Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that ongoing US-Iran negotiations are “suffering from the lack of trust", emphasising that Tehran seeks clear and well-defined terms before agreeing to any deal.
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[2026-05-16 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The two-day meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi ended on Friday without a joint statement due to "differing views" on the US-Israeli war against Iran and the current situation in West Asia, the Indian government said in a statement.
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, said support for the Palestinian cause must go beyond expressions of solidarity and include efforts to address what he described as the root causes of Palestinian suffering under Israeli occupation.
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[2026-05-16 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is a lot coming up on Israeli television this week, notably the new season of Fauda on Yes, on May 18, and The Intern, a medical drama starring Niv Sultan of Tehran, which will begin running on Hot on May 19.
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[2026-05-16 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump claimed that the US and Iran had made multiple deals, which Iran then refused to acknowledge, in an interview with Fox News on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly 200 former Canadian diplomats have urged Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to impose “robust” sanctions on Israel over conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz “will be open” and vowed that Iran would not be allowed to use the strategic waterway “as a weapon”.
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[2026-05-16 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 16 May 2026 at 11:09am
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[2026-05-16 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asia was first and hardest hit by fossil fuel disruptions caused by the Iran war’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-16 10:59 UTC+10:00] [Delhi] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asia was first and hardest hit by fossil fuel disruptions caused by the Iran war’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-16 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Esta fotografía incluida en una denuncia penal desprecintada el 15 de mayo de 2026 por parte de la corte federal de distrito para el distrito sur de Nueva York muestra a Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a la derecha, con Qasem Soleimani, excomandante de la Fuerza Quds del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica, que se encontró en la cuenta de Snapchat de Saadi, según una denuncia penal federal.(Corte federal de distrito para el distrito sur de Nueva York vía
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[2026-05-16 10:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Democratic lawmakers criticised President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, saying the conflict was driving up fertiliser, fuel and household costs across the United States.
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[2026-05-16 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s mission to the United Nations accused the United States of trying to “manufacture a false image” of broad international support by emphasising the number of co-sponsors behind a Bahrain-backed draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-16 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Americans would bear increasing economic costs from what he described as a “war of choice” launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
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[2026-05-16 09:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed the United Arab Emirates’s “firm approach based on supporting the security and stability of the region” while condemning “in the strongest terms the Iranian attacks and threats that targeted the state and the countries of the region”.
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[2026-05-16 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump downplayed the effect redistricting will have on the midterm elections and said the outcome of the Iran war will be a bigger factor.
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[2026-05-16 07:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El logo del FBI en un podio antes de una conferencia de prensa, el 16 de enero de 2025, en la oficina de campo de la agencia en Portland, Oregon. (AP Foto/Jenny Kane, Archivo)
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[2026-05-16 07:34 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump administration accused of cutting military’s civilian harm program in light of US strike on girls school in Iran
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[2026-05-16 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would accept a 20-year suspension by Iran of its nuclear programme, in what appears to be confirmation of a shift in position away from a demand for a total end to it.
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[2026-05-16 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-16 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Taiyo Oil tanker that arrived in Japan in March, having taken on Middle Eastern oil off the coast of Malaysia. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-05-16 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There is little doubt that Iran's Shahed drone threat has become a major concern, menacing surrounding Gulf states, commercial tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. bases across the region. This backdrop helps explain why the State Department's Rewards for Justice program has now put up to $15 million for new information in connection with an already sanctioned Iranian drone-production network linked to the IRGC-Qods Force.
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[2026-05-16 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Wall Street’s rally hit a wall Friday as investors dumped stocks amid a sharp jump in Treasury yields, another surge in oil prices and ongoing fears about the Iran war.
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[2026-05-16 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iranians facing internet blackouts have been ordered to post pro-government content and hand over a slew of personal information to regain access, according to independent media outlets.
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[2026-05-16 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India has increased export duties on petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, one day after raising domestic fuel prices for the first time since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on 28 February.
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[2026-05-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: By the end of the year, Tehran and Washington will have a permanent peace deal in place, Iran's hardline regime will remain in power and exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi will not be back in his home country.
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[2026-05-16 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This satellite image provided by Airbus DS shows what appears to be a human-made track dug out in Iraq’s western Nukhaib desert, some 250 kilometers (155 miles), southwest of the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. (© Airbus DS 2026 via AP)
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[2026-05-16 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran.
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[2026-05-16 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto police officers investigate outside the U.S. consulate in Toronto on March 10, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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[2026-05-16 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE made a failed bid to convince Saudi Arabia and Qatar to launch a joint military response to Iran’s attacks on the Gulf, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government.
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[2026-05-16 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iraqi national with suspected ties to Hezbollah has been arrested on charges of carrying out a slew of terror attacks in Europe — and plotting the bombing of a New York synagogue.
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[2026-05-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A worker installs a seat at Toyota Motor's Motomachi assembly plant in Aichi prefecture, Japan. (Toyota Motor)
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[2026-05-16 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The BRICS alliance of major developing economies has failed to issue a joint statement after their two-day meeting in India, amid internal divisions over the Iran war which is affecting several members.
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[2026-05-16 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El ministro de Exteriores de Irán, Abbas Araghchi, llega a una reunión durante la cumbre de los BRICS en Nueva Delhi, India, el jueves 14 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Oman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting ships
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump rejected reports suggesting Iran still possesses a large number of missile launchers, describing the claims as “fake news”.
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[2026-05-16 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tehran and Washington are truly not just back to square one, but it's as if no rounds of dialogue - direct or indirect - have even taken place. It's more like being back at square zero - and the US President has just acknowledged it.
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[2026-05-16 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates and India have signed pacts on defence, energy and shipping during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Gulf state on Friday, as both countries seek to deepen their relationship amid heightened tensions between Abu Dhabi and Tehran.
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[2026-05-16 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Days after the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran began, we pointed out on March 3 that the conflict was likely to accelerate a major Gulf infrastructure push to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline to the Red Sea stood out as the clearest signal that regional producers needed a credible Plan B for moving crude and crude products when the Hormuz chokepoint becomes disrupted.
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[2026-05-16 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP)
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[2026-05-16 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China and the United States have provided critical support to the oil market and helped ease the huge supply disruption in the Middle East and kept energy prices from surging even higher.
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[2026-05-16 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his government received messages from President Donald Trump’s administration indicating it is open for new talks to end the war in the region, but “distrust” remains in Tehran about US intentions.
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[2026-05-16 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized the U.S. in a televised interview on Thursday, blaming tensions in the Strait of Hormuz on “U.S. aggression”.
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[2026-05-16 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Tehran has "no trust" in the United States and remains interested in negotiations only if Washington demonstrates seriousness, as talks aimed at ending the war remain stalled. Speaking to Indian media during the second day of the BRICS foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, Araghchi said military initiatives are ineffective in resolving regional crises, Turkey Today reported.
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[2026-05-15 23:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After a much-hyped US-China summit, the leaders of the world’s two biggest powers made no real breakthroughs on big issues, such as Iran, Taiwan and trade. The Guardian's senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, breaks down how Donald Trump and Xi Jinping focused on growing their personal rapport instead
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