Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 11:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defence equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery.
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[2026-05-07 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington plans to increase defence spending to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product, citing rising geopolitical tensions
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[2026-05-07 11:55 UTC+10:00] [New Zealand] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wellington plans to increase defence spending to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product, citing rising geopolitical tensions
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[2026-05-07 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has bombed Beirut’s southern suburbs in its first direct strike on the Lebanese capital since the April ceasefire.
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[2026-05-07 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The government will extend its ban on hoarding petroleum products for another two months amid continued supply concerns stemming from the standoff in the Middle East, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Enough evidence is in. Every team has played eight games, and it’s clear what is separating the best from the rest in season 2026.
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[2026-05-07 11:05 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russia vows ‘retaliatory’ strikes if Moscow parade if attacked – despite Ukraine offering truce; departing Orbán surrenders Ukrainian cash and gold. What we know on day 1,534
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[2026-05-07 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- In the moments after recording the final three outs of his team's victory Wednesday night, LG Twins pitcher Kim Yun-sik was clutching a baseball in his left hand.
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[2026-05-07 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: North Korea’s envoy to the United Nations has declared that Pyongyang will not be bound by any treaty on atomic weapons and that no external pressure will change its status as a nuclear-armed state.
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[2026-05-07 10:40 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-07 10:40 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-07 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-07 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Lebanon ceasefire seems definitively off, as the capital of Beirut has come under heavy attack on Wednesday, with Israeli officials describing the military action as a targeted assassination of a top Hezbollah commander.
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[2026-05-07 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In a press statement, Hamas said the latest Israeli attacks waged on Gaza represent a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement signed in October.
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[2026-05-07 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms.
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[2026-05-07 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms.
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[2026-05-07 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Priority should be safe return of Namu, crewIranian Embassy rebuffs any military involvement in explosion on Korean-operated ship in the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is pushing to revise the country's pacifist constitution. The BBC's Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori explains why the country is shifting away from it's anti-war stance, and why there are increasing protests in response.
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[2026-05-07 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There are efforts to possibly deliver the Boeing 747 even earlier, to align with Trump’s birthday on June 14
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[2026-05-07 07:43 UTC+10:00] [Boeing] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: There are efforts to possibly deliver the Boeing 747 even earlier, to align with Trump’s birthday on June 14
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[2026-05-07 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot and Femen, founded in Ukraine, have staged a striking joint protest at this year's Venice Biennale, as Russia returns to the prestigious arts fair for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-05-07 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Iran says a US proposal to end the war is "still being considered", after reports the two sides could be close to an agreement.
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[2026-05-07 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says he has had “very good talks” with Iran over the past 24 hours and it is “very possible that we will make a deal”, as Tehran reviews a US peace proposal that sources said would formally end the war.
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[2026-05-07 07:04 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-07 06:48 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-07 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Yet another major Wall Street firm is poised to expand outside New York City – the latest blow to the Big Apple’s tax coffers thanks to Mayor Zohran Mandani’s war on wealthy residents and businesses, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-07 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya, was seriously injured in an IDF strike in Gaza, Saudi news network Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: History is likely to be as kind to Jerome Powell, the outgoing chair of the US Federal Reserve Board, as it has been to Winston Churchill. Today, Churchill is mainly remembered for his courageous leadership during World War II, when he mobilized Britons to fend off the Nazi onslaught.
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[2026-05-07 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Recent international news has been dominated by the Iran war, particularly by the provocative statements of US President Donald Trump, making it difficult to shake off a sense of gloom. Against this backdrop, it was refreshing to encounter a piece of news that felt almost uplifting, especially as it came from King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
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[2026-05-07 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces continued military operations across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including the detention of a young Palestinian man in the city of Tubas, according to the Wafa news agency.
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[2026-05-07 06:09 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Wednesday that Poland is ready to host American troops withdrawn from Germany and that he would personally lobby Donald Trump to send them east.
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[2026-05-07 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals.
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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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 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Valeriya Kovalenko, RT editor
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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 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A tropical archipelago just 1,500 kilometres from Australia, rich in gold and copper, is preparing itself for nationhood next year.
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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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