisemite hiding behind a fake smile, Israel's Consul-General in New York City, Ofir Akunis, accused in an interview with CBS News on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's negotiations with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, according to the IRNA news agency.
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[2026-08-03 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
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[2026-08-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Foxtrot Network, a European crime organization with ties to the Iranian regime, has recruited multiple teenagers to commit murder on its behalf, including against Israeli targets, the BBC reported on Saturday.
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[2026-08-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police found three high-powered pipe bombs in an open area near the train station in Ramallah, the police announced on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Six suspects were arrested after allegedly throwing rocks and spitting at the Armenian Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel Police announced on Sunday.
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[2026-08-03 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The latest death toll in Gaza has risen to at least 18 as Israeli continues to attack the territory, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-08-03 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince spoke to Donald Trump about the deepening crisis between Washington and Tehran, urging a renewed push for dialogue over further military escalation, hours before the United States president halted his latest attacks on Iran.
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[2026-08-03 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump, in a Saturday evening social media post, claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said that he would hold off on ordering new strikes in the five-month-old conflict for now.
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[2026-08-03 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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