Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 10:58 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-04-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
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[2026-04-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
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[2026-04-29 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington has imposed sanctions on 35 entities and individuals linked to what it described as Iran’s “shadow banking” networks.
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[2026-04-29 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Command (Centcom) said US forces boarded a commercial vessel, the Blue Star III, during enforcement of the blockade on Iran’s ports, but allowed it to continue its journey after inspection.
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[2026-04-29 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas realizan sus actividades comerciales en los alrededores del tradicional Gran Bazar de Teherán, Irán, el 29 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi/Archivo)
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[2026-04-29 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices rose again as uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States and Iran continued to weigh on markets.
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[2026-04-29 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned an Israeli air strike on the town of Majdal Zoun that killed at least five people, including three civil defence personnel who were responding to an earlier attack, National News Agency reported.
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[2026-04-29 09:10 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-04-29 08:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike on the town of Jebchit in southern Lebanon has killed two people and wounded 13 others, according to initial reports.
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[2026-04-29 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Twenty-five years ago, I was a happily tenured professor teaching American history at McGill University in Montreal. But my people were suffering. We were approaching Israel’s Independence Day 2001, after eight months of Palestinian suicide bombings and terrorist murders, which somehow made Israelis and Jews less popular than they had been – sound familiar?
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[2026-04-29 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters launched multiple attacks on Israeli troops inside southern Lebanon.
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[2026-04-29 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A tanker ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz headed for China on Monday — the first shipment of natural gas to successfully exit the Persian Gulf since the start of the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: America’s favorite gas price app has warned prices are going to continue to go up for Californians as the war in Iran rages on.
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[2026-04-29 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amer Hujirat, a civilian working for the IDF in southern Lebanon, was killed on Tuesday, according to Israeli media citing a statement from Ziv Medical Center.
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[2026-04-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un bote junto a un buque petrolero anclado en el estrecho de Ormuz, frente a la costa de la isla de Qeshm, Irán, el 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati/Archivo)
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[2026-04-29 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if US President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has become a political liability for the White House, two US officials and a person familiar with the matter said.
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[2026-04-29 08:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has fired its executive director as well as a board member this month, as it faces accusations of being a toxic workplace for women, former staffers and volunteers have told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-04-29 08:00 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Michael D. ShearZolan Kanno-Youngs and Max Bearak
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[2026-04-29 07:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese chemical companies are grappling with shortages of feedstocks that had been sourced mainly from the Middle East. (Photo by Kai Fujii)
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[2026-04-29 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE’s exit from Opec next month is a shot across the bows to Saudi Arabia and a potential offering to US President Donald Trump, in the latest sign the war on Iran is exacerbating old tensions in the Gulf instead of uniting the region.
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[2026-04-29 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level of his current term as concern grows over the cost of living and the war with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Heloise is a digital journalist working with the ABC's national news desk. She has experience reporting for online and radio, covering local to federal-level news. Her interests span geopolitics, foreign affairs, and issues surrounding diaspora communities. Heloise has lived in the Middle East, South Asia, and North America, and is multilingual.
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[2026-04-29 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty / Tasos Katopodis
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[2026-04-29 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty
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[2026-04-29 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran's ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way.
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[2026-04-29 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati, File)
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[2026-04-29 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Iran wants international support to toll the Strait of Hormuz, but Gulf nations were siding with the US against the plan Tuesday as they met to coordinate a response to the crisis.
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[2026-04-29 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Zoun has killed at least five people, including three paramedics, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
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[2026-04-29 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-29 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mehdi Taremi (derecha) celebra con sus compañeros de Irán tras anotar el segundo gol en un amistoso contra Costa Rica, en Antalya, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Riza Ozel)
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[2026-04-29 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the bipartite US-Israeli attack on Iran began two months ago, US President Donald Trump has made declarations about stealing Iranian oil: "If it were up to me, I'd take the oil, I'd keep the oil, it would bring plenty of money." Failing that, he has threatened to destroy Iran's oil infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side’s second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)
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[2026-04-29 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli court has approved the continued detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, without filing charges.
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[2026-04-29 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-29 06:00 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 29, 2026 06:00 | News
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[2026-04-29 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany’s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor’s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-04-29 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The government has defended its ban on Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation, two months after the High Court ruled it was unlawful.
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[2026-04-29 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, and his wife Sara, left, and Israel’s President Isaac Herzog attend a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-29 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fateful talks over the future transformation of US-Israel military relations, which will frame that partnership for a decade or more, are due to start in May, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The 60-day mark of the United States and Israel’s war with Iran represents a fork in the road for US lawmakers: will they assert their authority – either in support or against – the conflict, or remain silent?
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[2026-04-29 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows no signs of de-escalating.
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[2026-04-29 05:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid (bottom row) put an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's (top row) successive 12-year tenure in a 2021 election, but their government lasted just 18 months. Source: AAP / Graphic art by Leon Wang
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[2026-04-29 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: DFCC Bank has entered into a partnership with AlfaNow in Dubai, expanding its remittance network across the Middle East and improving how Sri Lankans overseas send money home.
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[2026-04-29 05:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our coverage of US politics, Donald Trump and the war in Iran on Wednesday, April 29.
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[2026-04-29 05:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A man in Rishon Lezion was indicted for illegally establishing and operating a dental clinic called V-Dent in the city for nine years, the State Prosecutor's office announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds, thousands in the Iranian-American diaspora are still reeling from the wave of infighting over the war, one that has both painfully and publicly fractured the community.
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[2026-04-29 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates' exit from OPEC this week will weaken the influence of the cartel and its leader Saudi Arabia on the oil market, a development that could prove bearish for prices over the long term.
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[2026-04-29 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Leader of the Blue and White Party MK Benny Gantz on Monday sharply criticized the newly formed Together Party, which unites former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, warning that it could harm the ability to replace the government ahead of the upcoming elections.
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[2026-04-29 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara is reportedly planning to file an indictment against Israel Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. An indictment has not yet been filed.
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