Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-19 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Even before the deeper strategic question is asked, the current debate over Lebanon reveals how narrow Israel’s governing imagination has become. A group of coalition Knesset members has already warned the political security cabinet against accepting the IDF General Staff’s proposed course of action, arguing that a shallow security strip just north of the border would amount not to victory, but to the squandering of a strategic opportunity.
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[2026-04-19 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Philippine Airlines plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in El Segundo, Calif., on Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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[2026-04-19 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel was surprised by US President Donald Trump's announcement that the IDF is “prohibited” from continuing strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to a Saturday Axios report.
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[2026-04-19 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel says it has drawn a new occupation line in southern Lebanon and has already launched attacks against what it describes as threats near its forces.
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[2026-04-19 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — After the ceasefire in Lebanon took hold, Samah Hajoul headed back to her apartment in south Beirut -- but only long enough to grab fresh clothes, feeling safer in her tent as she wonders whether the truce will last.
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[2026-04-19 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the declaration of the so-called ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in October 2025 - violated more than 2,000 times - and more dramatically since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, Palestine has been actively displaced from the centre of global attention.
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[2026-04-19 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Democratic-led effort to limit US President Donald Trump’s authority to keep waging war on Iran has been rejected in the House of Representatives, a day after a similar measure was blocked in the Senate.
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[2026-04-19 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to continue his feud with President Trump over the Iran war, after Trump posted a series of social media posts swiping at the pontiff.
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[2026-04-19 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After passing the turnoff for the Nativ Ha'Asara junction, travel on Highway 4 was halted at a military checkpoint manned by reserve soldiers. Slowly, one gestures with his hand, signaling for me to stop. A quick look into the vehicle, followed by a few questions, and I continued driving, turning right onto a dirt road until I came to a stop at the Gaza border.
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[2026-04-19 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Moscow is criminalizing the American dream — blacklisting more than a dozen elite US universities and making it illegal for Russians to so much as contact them.
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[2026-04-19 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SYDNEY, Australia — Japan agreed on Saturday on a deal to provide Australia’s navy with the first of almost a dozen stealth frigates, part of a wider military buildup by Canberra aimed at boosting its long-range firepower to deter China.
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[2026-04-19 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE bombing of Iran by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28 after negotiations failed in Geneva has triggered a war that has succeeded in overwhelming Tehran’s air defenses. The back-and-forth attacks — part of what the US has called “Operation Epic Fury” — among the countries involved have destroyed both military and civilian infrastructure in Iran.
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[2026-04-19 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WELLINGTON — New Zealand rejected on Saturday Beijing’s allegations of “disruptive and irresponsible” military surveillance in Chinese airspace and insisted its maneuvers were part of UN-backed efforts to enforce sanctions against North Korea.
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[2026-04-19 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: YAOUNDÉ — Pope Leo XIV arrives on Saturday in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with US President Donald Trump over the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-19 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Medical officials in Gaza say the death toll from Israel’s ongoing genocide continues to rise despite a so-called ceasefire signed in October last year.
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Amid ongoing hostilities with Iran, Democrats brushed off past calls from some figures in their party for US armed forces to “refuse illegal orders,” even as they broadly maintained that President Donald Trump’s use of the military is on shaky footing without lawmaker approval.
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-19 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-19 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has told Israel it was wrong. That was the message delivered Friday by US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack at the fifth Antalya Diplomacy Forum, a day after a 10-day Lebanon ceasefire took effect and hours after Barrack met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the Syrian delegation’s Antalya residence.
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[2026-04-19 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz continues to be the center of the world’s attention, as it remains unclear whether it is actually open to ships. It appeared that Iran had allowed ships to transit the Strait late last week, in the wake of a ceasefire, talks with the US, and also an Israeli ceasefire in Lebanon.
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[2026-04-19 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This would expedite review of drugs such as ibogaine, a drug that US military veteran groups have said can help treat PTSD
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[2026-04-19 00:41 UTC+10:00] [FDA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This would expedite review of drugs such as ibogaine, a drug that US military veteran groups have said can help treat PTSD
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[2026-04-19 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba is a peaceful nation, but it will use all means to defend itself in case of US aggression, the Caribbean country’s president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, has told RT.
