Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-26 00:28 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Tampa: Donald Trump dramatically expanded the scope of Iran peace talks by demanding Arab nations sign agreements with Israel and threatening to freeze key Gulf allies out of the negotiations if they failed to do so.
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[2026-05-26 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-26 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s opposition, said a peace agreement with Palestinians would not be the priority of his bloc if it won elections later this year and that Israel has bigger domestic issues and tensions with Iran to deal with.
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[2026-05-26 00:17 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Since President Trump announced a cease-fire with Iran in April, he has sought to force Tehran to accept his terms for a peace deal with a mixture of threats and limited military operations.
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[2026-05-26 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday the government will compile a $19 billion supplementary budget to support households grappling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has urged several Muslim-majority countries to normalise relations with Israel as part of an Iran peace deal.
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[2026-05-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The twists and turns in this saga are bewildering, but Donald Trump appears to have the cards stacked against him
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[2026-05-25 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AGRA, India — Marco Rubio leads US foreign policy as diplomacy on Iran goes down to the wire, but he is also making time for cultural attractions as divergent as the Taj Mahal and the Village People.
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[2026-05-25 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4-8)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-25 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 11:52pm
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[2026-05-25 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-25 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With reports that the United States expended more than half of its overall Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors during Operation Epic Fury (Operation Roaring Lion) against Iran, Lockheed Martin has broken ground for a new munitions production center in Troy, Alabama.
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[2026-05-25 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In recent days, as yet another roller-coaster ride of news has unfolded, with rumors of an Iran deal, there has been renewed talk of several countries joining the Abraham Accords. This is presented as a rumor, linked to the White House’s current talks about reaching an Iran deal.
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[2026-05-25 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China's leader Xi Jinping met with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing on Monday, state media reported, as diplomatic efforts by several countries to formally end the Iran war drag on.
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[2026-05-25 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures jumped and global stocks rose to record highs as crude oil fell after officials signaled - once again - that the US was nearing a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil flows. The dollar weakened while precious metals and crypto bounced from Friday's drop.
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[2026-05-25 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hoteliers in the UAE are gearing up for a surge in residents' bookings due to the impact of the Iran war on regional travel during Eid Al Adha.
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[2026-05-25 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that peace negotiations with Iran are proceeding "nicely," while warning that if a deal is not reached, U.S. attacks would resume on a scale "bigger and stronger than ever before."
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[2026-05-25 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid arrive to a joint press conference announcing that their parties will run together in the upcoming elections, in Herzliya, Israel, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-05-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: China and India are increasingly turning to Brazil to make up for lost oil supplies as the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues to disrupt energy trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-25 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-25 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that negotiations with Iran were "proceeding nicely" and said he asked countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan, to join the Abraham Accords if an agreement is reached.
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[2026-05-25 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Qatar on Monday as part of the "diplomatic process" to end the war with the US, state media reported.
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[2026-05-25 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran claimed on Monday that it is not seeking to impose “tolls” on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, but warned that vessels could face other charges as peace talks with the US go on.
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[2026-05-25 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The emerging agreement between the United States and Iran to permanently end the war has been met with scepticism and growing alarm in Israel.
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[2026-05-25 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-25 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Georgia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Links between Trump Organization and Ivanishvili family for Tbilisi skyscraper raise new conflict of interest concerns
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[2026-05-25 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is utilizing right-wing influencers and media figures identified with the MAGA camp to explain the outlines of the deal with Tehran and prevent a political rebellion within the president's conservative base, according to Monday reports.
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[2026-05-25 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Asian and European equities climbed on Monday, while U.S. equity futures jumped and Brent crude fell, as signs of a possible U.S.-Iran deal boosted risk appetite. To note, the U.S. is on holiday.
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[2026-05-25 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shehbaz Sharif told his hosts in Beijing that efforts to mediate between Iran and the US were ‘moving in the right direction’
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[2026-05-25 21:29 UTC+10:00] [Punjab province] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shehbaz Sharif told his hosts in Beijing that efforts to mediate between Iran and the US were ‘moving in the right direction’
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[2026-05-25 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At first glance, the strategic rivalry between the United States and China appears nearly absolute. The two superpowers compete over trade, artificial intelligence, military influence, semiconductors, rare minerals, maritime dominance, and the future architecture of the international order.
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[2026-05-25 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump slammed recent critics of the rumored 60-day ceasefire agreement with Iran, saying people “know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran, things that haven’t even been negotiated yet,” in a post on Truth Social on Monday.
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[2026-05-25 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW DELHI, India — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise "today", adding that Israel had the right to defend itself against attack.
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[2026-05-25 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told confidants in private conversations that Israel has little ability to influence Donald Trump's decision-making on Iran as the US president negotiates a deal in the nearly three-month-old war, two sources said.
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[2026-05-25 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah, have marched through a number of European cities in recent weeks wearing military-style uniforms, carrying flags associated with Savak, the feared secret police accused of torture and repression under the monarchy.
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[2026-05-25 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Supply trucks are parked inside the Kabul Customs yard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
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[2026-05-25 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the joint sessions of the US Congress in March 2015, just as President Obama was about to sign a nuclear deal with Iran, he misquoted the Biblical story of Esther in an attempt to thwart the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action from being signed, and to set out his case that Iran posed an existential threat to Jews and the state of Israel.
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[2026-05-25 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-25 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran4:03 p.m. May 25
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[2026-05-25 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is demanding the immediate release of $12 billion in frozen assets held in Qatar as a precondition for continuing the talks with the United States, Iran International reported on Sunday night, citing an informed source with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
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[2026-05-25 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The temporary agreement that the Trump administration announced with Iran this weekend isn’t a peace deal. It isn’t a nuclear deal. It isn’t a missile deal.
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[2026-05-25 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over one hundred deported Pakistanis said they were unable to retrieve their luggage or savings before being placed on deportation flights
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[2026-05-25 18:39 UTC+10:00] [Human Rights Watch] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Over one hundred deported Pakistanis said they were unable to retrieve their luggage or savings before being placed on deportation flights
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[2026-05-25 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Tehran and Washington have reached conclusions on several issues discussed as part of a potential memorandum of understanding. However, he stressed that this should not be interpreted as meaning that Iran is close to signing any agreement with the U.S.
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[2026-05-25 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mujeres sostienen retratos del líder supremo de Irán, Moytaba Jamenei, durante una ceremonia en homenaje a fuerzas armadas y los caídos en la guerra con Israel y Estados Unidos, en la Gran Mezquita Imán Jomeini en Teherán, Irán, el domingo 24 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-05-25 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was re-elected as Speaker of Iran’s Parliament on Monday, extending his tenure in one of the country’s most influential political posts for another year.
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[2026-05-25 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked, US President Donald Trump convened a high-level meeting Friday with senior US national security officials, including the CIA director, secretary of defense, and vice president, to discuss scenarios for a possible return to military confrontation with the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese stocks climbed across the board in Tokyo, helping lift the Tokyo Stock Price Index (Topix) to an all-time high on May 25. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-05-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of the late shah, are clashing with those who oppose a return of monarchy
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[2026-05-25 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: What's the long-term global impact of the war on Iran?
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