Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-23 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEL AVIV, Israel — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that “slight progress” was made during talks with Iran as Pakistan's army chief traveled to Tehran in a renewed effort to mediate a peace deal and uncertainty loomed over whether war will resume.
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[2026-05-23 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: No conclusion will be reached in US-Iran peace negotiations if the US insists on discussing Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told state media outlet Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Friday.
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[2026-05-23 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In what is being seen as a rare act of defiance, Republican lawmakers failed to gather enough votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran.
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[2026-05-23 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Tulsi Gabbard is set to resign in June as US director of national intelligence, citing her husband’s diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer, according to a letter she shared on Friday on X.
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[2026-05-23 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran says intense diplomatic activity in Tehran could mark a decisive stage in efforts to reach a peace agreement with the United States.
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[2026-05-23 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US blockade of the Iranian blockade is looking increasingly more porous.
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[2026-05-23 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's publication of a new map asserting its control over the Strait of Hormuz risks extending an already punishing ordeal for thousands of mariners trapped on ships in the Gulf.
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[2026-05-23 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic Republic has increasingly targeted religious minorities, raiding their facilities and sentencing members to lengthy prison terms on vague charges, an expert from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) told The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-05-23 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide ART DUBAI 2026 Open day for visitors. General view of show attendance. Antonie Robertson/The NationalInfo A child plays at the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 21, 2026. Majid Asgaripour / WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYInfo NASA's SpaceX CRS-34 mission lifts off aboard a Dragon cargo spacecraft on
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[2026-05-23 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A young survivor says he can still see the leaping flames and dense smoke that engulfed his ship, the first vessel struck by an Iranian drone, the morning after the war began on February 28.
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[2026-05-23 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La directora de Inteligencia Nacional, Tulsi Gabbard, escucha en la sala de prensa James Brady de la Casa Blanca, el 23 de julio de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)
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[2026-05-23 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran says a Qatari delegation is holding talks in Tehran as diplomatic efforts continue around negotiations involving Iran.
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[2026-05-23 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gabbard cited her husband’s health as a reason for her departure but it comes weeks after she repeatedly dodged questions in a congressional hearing about whether the White House had been warned of potential fallout from the Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-23 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: World Central Kitchen says it has cut its hot meal distribution in Gaza by half, warning that soaring food and fuel costs linked to the war on Iran have made its operations impossible to maintain at previous levels.
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[2026-05-23 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kevin Warsh assumed office as US Federal Reserve chairman on Friday, with heightening inflation fears over a prolonged Iran war pushing up odds of higher interest rates.
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[2026-05-23 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan’s military says army chief Asim Munir has arrived in Tehran as Islamabad continues efforts to mediate between the US and Iran.
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[2026-05-23 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Media coverage of the Iran war has reached full telenovela levels of absurdity. One moment, audiences are told the “Baby Shah”, Reza Pahlavi, is on the verge of a triumphant return to Tehran.
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[2026-05-23 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States has sanctioned Tanzania's police chief and barred him from entering the country, over allegations of “torture and sexual assault” of two human rights activists last year.
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[2026-05-23 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Did the Pentagon just back down amid pressure from China? It appears so. As we reported Thursday, China has been actively holding up a proposed visit by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's under-secretary of defense for policy. The move is a transparent effort to pressure President Trump over a looming $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan.
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[2026-05-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
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[2026-05-23 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Only 16 percent of Americans view the economy in the United States as “good” or “excellent”, a new Gallup poll suggests, as inflation continues to rise amid the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-23 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women grieve over the bodies of relatives who were killed on Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes in the southern village of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, ahead of their funeral procession inside a morgue in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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[2026-05-23 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States paused a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan due to military constraints related to the Iran war, US Navy Acting Secretary Hung Cao said during a congressional hearing on Friday.
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[2026-05-23 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States has seen some progress in talks with Iran and is in constant communication with the Pakistani mediators, but there is more work to be done, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.
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[2026-05-23 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Qatari negotiating team arrived in Tehran on Friday in coordination with the United States to try to help secure a deal to end the war with Iran and resolve outstanding issues, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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[2026-05-23 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Qatar Airways will skip handing out bonuses to almost 60,000 workers this year, according to a memo sent to employees this week that was seen by Bloomberg. The decision comes after the US-Israel war on Iran forced the carrier to cancel tens of thousands of flights and to lose out on billions in revenue.
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[2026-05-23 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia is emerging as an early beneficiary in the Iran war, as it is seeing a surge in oil revenue due to rising crude prices.
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[2026-05-23 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 01:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-05-23 01:02 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee’s party chair, delayed releasing the DNC autopsy report, a 192-page analysis on the party’s 2024 election loss, for months – now that he has released the controversial report, he is facing mounting questions and a lack of confidence in his leadership.
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[2026-05-23 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Lebanon has opened a large tent shelter on Beirut’s seafront to house civilians displaced by Israeli bombardment, as the number of people forced from their homes continues to rise. Rows of blue tents have been installed near Beirut port to replace informal camps that had spread along the Mediterranean coast in recent weeks.
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[2026-05-23 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Taiwanese government has said it was unaware of any “adjustments” to US arms sales after a senior US official said they had been put on hold over the attack on Iran and Washington’s effort to replenish domestic stockpiles.
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[2026-05-23 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Taiwanese government has said it was unaware of any “adjustments” to US arms sales after a senior US official said they had been put on hold over the attack on Iran and Washington’s effort to replenish domestic stockpiles.
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[2026-05-23 00:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that "slight progress" had been made in talks with Iran, according to AP news.
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[2026-05-23 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La presidenta del Banco Central Europeo, Christine Lagarde, izquierda, y el presidente del Eurogrupo, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, hablan ante los medios durante la reunión de ministros de finanzas del organismo en Nicosia, capital de Chipre, el viernes 22 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Petros Karadjias)
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[2026-05-23 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Consumer sentiment has tumbled to a fresh record low in May as fears of higher prices grow due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices, the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers said Friday.
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[2026-05-22 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a quick market update, Newsquawk says risk-off as reporters push back on optimistic geopolitical reporting + Rubio says not there on Iran deal.
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[2026-05-22 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian officials reported progress in talks between the US and Iran, according to reporting from Al Jazeera.
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[2026-05-22 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: New US sanctions imposed on Lebanese security officials accused of links to Hezbollah – despite not necessarily being members of the group – have struck at the heart of the country's security apparatus.
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[2026-05-22 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, durante una cumbre de ministros de Exteriores de la OTAN, en Helsingborg, Suecia, el 22 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
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[2026-05-22 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher into the long weekend, with the S&P 500 gaining for an 8th consecutive week higher, its longest streak of weekly wins since 2023 with sustained momentum in popular thematics, thanks to a liquidity boost, supportive macro readings, solid earnings and hopes that the US and Iran are moving closer to a peace deal, not to mention unrelenting enthusiasm for artificial intelligence which is fueling a historic gamma squeeze.
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[2026-05-22 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran as the US proposes a plan to seize Iranian uranium
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[2026-05-22 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 22 May 2026 at 9:39pm
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[2026-05-22 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-22 21:24 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pakistani mediators believe permanent ceasefire within reach although major points of disagreement remain
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