Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-10 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new group opposing AIPAC is backing anti-Israel candidates across party lines. Some of its endorsees have blamed Israel and Jews for 9/11 and the Charlie Kirk assassination. Its founder claims Hamas’ October 7 attack was a “false flag” operation and has referred to Jewish people as “the Synagogue of Satan.”
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[2026-04-10 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced following Operation Roaring Lion, marking a sudden pause after a period of heightened tensions and uncertainty.
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[2026-04-10 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At a time when the niece and the grandniece of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani were found to have been living in blasphemous Western luxury in the United States, a new report has documented something far more serious: the Islamic Republic’s patient and institutionalized influence network on American soil.
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[2026-04-10 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arad Ershad, estudiante de la Universidad Stony Brook, juega fútbol con amigos, el viernes 3 de abril de 2026, en Stony Brook, Nueva York. (AP Foto/Ryan Murphy)
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[2026-04-10 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — European leaders remained on the sidelines of the US-Israel war with Iran on Thursday but tried to make their voices heard to help shore up a shaky ceasefire, quell fighting in Lebanon and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-10 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah member of parliament Ali Fayyad on Thursday reiterated his group's rejection of any direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, AFP is reporting.
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[2026-04-10 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El bombardeo israelí de Beirut el 8 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-04-10 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-10 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A group of Democrats in the United States has condemned Israel’s intensifying attacks on Lebanon, stressing that the escalation risks collapsing the ceasefire between the US and Iran and reigniting a regional war.
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[2026-04-10 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El senador demócrata por Nueva York Chuck Schumer y el representante demócrata por Nueva York Hakeem Jeffries en el Congreso en Washington, el 25 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Allison Robbert)
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[2026-04-10 03:32 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In article for Guardian, PM also calls for Iran conflict to become watershed moment for future UK security
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[2026-04-10 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte says allies including Australia will play a role in securing the Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-04-10 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is ready to hold direct talks with Lebanon, a day after Israeli attacks on its northern neighbour killed hundreds of people on the deadliest day of the ongoing round of fighting.
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[2026-04-10 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — In the hours after the US and Iran announced a tentative ceasefire, Israel dramatically escalated its attacks in Lebanon against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-10 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman holds her dog as she walks past burned cars a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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[2026-04-10 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese health ministry said that Wednesday's death toll from Israeli attacks across Lebanon has risen to 303.
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[2026-04-10 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La planta petroquímica Shell Polymers Monaca en Monaca, Pensilvania, el 7 de abril del 2026. (AP foto/Gene J. Puskar)
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[2026-04-10 02:54 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-10 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron camina para recibir a Cécile Kohler y Jacques Paris, dos ciudadanos franceses liberados por Irán tras tres años y medio de detención, en el Palacio del Elíseo en París, Francia, el 8 de abril de 2026. (Tom Nicholson/Foto de piscina vía AP)
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[2026-04-10 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises following several Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-04-10 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Lebanese official has told AFP that Lebanon seeks a ceasefire prior to beginning peace talks with Israel.
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[2026-04-10 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: (Update 1245ET): House Republicans thwarted Democrats’ attempt to unanimously restrict President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, declining to recognize the lawmaker who sought to offer it during a pro forma session Thursday.
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[2026-04-10 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he ordered his cabinet to open direct talks with Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah and establish "peace relations" between the two countries.
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[2026-04-10 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, April 9 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday that the details of a ceasefire deal with Iran have proven a "little more elusive," but stressed ongoing U.S. efforts to achieve a "lasting and effective" pause in the war, as a dispute continues over whether the deal covers Lebanon.
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[2026-04-10 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that Berlin won't participate in securing the Strait of Hormuz before the U.S.-Israel war with Iran ends, ruling out concrete steps in the coming days despite pressure from the Trump administration.
