Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel has attacked Beirut for the first time since it agreed to a ceasefire in the war with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, putting further pressure on a deal that has failed to stop the conflict.
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-07 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Experts are dubious that time will work in Mr. Trump’s favor. The United States “can certainly do more damage to the Iranian economy, but they have withstood more pressure than any other economy in history, and that hasn’t produced the collapse of the regime or more reasonable positions,” said Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and director of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.
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[2026-05-07 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Jet fuel shortages threaten to disrupt summer travel as the loss of supplies from the Middle East ripples across Asia and Europe.
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[2026-05-07 05:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran, this Thursday, May 7.
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: France has deployed its sole, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Middle East as part of a joint effort with the UK and Europe to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, military officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-07 05:35 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Major General (Retd) Nayyar Naseer paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha at the Defence Ministry on Tuesday (5).
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[2026-05-07 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States and Iran are closing in on a one-page memo to end their war, a Pakistani source involved in the peace efforts told Reuters yesterday (6), confirming an Axios report citing two US officials.
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[2026-05-07 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Long after the Iran war is just a bookmark in the history books, one distinct consequence will persist: much of the world, at least the part that does not fall under the Chinese sphere of influence, will do everything it can to avoid the Strait of Hormuz and failing that, have a Plan B.
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[2026-05-07 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US forces attacked an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a Wednesday statement.
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[2026-05-07 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Urban Development and Planning
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Cars] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Rome this week with two sensitive missions: contain a public spat with the Vatican and ease tensions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over defense and trade.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Dubai is facing an existential crisis with the US and Israeli war on Iran forcing tourism numbers to fall sharply, with widespread hotel closures and job losses decimating the global tourism hotspots' hospitality sector.
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[2026-05-07 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “That sweater is not just blue. It’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis — it’s actually cerulean.”
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[2026-05-07 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
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[2026-05-07 04:55 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
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[2026-05-07 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: From “Stars Are Blind” to stars and stripes.
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[2026-05-07 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket
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[2026-05-07 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said one soldier was wounded earlier on Wednesday “as a result of an explosive drone impact”.
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[2026-05-07 04:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: OKLAHOMA CITY — By most standards, the Lakers had an objectively strong defensive game in their Game 1 loss to the Thunder on Tuesday night at Paycom Center to kick off the best-of-seven second-round playoff series.
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[2026-05-07 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the strike targeting a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in Beirut.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy intelligence analyst who was jailed for spying for Israel, announced on Tuesday that he is joining politics ahead of the upcoming elections, taking a far-right stance and calling for Israeli annexation of the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men.
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[2026-05-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday night said they had ordered the IDF to try to assassinate Hezbollah's Radwan special forces commander in Beirut.
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[2026-05-07 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PAOAY, Ilocos Norte — Japanese forces for the first time fired its Type 88 surface-to-ship missile (SSM-1) in the Philippines - a highlight of the Joint Task Force Maritime Strike (Marstrike) activity held off the coast of Paoay, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday (May 6) as part of Exercise Balikatan 41-2026.
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[2026-05-07 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S and Moroccan military forces take part in the 20th edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File)
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[2026-05-07 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Luciano V. replaces the fuel nozzel after filling the tank of their 1999 Mazda Miata at an Astro gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-07 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: China urged Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with the US and Israel on Wednesday after the Trump administration called for Beijing’s help in the matter.
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[2026-05-07 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli airstrike killed a senior officer in the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip, health officials and Hamas sources said on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq is finalising the purchase of 20 air defence systems from Turkey, a senior Iraqi defence official has told The National, as Baghdad looks to avoid a repeat of widespread drone and missile strikes that hit the country during the Iran war.
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[2026-05-07 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-07 03:09 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President issues fresh ultimatum despite US claims of progress in stalled negotiations
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[2026-05-07 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: International Holding Company (IHC) reported an almost two-fold jump in its first-quarter net income, its best result in more than seven years, and is doubling down on global investments despite the Iran war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-05-07 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he believed there was "a very good chance" of sealing a peace deal with Iran, but threatened to resume his bombardment of the country if negotiations fell apart.
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[2026-05-07 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The protests were prompted by Russia's participation in the Italian art show. (AP: Luca Bruno)
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[2026-05-07 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Civil defence teams in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre have recovered two bodies after an Israeli strike targeted a car near Al-Siraj High School.
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[2026-05-07 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump said bombing would resume at a "much higher level" if Iran did not agree to a deal. (Reuters: Nathan Howard)
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[2026-05-07 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces killed several Hamas terrorists who posed a threat to troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-07 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. airlines spent 56.4% more on jet fuel in March, the month after the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran began, than they did in February, U.S. government data released Wednesday show.
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[2026-05-07 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia had decided to reject efforts to halt fighting and save lives by launching fresh attacks on Ukraine, which had called a unilateral ceasefire.
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[2026-05-07 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Russia had decided to reject efforts to halt fighting and save lives by launching fresh attacks on Ukraine, which had called a unilateral ceasefire.
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[2026-05-07 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next Mossad director, set to replace David Barnea on June 2. Barnea’s legacy is already sealed, and his name will remain tied to one of the most consequential phases in the long war against the Islamic terrorist regime ruling Tehran.
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[2026-05-07 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: CNN’s Abby Phillip and Van Jones tangled Tuesday night over Democratic efforts to scrutinize Israel’s nuclear capabilities as the Jewish state battles Iran.
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[2026-05-07 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BANGKOK — Southeast Asia’s joint effort to tackle global issues, such as an energy crisis caused by the war in the Middle East, is complicated by internal friction over tension between Thailand and Cambodia and civil war in Myanmar, a senior Cambodian diplomat said on Wednesday.
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