Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-13 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE bragging by US officials about the superiority of American military capability, their insensitive jokes about coffee and cigarettes consumed by the military personnel while raining bombs on Iran, have added insult to injury. We already knew that the US military is sophisticated and lethal without an actual demonstration. Our communities, thousands of miles from both the US decision-makers and their military targets, are getting plunged into hardship as a result of the war.
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[2026-04-13 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Magen 48 held an advanced training exercise for local civilian security teams in Kibbutz Be’eri days before Passover, using the still-burned homes of one of the communities hardest hit on October 7, 2023, as the setting for scenario-based drills meant to prepare responders for a future attack.
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[2026-04-13 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Israeli judoka and two-time Olympic medalist Peter Paltchik said the lowest point of his career came after a complicated surgery, when he felt his professional life had collapsed and he was forced to make what he described as a fateful decision about his future.
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[2026-04-13 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-13 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung drew harsh criticism from Israel after comparing a video of IDF soldiers pushing the dead body of a Palestinian terrorist from a roof to Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
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[2026-04-13 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Kuwait arrested 24 people alleged to have financed terrorist groups and threatened the security of the state, the country’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday, sharing footage of evidence that included photos of deceased senior figures from Iranian and Hezbollah leadership.
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[2026-04-13 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump says the United States Navy will begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz “immediately” after peace talks between the US and Iran in Pakistan ended without an agreement.
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[2026-04-13 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on Sunday that he feels like the “owner” of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City and that he was seeking greater access for Jewish worshippers.
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[2026-04-13 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Former 2024 GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said that the US will “probably” need to dispatch a special forces team to retrieve Iran’s uranium stockpile.
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[2026-04-13 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Speaking after his noon prayer on 12 April 2026 at the Vatican, the pontiff said he felt “closer than ever” to the people of Lebanon. He stressed that the principle of humanity obliges all sides to shield civilian populations from the effects of war, as Israeli strikes persist in southern regions.
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[2026-04-13 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For magicians and illusionists, distraction – luring an audience’s focus away from what they wish to hide – is a trick of the trade. Adroit politicians have been known to employ it too, as members of Israel’s governing coalition are today.
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[2026-04-13 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The political dynamic in the Middle East currently stands before one of its most complex questions: Can the Iranian regime be subdued through external pressure?
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[2026-04-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Cost-of-living crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fears the Middle East conflict could lead to higher food prices – and even shortages – put long-life pantry staples back on the menu
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[2026-04-13 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US has been warned to expect a long haul in negotiations with Iran after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad failed to reach a deal to end the Middle East war.
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[2026-04-13 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israel’s Foreign Ministry sharply criticized South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday for comments it said trivialized the Holocaust and spread misinformation about Israeli forces.
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[2026-04-13 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The current generation of elementary and high school students could be considered a deprived group because their learning has become greatly limited since COVID-19 and with the wars. They have missed many classes, and matriculation exams will undoubtedly cover much less material than usual. Being forced to learn by Zoom or telephone calls and unable to learn in classrooms and meet their friends, Israeli children and teens have suffered and fallen behind.
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[2026-04-13 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion killed Hezbollah terrorists responsible for the death of St.-Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, in an operation the military announced on Sunday.
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[2026-04-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Far-right American influencer Tucker Carlson said that going to war with Iran was the "single biggest mistake" for US President Donald Trump during an interview on Sunday with the BBC.
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[2026-04-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Soldiers from the IDF's Givati Brigade found Hezbollah terrorists operating out of a government hospital in Bint Jbail, southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday.
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[2026-04-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused Israel of carrying out atrocities against Palestine and Lebanon and threatened potential military action against the Jewish state, similar to its past interventions in Karabakh and Libya.
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[2026-04-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's war with Iran incurred NIS 35 billion ($11.52 billion) in budgetary expenses, with NIS 22 billion of that going to defense, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday, citing a preliminary estimate.
