Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: People of Israel chairman and founder Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter called on Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to stop making empty threats in response to Katz's statement that the remains of Gaza City would be destroyed and that around one million Gazans would be forced to evacuate if Hamas takes a single Israeli hostage.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism and the National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office are launching The UN's Lie Industry, an exposé of the “systematic and false bias against Israel” as the United Nations kicks off its first day of the General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that the "so-called peace in Gaza is a spectacle that shames us all” during his speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A prolonged war in the Middle East, coupled with climate-related shocks, is expected to weigh on the country’s economic growth, prompting the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to trim its growth outlook.
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[2026-09-23 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Washington can’t or won’t defend the island, Taipei has no choice but to settle with Beijing
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[2026-09-23 11:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil fell Wednesday, amid optimism that supply disruptions would ease following U.S.-Iran talks which raised hopes of a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-23 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said that generations of Palestinians “will carry the pain and trauma left by the genocide committed by the Netanyahu government against women and children in Gaza”.
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[2026-09-23 10:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara on Tuesday said he had not decided whether to run in a future election but would do so if he believed he needed to stay in office to carry out his plans.
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[2026-09-23 10:55 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: With artificial intelligence and the Iran war topping the agenda at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, the president of the upcoming U.N. climate summit appealed to global business leaders to keep rising emissions in focus.
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[2026-09-23 10:47 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-23 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Colombia has withdrawn its Article 63 declaration of intervention in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case against Israel, according to the International Court of Justice.
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[2026-09-23 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-23 09:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea or other Korean Peninsula issues during his high-profile address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, though he has expressed his intention to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year.
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[2026-09-23 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Ehud Olmert provided new details of Israel’s operation to destroy a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 during an interview with Channel 12 on Monday.
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[2026-09-23 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa offered one of his most extensive public assessments of Israel-Syria relations on Tuesday night, saying the October 7 massacre cannot be allowed to determine Israel's policy toward Syria and revealing that negotiations between the two countries had at one point reached "almost 90%" agreement.
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[2026-09-23 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Flights from Iran to Baghdad and Muscat will be cancelled starting at midnight ahead of new United States sanctions taking effect Wednesday, Tasnim News Agency reported.
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[2026-09-23 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to warn that continued violence in Gaza and Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank were pushing prospects for a two-state solution towards a "point of no return”.
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[2026-09-23 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has threatened to “annihilate” Iran if negotiations fail, saying he faces a “big decision” as he predicted no deal with Tehran would come until after the US midterm elections in November.
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[2026-09-23 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened to “annihilate” Iran if negotiations fail, saying he faces a “big decision” as he predicted no deal with Tehran would come until after the US midterm elections in November.
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[2026-09-23 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
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[2026-09-23 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 08:34 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president announced such a truce last week, but Russia hit petrol stations in Kyiv the next day and Ukraine bombed an oil refinery
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[2026-09-23 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Regional leaders agreed on the need to find a path towards de-escalation in the Middle East during talks with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the US ambassador to Turkey and senior envoy said.
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[2026-09-23 08:16 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawyers for James ‘Fergie’ Chambers, wanted over alleged support for Hamas, say client is being persecuted
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[2026-09-23 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian media is reporting sound of an explosion near Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-23 08:06 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-23 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after he called the situation in Gaza a "spectacle that shames us all" and criticised Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank in remarks delivered to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Arab states on the sidelines of the UN is important. It shows continued close ties between the US and key Arab countries. It also shows that Trump can navigate the challenges that have arisen since the war with Iran began in February. All these countries have their own policies, and each has been impacted in some way by the conflict.
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[2026-09-23 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is in New York City for the UN General Assembly. A New York Times article on the latest developments in Iraq noted that “Iraq's prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, pledged to disarm his country's Iran-backed militias by June 2027.” This is concerning because it essentially kicks the can down the road on militia disarmament.
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[2026-09-23 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City on Tuesday, Wafa news reported.
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[2026-09-23 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Echoing his earlier remarks, the US president once again threatened Iran with annihilation in a meeting with GCC and Arab leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Echoing his earlier remarks, the US president once again threatened Iran with annihilation in a meeting with GCC and Arab leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – Palestinian Americans have held a day of advocacy at the United States Capitol under the spectre of a new $2.8bn arms transfer to Israel reportedly approved by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-09-23 07:21 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Senior Iranian official indicates willingness to reopen strait of Hormuz if US takes steps to ease pressure on Tehran
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[2026-09-23 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump held a highly anticipated meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he showered high praise on the officials but left the meeting with no major announcements on the turmoil in the region.
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[2026-09-23 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to discuss terms to end their war, in the first public meeting between the two sides in months.
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[2026-09-23 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump held a highly anticipated meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he showered high praise on the officials but left the meeting with no major announcements on the turmoil in the region.
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[2026-09-23 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to discuss terms to end their war, in the first public meeting between the two sides in months.
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[2026-09-23 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Canada is giving CA$100m ($71m) in international assistance for Palestine, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with his Lebanese counterpart Nawaf Salam in New York City on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has branded Yemen’s armed Houthi movement a “terrorist militia” and accused the Iran-allied group of repeatedly targeting the holy city of Mecca.
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[2026-09-23 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss free maritime passage in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-23 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres kicked off the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York City, saying that we are entering "a multipolar world and that movement is irreversible”.
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[2026-09-23 06:12 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-23 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron said that the situation in Gaza was a "spectacle that shames us all" as he gave his last speech to the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with mediators to discuss a possible deal to end the Iran conflict.
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[2026-09-23 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the decision to release a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel’s war in Gaza.
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[2026-09-23 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Colombia has withdrawn from South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, the court announced Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached
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[2026-09-23 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ami Yogev, a 46-year-old Israeli tourist, went missing in Greece on Tuesday evening, according to Israel's KAN News, citing statements from his family.
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