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[2026-04-19 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba is a peaceful nation, but it will use all means to defend itself in case of US aggression, the Caribbean country’s president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, has told RT.
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[2026-04-19 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Just days after a ceasefire began in Lebanon, it appears that Hezbollah has carried out an attack that killed a French soldier. French President Emmanuel Macron said on social media that “Sergeant-Chef Florian Montorio of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment from Montauban fell this morning in southern Lebanon during an attack against UNIFIL.”
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[2026-04-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is looking for room to manoeuvre on bigger issues as a ceasefire deadline looms next week, observers say
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[2026-04-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tehran is looking for room to manoeuvre on bigger issues as a ceasefire deadline looms next week, observers say
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[2026-04-18 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide A woman with a rifle stands by an Iranian revolutionary flag during a pro-government National Army Day demonstration in April 18 in Tehran. Getty ImagesInfo A batsman hits the ball during a sunset cricket match in Doha. Qatar. AFPInfo Israeli soldiers stand back as Palestinian medical workers help a man who was reportedly attacked with pepper spray by settler extremists as he worked on his farmland near the Palestinian village of Halhoul, south of Hebron in the
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[2026-04-18 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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[2026-04-18 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The war against Iran had a coherent cause and was strategically successful
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[2026-04-18 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Price of successful ‘drone killer’ said to be one-tenth that of conventional air-defence munitions with comparable range and firepower specs
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[2026-04-18 23:30 UTC+10:00] [SA-] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Price of successful ‘drone killer’ said to be one-tenth that of conventional air-defence munitions with comparable range and firepower specs
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[2026-04-18 23:28 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: WASHINGTON — As European finance officials descended on the U.S. capital this week for the IMF-World Bank spring meetings, they sought to engage the Americans on the existential economic issues facing the continent: from the economic fallout from the Iran war to threats facing the global financial system to support for Ukraine.
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[2026-04-18 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-04-18 22:56 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Iran's military reimposed strict control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, demanding that the U.S. must lift its blockade of Iranian ports before the vital waterway is opened again, a spokesperson for the joint military command said.
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[2026-04-18 22:39 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Chinese military sent naval and air forces for “joint combat readiness patrols” in the waters and airspace of the East China Sea on Saturday, a day after a Japanese warship transited the Taiwan Strait.
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[2026-04-18 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sacramento Democrats are pushing a pair of “consumer protection” ticketing bills — but critics say the real winner could be the same powerhouse already accused of dominating the market: Live Nation.
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[2026-04-18 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-18 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Anniston, Ala., home where Marie Therese Ross, 85, who has returned to France after being held in U.S. immigration custody, had lived with her late husband, U.S. military veteran William Ross, on Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle)
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[2026-04-18 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Beirut, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese families are returning home despite ongoing reports of Israeli shelling and demolitions of homes near the country’s southern border.
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[2026-04-18 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine is pushing Israel to seize a grain shipment it says was looted from Russian-occupied territory as the war persists in the east.
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[2026-04-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS the conflict entered Day 32 on March 31, 2026, what initially appeared to be a short-term disruption has evolved into a prolonged crisis reshaping global trade, energy flows and supply chain stability.
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[2026-04-18 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF targeted on Saturday several sites in southern Lebanon where Hezbollah terrorists were stationed, arguing that their presence was in violation of the ceasefire agreement.
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[2026-04-18 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: BBC Arabic's correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day.
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[2026-04-18 21:46 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-04-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions on three people and two firms over allegedly recruiting and deploying Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s war, which has entered its fourth year with no end in sight.
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[2026-04-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A statement said to have been issued by Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, warned that the Islamic Republic's navy is ready to defeat US forces, as the two countries sparred over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-18 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-18 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-04-18 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian leadership claimed on Saturday that it has regained military control over the Strait of Hormuz and that this control will remain in place unless the United States guarantees full freedom of movement for vessels traveling to and from Iran.
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