Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-06 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Syria’s Ministry of Interior said on May 5 that they had dismantled a Hezbollah-linked cell. Syria posted images of the raids, showing how important Damascus takes this development. Syrian statement media noted that “Syria’s Interior Ministry announced Tuesday it had foiled a large-scale terrorist plot and dismantled a cell linked to Hezbollah militia that was planning to destabilize the country.”
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[2026-05-06 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beginning on Thursday, the time required to reach a shelter from the onset of a siren will be extended for several communities in northern Israel, the IDF announced.
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[2026-05-06 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz will be ensured as the United States threats end and with new procedures in place, the navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, after the US said it was pausing operations to help stranded ships pass through the waterway.
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[2026-05-06 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Last week, the White House’s official rapid response account on X posted a graphic from a pro-Israel think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), alongside text falsely claiming that Tehran’s uranium enrichment accelerated due to the loosening of sanctions under former United States President Joe Biden.
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[2026-05-06 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A fire broke out on Tuesday in a multi-storey commercial building in Andisheh, located in Iran’s Tehran province, killing at least eight people and injuring 41 others.
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[2026-05-06 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices slumped more than 10 per cent on Wednesday after reports that the US and Iran are nearing a deal to end the war that has strangled a fifth of global oil and gas supplies.
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[2026-05-06 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are up big this morning and making fresh all time highs, led by tech companies, while oil prices and bond yields fell sharply on optimism that the US and Iran are nearing a peace deal. As of 8:00am Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.7% while those for the S&P 500 gained 1%, with both gauges set to build on record highs.
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[2026-05-06 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una estudiante arropada con una bandera israelí escucha a manifestantes propalestinos en la Universidad de Texas en Austin, el 30 de abril del 2024. (AP foto/Eric Gay)
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[2026-05-06 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post Wednesday morning it is “too soon” to start thinking about face-to-face peace talks between the US and Iran, despite optimistic reports the two nations were closing in on a potential framework to end their 67-day war.
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[2026-05-06 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd as he arrives to celebrate a Holy Mass at Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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[2026-05-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – On Monday morning, the United States Navy began escorting commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. By Tuesday afternoon, the operation had been paused.
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[2026-05-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mehdi Taj, who turned back from Canadian border over ‘disrespectful treatment’, says the assurance is needed for the team to take part
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[2026-05-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mehdi Taj, who turned back from Canadian border over ‘disrespectful treatment’, says the assurance is needed for the team to take part
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[2026-05-06 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said that Iran will be bombed "at a much higher level" if they don't agree to a peace deal.
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[2026-05-06 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A majority of Jewish Israelis think ending the war with Iran under current conditions is against their country’s interests, widening a rift with an international community favouring a permanent ceasefire.
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[2026-05-06 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman places a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-05-06 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A British court has convicted four members of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action over a 2024 raid on an Israeli-linked defense facility in Bristol, which they suspected was supplying the Israeli military with arms. The case has caused debate over the UK’s role in Israel’s campaign in Gaza, which led to widespread destruction and thousands of civilian casualties.
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[2026-05-06 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A British court has convicted four members of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action over a 2024 raid on an Israeli-linked defense facility in Bristol, which they suspected was supplying the Israeli military with arms.
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[2026-05-06 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US should hold Israel to the same standards as other countries and end its decades-long ambiguity over Israel’s secretive nuclear capabilities, a group of 30 House Democrats has said.
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[2026-05-06 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported fresh Israeli killings of three people and the retrieval of one more body over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-05-06 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian ambassador to the UK has formally complained to the UK Foreign Office over the "erasure" of the word Palestine from exhibits at the British Museum.
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[2026-05-06 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC) said on Wednesday that with US threats coming to an end, "safe and stable" transit through the Strait of Hormuz will be ensured.
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[2026-05-06 21:25 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-06 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian air strikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 US structures or equipments across the region since the start of the war in late February, the Washington Post reported.
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[2026-05-06 21:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held phone talks with his Jordanian counterpart Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East and bilateral relations, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-05-06 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hormuz 'bottleneck' puts uneven pressure on Gulf economies and global oil
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[2026-05-06 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HONG KONG (AP) — China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus following talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-06 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In recent weeks, two incidents have forced themselves upon our attention. A soldier in Lebanon was filmed destroying a statue of Jesus. A nun was assaulted near the Cenacle on Mount Zion, beside the place Christians hold as the site of the Last Supper, steps from the traditional Tomb of King David.
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[2026-05-06 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The past two and a half years have been challenging for the aviation industry in Israel. During the Swords of Iron War, virtually all international airlines—including the large American carriers—stopped flying to Israel. Many carriers were concerned that ballistic missiles hurtling through the air could strike an airliner or damage Ben Gurion Airport.
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[2026-05-06 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The jury has resigned, EU funding has been cut, there’s no Golden Lion prize. One curator says: ‘You can’t be neutral when people are dying’
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[2026-05-06 21:15 UTC+10:00] [Venice Biennale] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The jury has resigned, EU funding has been cut, there’s no Golden Lion prize. One curator says: ‘You can’t be neutral when people are dying’
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[2026-05-06 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Four Australian women and nine children linked to ISIS have left Syria's Al Roj camp and are set to arrive in Australia where they could face arrest and charges.
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[2026-05-06 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-06 21:03 UTC+10:00] [Belgian politics] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Belgium are under renewed pressure after Donald Trump’s envoy lashed out over plans to prosecute two Jewish men who perform ritual circumcisions.
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[2026-05-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed with prosecutor Yehudit Tirosh on Wednesday during his testimony in Case 4000, as the cross-examination returned to Walla’s coverage of him and his Likud campaign during the final days of the 2015 election.
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[2026-05-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Beersheba District Court is set to hear an appeal Wednesday afternoon against the detention extension of two foreign activists taken into Israeli custody after Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla last week.
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[2026-05-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Damascus thwarted a plot by a Hezbollah-affiliated cell to assassinate government officials, the Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday night.
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[2026-05-06 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Department of Homeland Security identified the US-Israeli war with Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration at a White House reporters' gala last month, according to an intelligence report sent to state and local law enforcement nationwide and other federal agencies.
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[2026-05-06 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said Washington will temporarily halt a military operation aimed at guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing a potential breakthrough in a deal with Iran.
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[2026-05-06 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attacks targeting Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Wednesday killed four, including two women and an elderly man, the country's state media reported.
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[2026-05-06 20:43 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lutnick has acknowledged he visited Epstein’s island with his family in 2012 after earlier claiming he severed ties in 2005
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[2026-05-06 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The new sound of war on Israel’s northern front is not the roar of a fighter jet, nor the launch signature of a ballistic missile. Rather, it is the hum of fibre-optic drones: cheap enough to lose, precise enough to matter, and difficult enough to jam that they expose a doctrinal gap in the Israeli military.
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[2026-05-06 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-06 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-06 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has officially launched a new mechanism to oversee maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz amid a lingering standoff with the US over the strategic waterway, state outlet Press TV reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has officially launched a new mechanism to oversee maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz amid a lingering standoff with the US over the strategic waterway, state outlet Press TV reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 20:18 UTC+10:00] [Southeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-06 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli air attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least six people and wounded three others, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported, in violation of the ceasefire brokered by the United States last month.
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[2026-05-06 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel will begin supplying jet fuel to Germany following a recent request received by the Energy Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFA) announced in a X/Twitter post on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
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 on Wednesday, confirming an Axios report citing two US officials.
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