Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: I was in the office on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the second floor on Jaffa Road, when the siren started. I have watched the siren stop Israel since I was a child. For years now, I take out my phone. That is what journalists do. We observe.
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[2026-04-17 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-04-17 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: YouTube said on Thursday that it had decided to suspend an account sharing pro-Iran videos with the look and feel of The Lego Movie due to breaches of policy.
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[2026-04-17 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s policy has ended up creating problems for Americans, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said, citing soaring energy prices linked to the war on Iran.
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[2026-04-17 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks up a flight of stairs to meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Islamabad, for talks about Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool, File)
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[2026-04-17 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday issued what may be his most explicit condemnation yet of the Trump administration's use of biblical invocations to justify the US-Israeli war on Iran, as tensions between the Vatican and the White House ramp up.
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[2026-04-17 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US State Department on Thursday outlined the six terms of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-17 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several pro-Israel Democrats have joined Republicans to block efforts to halt US weapons sales to Israel, voting down measures that critics say would have limited arms used in attacks on Palestinians.
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[2026-04-17 06:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Donald Trump said the US had "a very good relationship with Iran right now, as hard as it is to believe". Source: AAP / AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
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[2026-04-17 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV on Thursday issued what may be his most explicit condemnation yet of the Trump administration's use of biblical invocations to justify the US-Israeli war on Iran, as tensions between the Vatican and the White House ramp up.
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[2026-04-17 06:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have carried out more than a dozen strikes across southern Lebanon in the past few hours, even as a 10-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump is set to take effect at 21:00 GMT.
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[2026-04-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that, unlike in the past, the United States now intends to actively lead efforts to disarm Hezbollah and is prepared to use American resources to achieve this goal. “Trump wants this to happen, so this time the US will be far more involved,” the official said.
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[2026-04-17 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: This week, a vote in the United States Senate to block military equipment for Israel ended in defeat.
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[2026-04-17 06:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah has urged residents to delay returning to southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs ahead of a ceasefire with Israel expected to begin at midnight local time.
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[2026-04-17 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A week into the ceasefire in the Iran war, Israelis have settled into their old normal, sort of.
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[2026-04-17 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has agreed to give up their nuclear ambitions during comments to the press outside the White House on Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-04-17 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Disruptions to fertilizer supplies caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran risk triggering a multi-year food crisis globally, World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder Jose Andres has warned.
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[2026-04-17 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker fuels an Air Canada jet at DFW International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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[2026-04-17 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-04-17 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A 25-year-old man was severely wounded in the upper Galilee by Hezbollah missile shrapnel, hours after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-17 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-17 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: With the Americans increasingly accepting the the prediction made by the The Guardian of United Kingdom that war with Iran would become “Trump’s Vietnam”, Washington started to look for an exit strategy. The majority now believes that President Donald Trump is stuck in a quagmire, and his goals are unattainable.
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[2026-04-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Friday, April 17.
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[2026-04-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Parts of Iran have been ravaged by missile and drone strikes during the war with the US and Israel.
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[2026-04-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Sport] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The FIFA World Cup has been thrown into uncertainty by the war in the Middle East. Source: SBS, Getty / Graphic by Caroline Huang
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[2026-04-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Shin-Etsu uses shale gas-derived ethylene to make PVC in the U.S. (Shin-Etsu Chemical)
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[2026-04-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong said that Sri Lanka has also been affected by the global fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East, and that China will support Sri Lanka at all times to mitigate its impact.
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[2026-04-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Há vários meses, esforços de mediação internacional tentam estabelecer um cessar-fogo estável entre o Hamas e Israel na Faixa de Gaza. Mais recentemente, neste domingo (12/04), uma delegação do grupo viajou ao Cairo para se reunir com mediadores egípcios sobre os próximos passos no processo para pôr fim às hostilidades.
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[2026-04-17 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Crude oil prices neared $100 again on Thursday, as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains very low with no clear pathway to fully reopen the vital sea lane.
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[2026-04-17 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Despite headwinds from global energy market disruptions triggered by the Iran war, South Asia continues to be the world’s fastest-growing region, with India acting as the principal engine of growth, according to the latest report by the World Bank.
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[2026-04-17 05:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is holding near its record high as Wall Street waits for more clues about what will happen in the Iran war before making its next big move.
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[2026-04-17 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: As airstrikes hit the Persian Gulf, attacks on Iran’s water infrastructure risk worsening drought, protests, and civilian suffering. Iran’s water crisis may shape the country’s future more than the conflict itself.
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[2026-04-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A U.S. military vehicle is transported on a truck as part of a convoy withdrawing from Qasrak base in northeastern Hasakah province toward the Jordanian border near Daraa, Syria, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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[2026-04-17 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran has only two to eight weeks left before it must curb oil production, risking long-term damage to its oil fields, experts said.
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[2026-04-17 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon offered an opportunity for a "historic peace agreement" with Beirut, but insisted that the disarmament of militant group Hezbollah remained a precondition.
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[2026-04-17 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says around 50 tankers are en route to Australia to bolster fuel supplies as the turmoil from the war in Iran continues.
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[2026-04-17 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two bills seeking to block military aid to Israel were rejected by the US Senate on Wednesday, with both propositions being backed by the vast majority of Democratic senators.
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[2026-04-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 16 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is "very close" to making a deal with Iran, claiming the Islamic Republic has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and noting that the next round of peace talks between the two countries may take place this weekend.
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[2026-04-17 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a truce that could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the US and Israel after weeks of devastating war.
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[2026-04-17 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – The latest effort to curtail United States President Donald Trump’s power to wage war with Iran has failed in the House of Representatives by a slim margin.
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[2026-04-17 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Council President Antonio Costa has welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, calling for it to be enforced and verified on the ground.
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[2026-04-17 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz are not changing the strategy of Abu Dhabi's XRG, the global energy investment arm of Adnoc's chief investment officer said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-17 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Two parallel war-related votes in the House and Senate reveal growing dismay and political fractures over President Trump's Iran war, as the Strait of Hormuz remains locked down and ceasefire still seems distant.
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[2026-04-17 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A wannabe congressman has been slammed for his son’s abhorrent social media posts that frequently expressed anti-Semitic views, including a “Heil Hitler” reference and “f—k Israel” comments.
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[2026-04-17 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Middle East’s economic outlook has sharply deteriorated following the outbreak of the Iran war, with the International Monetary Fund warning that the region faces one of its steepest growth downgrades in years and rising risks of further decline if the conflict persists.
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[2026-04-17 04:34 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-17 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two very different Israeli films will screen at the 2026 Tribeca Festival in New York, a festival where Israeli films have long had a strong presence. The festival will run from June 3 to June 14.
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[2026-04-17 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Maccabi Tel Aviv bested Maccabi Haifa 3-2 to punch its ticket to the Israel State Cup final, where it will meet Hapoel Beersheba.
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