Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks fell from their record heights, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the ceasefire in the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Opec+ has agreed to increase output in June in a move aimed at reassuring markets that supply will continue despite the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-05-05 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow holds its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a "massive missile strike" on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it.
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[2026-05-05 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow holds its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a "massive missile strike" on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it.
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[2026-05-05 06:23 UTC+10:00] [Pulitzer prize] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecurity
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[2026-05-05 06:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in Iran on Tuesday, May 5.
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[2026-05-05 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The cost of food is increasing because of the Iran conflict. (ABC News: Jessica Black)
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[2026-05-05 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mali's junta leader, Assimi Goita, will assume the additional role of defence minister, according to a decree announced on Monday, after the death of the previous minister in large-scale attacks.
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[2026-05-05 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian state media says there was no planned attack on oil facilities at Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, citing a military official.
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[2026-05-05 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German Armed Forces have said they sent tens of thousands of young people a questionnaire on joining the military. Every 18-year-old male is obliged to fill it out and register for potential military service under a new law.
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[2026-05-05 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German Armed Forces have said they sent tens of thousands of young people a questionnaire on joining the military. Every 18-year-old male is obliged to fill it out and register for potential military service under a new law.
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[2026-05-05 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Victory Day marks the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in WW2. Ukraine said will observe its own truce with Russia on May 5 and 6
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[2026-05-05 05:44 UTC+10:00] [Agence France-Presse] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Victory Day marks the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in WW2. Ukraine said will observe its own truce with Russia on May 5 and 6
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[2026-05-05 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The leader of Mali’s military government, Assimi Goita, has taken on the role of defence minister following the killing of the previous minister in last week’s uprising by rebel groups.
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[2026-05-05 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Gen. M.M.Naravane, who served as India’s Army chief from 2019 to 2022, has suggested that India and China consider the 1959 Chinese proposal to barter the disputed territories of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh to end the 75-year-long boundary dispute between the two countries.
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[2026-05-05 05:39 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says renewed border clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani troops have worsened humanitarian conditions and harmed civilians in eastern Afghanistan.
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[2026-05-05 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Are we being dragged helplessly down a steep slope into a world of increasing chaos, mind-boggling cruelty? The United Nations and, various relief agencies, that have been repeatedly calling out this mayhem, report a growing number of their staff working in war-torn West Asia as asking for psychological relief, such is their trauma at work.
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[2026-05-05 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia will hold a two-day cease-fire in its war in Ukraine from May 8 to 9 to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe — as Kyiv announced its own cease-fire for two days earlier.
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[2026-05-05 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: As the Strait of Hormuz remains a flashpoint in the West Asian war, India is working on a plan to urgently ramp up its shipping capabilities, with a renewed focus on building a robust, future-ready maritime ecosystem.
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[2026-05-05 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands commemorated Remembrance Day by honouring Dutch victims of World War II war resting in Sri Lankan soil.
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[2026-05-05 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The training partnership between the Sri Lanka Navy and the Indian Navy reached a new high-water mark with the successful completion of the joint diving exercise, ‘IN-SLN DIVEX 2026’.
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[2026-05-05 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy, working with the Coast Guard and the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department arrested 77 individuals for illegal fishing practices during search operations from April 17 to 30.
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[2026-05-05 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Sri Lanka Navy took hold of a massive consignment of smuggled kendu leaves (over 2,000kg) during a search operation conducted in the seas off Chilaw recently. The operation also led to the interception of an Indian dhow with four Indian nationals as well as three local dinghies with six suspects in connection to this racket.
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[2026-05-05 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Underworld figure Gavin Preston was killed in a shooting in Melbourne's north-west on September 9, 2023. (Facebook)
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[2026-05-05 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has condemned Iranian missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates during a phone call with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to an official statement.
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[2026-05-05 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market fell from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the ceasefire in the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 05:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is falling from its record heights while oil prices jump following escalations in the Middle East that may be undermining the ceasefire in the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Uriel Dreyfus, a Judea and Samaria military court judge related to the famous French military officer Alfred Dreyfus, was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in a ceremony presided over by Military Court of Appeals president Major General Orly Markman.
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[2026-05-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel, Hamas, and the US are all giving out vibes that talks are stalled over disarmament, withdrawals, and fulfilling the later stages of the October 2025 ceasefire in a way that could finally bring the Israel-Hamas War to a close.
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[2026-05-05 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police disperse hundreds of civilians who entered Mount Meron on Monday, on the eve of Lag Ba'omer, in an attempt to light bonfires after the government banned the event earlier this week due to the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah in northern Israel.
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[2026-05-05 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE Ministry of Defence says its air defences shot down multiple projectiles launched from Iran on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations, and threatened a "massive missile strike" on Kyiv if Ukraine violated it.
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[2026-05-05 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Head of the Republic of Mordovia Artyom Zdunov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-05-05 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The exchange occurred a day after President Donald Trump announced the Navy would help commercial vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-05 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A large fire has broken out at the key oil port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after it was hit by a drone attack from Iran, local officials say.
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[2026-05-05 04:21 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-05 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have ordered all schools to switch to remote learning as regional tensions intensify. The situation will be reviewed on 8 May, authorities said.
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[2026-05-05 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The number of people killed in Israel’s war on Lebanon since 2 March has climbed to 2,696, with 8,264 others wounded, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-05 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices continue their upward incline, with Brent crude climbing to fresh intraday highs after reports of a drone strike targeting a key oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF destroyed a Hezbollah tunnel measuring approximately 30 meters in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The announcement of the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Germany underlines the urgency of a pan-European defence strategy
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[2026-05-05 03:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-05 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mali’s junta leader Gen. Assimi Goita attends the funeral of former defense minister Sadio Camara at the Military Engineering Parade Ground in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Boubacary Bocoum)
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[2026-05-05 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany is moving naval assets closer to the Middle East as it prepares to intervene in the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-05-05 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Iranian missile and drone strikes, describing them as a dangerous escalation.
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[2026-05-05 02:53 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany thought the United States would soon deploy long-range missiles on its soil that could strike deep into Russia and help deter an attack.
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[2026-05-05 02:52 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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[2026-05-05 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A group of Republican senators is drafting plans for a potential officially authorise a war against Iran if US strikes resume, according to a report by Semafor.
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[2026-05-05 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least three Indian nationals have been injured in a drone strike on a major petroleum industrial site in the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, the authorities have said. The incident took place as the Defense Ministry reported that it repelled an Iranian missile and drone attack.
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[2026-05-05 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least three Indian nationals have been injured in a drone strike on a major petroleum industrial site in the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, the authorities have said. The incident took place as the Defense Ministry reported that it repelled an Iranian missile and drone attack.
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