Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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
Snippet: In a time marked by constant stress, processed foods, and information overload, many seek a real way to achieve physical and emotional harmony. The Amchaye Health Retreat provides a special five-day program in Israel between 4/6 -31/5/2026, that blends cutting-edge medical insights, natural health practices, and spiritual depth in a supportive and positive setting.
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[2026-05-06 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday rejected rumors that Iran is using trained dolphins armed with explosives to block the Strait of Hormuz — but left the public wondering whether the US might have such a fantastical capability.
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[2026-05-06 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant, in Niles, Ill., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-05-06 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hundreds of workers in Google’s UK artificial intelligence division have voted to unionise over concerns that its technology is being used by the US to wage war on Iran and by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza.
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[2026-05-06 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: On April 24, the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors in Washington met in the Oval Office in the presence of US President Donald Trump. This was their second meeting, and Mr Trump’s interest perhaps indicated he saw an advantage in pushing for negotiations that drew attention away from his much-criticised war with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Araghchi will arrive on Wednesday and hold talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Beijing has announced
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[2026-05-05 23:55 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Araghchi will arrive on Wednesday and hold talks with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Beijing has announced
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[2026-05-05 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed on Tuesday received messages of support from Gulf leaders following Iran's renewed attacks on the UAE.
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[2026-05-05 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Central banks risk a global recession by raising interest rates in a bid to contain soaring energy costs, an analyst has said.
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[2026-05-05 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On April 19, The New York Times, citing two senior Hamas officials, reported that Hamas is prepared to hand over to the Palestinian administrative committee the thousands of automatic rifles and other weapons used by its police and internal security forces in Gaza.
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[2026-05-05 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As I complete my 10th visit to Israel in the last two and a half years, meeting with senior officials across defense, the IDF, intelligence, and security, I have had the opportunity to reflect on America’s national security interests in the region.
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[2026-05-05 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With oil prices soaring to multi-year highs, it was only a matter of time: Diamondback Energy, one of the largest shale oil producers, announced it is boosting crude output in response to rising prices caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-05 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-05-05 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, has called for the country's next government to be inclusive during meetings in Baghdad, before wrapping up a two-day visit to the capital on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman sharply criticized Israel’s repeated opening, closing, splitting, and transfer of government ministries in a report published Tuesday, warning that the country’s bloated and unstable government structure harms public service and costs hundreds of millions of shekels a year.
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[2026-05-05 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the fragile ceasefire with Iran is still in effect, one day after Tehran attacked U.S. forces and the commercial vessels they were protecting in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-05 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain says there is "no evidence" to support Israel's accusations against abducted Gaza flotilla activists.
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[2026-05-05 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Beijing on Tuesday, with a fragile US-Iran ceasefire appearing to hold after the most serious escalation since hostilities began.
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[2026-05-05 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States established a "red, white, and blue dome" over the Strait of Hormuz as a "gift from the US to the world," US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a press conference on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [West Coast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sightline Intelligence sent AI-supported tool to company that provides drones to Israeli military, research group says
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[2026-05-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US, Iran trade threats over Strait of Hormuz as attack on UAE condemned
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[2026-05-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the aftermath of Hungary’s recent elections, international commentary has once again rushed to interpret what the political shift means for Jews and for Israel.
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[2026-05-05 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An Israeli court has extended the detention of two Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla activists who were abducted by Israeli authorities last week, an Israeli rights group representing them says.
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[2026-05-05 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-05 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Luc Besson’s latest movie, June and John, playing in theaters throughout Israel, features the stunning visuals and whimsical style for which the director is known, yet it bogs down under a lazy, derivative premise and a cartoonish, clichéd script.
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[2026-05-05 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tehran introduced a new visa procedure on Sunday for Lebanese citizens seeking to enter Iran in response to Beirut’s decision to cancel a bilateral agreement that once allowed eased border procedures, the Iranian embassy to Lebanon confirmed
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[2026-05-05 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Monday are yet another example of how Iran is exploiting the recent conflict to target the UAE.
