Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-05 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 05:06 UTC+10:00] [guerra EUA-Israel no Irã] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Os Estados Unidos gastaram "quase todo" o estoque dos seus principais mísseis táticos de longo alcance nos cinco meses de guerra contra o Irã, informou a agência de notícias Reuters, citando fontes anônimas das forças armadas americanas.
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[2026-08-05 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held a phone call on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump on recent regional developments with Iran, according to a statement by the emir’s office.
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[2026-08-05 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Moldova is about to inaugurate a chief rabbi after 12 years of the role being unfilled, Rabbi Zushe Abelsky, head Chabad shliach in Moldova, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Fieles chiíes se reúnen entre los santuarios sagrados del imán Abbas y el imán Hussein durante Arbain, que marca el final del periodo de luto de 40 días tras Ashoura, en Kerbala, Irak, el martes 4 de agosto de 2026. (Foto AP/Hadi Mizban)
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[2026-08-05 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza City — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current lines in Gaza until Hamas has completely disarmed.
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[2026-08-05 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ramat Gan Deputy Mayor and head of the Diamond Exchange District Administration, Israel Zari, joined Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party on Tuesday, the party announced, marking him as the latest public official to join the former IDF chief's list.
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[2026-08-05 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel, Lebanon, and the United States are discussing which country, or countries, will be responsible for verifying that areas entered by the Lebanese Armed Forces during the pilot phase of Hezbollah’s disarmament are free of both Hezbollah operatives and weapons, three sources familiar with the talks told The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-08-05 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran’s military authorities say they are prepared to resume war with the United States if negotiations again fall through, emphasising that they have adapted and recovered.
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[2026-08-05 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli Knesset Finance Committee held a session on Tuesday to approve the allocation of an additional 113 million shekels ($36m) for Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, raising the year’s budget for settlements to a record 821 million shekels ($273m).
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[2026-08-05 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As Israel gears up to hold elections in October, a dramatic surge in settlement activity has heightened concerns that the settler movement is stepping up efforts to cement its grip on the occupied West Bank, in stark defiance of international law.
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[2026-08-05 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Big Oil delivered its strongest quarter since the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with six of the world's biggest oil companies posting a combined $79.4 billion in second-quarter net income as Brent crude averaged about $104 a barrel, up more than 50 per cent year-on-year. The Iran war sent prices higher while disrupting flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-05 03:49 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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[2026-08-05 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that Syria's economic recovery is being unevenly felt across the country, as the fund agreed on a technical assistance programme for Damascus.
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[2026-08-05 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey have delivered a sharp rebuke to Israel over its latest strikes in Gaza, saying its action undermines a road map they brokered to implement President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ships could sail a new “middle corridor” through the Strait of Hormuz under a deal to reopen the sea lane, Iran has claimed.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Palestine Action Canada and the Arms Embargo Now coalition have announced a coordinated, coast-to-coast “Day of Action” scheduled for August 13, calling on activists to mobilize outside the facilities of Canadian companies that supply components to defense contractor Elbit Systems.
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[2026-08-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to clarify whether he intends to advance senior appointments to the Police Investigation Department (PID) before the October 27 election.
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[2026-08-05 03:24 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Remains of 112 victims, including 40 children, recovered from rubble more than two years after residential block was destroyed
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[2026-08-05 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has exhausted its stockpile of sophisticated long-range missiles during the war on Iran, suggesting that there are supply limits to President Donald Trump’s threat to subject the Islamic Republic to the "biggest attack" since World War II.
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[2026-08-05 03:20 UTC+10:00] [Reza Pahlavi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Reza Pahlavi, filho do último xá do Irã, derrubado em 1979, vem fazendo campanha nos Estados Unidos e na Europa para liderar uma transição de regime após a morte das principais lideranças da República Islâmica por ataques dos EUA e de Israel.
