Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just days after the UAE hinted at a growing dollar shortage in the Gulf nation by requesting swap lines with the Fed, Bloomberg reports that as Iran's struggling neighbors scramble to build cash buffers to deal with any potential economic fallout from the Iran war, one large buyer has stepped in: the world's largest bond manager, Pacific Investment Management Co.
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[2026-04-24 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump habla mientras el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, derecha, y el vicepresidente, JD Vance, escuchan en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 23 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-04-24 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-24 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARHIVO - Herve Renard, técnico de Arabia Saudí, da indicaciones durante un partido amistoso ante Serbia en Backa Topola, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026 (AP Foto/Darko Vojinovic, archivo)
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[2026-04-24 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Oil prices are spiking again on global markets as fragile peace talks in the Middle East continue.
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[2026-04-24 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Quds Force commander has reinforced calls for national unity, pushing back against claims of internal divisions made by US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-24 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 18-19)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 8-10, 16)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-24 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon, after his previous threats to completely destroy Iranian civilization.
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[2026-04-24 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump said Thursday afternoon that he plans to resume bombing Iran if there’s no peace deal.
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[2026-04-24 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah says it has launched rockets towards northern Israel, describing the attack as a response to Israeli breaches of the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-24 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran, noting that he hopes to make the "best" peace deal with the Islamic Republic and does not want to "rush himself".
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[2026-04-24 07:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Zainab, the sister of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike, hugs her helmet as she mourns over her coffin in the village of Baysariyeh, southern Lebanon, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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[2026-04-24 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The survivor of brutal torture at the hands of Hamas has a message for the UCLA student leaders who condemned his speaking appearance on campus.
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[2026-04-24 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People climb on old tanks at the Armored Corps memorial site during a ceremony marking Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the soldiers who died in the nation’s conflicts and victims of nationalistic attacks, in Latrun, Israel, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, FIle)
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[2026-04-24 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump's initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on.
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[2026-04-24 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from earlier threats of overwhelming force.
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[2026-04-24 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Several Iranian officials have stressed that their country is united, rejecting United States President Donald Trump’s claims of a rift in the leadership in Tehran.
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[2026-04-24 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-24 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: British law enforcement made a series of sweeping arrests of arsonists and conspirators in the spate of attacks against UK Jewish, Israeli, and Iranian dissident sites this week, and while the arrests and preemptive actions are welcome, these efforts are only treatments for the symptoms rather than the underlying disease.
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[2026-04-24 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Boy George, the Culture Club singer and solo artist, has spoken out against anti-Israel activists who have condemned him for his support for Israel, including his decision to ignore calls to boycott this year’s Eurovision Song Contest because Israel will be taking part as usual.
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[2026-04-24 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beitar Jerusalem will head down south to Beersheba on Saturday night to take on the team that it has to beat in order to win the Israel League Championship.
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[2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- The war in the Middle East is raising concern over Japan's supply of plastic products for medical care and drawing renewed attention to how heavily the country relies on imports for such essential items as dialysis tubes.The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has cut sharply into Japanese imports of crude oil and the petrochemical feedstock naphtha, which is used to make plastics.
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[2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan relies more 99% of its medical gloves on imports. © Kyodo
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[2026-04-24 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire.
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[2026-04-24 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-24 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-24 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Born out of the need for safety, Israel today finds itself navigating a reality defined by recurring conflict and persistent insecurity. As another Independence Day has passed, for West Jerusalem the sense of permanence it was meant to symbolize remains elusive. Military strength has grown, yet lasting security continues to slip out of reach.
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[2026-04-24 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Born out of the need for safety, Israel today finds itself navigating a reality defined by recurring conflict and persistent insecurity. As another Independence Day has passed, for West Jerusalem the sense of permanence it was meant to symbolize remains elusive. Military strength has grown, yet lasting security continues to slip out of reach.
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[2026-04-24 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s head coach Herve Renard gestures during the international friendly soccer match between Serbia and Saudi Arabia in Backa Topola, Serbia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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[2026-04-24 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The U.S. military on Thursday seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-24 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday held an open-air mass in Equatorial Guinea in front of tens of thousands of followers, wrapping up his first major international tour that began with harsh criticism of his stance on Iran from US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-24 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Noelle McAfee, an Emory University professor, talks about her lawsuit against the school over her 2024 arrest at a protest over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday, April 23, 2026, on the Emory University campus in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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[2026-04-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to greet Israeli and Lebanese representatives ahead of a second round of negotiations between the two sides, a White House official told Haaretz.
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[2026-04-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new round of peace talks, initially planned at the US State Department, has been moved to the White House
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[2026-04-24 05:36 UTC+10:00] [Joseph Aoun] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new round of peace talks, initially planned at the US State Department, has been moved to the White House
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[2026-04-24 05:31 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Friday, April 24.
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[2026-04-24 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States (US) President Donald Trump, despite his constant “drill, baby, drill” mantra and steadfast support for “Big Oil”, may have unwittingly become the biggest champion of Renewable Energy thanks to the Iran War, which has strangled the world’s fuel supply. Indeed, conservative estimates suggest that it will take at least two years for the crude oil supply to get back to normal (think February 27, 2026, the day before the war started) and five years for Liquefied Natural Gas
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[2026-04-24 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Trump administration launched an investigation into New York City’s Department of Education on Thursday over allegations that radical teachers are infecting students with antisemitic ideas.
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[2026-04-24 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump officially became the first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian prize on Wednesday - but he wasn’t on hand to receive his honor.
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[2026-04-24 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amal Khalil, the seasoned journalist, was born during a years-long Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. She was killed there four decades later by invading Israeli forces.
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[2026-04-24 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart has won the 2026 PEN America Literary Award for nonfiction for his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.
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[2026-04-24 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For years, critics and supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alike have seen Hungary’s Viktor Orban as a model for his politics.
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[2026-04-24 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Executive director of the Rabbis for Human Rights organization, Avi Dabush, announced on Thursday that he will run for a spot on the Democrats Party slate ahead of the party’s upcoming primaries.
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[2026-04-24 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran," Defense Minister Israel Katz said at the end of a situational assessment on Thursday, with the military awaiting the green light from the United States to "complete the elimination of the Khamenei dynasty."
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Activists Dave Burgess and Will Saunders emboldened protests against Australia’s involvement in Iraq in 2003 when they scaled the Opera House and painted “No War” in blood-red paint.
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[2026-04-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A fixation with Israel’s war in Gaza is suspected by authorities to have served as a key motivation for Islamic State adherent turned Bondi Beach mass killer Sajid Akram.
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[2026-04-24 04:55 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figures
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[2026-04-24 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A failed Palestinian suicide bomber delivered a speech to students at the University of California, Berkeley — earning raucous applause from the crowd during her video appearance for a “Palestinian Political Prisoners Day” event.
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