Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An exhibition of political cartoons about the exemption of the ultra-Orthodox from military service was vandalized on Monday ahead of the opening of the Animix International Animation, Cartoon and Comics Festival at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.
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[2026-08-05 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that there has been progress made in discussions with Iran and Oman on getting more ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but no final agreement has been reached.
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[2026-08-05 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai's population has rebounded since the start of the Iran war, with 157,000 more people living in the emirate compared with the start of the year.
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[2026-08-05 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Syria and Iraq have resumed direct flights to Russia, restoring air links that were suspended amid political upheaval in Damascus and the war in Iran, Russian media reported.
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[2026-08-05 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, Lebanon – Every year on August 4 since 2020, families of the victims of a massive explosion at Beirut port gather outside the site of what was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in modern history.
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[2026-08-05 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, told reporters at the state department on Tuesday that there had been "progress made in [Iran] talks, but not finality yet". He added: "We're hoping that will happen very shortly." US President Donald Trump said on Monday that this was the "last chance" for Iran to come to an agreement "before decapitation".
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[2026-08-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Blue Bird Airways will expand its Tel Aviv-Amsterdam service to four weekly flights beginning August 10, as airlines add capacity during one of the busiest periods of the Israeli travel season.
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[2026-08-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The steering committee on Tuesday approved the allocation of NIS 113 million to develop heritage sites for over 70 heritage sites across the West Bank as part of an initiative proposed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
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[2026-08-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts.
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[2026-08-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los cuerpos de miembros de las familias Hassayna y Abu Sharia, muertos en un ataque israelí en 2023 y recientemente recuperados de los escombros, están cubiertos con banderas palestinas durante su funeral en Gaza, el martes 4 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From US arms promises to EU sanctions and USMCA troubles, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in July 2026
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From US arms promises to EU sanctions and USMCA troubles, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in July 2026
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[2026-08-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ghulam Ali was 10 when he left Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion and spent four decades in Iran. Arrested in a purge last year, he was deported back alongside 14 family members. “I grew up there, worked there, buried my parents there,” he recently told a journalist. “But in the end, they threw us out like trash.
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[2026-08-04 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hundreds attended the funeral for the members of the Abu Sharia and Hassayna families
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[2026-08-04 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the United States and Iran could reach a deal this week to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, noting that the deal would be about "freedom of movement" in the crucial waterway.
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[2026-08-04 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: I’ve always enjoyed the restaurants in Beit Ticho, the historical home of the renowned late artist Anna Ticho. Although right in the center of downtown Jerusalem, Beit Ticho feels like an oasis from the noise and ongoing construction.
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[2026-08-04 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas will not change its mentality and "resisting the occupation is its holy mission," the terror group's spokesperson Ghazi Hamad claimed during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, broadcast on Monday.
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[2026-08-04 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The seventh round of direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon began in Rome on Tuesday, with Beirut demanding an end to Israeli actions that it says impede implementation of the framework agreed in Washington on June 26.
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[2026-08-04 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, all mediators in the truce in the Gaza Strip, on Monday strongly condemned ongoing Israeli violations.
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[2026-08-04 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members of a single clan killed in Israeli air strikes in November 2023, after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month.
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[2026-08-04 23:15 UTC+10:00] [Jordan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’
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[2026-08-04 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and Syria have revived their joint business council to boost trade and investment ties, as Damascus seeks Gulf capital to help rebuild an economy battered by years of civil war and sanctions.
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[2026-08-04 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-08-04 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Close to 270,000 Israeli citizens have left the country since 2023, marking the highest emigration levels in Israel's history, according to a new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University.
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[2026-08-04 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-backed Board of Peace has hardened the conditions for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza after its senior officials met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-04 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saint Levant has often cited fellow Palestinian rapper Shabjdeed as one of his heroes.
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[2026-08-04 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-backed Board of Peace has hardened the conditions for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza after its senior officials met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-04 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The unprecedented joint US-Saudi strikes on Iran-linked militias in Iraq last week have done more than raise the prospect of retaliation.
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[2026-08-04 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US could reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Wednesday, adding that this would stabilise energy prices.
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[2026-08-04 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Another fake ceasefire in progress? Or are we to believe it's for real this time? There's nothing on the ground-level at all that currently suggests the warring sides are imminently about to agree to a new ceasefire, or are so much as back at the negotiating table.
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[2026-08-04 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: S&P futures are trading at all time high with the latest push higher triggered by comments from Scott Bessent on CNBC who echoed Trump in saying that "we may have Iran deal tomorrow to open Hormuz" (or we may not). The Nasdaq also looks set to extend Monday’s gains: As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.4% to an all time high of 7655 and Nasdaq futures rise 1.1%, as Palantir soared 16% pre-market after upping its forecasts, while
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[2026-08-04 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A seventh round of United States-mediated talks has begun in the Italian capital with the aim of establishing new “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon from which Israeli forces will begin withdrawing, and the Lebanese army will assume control.
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[2026-08-04 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran denies US talks as Oman negotiations over Strait of Hormuz make progress
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[2026-08-04 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members of a single clan killed in Israeli air strikes in November 2023, after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month.
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[2026-08-04 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq has not paid July salaries to many public employees, with the country still struggling to close a fiscal gap due to plummeting oil revenue caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On July 8, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump had a face-to-face meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli undercover operatives recently busted a smuggling ring in Israel's South in a series of takedowns "along the [south]western border," the IDF and Israel Police announced in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An open-air fire broke out near Highway 6 in the Ben Shemen Forest area, prompting road closures in both directions on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-04 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Tuesday that they carried out a drone strike on a “sensitive target” at Najran Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-08-04 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran could reach a deal on Tuesday or Wednesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with freedom of movement for commercial ships, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview.
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[2026-08-04 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett announced on Tuesday the addition of four women to the B’Yachad Party’s Knesset slate, bringing the total number of female candidates on the list to 17 ahead of the elections.
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[2026-08-04 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An elderly woman was killed, and several pedestrians were injured in a bus accident on David Remez Street in Ashkelon on Tuesday afternoon.
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[2026-08-04 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claims that direct negotiations with Iran are under way, and has warned that the latest round is Tehran’s “last chance” to secure a deal to end the war.
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[2026-08-04 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon and Israel have begun a new round of US-sponsored direct talks in Rome, as Beirut seeks Israel's withdrawal from the south of the country.
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[2026-08-04 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: ON DISPLAY. An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is displayed during the inauguration of a new artillery plant of ammunition maker Rheinmetall, in Unterluess, Germany, on August 27, 2025.
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[2026-08-04 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer by volume, reported a 33% jump in second-quarter profits on Tuesday as the war-driven surge in Brent crude, which averaged $97 a barrel, boosted earnings. The company maintained export flows by redirecting crude around the disrupted Strait of Hormuz through its East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea.
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[2026-08-04 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Telegram on Tuesday that they hit a target at Saudi Arabia's Najran Airport.
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[2026-08-04 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three teenagers drifted into Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) near Tiberias and were unable to return to shore on Monday night, prompting a rescue by United Hatzalah.
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[2026-08-04 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The British chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement hosted a Summer School during which young participants chanted “we will crush Zionism” and “young people, rise up, our revolution is an Arab revolution”.
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