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[2026-04-10 02:33 UTC+10:00] [House of Representatives] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Resolution was expected to fail but introduction signals unease on Capitol Hill about conflict with no clear endgame
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[2026-04-10 02:29 UTC+10:00] [Benjamin Netanyahu] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel has intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon, prompting Iran to warn it could withdraw from the ceasefire agreed with the US. Hundreds have been killed and wounded since the agreement was announced, after Israeli forces launched mass strikes on densely populated areas. Israel says the strikes are aimed at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, while Iran claims they are a blatant violation of the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-10 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump has warned Iran that a continuing cease-fire hinges on whether it reopens the Strait of Hormuz, as more than 300 commercial ships are awaiting passage through the critical chokepoint in the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-04-10 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Twenty-three years ago, I sat beside Hamid Karzai in his presidential office in Kabul, watching US bombers pound Saddam Hussein’s Iraq live on Al Jazeera.
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[2026-04-10 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump has asked that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back the strikes in Lebanon that are threatening to undo the fragile cease-fire with Iran — with the Jewish state agreeing to negotiate with Beirut next week, according to reports.
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[2026-04-10 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Selective Service System plans to automatically register eligible American men between ages 18 and 26 for a U.S. military draft by December, almost a half-century after compulsory registration for the draft by that group became law, a government filing shows.
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[2026-04-10 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The White House lashed out at actor George Clooney for publicly accusing President Trump of “war crimes” with his terrifying Tuesday ultimatum that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran failed to cut a deal with him.
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[2026-04-10 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMID a national energy emergency driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, Aboitiz Renewables Inc., the renewable arm of Aboitiz Power Corp., said it will continue building a cost-effective, diversified generation portfolio using indigenous energy sources.
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[2026-04-10 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday, Israel has responded by launching its deadliest series of strikes on Lebanon since early March.
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[2026-04-10 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The war is inside his head now. A slamming door or cutlery being dropped makes him jump. The ceasefire doesn't change that.
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[2026-04-10 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMID conflicts and wars in Europe and the Middle East, the global gaze is fixed on the People’s Republic of China.
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[2026-04-10 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Spain moved to reopen its embassy in Tehran on Thursday after criticisms from President Trump of NATO nations that have opposed his war against Iran.
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[2026-04-10 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's top economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Thursday that getting even one oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz would provide a "huge chunk of what's missing" amid a global supply crunch caused by the U.S.-Israel war in Iran.
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[2026-04-10 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranians fear that the two-week ceasefire could stall momentum to topple the Islamic regime, potentially emboldening authorities and worsening repression, diaspora-based Iranians told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
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[2026-04-10 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that his cabinet would begin ceasefire and Hezbollah disarmament talks with Lebanon "as soon as possible," in light of the current active warfront between the IDF and Hezbollah and the upcoming peace talks with Iran in Islamabad.
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[2026-04-10 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-10 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-10 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In an era defined by simultaneous geopolitical crises, three conflicts are collectively reshaping the way nations develop, deploy, and adapt military technology. The simultaneity of the three has led to a transformation of the global defense tech landscape unmatched since the height of the Cold War.
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[2026-04-10 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Iran agreed on Wednesday to a two-week ceasefire following 40 days of war, with talks set to begin on Saturday in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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[2026-04-10 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has given instructions to begin peace talks with Lebanon that would also include the disarming of Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-10 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has instructed his Cabinet to "open direct negotiations" with Lebanon as soon as possible, following repeated calls from Beirut for talks between the two countries.
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[2026-04-10 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), listens during a briefing in Beijing, China, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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[2026-04-10 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Israel has on Thursday warned civilians in south Beirut to evacuate their homes and neighborhoods, amid fears of a fresh impending aerial assault, after IDF strikes across Lebanon and the capital the day prior led to at least 250 Lebanese deaths and over 1,400 people wounded. These were the heaviest strikes of the war.
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[2026-04-10 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yet again, most Israelis are upholding the covenant uniting wartime democracies. Citizens must be loyal, today supporting this necessary war against Iran’s nuclear-hungry, ballistic-missile-toting, genocidal jihadis – and their Lebanese lapdog Hezbollah. The government should reward this hyper-patriotism by being hyper-responsible: declaring war reflects the profound decision to risk soldiers’ and civilians’ lives to save the country.
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[2026-04-10 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the Culture Club hit, “Karma Chameleon,” Boy George sang, “I’m a man without conviction,” but he has proved the opposite to be true in a post to his X account on April 7 in which he wrote about his support for Israel.
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