Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods warned Friday that the market has not absorbed the full impact of the unprecedented oil supply disruption triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-02 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Navy is ramping up its AI capabilities to hunt for Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical shipping lanes, according to a recently awarded contract.
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[2026-05-02 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States on Friday imposed new Iran-related sanctions on several individuals, entities, and one vessel, including some based in China, according to the US Treasury website.
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[2026-05-02 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre de pie en el mar, aparentemente pescando, mientras buques graneleros, de carga y barcos de servicio se alinean en el horizonte del estrecho de Ormuz, frente a la costa de Bandar Abbas, Irán, el lunes 27 de abril de 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-05-02 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest proposal for an end to hostilities, adding that negotiations are currently being conducted over the phone.
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[2026-05-02 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiyo Oil is buying crude from the Sakhalin-2 project in the Russian Far East. © Kyodo
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[2026-05-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Atsushi Mimura, Japan's vice finance minister for international affairs, speaks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on May 1. (Photo by Jo Ishibuchi)
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[2026-05-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AT a time of heightened global anxieties and regional uncertainty, the Philippines and the United States launched the 41st Balikatan Exercises on April 20, 2026. With the participation of partner nations, including Australia, Canada, France, Japan and New Zealand, the 2026 Balikatan is being held while the Iran war continues and tensions in the South China Sea remain unresolved.
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[2026-05-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, its own oil industry is increasingly being threatened by an American blockade.
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Navy cadets with the Maine Maritime Academy tour the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) State of Maine at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, on Aug. 26, 2025. The yard acquired by the South Korean conglomerate in 2024 epitomizes its drive to build ships for the U.S. Navy and expand its global maritime defense presence.
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[2026-05-02 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man stands in the water, appearing to fish, as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, April 27, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-02 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ana Navarro and the hosts of The View had some choice words to share with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after he testified before Congress about the impact the ongoing war in Iran could be having on everyday Americans.
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[2026-05-02 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on X that the Pentagon is “lying” about the costs of the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-05-02 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-02 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-02 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several UK-based law professors have explained their decision to submit a letter to the Court of Appeal in support of the proscribed direct action group Palestine Action, as the court began hearing a government bid to keep the group banned under UK terror laws.
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[2026-05-02 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Em Ali Khodor, 75, looks through her damaged apartment into a destroyed building that was hit few weeks ago by an Israeli airstrikeafter she returns to the house, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:10 UTC+10:00] [Persian Gulf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The main uncertainty for the global economy is where oil prices will go because of the Iran war
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[2026-05-02 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad stated that the “The Strait of Hormuz is not an international waterway, it is Iran’s natural right,” according to comments made to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, as reported by Al Jazeera.
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[2026-05-02 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The numbers around LIV Golf have always jumped off the page, but one has been in the headlines more than others in recent weeks:
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[2026-05-02 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: This article is the second in a series titled “HER,” an ongoing project by photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel, exploring the lives and inner worlds of the wives of Israeli soldiers.
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[2026-05-02 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The World Health Organization has recorded 149 attacks by the Israeli military on health care facilities and workers in Lebanon, since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran on February 28, according to a statement posted by Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X.
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[2026-05-02 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-02 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man has been arrested after a French nun was shoved to the floor and kicked in an apparently unprovoked attack in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem earlier this week.
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[2026-05-02 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The president of the Palestinian Football Association declined to be photographed alongside the vice president of the Israel Football Association after Fifa President Gianni Infantino attempted to orchestrate a handshake between the two representatives.
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[2026-05-02 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced that 2618 people have been killed and 8094 wounded due to the Israeli attacks between March 2 and May 1.
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[2026-05-02 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq, Opec's second biggest oil producer, has started work on an pipeline linking Basra to Haditha with a planned capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day, as the country seeks new routes to export crude globally.
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[2026-05-02 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tehran passed its latest proposal to end its war with the US to Washington through mediators on Thursday, Iranian sources and state media said Friday.
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[2026-05-02 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: UC Regent Jay Sures slammed a virtual appearance last week by a failed Palestinian suicide bomber at the University of California, Berkeley.
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[2026-05-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has tendered their resignations amid pressure caused by the Italian cultural exhibition’s decision to allow Russia and Israel to participate.
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[2026-05-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has tendered their resignations amid pressure caused by the Italian cultural exhibition’s decision to allow Russia and Israel to participate.
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iron Beam laser defense system was used less in the 2026 war with Iran because the military needs 14 batteries to have a significant enough impact, the Israeli Air Force said on Friday.
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force dropped 135,000 bombs collectively on the various fronts during recent years of war, dating back to October 7, 2023, the IDF announced on Friday.
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is no magic for hermetically stopping Hezbollah's First Person View (FPV) drones, which use technology and manual operators that make them harder to jam and much more deadly, the air force said on Friday.
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[2026-05-02 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As a series of complex post-Iran war dilemmas are set into place, the IDF has shifted to focus almost all of its Iran-related attention to the nuclear issue, with the ballistic missiles and regime change questions mostly falling by the wayside.
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[2026-05-02 00:05 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-02 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that it intended to exit the 12-member, six-decade-old Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), the move was read by some analysts as a purely economic one.
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[2026-05-01 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani demanded reparations from Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan for their role in the US-Israel war on Iran in remarks made at the UN, Iranian state media Press TV reported.
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[2026-05-01 23:53 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India raised on Friday the prices of commercial liquified petroleum gas and jet fuel for international airlines, according to a state-run energy firm, as supply pressures from the Iran war mount.
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[2026-05-01 23:50 UTC+10:00] [Golf] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘I do believe all of the golfers should be playing’
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[2026-05-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, met Lebanese officials on Friday, a day after Washington pushed for a meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leaders, as Israel continues strikes in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire.
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[2026-05-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Alex Palou celebrates after winning the IndyCar championship Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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[2026-05-01 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new land bridge between Pakistani ports and Iran may provide a lifeline to Tehran while it is under US blockade and redraw key Asian trade routes.
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[2026-05-01 23:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Richard Manville has lived in the UK all his life - but now he's leaving Salford for Israel, because he says the antisemitism in Britain is intolerable.
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[2026-05-01 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two people were lightly injured, and a vehicle was destroyed by a Hezbollah drone attack in Misgav Am in northern Israel on Friday, the Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement.
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[2026-05-01 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah announced operations against Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon on Friday, citing Israeli violations to the ceasefire agreement, including home demolitions and airstrikes, Al Mayadeen reported.
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[2026-05-01 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A woman was killed and several children were injured during Israel’s latest attacks in Lebanon.
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[2026-05-01 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Donald Trump has, over the past 48 hours, said that he is considering withdrawing American troops stationed in Germany, Italy and Spain, amid mounting tensions with European nations over their criticism of his handling of the war with Iran.
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