Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-07 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel has attacked Beirut for the first time since it agreed to a ceasefire in the war with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, putting further pressure on a deal that has failed to stop the conflict.
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[2026-05-07 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announced he is pausing ‘Project Freedom’, the US effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz, so he can finalise a deal with Iran, but added that his blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Experts are dubious that time will work in Mr. Trump’s favor. The United States “can certainly do more damage to the Iranian economy, but they have withstood more pressure than any other economy in history, and that hasn’t produced the collapse of the regime or more reasonable positions,” said Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and director of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.
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[2026-05-07 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Jet fuel shortages threaten to disrupt summer travel as the loss of supplies from the Middle East ripples across Asia and Europe.
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[2026-05-07 05:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran, this Thursday, May 7.
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[2026-05-07 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The controversial but prolific pro-Iran AI videos resembling The Lego Movie show no sign of subsiding, yet the Denmark-based Lego Group has stayed silent on the issue.
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The arrival of the last oil tanker carrying crude from the Middle East to California this week has state lawmakers on edge, and an energy expert warning of a gas price “crisis.”
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: France has deployed its sole, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Middle East as part of a joint effort with the UK and Europe to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, military officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-07 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s interior ministry said authorities have arrested an unspecified number of people alleged to have “close links” to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with some facing espionage-related accusations.
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[2026-05-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Simon Watkins via oilprice.com,
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[2026-05-07 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A nearly 30-year-old oil tanker, Nasha, is being used by Iran to store approximately two million barrels of oil off the coast of Kharg Island as the US naval blockade entered its fourth week, according to a report from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI).
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[2026-05-07 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un buque portacontenedores anclado mientras un pequeño bote de motor pasa frente a él en el estrecho de Ormuz frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el sábado 2 de mayo de 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-05-07 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Former Appeal Court President Justice Mohamed Lafar Thahir who was appointed Consul General of Saudi Arabia was felicitated at the Al Mubarak Muslim National School in Malwana on Saturday.
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[2026-05-07 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A senior officer in Gaza’s Interior Ministry has been killed in an Israeli air strike, according to Palestinian medics and Hamas sources.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A photograph appearing to show an Israeli soldier placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon has sparked outrage online.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A photograph appearing to show an Israeli soldier placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon has sparked outrage online.
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States and Iran are closing in on a one-page memo to end their war, a Pakistani source involved in the peace efforts told Reuters yesterday (6), confirming an Axios report citing two US officials.
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[2026-05-07 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a controversial TikTok video in which he declares he “dreams” of nooses, co-opting the viral "I know I should sleep, but the voices in my head go…" trend to glorify the recently passed death penalty law.
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[2026-05-07 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed a senior officer in the Palestinian interior ministry, according to health officials.
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[2026-05-07 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Long after the Iran war is just a bookmark in the history books, one distinct consequence will persist: much of the world, at least the part that does not fall under the Chinese sphere of influence, will do everything it can to avoid the Strait of Hormuz and failing that, have a Plan B.
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[2026-05-07 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-07 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US forces attacked an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a Wednesday statement.
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[2026-05-07 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic regime tortured and mistreated prisoners ahead of their execution on Saturday, according to letters and recorded phone calls shared with The Jerusalem Post by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are sinking and stock markets are bursting higher worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow ships to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf once again to their customers.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Dubai is facing an existential crisis with the US and Israeli war on Iran forcing tourism numbers to fall sharply, with widespread hotel closures and job losses decimating the global tourism hotspots' hospitality sector.
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[2026-05-07 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A report that Iran and the US were inching closer to a peace deal sent oil prices plunging and stock indexes soaring, as some traders claimed that the false starts were starting to smell of market manipulation.
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[2026-05-07 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least two people have been killed and another wounded in an Israeli strike targeting a house in the town of Khirbet Selm in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-07 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
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[2026-05-07 04:55 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
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[2026-05-07 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El músico Alexey Khovalyg actúa en el pabellón de Rusia de la Bienal de Arte de Venecia 2026, Italia, el martes 5 de mayo de 2026. (Foto AP/Luca Bruno)
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[2026-05-07 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket
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[2026-05-07 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said one soldier was wounded earlier on Wednesday “as a result of an explosive drone impact”.
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[2026-05-07 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has called on member states to oppose a draft resolution backed by the US and Gulf allies that pressures Tehran to guarantee safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-07 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Major-General Avi Bluth, the Israeli commander with responsibility for the occupied West Bank, had not known his comments would be leaked when he boasted of the success of Israel’s policies in the occupied territory.
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[2026-05-07 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-07 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the strike targeting a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in Beirut.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: America’s greatest asset has always been its people – a multinational tapestry forged by immigrants who brought skills, languages, and unyielding patriotism. In an era of complex international commitments – containing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, proxy networks, and threats to allies and global shipping – America should harness the unique advantages of first- and second-generation immigrants.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel, announced on Tuesday that he is joining politics ahead of the upcoming elections, taking a far-right stance and calling for Israeli annexation of the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-05-07 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A major fire broke out at the Arghavan shopping centre, west of the capital. The blaze swept through the complex sending thick black smoke across the surrounding area. The centre included more than 250 shops and around 50 offices. State television reported on Wednesday that 36 people were injured in the fire, and officials warned the toll could rise.
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[2026-05-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he was not surprised by the recent developments in the negotiations between the US and Iran and that there is "full coordination" between the US and Israel.
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[2026-05-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday night said they had ordered the IDF to try to assassinate Hezbollah's Radwan special forces commander in Beirut.
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