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[2026-05-05 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Pentagon addresses whether ceasefire over or violated: Caine says Iran's Monday operations were "all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point."
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[2026-05-05 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth insisted that the cease-fire with Iran is still intact despite a spike in hostilities from Tehran Monday.
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[2026-05-05 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Refocusing on key regional concerns, Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Dave Gomez says the 48th Asean Summit 2026 will center on pressing issues such as energy security and the Middle East crisis, alongside other urgent geopolitical and economic challenges facing Southeast Asia. Gomez told the media on Ma5, 2026 that the agenda was realigned under the initiative of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in the context of the State of National Energy Emergency, with austerity measures integrated into summit preparations to
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[2026-05-05 22:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that a US operation to protect commercial ships from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz is temporary, Washington is not looking for a fight and the ceasefire with Iran is still in effect.
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[2026-05-05 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After waging a war on the pretext of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the US and Israel have ignited a new arms race
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[2026-05-05 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After waging a war on the pretext of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the US and Israel have ignited a new arms race
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[2026-05-05 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Stock futures are higher, completely reversing yesterday's drop with dip-buyers out in force as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran held after a day of clashes and sentiment is helped by a pullback in oil prices, with Brent crude futures down 1.4% as well as the US move to return 22 Iranian crew from a seized vessel.
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[2026-05-05 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Pope Leo XIV] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican
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[2026-05-05 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Lech Poznan’s Ali Gholizadeh, left, challenges for the ball with Mainz’s Lee Jae-sung during the Europa Conference League soccer match between Lech Poznan and FSV Mainz 05 in Poznan, Poland, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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[2026-05-05 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A coalition of campaign groups have demanded that Mark Rowley, head of London's Metropolitan Police, retract a claim that pro-Palestine protest organisers repeatedly intended to include synagogues on their planned demonstration routes in London.
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[2026-05-05 22:13 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenLondon, England The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, speaks during a meeting with civic leaders to discuss tackling antisemitism, at Downing StreetPhotograph: WPA/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenAshkelon, Israel Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist, is escorted into court. Israeli authorities are expected to ask the court to extend the detention of two foreign activists, Avila and a Spanish national, Saif Abu Keshek, a rights group representing them said.
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[2026-05-05 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Lebanese army has arrested two people in Beirut's southern suburbs suspected of firing shots during a Hezbollah funeral, in a rare raid on the area.
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[2026-05-05 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: That Joseph Aoun is now widely nicknamed in Lebanon "the president of others on our land" - a reappropriation of his own description of resistance to Israel's aggression since the November 2024 ceasefire as "the war of others on our land" - is a measure of how thoroughly he has been delegitimised in the eyes of a significant portion of the public.
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[2026-05-05 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A coalition of campaign groups have demanded that Mark Rowley, head of London's Metropolitan Police, retract a claim that pro-Palestine protest organisers repeatedly intended to include synagogues on their planned demonstration routes in London.
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[2026-05-05 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military forces carried out at least 1,672 violations inside Syrian territory between August 2025 and May 2026, according to a report by a Syrian research and monitoring organisation.
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[2026-05-05 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The ceasefire in the Gulf is four weeks old and showing its age. The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put it in serious jeopardy. This is a dangerous moment.
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[2026-05-05 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump should send large amounts of weapons to Iranian civilians in order to spark a civil war in the country, Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the biggest cheerleaders of the US-Israeli war on Iran, has suggested.
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[2026-05-05 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump should send large amounts of weapons to Iranian civilians in order to spark a civil war in the country, Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the biggest cheerleaders of the US-Israeli war on Iran, has suggested.
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[2026-05-05 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ties within Western blocs are becoming increasingly strained, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has admitted, after he sparred with US President Donald Trump over the Iran war on several occasions.
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