Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 15 people, the health ministry said Thursday, as the country's president decried what he described as ongoing Israeli violations of a nearly two-week ceasefire.
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[2026-05-01 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Raf Milo, commander of Israel’s Northern Command, announced that Israeli forces have invaded 10km into Lebanese territory in the south and “do not intend to pull back”.
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[2026-05-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Odesa Jewish elementary school and a Jewish orphanage were severely damaged in Russian bombings on Wednesday night, according to Southern Ukraine and Odesa Chief Rabbi Avraham Wolff and Chabad, leading to the decision to temporarily shutter the school.
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[2026-05-01 03:40 UTC+10:00] [Science] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fights
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[2026-05-01 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “an extension of military operations” and called the “continuation of this oppressive approach... intolerable”.
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[2026-05-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has since the war's start and prior assassinations of top leaders including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei become the most visible figurehead representing the Islamic Republic to the world, has continued trolling the United States even as President Trump is renewing fresh military strikes amid an uneasy extended ceasefire and ongoing US naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-05-01 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An inquest into the shooting of five people in west Belfast in 1972 has found that the Army "lost control" in a number of cases and "overreacted to a perceived threat".
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[2026-05-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Central Command (Centcom) has requested to deploy the military’s secretive Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran as a way to hit targets deep inside the Islamic Republic while remaining beyond the reach of its air defences, according to a report by Bloomberg on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran’s severely injured supreme leader remained defiant on Thursday as he vowed to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities — warning that America’s only place in the Gulf was “at the bottom of its waters.”
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[2026-05-01 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amid the ongoing conflict in Iran and surging fuel costs, your vacation could increase in price even after you’ve paid or be canceled outright.
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[2026-05-01 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Displaced Palestinian Reem Abu Lahia uses water to do laundry inside the tent where she lives in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US inflation accelerated in March as the Iran war raised gasoline prices, bolstering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates unchanged well into next year.
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[2026-05-01 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gasoline prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-05-01 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli strikes have killed 16 people in Lebanon so far on Thursday, in violation of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen individuals have been referred to the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over a multimillion-dollar scheme to illegally procure military equipment for Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) through UAE-based companies and financial channels.
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-01 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.
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[2026-05-01 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to pull U.S. troops out of Germany — but turning a social media edict into an actual withdrawal is far more complicated.
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[2026-05-01 02:37 UTC+10:00] [Germany] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s latest outburst comes a day after he suggested a possible reduction in US troops in Germany
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[2026-05-01 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall’s 43-day federal government shutdown. But the outlook is clouded by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen suspects are to stand trial over a multimillion-dollar plot to buy military equipment and weapons through the UAE's financial system and send them to the Sudanese Armed Forces for use in the country's civil war.
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday that activists on board the aid vessels bound for Gaza detained by Israel’s military on international waters will be taken to Greece.
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[2026-05-01 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Turkish-Israeli citizen was released after being detained in Turkey for serving in the Israeli army, following intervention from the US and Israeli governments.
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that it was “possible” that his country “may soon have to act again” against Iran to eradicate the “threat” it poses to Israel.
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[2026-05-01 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: California gasoline prices hit $6 per gallon on Thursday, a 30% increase since the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran in late February.
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[2026-05-01 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, telling him to focusing on ending the Ukraine war instead of "interfering" on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, made his rounds in the media on Tuesday to announce the country’s departure from Opec – an unprecedented 16 interviews in one day – you may have noticed that the oil price barely moved.
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[2026-05-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line.
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[2026-05-01 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli forces overnight Wednesday took control of vessels participating in the Hamas-linked Gaza protest flotilla, the Foreign Ministry confirmed following reports from organizers that naval forces had intercepted them near Greece.
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[2026-05-01 00:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Thousands of people paid tribute to Mali’s slain defence minister, Sadio Camara, in a ceremony held under tight security in the capital, Bamako, on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The statewide average for 87-octane gasoline in California has topped $6 a gallon as the Iran-war-driven global energy crunch ripples across the West Coast, the hardest-hit U.S. region. Meanwhile, the national average remains above the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon threshold, hovering around $4.30, according to AAA data as of Thursday morning.
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[2026-05-01 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Bank of England has revealed some interesting details on the ways our finances might be affected as the conflict in the Middle East hits the economy.
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[2026-05-01 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon’s latest cost assessment of the war against Iran is a lowball figure that does not include the extensive damage to US military bases during the conflict, CNN has reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN chief Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm on Thursday over the worsening global economic impacts of the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed due to the Iran war.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over 30 Israeli companies are set to take part in France’s largest defense exhibition, Eurosatory, in June, despite Israel halting defense procurement with France and past bans on the Jewish state participating in weapons exhibitions in the European nation.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An IDF major was indicted in military court on Wednesday for allegedly using his position near the Gaza border to smuggle a truckload of unauthorized goods into the enclave, bypass military checks, and bring an Israeli citizen into Gaza to complete the transfer.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Peruvian President José María Balcázar has sparked outrage after claiming that Jews were partly responsible for "pushing" Germany into war.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine will seek clarification from US President Donald Trump's team on details of a Russian proposal for a brief ceasefire next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite clearly intentionally leaked reports about top American military officials briefing US President Donald Trump on new escalatory and potentially imminent military options versus Iran, all signs from Israeli and American sources to The Jerusalem Post are that the near future will see more of the current game of chicken.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The cost of the Iran war to the US may be close to $40-50 billion when including the costs of rebuilding US military installations and replacing destroyed assets, CNN reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-01 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) on Thursday said a planned congressional inquiry into the April 19 clash in Toboso, Negros Occidental should lead to concrete legislation to prevent similar incidents.
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[2026-05-01 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France was the top arms exporter to Israel in 2024, even as Israel said it would no longer be procuring weapons from the country.
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[2026-05-01 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With Brent surging to a new post war high overnight, rising as high as $125 on fear of an imminent resumption of hostilities in Iran, which dragged yields higher, and also pushed the USDJPY above 160 for the first time since late March, overnight Japan made clear - again - it wouldn't take it any more, with the usual round of jawboning.
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[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing asks the international body to prioritise Tokyo’s ‘dangerous tendency to seek nuclear weapons’ as regional row escalates
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[2026-05-01 00:00 UTC+10:00] [nuclear breakout] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing asks the international body to prioritise Tokyo’s ‘dangerous tendency to seek nuclear weapons’ as regional row escalates
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[2026-04-30 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Air travel in the Gulf is ramping as a ceasefire between the US and Iran continues to bring relief to the region.
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