Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-06 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that a South Korean-operated cargo ship was "shot at" by Iran earlier this week after deciding to "go it alone."
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[2026-05-06 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-06 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump commented briefly on Washington’s role in the US-Israeli war on Iran while signing a proclamation on children’s physical fitness at the Oval Office in Washington, DC.
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[2026-05-06 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: ‘Iran remains committed to ceasefire’: Analyst blames US blockade, UAE ‘puppet’ role in Hormuz
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[2026-05-06 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Four Palestine Action activists were convicted Tuesday of breaking into an Israeli defense factory in the U.K. and smashing equipment with sledgehammers and crowbars.
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[2026-05-06 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz has become a ghost town, er strait, with traffic grinding to a complete halt as no new commercial ship crossings were recorded despite a US effort to guide vessels through the waterway, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-05-06 02:42 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Activist’s latest arrest was in December and she has recently had two suspected heart attacks in prison
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[2026-05-06 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Israeli war on Iran has caused only “minimal damage” to Iran’s nuclear programme, meaning that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, according to a US intelligence assessment reported by Reuters.
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[2026-05-06 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A proposed United Nations Security Council resolution backed by the US and Gulf states warns Iran that it could face sanctions or further measures if it does not restore freedom of navigation and reveal the location of sea mines in and around the strategic waterway.
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[2026-05-06 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Long-term UK borrowing costs have reached their highest level since 1998 as the Iran war continues and concerns rise over political uncertainty in the lead-up to local and national elections.
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[2026-05-06 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has promised to continue taking “decisive” action against people it accuses of working for foreign interests as it reports more executions and asset seizures.
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[2026-05-06 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Jon Rahm hace el tee en el 18vo hoyo durante la última del torneo de LIV Golf en Club de Golf Chapultepec en Naucalpan, México, el 19 de abril de 2026. (Charles Laberge/LIV Golf vía AP)
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Asio Technologies is at the forefront of transforming Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) with its groundbreaking innovations in tactical defense.
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yoram Cohen joined the Yashar! party list ahead of the upcoming elections, Yashar! leader Gadi Eisenkot announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara told the High Court of Justice on Monday that the government’s appointments to the Second Authority Council should be canceled and returned for renewed review, arguing that the process was tainted by serious legal flaws.
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday extended the detention of two foreign activists taken into Israeli custody after Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla, allowing authorities to continue questioning them until Sunday morning.
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A New York Times photographer working in Gaza was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for photography for pictures taken during the war with Israel there.
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[2026-05-06 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post embedded with the IDF for a visit to both Naqoura and an IDF position in the Ras al-Bayada region, reaching around 10 kilometers deep into southern Lebanon, all on the coast.
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[2026-05-06 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has launched missiles into the UAE for a second day in a row, the Emirati defence ministry said on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump was not “pulled in” to the war on Iran by Israel, but chose to attack the Islamic Republic based on his ‘America First’ policy, War Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed in a Pentagon press briefing on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump was not “pulled in” to the war on Iran by Israel, but chose to attack the Islamic Republic based on his ‘America First’ policy, War Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed in a Pentagon press briefing on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli court has extended the detention of two activists from a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla who were seized by Israeli forces last week near Greece.
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[2026-05-06 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Captain Jon Rahm, right, of Legion XIII, greets fans as he walks to the sixth tee during the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City at Club de Golf Chapultepec on Sunday, April 19, 2026 in Naucalpan, Mexico. (Photo by Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via AP)
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[2026-05-06 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Dozens of tanker trucks carrying Iraqi oil began crossing into Syria on Monday through the recently reopened Rabia–Yarubiyah border gate, marking the revival of a strategic overland route for energy exports as regional tensions continue to disrupt maritime shipping.
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[2026-05-06 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have carried out new attacks across southern Lebanon, launching three air strikes on al-Sayyad and al-Mansouri in the Tyre district, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-06 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-05-06 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-05-06 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ferrari shares fell as much as 3% in Milan after first-quarter results showed stronger-than-expected profit and cash flow, but the beat was overshadowed by a plunge in deliveries in the Middle East, as the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted shipments to one of the luxury automaker's key markets.
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[2026-05-06 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Somali terror groups may seek to acquire legitimacy and join the Islamic regime’s axis through attacking American and Israeli interests along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, experts warned The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-05-06 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's children and youth saw a sharp increase in mental health struggles since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, according to the annual report of Israel's National Council for the Child, published last week.
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[2026-05-06 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States is "not looking for a fight" over the Strait of Hormuz and its ceasefire with Iran still holds, but any attack on commercial shipping will be met with a "devastating" response, the Pentagon chief said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-05-06 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A UK court has convicted four pro-Palestinian activists of criminal damage after a 2024 action targeting a facility operated by Israeli military technology company Elbit.
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[2026-05-06 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has told Middle East Eye that his forces are prepared to defend their nation after drones allegedly launched from Ethiopia struck Khartoum airport five times on Monday.
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[2026-05-06 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is bracing for a “frank” conversation with Pope Leo XIV when Rubio heads to Rome later this week after friction between the Bishop of Rome and President Trump over immigration and the US war with Iran, the American ambassador to the Holy See said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-06 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The latest conspiracy theory involves the president’s son and a book written in the 19th century. It’s yet another distraction from the war on Iran, the rising cost of living and the Epstein files
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[2026-05-06 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: ‘It will be a movie about bereavement and redemption,” said Avi Nesher, one of Israel’s leading directors, about his upcoming project, a screen adaptation of the book Sons and Soldiers by Bruce Henderson.
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[2026-05-06 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Pentagon briefing: Hegseth defends Hormuz mission, says US-Iran ceasefire intact
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[2026-05-06 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has come under Iranian fire again as missiles and drones were detected over the sky on Tuesday morning, the country’s ministry of defense said.
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[2026-05-06 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The hubris of Iran's leadership will prevent it from reaching a deal despite its disadvantageous position, INSS Iran researcher Beni Sabti said, arguing that Israel and the US have exhausted all options and should return to war.
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[2026-05-06 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi’s lawyers threatened Tuesday to petition the High Court of Justice if Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara indicts him before examining their claims of serious problems in the investigation.
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[2026-05-06 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial is expected to resume on Tuesday afternoon, after another round of last-minute requests regarding the timing of his testimony, this time again tied to what his defense described as an urgent security-diplomatic schedule.
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[2026-05-06 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has appointed a settler and close ally of far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich as head of the Israel Land Authority, the government body responsible for allocating and managing state land, including occupied West Bank settlements.
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[2026-05-06 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday its air defences were engaging missiles and drones coming from Iran for the second day in a row, weeks into a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
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[2026-05-06 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A UK court has found four Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage charges following a break-in at an Israeli-owned arms factory.
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[2026-05-06 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Physical oil shortages could begin to emerge worldwide within weeks due to the Middle East war and continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth has warned.
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[2026-05-06 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Physical oil shortages could begin to emerge worldwide within weeks due to the Middle East war and continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth has warned.
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[2026-05-06 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A new map featuring two red lines stretching beyond the Strait of Hormuz has become the latest symbol of the escalating war of attrition between Iran and the US.
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[2026-05-06 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of criminal damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.
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[2026-05-06 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
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