Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that Iran has seized an oil tanker, accusing it of "attempting to disrupt oil exports and the interests of the Iranian nation."
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[2026-05-08 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s parliament has expelled three lawmakers after they voted against a royal decree removing judicial oversight in matters of citizenship, just days after dozens had their nationalities stripped in connection with the Iran war.
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[2026-05-08 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A plan to install permanent gates at the iconic Washington Square Park is igniting a tug-of-war between safety and preserving the Big Apple park’s historically “free” spirit.
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[2026-05-08 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Decrease to take effect on May 16 and comes after airline raised surcharges due to higher fuel prices as Middle East war disrupted supplies
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[2026-05-08 21:05 UTC+10:00] [mainland China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Decrease to take effect on May 16 and comes after airline raised surcharges due to higher fuel prices as Middle East war disrupted supplies
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Actors attend a historical reenactment depicting the arrival of trains after the end of the war as a part of celebrations ahead of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during World War II, at the Baltiysky railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In an exclusive interview, a seafarer describes the strike on the MKD Vyom in the Gulf of Oman that killed his friend and crewmate, Dixit Solanki
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo’s recent tracking of three PLA Navy warships transiting Tsushima Strait comes amid heightened regional tensions
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[2026-05-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Japanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo’s recent tracking of three PLA Navy warships transiting Tsushima Strait comes amid heightened regional tensions
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[2026-05-08 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: European airlines should use US-made jet fuel to combat soaring prices and limited supply caused by the US-Israel war with Iran, two major international airline bodies have suggested.
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[2026-05-08 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bahrain’s parliament has expelled three lawmakers after they voted against a royal decree removing judicial oversight in matters of citizenship, just days after dozens had their nationalities stripped in connection with the Iran war.
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[2026-05-08 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The European Commission on Friday told airlines that the impact of the Iran war on the jet fuel market is not severe enough to allow airlines to charge passengers a fuel hike surcharge, or to avoid compensation payments for cancelled flights. All passenger protection rules remain unchanged, the commission said.
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[2026-05-08 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE announced Dh180 billion ($49 billion) in cumulative offtakes over the next decade during the Make it in the Emirates summit as part of the government's push to strengthen and broaden the country's industrial base amid Iran war driven uncertainties.
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[2026-05-08 20:35 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-08 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday. His visit was expected to be a fence-mending mission after weeks of tensions over the war in Iran in which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly bashed Pope Leo over his promotion of peace in the region.
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[2026-05-08 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran has seized the oil tanker Ocean Koi over an alleged attempt to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media said on Friday.
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[2026-05-08 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of violating separate ceasefires declared by each side to cover the celebrations of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany.
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[2026-05-08 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition party leader on Friday claimed that the public is concerned about President Lee Jae Myung's "hasty" push to retake wartime operational control (OPCON) of troops from Washington, calling for adjustments in his security policy.
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[2026-05-08 19:30 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Making a deal means the US finding a position that doesn’t threaten the Iranian regime’s survival. The alternative is a prolonged and damaging stalemate
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[2026-05-08 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Spanish government has awarded Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestine, one of its highest civilian honours for her work “documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza".
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[2026-05-08 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded a “public progress update” from United States authorities on the FBI probe into the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, who was shot dead in the occupied West Bank in 2022.
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[2026-05-08 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefire between the warring nations could collapse.
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[2026-05-08 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A civilian and three IDF soldiers were indicted Friday after being arrested in March on suspicion of maintaining long-term contact with Iranian intelligence operatives and carrying out security-related tasks at their direction before their military enlistment, the Shin Bet, Israel Police, and Military Police confirmed in a statement.
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[2026-05-08 19:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than half of Lebanon's population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war on Lebanon.
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[2026-05-08 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Under President Vladimir Putin, Victory Day — the date when Russians celebrate the Soviet victory over the Nazis in World War II — has become a flagship event in the annual calendar, with thousands of military personnel and dozens of military vehicles parading through Red Square.
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[2026-05-08 18:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-08 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Toyota forecast a 20 percent decline in profit for the current financial year on Friday, as cost and supply uncertainties stemming from the Iran war weigh on earnings even as robust demand for its hybrid models powers sales growth.
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[2026-05-08 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a rare outbreak of sanity from the continent that perfected kicking the can, officials on NATO’s eastern front are openly admitting what Brussels and Frankfurt have spent years denying: you can’t fund a permanent war footing with infinite borrowing and hope the bond market never notices.
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[2026-05-08 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has accused members of the court's governing body of waging a "dangerous" and biased campaign to remove him from office over unfounded sexual misconduct allegations and his investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes.
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[2026-05-08 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Editorial from Chinese military’s official newspaper is the first time that Li Shangfu has been labelled a traitor
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[2026-05-08 18:13 UTC+10:00] [Wei Fenghe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Editorial from Chinese military’s official newspaper is the first time that Li Shangfu has been labelled a traitor
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[2026-05-08 18:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets after an attack on three American destroyers in the strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-08 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that an oil products tanker carrying Chinese crew was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and expressed deep concern about vessels affected by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-08 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has accused members of the court's governing body of waging a "dangerous" and biased campaign to remove him from office over unfounded sexual misconduct allegations and his investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes.
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[2026-05-08 18:03 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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[2026-05-08 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Is war returning to Gaza? That is the question being quietly debated inside Israel’s security establishment.
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[2026-05-08 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of breaching a short ceasefire announced by Moscow to coincide with Victory Day commemorations marking the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.
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[2026-05-08 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: May 9 is a venerated date on the Russian calendar. The anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II is usually commemorated with a grand military parade outside the Kremlin, on Moscow’s Red Square.
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[2026-05-08 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-05-08 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaves the St. Damasus courtyard after meeting with Pope Leo XIV and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin the Vatican, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)
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[2026-05-08 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Engineers tell state media they had provided technical support during a conflict that saw an Indian fighter downed by a Chinese-made fighter
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[2026-05-08 17:26 UTC+10:00] [Stockholm International Peace Research Institute] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Engineers tell state media they had provided technical support during a conflict that saw an Indian fighter downed by a Chinese-made fighter
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[2026-05-08 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is not considering signing a bilateral military logistics support agreement with Japan, a defense ministry official said Friday, following a report suggesting Tokyo seeks to push for such a deal.
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[2026-05-08 17:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A special envoy of South Korea's foreign minister has visited Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq and met with officials to discuss cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other sectors amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-05-08 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In recent days, Iraq stood out in the region for what it has not said.
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[2026-05-08 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After Zelenskyy, Robert Brovdi is Moscow’s top assassination target owing to his long-range attacks deep within Russia
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[2026-05-08 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- A special envoy of South Korea's foreign minister has visited Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq and met with officials to discuss cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other sectors amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
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[2026-05-08 16:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several news outlets have reported an Israeli attack targeting a road between the towns of Kfarshouba and Kfarhamamin in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-08 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Paraguayan President Santiago Pena, left, accompanied by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, delivers a speech during a military welcome ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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[2026-05-08 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Chad has declared a 20-day state of emergency in the violence-hit Lake Chad region following a wave of deadly attacks blamed on jihadist group Boko Haram. The decision comes after at least 26 soldiers and two senior generals were killed in separate ambushes this week, triggering nationwide mourning and intensified military operations.
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