Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-29 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel has used access to water as a weapon and a form of “collective punishment” against Palestinians in Gaza, according to a report by international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Israel has rejected the claims as baseless.
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Komatsu is having a harder time raising prices on construction machinery as competitors are also holding prices steady. (Photo by Azusa Kawakami)
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran said on Tuesday that it has the right to take “necessary and proportionate measures” in the Strait of Hormuz and blamed the US for disruptions to shipping through the vital waterway.
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[2026-04-29 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Higher global energy prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have done little to ease the deepening crisis in Russia’s coal industry, with analysts and officials warning the sector remains on track for another year of heavy losses.
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[2026-04-29 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK's ambassador to the US has said the only country that has a "special relationship" with the United States is "probably Israel".
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's self-imposed internet blackout has crossed the 60-day mark, with authorities announcing changes that will enable some businesses and academics to have access.
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[2026-04-29 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States has "no closer friends" than the British, as he welcomed King Charles III to the White House on a state visit overshadowed by tensions over the Iran war.
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[2026-04-29 02:20 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ceasefire frays further as Israel also carries out airstrikes and issues new displacement orders for south Lebanon
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[2026-04-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian military personnel on April 5 carry the coffin of a U.N. peacekeeper killed in Lebanon. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- A Japanese crude oil supertanker may have crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in what would be the first time a refiner-owned vessel has exited the Persian Gulf since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
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[2026-04-29 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Children’s drawings are taped up in Beth Israel Congregation on Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Jackson, Miss. (Molly Minta/Mississippi Today via AP)
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHAT if oil prices rise to more than $370 per barrel due to a protracted war in the Middle East and lingering oil supply disruptions? That nightmarish possibility is now being raised by economists alarmed by the chaotic handling of the Middle East war by Donald Trump’s administration. A protracted war, according to the economists, will make the 3-percent global growth projected by the International Monetary Fund for 2026 as overly optimistic.
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[2026-04-29 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States President Donald Trump is unhappy with Iran’s latest proposal on resolving the two-month war in the Middle East, a US official said, dampening hopes for resolution of a conflict that has disrupted energy supplies, fueled inflation, and killed thousands.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state media said six airports are now operational, including Mehrabad, Mashhad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Gorgan and Urmia.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mifal Hapayis announced the winners of the 2026 Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences, marking the 25th year of one of Israel’s prominent awards recognizing excellence in culture, research, science, and the arts, the organization said on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF and Border Police officers completed a counterterrorism operation across east Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, the military announced on Tuesday morning.
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[2026-04-29 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gulf leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a regional crisis triggered by the United States-Israel war on Iran, their first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the conflict two months ago.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A group of pro-Palestinian organizations have filed a complaint with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accusing 11 Jewish schools of "promoting the Israeli military and potentially aiding and abetting illegal military recruiting."
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is using new ways to store excess oil that it isn't able to sell due to the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, including the use of old sites and improvised containers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region's digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has informed him that they are in a “state of collapse” as they figure out their leadership situation, in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) issued a Tuesday statement claiming that Israel is using "water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza."
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[2026-04-29 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Lebanese government is not serious about disarming Hezbollah, despite its recent legislation, Hezbollah expert Hanin Ghaddar told The Jerusalem Post on Monday night.
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[2026-04-29 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the Iranian regime for reportedly launching a campaign last month to recruit terrorists through its embassy in the United Kingdom.
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[2026-04-29 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it struck a Merkava tank in the town of Qantara in southern Lebanon, using a drone.
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[2026-04-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In the first G5 central bank announcement of the week, overnight the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate in a 6-3 vote, despite forecasting a sharp rise in inflation as the war in the Middle East sends commodity prices higher and clouds the global economic outlook while testing Japan's given its exposure to rising energy prices.
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[2026-04-29 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KIEV (AP) — Ucrania acusó a Israel de permitir la importación de grano que, según afirma, Rusia robó de territorios ocupados el martes, lo que provocó un duro intercambio entre funcionarios en Kiev y Jerusalén.
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[2026-04-29 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 2,534 people and wounded 7,863 since 2 March, according to the Lebanese health ministry’s latest tally.
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[2026-04-29 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least two people have been killed and several others wounded after an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle west of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-29 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that not all mines placed by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz need to removed for ships to resume transiting the vital passageway: “You just need a pathway for ships to be moved in and out,” Wright said in an interview on the sidelines of the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Dubrovnik.
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[2026-04-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Beijing has long seen Tehran as a useful partner, the nation is not crucial to its Middle East strategy, analysts argue
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[2026-04-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tehran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Beijing has long seen Tehran as a useful partner, the nation is not crucial to its Middle East strategy, analysts argue
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[2026-04-29 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Before Donald Trump became president, he honed his hawkishness on Iran, complaining about the “plane loads of cash” it received under the 2015 nuclear deal. Now, his ability to end the war in the Middle East hinges, in large part, on how much money he gives Tehran.
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[2026-04-29 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel has weaponised water and engineered a scarcity in Gaza by attacking infrastructure, blocking items needed for pumping and desalination, and killing people who transport it, experts have told The National.
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[2026-04-29 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Egypt’s plans to conduct live-fire exercises in Sinai have alarmed Israel’s residents and security officers on the other side of their shared border.
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[2026-04-29 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank echoes attacks on Jews during the Holocaust and poses an “existential threat” to Israel, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has said.
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[2026-04-29 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank echoes attacks on Jews during the Holocaust and poses an “existential threat” to Israel, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has said.
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[2026-04-29 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A nickel processing plant operated by Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province. © Reuters
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[2026-04-29 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine accused Israel on Tuesday of allowing the import of grain it says Russia stole from occupied territories, prompting a sharp exchange between officials in Kyiv and Jerusalem.
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[2026-04-29 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: “We called it ‘moon dust’,” Jeffery Camp, a 61-year-old retired military veteran who lives in Sarasota, Florida, says when describing the terrain in Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, where he served with the United States Army from 2008 to 2009.
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[2026-04-29 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump alleged Tuesday that Iran has admitted to being in a “state of collapse” under pressure from the United States and is desperate to get the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
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[2026-04-29 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the latest Jerusalem Dispatch Podcast, co-host Calev Ben-David and special guest David Brinn, former managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, discussed Israel’s Independence Day celebrations, which were overshadowed by the ongoing conflicts in the region. Brinn reflected on how the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day was particularly emotional this year, with many remembering the newly fallen soldiers in the war with Iran and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-29 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Politicians and journalists aligned with the Israeli opposition often cite the shared “illiberalism” or “dictatorship” of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the foundation of their political alliance.
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[2026-04-29 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The World Bank said that war in the Middle East is expected to push energy costs this year to their highest since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc is planning major investments in the US natural gas sector through its global investment arm XRG, seeking to diversify its portfolio as the Iran war disrupts global energy markets.
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[2026-04-29 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave OPEC effective May 1 — a shocking blow to the world’s largest oil cartel as the Iran war threatens global energy supplies.
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Canada has permitted an ‘incremental increase’ in flights to China, but airlines may be reluctant to add services amid the wars in Ukraine and Iran
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Huawei Technologies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Canada has permitted an ‘incremental increase’ in flights to China, but airlines may be reluctant to add services amid the wars in Ukraine and Iran
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns over greater costs, Iran’s participation the main issues less than two months before first 48-team edition of tournament
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[2026-04-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Jibril Rajoub] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Concerns over greater costs, Iran’s participation the main issues less than two months before first 48-team edition of tournament
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