Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-05 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UAE nurseries, schools and universities will switch to distance learning for the remainder of the week as a safety measure, following renewed Iranian attacks on the country.
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[2026-05-05 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have ordered all schools to switch to remote learning as regional tensions intensify. The situation will be reviewed on 8 May, authorities said.
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[2026-05-05 04:05 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-05 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, laid out in a Tuesday interview with The Jerusalem Post Kyiv’s growing frustration over the alleged import of grain taken from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories - and the diplomatic and legal battle now unfolding in Israel.
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[2026-05-05 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Israelis, dressed in the olive green uniforms similar to soldiers, peer around the side of a beige-colored building. They each hold rifles as they scan for enemies. Then they advance, enveloping the side the of the building until they reach the end of one wall and have to peer around to check their surroundings.
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[2026-05-05 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite an Iranian attack on the United Arab Emirates and Oman on Monday night, a senior IDF official said that there was still no change to Israel’s home front rules.
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[2026-05-05 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number of people killed in Israel’s war on Lebanon since 2 March has climbed to 2,696, with 8,264 others wounded, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-05 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In 1916, as the Ottoman Empire began to collapse, the British and French foreign ministers secretly sat down with a pencil and ruler, drawing lines across the map of the Middle East, dividing its Ottoman territories into British and French spheres of influence.
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[2026-05-05 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 4 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran has taken shots at a South Korean cargo ship and other targets, noting that it is time for Seoul to participate in a mission to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-05 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIRUT (AP) — Una rama de la Iglesia católica manifestó su profunda preocupación el lunes por informes de que Israel estaba demoliendo edificios civiles y religiosos en partes del sur del Líbano bajo su control, tras denuncias de que un convento había sido arrasado con excavadoras.
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[2026-05-05 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Familias de refugiados palestinos que han llegado a Italia desde Gaza visitan las Termas de Caracalla en Roma, organizado por la asociación “Guías para Gaza”, el domingo 3 de mayo de 2026. (Foto AP/Andrew Medichini)
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One day last month, my son came home with a long face. Like most of his peers, he had just attended his high school’s Remembrance Day ceremony. He was devastated. Every year, the names of graduates killed in service are read aloud. His school is a young one, such that before October 7, 2023, there were “only” two names on the list.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Noam Bettan, Israel’s 2026 Eurovision contestant, sailed through his first rehearsal on Sunday of the song, “Michelle,” at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, along with his five backup dancers, and still found time to pose for a photo with Boy George, the former frontman of the iconic Culture Club band.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel measuring approximately 30 meters in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new Druze party named Alliance of Brothers was established on Monday ahead of the upcoming elections, aiming to provide independent representation for the Druze community in the Knesset.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump threatened that Iran would be "blown off the face of the Earth" if US vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz during an interview with FOX News on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Explosion followed by fire reported on S. Korean vessel in Strait of Hormuz: foreign ministry
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[2026-05-05 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has said Tehran has the right to control activity in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the ISNA.
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[2026-05-05 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s oil industry tore into Democratic leadership on Monday after the last oil tanker arrived in the state, carrying fuel from the Middle East.
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[2026-05-05 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Police are investigating a pro-Palestinian group's social media post depicting Jewish actress Maureen Lipman with devil horns and a pitchfork.
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[2026-05-05 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany is moving naval assets closer to the Middle East as it prepares to intervene in the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-05-05 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Iranian missile and drone strikes, describing them as a dangerous escalation.
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[2026-05-05 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-05 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of Republican senators is drafting plans for a potential officially authorise a war against Iran if US strikes resume, according to a report by Semafor.
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[2026-05-05 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guards denied on Monday that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, after the US military earlier said two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway.
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[2026-05-05 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US stock market pulled back from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jump with uncertainty about when oil tankers can resume crossing the Strait of Hormuz and restore the world’s flow of crude. Escalations in the Middle East are heightening tensions in the war with Iran and may be undermining a ceasefire.
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[2026-05-05 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Jordanian air raids on southern Syria are targeting a new breed of drug smuggler that emerged after the fall of Bashar Al Assad and reactivated the cross-border trade of Captagon using advanced balloon technology, sources say.
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[2026-05-05 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-05 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It was an unusually dramatic gathering. The chief of staff convened all senior officers from the rank of lieutenant colonel and above, both active duty and reserve, for what the military calls a “wake-up talk.”
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[2026-05-05 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Monday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to update the court by Thursday on when he intends to convene the Judicial Selection Committee to fill vacancies in the magistrates’ and district courts, leaving the petition against him alive despite his partial plan to move ahead with some lower-court appointments.
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[2026-05-05 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the early days of the US-Israel war on Iran, 68% of “connected” American Jews - those with ties to American Jewish institutions - supported the war, according to a poll taken by an Israeli public affairs institute.
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[2026-05-05 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Finland’s parliament has rejected a citizens’ initiative that aimed to restrict weapons purchases from Israel, voting it down with a large majority.
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[2026-05-05 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIRUT (AP) — A branch of the Catholic church expressed deep concern Monday over reports that Israel was demolishing civilian and religious buildings in parts of southern Lebanon under its control, following allegations that a convent had been bulldozed.
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[2026-05-05 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has unexpectedly found a new critic in his former supporter Tucker Carlson, who has taken issue with the ongoing war in Iran. But Ana Navarro and the hosts of The View are skeptical about his recent change of heart.
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[2026-05-05 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US lawmakers have intensified efforts to strip President Donald Trump of the authority to continue the Iran war launched by the US and Israel in February, after the 60-day deadline for military operations without congressional approval expired on May 1.
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[2026-05-05 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US lawmakers have intensified efforts to strip President Donald Trump of the authority to continue the Iran war launched by the US and Israel in February, after the 60-day deadline for military operations without congressional approval expired on May 1.
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[2026-05-05 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza flotilla] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alice Chapman and Zak Khan say they were beaten, kicked and spat on after detention near Crete last week
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[2026-05-05 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Prosecutors in Rome have opened an abduction investigation after Israeli forces intercepted 22 boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near Crete, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
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[2026-05-05 01:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused China of “funding the largest state sponsor of terrorism”, referring to Iran, saying that Beijing should help Washington in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-05 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has said its air defences are engaging with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran.
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[2026-05-05 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A fire has broken out in an Emirati petroleum industrial site following a drone attack from Iran, according to the UAE’s Fujairah media office.
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[2026-05-05 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates said Monday it successfully intercepted multiple missiles fired from Iran.
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[2026-05-05 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The trajectories of Palestinian and Israeli cinema have diverged sharply since 7 October and the subsequent war in Gaza.
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[2026-05-05 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has hit a brick wall with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration has been cracking down on a handful of Iranian residents who have ties to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and have even allegedly been involved in gun-running while living lavish lifestyles in LA. That may leave the impression that this community might not support attempts to overthrow the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-05 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has denied that two merchant vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, calling the claims from US Central Command “baseless and complete lies”.
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[2026-05-05 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: “I have all the cards,” posted the White House on its X account on Sunday, alongside an image of President Donald Trump holding playing cards from the Uno game, in a message appearing to signal Washington’s confidence in its ongoing war on Iran.
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[2026-05-05 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Many Israelis and Diaspora Jews were rightly appalled and enraged this week when they learned that a man was arrested for displaying a Palestinian flag on his kippah. When police returned the kippah to its owner, the Palestinian flag had been cut out of the now-defaced skullcap.
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[2026-05-05 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tensions between Turkey and Israel are rising to a dramatic new level, as 20 ships and boats are currently organizing in Turkey to launch a new flotilla after Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla last week.
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