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[2026-08-05 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar Party chairman Gadi Eisenkot called on Police Commissioner Insp.-Gen. Danny Levi to order an immediate investigation into the assault of a 76-year-old party activist who remains hospitalized after undergoing neurological surgery.
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[2026-08-05 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: All Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip are set to require the approval of IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, Army Radio reported on Tuesday, citing security sources.
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[2026-08-05 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The latest round of US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon have begun on Tuesday in Rome and will continue through Thursday, according to US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
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[2026-08-05 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan needs to adapt to new methods of warfare like using artificial intelligence and drones that have been deployed in Ukraine and the Middle East and to strengthen its defense industry, the government said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks in paras 9-10)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-05 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 100 Palestinians whose bodies were trapped beneath rubble for nearly three years have been laid to rest in Gaza City, in one of the largest mass funerals held in the enclave since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began.
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[2026-08-05 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un hombre se sienta en una tabla de surf con un barco portacontenedores al fondo junto a otros buques comerciales, en el estrecho de Ormuz, desde Bandar Abbas, irán, el lunes 27 de julio de 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, Archivo)
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[2026-08-05 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday that Iran and Oman are amid negotiations for a route through the Strait of Hormuz aimed to ensure sovereign rights and national security considerations for both countries.
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[2026-08-05 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-05 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS secretary of state's remarks in paras 8-9)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-08-05 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices were down by about 5 per cent on Tuesday, with Brent falling below $80 for the first time in nearly a month, as markets digested conflicting claims over possible negotiations between the US and Iran.
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[2026-08-05 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The per-gallon price is displayed electronically over the various grades of fuel available from a pump at a QT gasoline station Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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[2026-08-05 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army said that it carried out several operations on Monday in the occupied West Bank, including dismantling weapon production machines in the Qabatiya area and arresting a person allegedly affiliated with the Palestinian's Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group in Nablus.
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[2026-08-05 02:23 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Optimism echoes Trump’s claims on Monday that deal is close as mediators say they are exchanging proposals
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[2026-08-05 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE's Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum have started supplying natural gas to a federal Iraqi power plant, bolstering electricity generation as the US-Iran war disrupts the country's energy sector.
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[2026-08-05 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he decided to hold off on ordering American forces to carry out new strikes against Iran at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-08-05 02:07 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, Qatari and American officials said Tuesday, but a deal with Iran has yet to be announced that could pave the way to reviving a broader cease-fire with the United States.
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[2026-08-05 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Overnight on Monday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian towns again, torching cars and spraying graffiti in the villages of Talfit and Jalud.
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[2026-08-05 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinians Prisoners' Society (PPS) said on Tuesday that Israeli forces have detained 630 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, during July.
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[2026-08-05 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The world is a much better place because Israel exists. That is a sine qua non. There should never be doubt about the veracity of that statement.
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[2026-08-05 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) lobby group has published a report apparently justifying some illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine and urging the British government not to ban goods produced by them.
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[2026-08-05 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraq exported less than a third of its pre-war oil levels in July through the Strait of Hormuz, data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler showed on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-05 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Avi Nesher’s latest film, Our Loves, will continue its international journey at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest film festival in North America and one of the most prestigious in the world, considered to be an important launching pad for movies.
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[2026-08-05 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Close to 270,000 Israeli citizens have left the country since 2023, marking the highest emigration levels in Israel's history, according to a new study by researchers at Tel Aviv University.
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[2026-08-05 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee dismissed conspiracy theories that claim Israel and the US are behind the migrant crisis at the Moroccan-Spanish border in Ceuta during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan broadcast on Monday.
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[2026-08-05 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) lobby group has published a report apparently justifying some illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine and urging the British government not to ban goods produced by them.
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[2026-08-05 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good afternoon Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-08-05 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yair Golan’s service to Israel deserves respect. A former IDF deputy chief of staff and major-general, he has contributed greatly to the country’s security. He is also obviously entitled to hold left-wing views, oppose the government, and seek to replace it through democratic elections.
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