Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-09 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Despite the severe shortages and devastation in Gaza, a handful of surfers in Gaza City continue to hold onto the sport they love.
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[2026-05-09 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt, April 26
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[2026-05-09 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States and Iran are reportedly inching toward an understanding that would trade billions in sanctions relief for limits on uranium enrichment and an end to the mutual blockades around the Strait of Hormuz. Such a deal would be a mistake.
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[2026-05-09 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese media reported that another Israeli strike hit an area south of Beirut on Saturday, only moments after two earlier strikes targeted the Saadiyat highway in the same region.
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[2026-05-09 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers forced a Palestinian family on Friday to exhume their father's body from a cemetery in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-09 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The road to Arab al-Aramshe on Israel’s northern border consists of a series of vertigo-inducing switchbacks. This is route 8993, and it winds around the hills that lead up to the border. The ravines here are steep, marked by rocky outcroppings and large caves, one of which, Keshet, is located near Kibbutz Adamit and features a natural arch.
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[2026-05-09 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Union crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib called for increased humanitarian access on Saturday, as aid struggles to reach areas in southern Lebanon hit by Israeli strikes.
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[2026-05-09 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers forced a Palestinian family on Friday to exhume their father's body from a cemetery in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-09 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Israeli strikes hit areas in Lebanon south of Beirut on Saturday in violation of the ceasefire with Israel, according to Lebanese media and AFP reports.
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[2026-05-09 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Kingdom will send a destroyer to the Middle East ahead of an international mission to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the defence ministry announced on Saturday.
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[2026-05-09 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The world's energy system will change in big ways as a result of the Iran war, the CEOs of key oil and gas companies told investors on their earnings calls over the past two weeks.
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[2026-05-09 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Un frágil alto el fuego parecía mantenerse el sábado después de que Estados Unidos atacó a dos petroleros iraníes, mientras Baréin, que alberga la sede regional de la Marina estadounidense, reportó la detención de decenas de personas que, según dijo, tenían vinculación con la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán.
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[2026-05-09 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: "It's $300. Sorry," the generator operator winced with an apologetic look as he handed over the receipt and did his monthly rounds collecting payments in Beirut's Achrafieh on Thursday.
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[2026-05-09 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain's government has arrested 41 individuals it claims are linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), labelling them as the “core” of an alleged terrorist network operating within the country.
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[2026-05-09 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements said Israel has allocated 1bn shekels ($345m) for the construction of "colonial" bypass roads on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-09 21:42 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The U.S. military on Friday said its forces struck and "disabled" two Iranian-flagged oil tankers to stop them pulling into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.
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[2026-05-09 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia offered Iran thousands of advanced drones built to bypass electronic jamming systems, along with training for attacks on US troops in the Middle East, according to a confidential intelligence document obtained and reviewed by The Economist.
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[2026-05-09 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SENATOR Win Gatchalian called for the immediate enactment of the “Ginhawa” measure, or the Granting Increase in Take-Home Pay for All Working Filipinos Act, to help Filipino workers – particularly those in the middle-income bracket – cope with rising costs driven by the Middle East crisis.
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[2026-05-09 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump told reporters in Washington that the ceasefire with Iran was holding. Trump also said Iran “trifled with us,” after the U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces.”
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[2026-05-09 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Gaza flotilla activists imprisoned by Israel are set to be released from detention, according to a rights group representing them.
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[2026-05-09 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Palestinian family was forced to remove a body from a grave near the settlement of Sha-Nur in the West Bank on Friday after local Israeli settlers began to dig it up, claiming the burial was too close to the Israeli settlement border.
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[2026-05-09 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A delegation from the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine warned European Union officials that current Israeli policies pose a serious threat to the survival of the historic Palestinian Christian presence in the region, Wafa news agency reported.
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[2026-05-09 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians and wounded 15 others over the past day, according to medical sources.
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[2026-05-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. is imposing sanctions on companies and individuals across the Middle East and China for allegedly helping Iran in its war efforts, the State Department said.
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[2026-05-09 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A UAE relief operation in support of Gaza has concluded after flying in more than 600 tonnes of food, medicine and other essential supplies for 150,000 people.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Much of the criticism directed at Israel goes far beyond policy to a question of legitimacy, challenging the idea that a long-dispersed people can reconstitute a sovereign state in its ancestral homeland. This shadows Israel in ways that shape the entire debate, setting it apart.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Al-Qard Al-Hasan Association, which works as Hezbollah's bank and funding source, resumed its operations on Saturday, according to a report by Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government of Bahrain arrested 41 individuals linked with the main Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the country, Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced on Saturday.
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[2026-05-09 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: ‘People change,” the press “agent” of the front organization for the terrorist group MEK wrote to me, trying to convince me – or himself – that he was not taking blood money for promoting these terror groups.
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[2026-05-09 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli bombing killed at least three people in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-09 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On 21 April, Germany, together with Italy, blocked a motion by Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement over Israel’s human rights violations, its genocidal war against Gaza, and settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-09 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The organisers of the Eurovision song contest have always maintained that they want to keep politics out of the event.
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[2026-05-09 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Al Hilal showed they were in top shape for a critical week in Saudi Arabian football by clinching the King’s Cup title.
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[2026-05-09 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant in Bushehr continues to function normally despite reports of renewed US-Iran military exchanges, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said.
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[2026-05-09 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
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[2026-05-09 19:04 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
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[2026-05-09 19:00 UTC+10:00] [History books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An erudite account of the foundation of the state and its subsequent moral and political decline
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[2026-05-09 18:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Visitantes disfrutan del pabellón del Vaticano “El oído es el ojo del alma”, en los místicos jardines de las Carmelitas Descalzas, durante la Bienal de Arte, en Venecia, Italia, el 6 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Luca Bruno)
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[2026-05-09 18:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-09 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strike hit the outskirts of Nabatieh, along with the towns of Aroun and Kfar Tibnit on Saturday, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-05-09 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior Israeli officials state that significant gaps still exist between the US and Iran, with the key question for Israel not just being what the Iranians are willing to offer to reach a deal and end the conflict, but how much US President Donald Trump is prepared to concede in order to achieve a diplomatic success.
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[2026-05-09 17:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los palestinos Tahseen Abu Assi (izquierda), Khalil Abu Jayyab (centro) y Abed Rahim Alostaz calientan antes de surfear en la playa en la Ciudad de Gaza, el 4 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-05-09 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The European Commission on Friday clarified rules on air passenger rights given possible fuel shortages and travel disruption amid conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-09 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s threats to end Iranian civilisation expose his ignorance of the country’s long history
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[2026-05-09 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Central Intelligence Agency] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s threats to end Iranian civilisation expose his ignorance of the country’s long history
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[2026-05-09 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The launch of Ras Al Khaimah's multi-billion dollar Wynn Al Marjan Island gaming resort will be delayed after "logistical and shipping challenges" caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-09 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli settlers have launched another wave of raids in the occupied West Bank, with houses and cars set on fire and a Palestinian child attacked.
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[2026-05-09 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping
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[2026-05-09 17:16 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping
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[2026-05-09 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The increasingly intractable conflict between the U.S. and Iran is revealing American military and strategic vulnerabilities — and offering important lessons to its biggest rival.
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