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[2026-04-13 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It is unclear whether the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran and the failed attempts to reach an agreement in Islamabad are signs that Washington is seeking to retreat from the conflict, according to two experts who spoke with The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-04-13 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-13 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on the Iran war
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[2026-04-13 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un cartel sobre las negociaciones entre Irán y Estados Unidos cerca del Hotel Serena, la sede de las reuniones, en Islamabad, Pakistán, el 12 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Anjum Naveed)
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[2026-04-13 00:15 UTC+10:00] [Negotiations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The U.S. “failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation” in the failed peace talks in Pakistan, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday.
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[2026-04-13 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Hamas representatives were expected to hold talks with Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip, two Hamas officials told AFP.
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[2026-04-13 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Anthony Albanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: PM tells Guardian Australia Hezbollah should cease reprisals and confirms Australia’s military surveillance aircraft will remain in region
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[2026-04-12 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump made the comments in response to failed peace negotiations between the US and Iran. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
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[2026-04-12 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran is "UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS".
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[2026-04-12 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A ruling Kurdish party has resolved not to work with Iraq's new President Nizar Amedi, officials told The National on Sunday, saying the vote had not been conducted properly.
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[2026-04-12 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City – his third incursion into Islam’s third holiest site this year – as Israel arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.
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[2026-04-12 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-12 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said on his Truth Social platform that the US military is "locked and loaded" to "finish up the little that is left of Iran" at the appropriate moment.
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[2026-04-12 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump begins blockading Strait of Hormuz, warns US military will "finish up the little that is left of Iran"
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[2026-04-12 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Headlines edited by Shir Perets and Lara Sukster Mosheyof. Hosted and produced by Shifra Jacobs.
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[2026-04-12 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the first days following the onset of Israel’s attack on Iran, Israeli settlers shot and killed six Palestinians in the West Bank. Five more Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers, including an entire family – mother, father, and their two children, aged five and seven. To the best of our knowledge, none of the shooters – most of whom are known to Israeli authorities – have been arrested.
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[2026-04-12 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial has been postponed again, after the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday canceled his scheduled testimony for Monday through Wednesday of this week at his request.
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[2026-04-12 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump announced that the US will begin a sweeping blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, vowing to fight back against “WORLD EXTORTION” and ensure that no one paying tolls to Iran will get through the critical oil chokepoint.
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[2026-04-12 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday that he was ready to help mediate efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, the Kremlin said.
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[2026-04-12 23:14 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says the US Navy will "immediately" begin a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.After US officials ended peace talks with Iran in Pakistan, Trump on Sunday sought to exert more strategic control over the waterway responsible for the transportation of 20 per cent of global oil supplies — hoping to takeaway Iran's key source of economic leverage in the war."Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World,
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[2026-04-12 23:14 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: US President Donald Trump says the US Navy will blockade the Strait of Hormuz following failed peace talks with Iran, and warned that any Iranians who try to stop it will be “blown to hell”.
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[2026-04-12 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Texas Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) has introduced a bill to designate the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.
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[2026-04-12 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new pro-Palestinian flotilla was set to embark from Barcelona on Sunday to challenge the blockade of Gaza, according to the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), but stormy weather is expected to limit the activist armada from entering international waters.
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[2026-04-12 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department said on Sunday that it opened about 2,500 cases over the past year for Holocaust survivors and those who fought the Nazis, in matters ranging from benefits and grants to debts, housing, wills, enduring powers of attorney, and guardianship.
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[2026-04-12 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The first two names on Naftali Bennett's party list are former government directors-general whom most Israelis have never heard of. That is the point.
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[2026-04-12 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after talks held in Pakistan to end the Iran war hit the skids.
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[2026-04-12 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai’s private education authority has announced new measures that are set to allow villas and apartments to turn into mini-nurseries, as official centres remain shut as a safety measure due to the Iran war.
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[2026-04-12 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Twenty-one hours was not enough to end 47 years of hostility between Iran and the US.
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[2026-04-12 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: High-stakes talks between the United States and Iran have ended without a deal, and Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has blamed the US for the failure of talks held in Islamabad, Pakistan, during a two-week ceasefire in their war.
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