Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The illusion of a grand diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East is once again colliding with reality. The White House has been busy trying to paint a picture of a total capitulation by Tehran, which hasn't been demonstrated given its consistent position defying Washington's demands on the nuclear issue.
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[2026-05-21 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-05-21 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-05-21 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai has approved a Dh1.5 billion ($400 million) economic incentive package to support the city's business and tourism sector, at a time when demand has fallen due to the Iran war.
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[2026-05-21 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A steady rebound in US equities driven by peak insanity in Korea (where the two chip stocks that account for most of the market surged and sent the Kospi soaring more than 8% overnight) faded after a report that Iran’s Supreme Leader issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium must remain in the country, rejecting Trump's key ceasefire demand, while oil and bond yields jumped as traders waited in mounting futility to see whether hopes of a peace deal
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[2026-05-21 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mediators are working to narrow differences between Iran and the US ahead of a possible resumption of direct negotiations next week, according to Arab sources briefed by participants in the talks.
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[2026-05-21 21:22 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Republican senators have queried the timing and lack of detail in secret service bid to add money to the Department for Homeland security bill
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[2026-05-21 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Sweden-based campaigner has described how he survived an attempt to kill him by a teenage would-be assassin police believe was acting on the orders of Iran.
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[2026-05-21 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-05-21 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States military said on Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade, the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state-owned firm has launched work on a massive aviation complex, signalling continued confidence amid regional conflict
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[2026-05-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A state-owned firm has launched work on a massive aviation complex, signalling continued confidence amid regional conflict
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[2026-05-21 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it supports ‘Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and national dignity’ after charges over downed planes
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[2026-05-21 20:58 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it supports ‘Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and national dignity’ after charges over downed planes
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[2026-05-21 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran's stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks.
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[2026-05-21 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that the Iran crisis can only be resolved through diplomatic channels that take Iranian interests into account.
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[2026-05-21 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has lifted sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after a federal judge found that the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rights.
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[2026-05-21 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -The Euro currency symbol is seen prior to a press conference after an ECB’s governing council meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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[2026-05-21 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The taunting of flotilla activists by Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led to renewed calls for the EU to impose sanctions on him.
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[2026-05-21 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A top UAE official denounced Iran's claim of control over Emirati waters in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as a "pipe dream" Thursday, following an announcement by an Iranian body overseeing the strait.
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[2026-05-21 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran says it is reviewing the latest responses from the United States to its proposal to end the nearly three-month US-Israel war on Iran as mediator Pakistan steps up efforts to achieve progress in the talks that US President Donald Trump has warned are on the “borderline” between a deal and renewed strikes.
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[2026-05-21 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Damage caused by the United States and Israel to Iran’s military industrial bases has set the country’s ability to rebuild its combat infrastructure back months, not years, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with recent US intelligence assessments.
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[2026-05-21 19:06 UTC+10:00] [Antisemitism] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Francesca Albanese, the Italian lawyer serving as the United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories, has been removed from the U.S. sanctions blacklist after a federal court intervened against the Trump administration’s decision.
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Some shipping industry workers based in Dubai are looking to relocate from the UAE as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran, one ship-owner and two industry sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-21 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El ministro del Interior de Irán, Ahmad Vahidi, informa a la prensa sobre las elecciones, en Teherán, Irán, el 4 de marzo de 2024. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, archivo)
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[2026-05-21 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Here’s something you don’t see every day in diplomacy: the prime minister of one country saying he visited another country, only for that country’s foreign ministry to deny the visit ever took place.
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: While the United States backs away from threats to resume bombing Iran if it does not agree to a peace deal, Israel’s political establishment is reportedly itching for war.
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[2026-05-21 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran on Thursday said it is reviewing the Trump administration's latest proposal for bringing an end to the war after the U.S. president said he was prepared to wait a few more days to "get the right answers" from Tehran.
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[2026-05-21 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won rose slightly against the U.S. dollar Thursday on expectations that the United States may be close to reaching a deal with Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran secretly executed two Iraqi men last month after convicting them of spying for an Arab country, a Norway-based rights group said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-21 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian state media said on Thursday that the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reviewing the United States’s response received via mediator Pakistan to Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 16:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Thursday that local insurers and other financial firms will provide full support to small and mid-sized shipping companies hit by the war between the United States and Iran in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that two people were executed under charges of disrupting the country's security and having membership in a "terrorist" organisation
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[2026-05-21 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran were "in the final stages” as Iran said it was studying a new US proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 15:35 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: DHAKA – Factories across Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest clothes supplier, have turned off fans and coolers due to energy cuts caused by the Iran conflict, with workers sweltering and a drop in productivity likely costing billions of dollars.
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[2026-05-21 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, Tehran receives Washington’s latest proposal to end the war and is reviewing its terms, Iranian media has reported.
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[2026-05-21 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi briefs the media on elections in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-05-21 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open around the flatline on Thursday as investors assess the latest geopolitical news and oil price moves lower.
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[2026-05-21 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dropped Iran striker Sardar Azmoun has posted a heartfelt message on social media proclaiming his love for his country and backing the World Cup squad to do well without him.
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[2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran possesses modern weapons that have not yet been used in battle during conflict with the US and Israel, an Iranian military source told Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: If anything were to underline the seriousness with which the international community has taken Sunday’s drone attack on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, it is the sheer number of global voices that have condemned it.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Top diplomats from Nato's 32 member countries are gathering this week in Sweden, where the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz could take up as much attention as European countries' push for new support for Ukraine.
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[2026-05-21 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning as Samsung Electronics averted a strike and other market heavyweights advanced on hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are signs the war against Iran, the surge in inflation and the Reserve Bank’s hikes to interest rates are starting to hit the jobs market.
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