Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel used a high-profile Times Square campaign on Wednesday to draw a distinction between Hezbollah and the Lebanese state, as officials push forward with rare direct talks between the two countries.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has abandoned its principles of neutrality and impartiality in its coverage of the Gaza war, relying on Hamas-provided figures while downplaying the group’s role, according to a new NGO Monitor report.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Switzerland's National Council voted 116-66 against recognizing Palestine as a state, with 11 abstentions, on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Section 56(b) of the Counterterrorism Law authorizes the seizure of ships and other property intended for use in terror activity, as a flotilla bound for Gaza continues its voyage after departing Spain earlier this month.
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[2026-04-30 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said his new alliance with opposition leader Yair Lapid will hold beyond the upcoming elections and will enable the opposition to form a long-lasting government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unveiling in a Wednesday interview with The Jerusalem Post his “Israeli Renaissance” plan to bring one million new olim to Israel over the next decade.
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[2026-04-30 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the Kuwaiti-American journalist who recently spent weeks in jail over sharing images related to the US-Israeli war on Iran, has had his Kuwaiti citizenship revoked.
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[2026-04-30 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Amid reports that Vice President JD Vance is very seriously questioning the White House's Iran War narrative along with the Pentagon's rosy and overly positive updates on how things are going, over in Congress there's growing alarm as Trump's Operation Epic Fury is set to hit the 60-day mark on Friday.
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[2026-04-30 03:21 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Narges Mohammadi denied medical leave from prison in spite of sharp decline in health and drastic weight loss, say lawyers
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[2026-04-30 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday described North Korea's menacing nuclear program as "the lesson" to learn, as he defended the U.S. military operation against Iran, which a Pentagon official said has cost an estimated US$25 billion.
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[2026-04-30 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disclosure to Congress comes as the defence chief faces mounting Democratic criticism over spending priorities and strategy
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[2026-04-30 03:14 UTC+10:00] [Adam Smith] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disclosure to Congress comes as the defence chief faces mounting Democratic criticism over spending priorities and strategy
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[2026-04-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage appearing to show Israeli soldiers looting homes in southern Lebanon and filming themselves “joking around” while damaging property has emerged on social media.
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[2026-04-30 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage appearing to show Israeli soldiers looting homes in southern Lebanon and filming themselves “joking around” while damaging property has emerged on social media.
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[2026-04-30 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president spoke to oil executives about extending his naval blockade, amid reports that he had rejected Iran’s Hormuz proposal
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[2026-04-30 02:59 UTC+10:00] [Iranian rial] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president spoke to oil executives about extending his naval blockade, amid reports that he had rejected Iran’s Hormuz proposal
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[2026-04-30 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait says it has thwarted an attempt to smuggle half a million Captagon pills from Lebanon, hidden in bags of onions.
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[2026-04-30 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait says it has thwarted an attempt to smuggle half a million Captagon pills from Lebanon, hidden in bags of onions.
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[2026-04-30 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestine Action defendants standing trial in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems factory decided to represent themselves on Wednesday and dispense with their defence lawyers, who they say are unable to represent them due to “decisions made by the court”.
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[2026-04-30 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has instructed his aides to prepare for an extension of America’s naval blockade of Iran to squeeze Tehran’s already struggling economy, officials said.
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[2026-04-30 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Energy prices are anticipated to surge 24% in 2026, the largest jump since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as a result of the Iran conflict, the World Bank predicted in the latest Commodity Markets Outlook published on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-30 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Soldiers from the IDF's Givati Brigade, operating under the 91st Division, identified a rocket launcher placed inside a civilian building in southern Lebanon, the military said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-30 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium was stored at Isfahan during US and Israeli strikes in June 2025 and is believed to still be there.
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[2026-04-30 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran was “choking like a stuffed pig” due to the US blockade of the Islamic Republic’s ports, which he indicated would remain until Tehran agreed to give up its pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-30 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices were up by 7 per cent on Wednesday, with Brent approaching $120 a barrel on supply concerns amid the standoff between the US and Iran.
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[2026-04-30 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Bikfaya, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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[2026-04-30 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Iran to ‘get smart soon’ and sign a deal, following days of deadlock in efforts to end their war and a media report saying the US would extend its blockade of Iran’s ports.
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[2026-04-30 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHAT once felt like a distant war in the Middle East, thousands of kilometers away, is now present inside our households.
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[2026-04-30 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Rumor has it that last year, United States President Donald Trump delayed his so-called Liberation Day tariff announcement by a day, to April 2, because he didn’t want his unconstitutional trade “emergency” to come across as an April Fools’ Day hoax. This year, Trump defied the calendar with an address to the nation on April 1, touting yet another unconstitutional act — a war with Iran conducted without congressional approval.
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[2026-04-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI — Two months into a war with the United States and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
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[2026-04-30 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 1.2 million people in Lebanon are expected to face acute hunger this year due to “conflict, displacement and economic pressures” amid the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a United Nations-backed report.
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[2026-04-30 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air raid on the village of Tayr Debba in southern Lebanon has killed three women and wounded at least 11 others, the health ministry said.
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[2026-04-30 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s petroleum and natural gas giant Aramco is suspending liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through May due to damage at its main export facility, Bloomberg has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-04-30 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran’s national currency has plunged to new lows as authorities mobilise to dampen the impact of the naval blockade enforced by the United States.
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[2026-04-30 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sixty days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, peace talks are stalled and the world is bracing for yet more economic pain. RT asks how we got here, and who – if anyone – is really winning in the Persian Gulf?
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[2026-04-30 01:27 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The figure is the most specific price tag the administration has provided on the U.S. military conflict.
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[2026-04-30 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States could extend its naval blockade of Iran for months more, oil executives were told in a meeting with President Donald Trump, a White House official said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US war on Iran has cost $25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of war costs.
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court has begun to hear a case on whether the administration of President Donald Trump may strip the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians living in the country.
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "I'm seriously worried about the situation for Jews in Norway and especially in Oslo right now," Joel Ystebø, Member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Christian Democratic Party, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One of the most crucial issues hovering over the recent Israel-US-Iran war and the future of the standoff between these countries has little to do with them, but rather with another major power: China.
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[2026-04-30 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-30 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced lawmakers for the first time since the war on Iran began, defending the administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion defence budget.
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[2026-04-30 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unloaded a preemptive attack on congressional critics of the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF has achieved deeper penetration against Hezbollah during the current war, even with much less air force support, than it did during the fall 2024 invasion of Lebanon, IDF Brigade 7 commander Col. Shaul Yisraeli told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Tuesday night.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel and Serbia have launched the first-ever strategic dialogue, reflecting the deepening trust and cooperation between the two countries.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli-Turkish woman who was arrested after returning to visit her parents in Istanbul was rescued in a covert operation following Foreign Ministry pressure and intervention from US authorities, N12 News reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Members of the anti-IDF draft haredi (ultra-orthodox) Peleg Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Faction) held a protest blocking roads underneath Jerusalem's Chords Bridge from approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
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[2026-04-30 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the surface, the streets of Tehran appear to have returned to normal. Cafés are open, and traffic jams in the capital have resumed their usual pace. However, beneath this routine lies a nation on the brink of financial collapse, one that even the most brutal crackdowns may not contain.
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[2026-04-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Almost a quarter of Lebanon is expected to face acute hunger in the coming months as a result of Israel and Hezbollah's latest war, it was revealed on Tuesday.
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