Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s study of Iran, Ukraine wars could help hone its ability to wage information warfare against the US during a Taiwan Strait crisis
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[2026-05-08 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s study of Iran, Ukraine wars could help hone its ability to wage information warfare against the US during a Taiwan Strait crisis
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[2026-05-08 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has launched an inquiry after a viral video showed one of its soldiers in southern Lebanon desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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[2026-05-08 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-based financial analysis firm Moody's predicts that hotel occupancy in Dubai is set to plummet to 10 percent from a pre-war figure of 80 percent in the second quarter of the year, which ends on 1 July, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-08 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv’s ceasefire earlier in the week and tension mounted over safety at Russia's upcoming Victory Day celebrations.
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[2026-05-08 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The steep rise in jet fuel prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran is posing a bigger challenge to the global airline industry than the Covid-19 pandemic did, according to AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes.
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[2026-05-08 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The steep rise in jet fuel prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran is posing a bigger challenge to the global airline industry than the Covid-19 pandemic did, according to AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes.
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[2026-05-08 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States is trying to de-escalate Israel’s actions in Lebanon as it pushes for solidifying an ongoing ceasefire and moving to the next phase of negotiations between the two sides, according to a Lebanese official.
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[2026-05-08 02:23 UTC+10:00] [Saudi Arabia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-08 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The remains of 80 Soviet soldiers that were discovered during construction work have been reburied in Potsdam, German. The troops took part in the liberation of the city from Nazi forces in 1945, the Russian Embassy in Berlin has told Zvezda TV.
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[2026-05-08 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The remains of 80 Soviet soldiers that were discovered during construction work have been reburied in Potsdam, German. The troops took part in the liberation of the city from Nazi forces in 1945, the Russian Embassy in Berlin has told Zvezda TV.
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[2026-05-08 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has awarded the Order of Civil Merit to Francesca Albanese, recognising her advocacy during Israel’s war on Gaza.
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[2026-05-08 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India remained “steadfast as ever” in its determination to defeat terrorism and its “enabling ecosystem,” marking a year since a deadly clash with archenemy Pakistan.
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[2026-05-08 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal investigators are probing at least four suspiciously timed oil trades worth more than $2.6 billion that were placed just minutes before major announcements about the Iran war sent crude prices tumbling, according to a report.
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[2026-05-08 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-08 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: One word dominates Red Square right now: "Victory".
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[2026-05-08 01:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A cross-dressing “neighbor from hell” has been terrorizing a Bronx apartment building where he’s been living rent-free for a year — wildly waving around weapons, masturbating in the hallway and even threatening to blow the place up with gas, disturbing footage shows.
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[2026-05-08 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: By miming children juggling ammunition found on the ground or driven mad by fear, the four acrobats hope to express what is too painful for words: how their native Burkina Faso's jihadist conflict has ruined countless childhoods.
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[2026-05-08 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — A dozen U.S. Democratic Senators have called for the U.S. Central Command to answer questions about American coordination with Israel in declaring broad “ evacuation zones ” in Lebanon and Iran, alleging that the practice may violate international law.
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[2026-05-08 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The driver seen racing down a sidewalk chasing a child on a dirt bike then tried to break into a neighbor’s home — just to fall on her face because she was so drunk, according to the neighbor.
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[2026-05-08 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mourners carry the body of Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, mourn over his body after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-05-08 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Real Madrid are in the midst of a civil war with fans demanding star player Kylian Mbappe is sold.
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[2026-05-08 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With hopes of a permanent truce being continually undermined by minor skirmishes and blockade infringements, it remains unclear whether this war is close to ending. And while oil prices gyrate from one Trump Truth post to the next, two weeks of Brent above $100/barrel (only just inching below as of this morning) suggests the market is not buying into the quick resolution narrative.
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[2026-05-08 01:09 UTC+10:00] [Late-night TV roundup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Late-night hosts discussed the situation in Iran and the Trump administration’s efforts to avoid using the word ‘war’
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[2026-05-08 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In the largely arid Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, where the past three rainy seasons have failed, there is nothing to see but dry water ponds, destroyed crops, and animal carcasses.
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[2026-05-08 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Oil prices fell and global stock markets traded mixed Thursday awaiting an update on a US plan to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-08 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Shell on Thursday reported surging profits in the first quarter, as the Iran war led to a rise in oil prices, while the most significant impacts for the British energy company have been in Qatar.
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[2026-05-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than three months, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-05-08 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled, and Gaza risks sliding back into war.
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[2026-05-08 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1907 — Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds.
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[2026-05-08 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While conventional wisdom, especially after Trump's counter-blockade of Iran's blockade, that the Strait of Hormuz is completely blocked, the reality is that the UAE is now running loaded crude tankers through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz with transponders switched off - just like sanctioned Iranian ghost fleets in the pre-war period - just to pry loose a fraction of the oil bottled up in the Gulf.
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[2026-05-08 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new wave of global shocks mainly caused by the war in the Middle East is pushing up the cost of living once again and bringing about a revised economic outlook, the IMF's outlook report for sub-Saharan Africa titled 'Hard-Won Gains Under Pressure' shows.
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[2026-05-07 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The leader of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary said his forces are prepared to fight for decades in their war with the regular army, warning that his fighters remained positioned outside the army-controlled capital.
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Global oil prices fell more than five percent on Thursday, amid hopes that ongoing talks would bring an end to the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. authorities are investigating more than $2.6 billion in oil futures shorts that landed within minutes of major announcements tied to the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a widening inquiry into potential misuse of material non-public information in one of the most liquid and geopolitically sensitive commodity markets on earth, ABC News reports.
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[2026-05-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to respond to its latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf.
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[2026-05-07 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hundreds of merchant ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf as the United States and Iran appear to be moving closer to an initial agreement to end the war. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passes, as Iran has restricted movement through it and the U.S.
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[2026-05-07 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive?
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[2026-05-07 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran6:34 p.m. May 7
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[2026-05-07 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than two weeks.
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[2026-05-07 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Trump suspended a plan to have the military escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabian officials warned Riyadh would not allow the US to use its airspace or air bases to support the initiative.
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[2026-05-07 23:23 UTC+10:00] [Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Russia and Ukraine are trading threats and attacks ahead of Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations, seeding further anxiety about potential weekend violence in both capitals.
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[2026-05-07 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A West Point cadet dons a gas mask while running through smoke during the crucible portion of the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As Iran and the US appear to be seeking an agreement that could see the Strait of Hormuz open and see Iran’s nuclear program addressed, it is unclear what Israel’s strategy will be in the future. Israel has been fighting a multi-front war since October 7, 2023. The Hamas attack essentially enabled Iran to coordinate a larger series of attacks on Israel.
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[2026-05-07 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Foreign Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A Chinese military court has handed two former defense ministers suspended death sentences following their convictions on graft charges.
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[2026-05-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the Hormuz blockade cuts off vital agricultural inputs, Food and Agriculture Organization official views China as key food security partner
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[2026-05-07 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As the Hormuz blockade cuts off vital agricultural inputs, Food and Agriculture Organization official views China as key food security partner
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[2026-05-07 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The authorities should give companies a greater voice in civilian-military collaboration, Major General Zhang Zhan argues
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[2026-05-07 22:57 UTC+10:00] [aerospace technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The authorities should give companies a greater voice in civilian-military collaboration, Major General Zhang Zhan argues
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[2026-05-07 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army Home Front Command is denying access to a security alarm system for fear of Iranian infiltration, causing distress among northern Israeli communities, Ynet reported on Thursday.
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