Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-30 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Greek national has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service, believed to be Iran's, over the targeting of a journalist working for the London-based television station Iran International, British police said on Friday.
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[2026-05-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Washington on Friday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that are expected to include the latest developments in negotiations on ending the Iran war.
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[2026-05-29 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — A Greek national was set to appear in court Friday on charges that he helped the intelligence service of a foreign country, believed to be Iran, target a journalist working in London.
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[2026-05-29 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The German government has expressed concern over Israeli plans to extend its military control of Gaza.
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[2026-05-29 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces’ seizure of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza and the mistreatment they endured made headlines last week.
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[2026-05-29 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's Tasnim reports Friday that the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is not yet finalized, and that Thursday's flurry of Western media headlines about an agreement finally being reached were inaccurate.
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[2026-05-29 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany’s implementation of EU sanctions against a pro-Palestinian journalist whom Brussels has accused of fueling discord on Russia’s behalf has descended into “totalitarian madness,” German opposition politician Sahra Wagenknecht has said.
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[2026-05-29 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Gazan artist has managed to have his art smuggled to Europe in the hope that the world remembers his people's pain as Israel prepares to extend its control of the strip.
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[2026-05-29 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks with the urgency of someone who sees several crises at once: hostile campuses, regional realignment, war with Iran, the future of Gaza, the stubborn persistence of antisemitism, and the need for stronger women’s leadership. Her answer to all of it is impacted by the same instinct—build something practical and build it now.
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[2026-05-29 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At this pivotal moment in Jewish history, Israel does not need a cautious bureaucrat or a diplomatic placeholder as its next consul general in New York. It needs a fighter, a truth-teller, and a leader capable of confronting uncomfortable realities with clarity and courage. Caroline Glick is uniquely qualified for that role.
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[2026-05-29 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher, continuing their slow motion-gamma squeeze into record territory, as traders waited to see whether America and Iran could finally get the peace deal they have already priced in every single day for the past month. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.1%, and poised to rise for the ninth consecutive week, the best streak since 2023; Nasdaq futs also have modest gains.
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[2026-05-29 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A "double scar" of past inflation woes and geopolitical trauma is warping how consumers view the economy and threatening a drop-off in retail spending, new research from the European Central Bank showed.
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[2026-05-29 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara visited an area stricken by floods on Friday after days of mayhem caused by surging waters in the Euphrates.
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[2026-05-29 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: France’s public prosecutor is to investigate Israel’s treatment of French nationals arrested during a military raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.
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[2026-05-29 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have killed two Kurdish activists in the west of the country who went into hiding following anti-government protests in January, two rights groups said on Friday.
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[2026-05-29 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ireland’s Seamus Coleman walks as tennis balls are thrown on to the pitch during the international friendly soccer match between Ireland and Qatar in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/ Peter Morrison)
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[2026-05-29 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Anti-Israel activists protested against a Jerusalem municipality real estate investment event led by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion in Manhattan on Thursday, with activists rejecting Israeli control of the holy city and claiming it as Palestinian land.
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[2026-05-29 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pro-Palestine candidates were more likely to win their seat than candidates from any major party besides Reform at the recent local elections in England, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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[2026-05-29 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla comfort each other upon their arrival at Istanbul Airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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[2026-05-29 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: With its failure to defeat Iran or force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the US war on Iran has been labelled a "strategy of desperation", a "historic blunder" and a "strategic defeat".
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[2026-05-29 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan's healthcare industry, like that of its counterparts around the world, depends on supplies of oil derivatives used to make medical consumables, such as gloves and tubing. © Kyodo
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[2026-05-29 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With each passing day, doubts and speculation surrounding the existence of a leadership under Mojtaba Khamenei continue to intensify. While earlier information published by The Media Line indicated that he had been severely injured and hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a secret Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound, new information that has been verified after several days, despite the complete internet blackout in Iran, suggests that Khamenei effectively has no role in the leadership structure of the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-29 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On April 6, Nicholas Kristof posted a picture from the West Bank posing with Munther Amira, a Palestinian he described as having endured “brutal abuse in Israeli prisons.” I forwarded it to a few well-connected people with a simple question: “Does someone in the Israeli government know he is here?
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[2026-05-29 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global oil prices have tumbled by around 20% from 2026 highs as investors have grown increasingly optimistic on prospects for a long-lasting ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran, which would unlock shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-29 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has ruled in favor of Mellat Bank in a suit against the Bank of Korea (BOK) over its denial of a 2019 request to open a new bank account to operate surplus funds, judiciary sources said Friday.
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[2026-05-29 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-29 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-29 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court ruled in favor of Iran’s major commercial bank in a damages suit filed against the Bank of Korea, ordering the Korean central bank to pay 10 billion won ($7.3 million) plus delayed interest.
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[2026-05-29 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Republican candidate for governor of New York told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he attended Thursday’s Israeli real estate expo in Midtown Manhattan to show that he was an Israel supporter and investor.
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[2026-05-29 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Occupied East Jerusalem, Palestine – A controversial Israeli plan to digitally register property ownership in the occupied West Bank is a “dangerous colonial occupation step that represents a direct assault on the historical and legal rights of the Palestinian people to their land and property”, the Palestinian Land Authority has said.
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[2026-05-29 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had ordered the army to occupy 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of the October ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US, Iran reach MoU on 60-day truce, Trump’s approval pending
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[2026-05-29 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)
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[2026-05-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shimon Peres, the world-renowned statesman who had served in multiple governments for an aggregate 24 years, was dethroned by a political novice nearly three decades his junior, the woefully inexperienced Benjamin Netanyahu, who had not been a minister for one day.
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[2026-05-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The “book of nature,” Galileo wrote in 1623, “is written in the language of mathematics.”
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[2026-05-29 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-05-29 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-05-29 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had ordered the army to occupy 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of the October ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An average of 11 children have been killed or wounded every 24 hours in Lebanon, as Israel expanded attacks across the country in spite of a ceasefire being in place.
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[2026-05-29 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: (AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)
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[2026-05-29 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jonathan Loadholt, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Wednesday for his participation in a murder-for-hire scheme orchestrated by the Iranian government against an Iranian-born journalist and activist, according to the US Justice Department.
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[2026-05-29 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion presented Israeli NBA star Deni Avdija with the "Jerusalem Ambassador in the Diaspora" award during a gala evening, which concluded the "Coming to Jerusalem" real estate fair in Manhattan on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mark Bonnick worked at Arsenal for 22 years. Then on Christmas Eve 2024, the former kitman was fired over posts he made on X criticising Israel over the genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-05-29 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Light Candles: 8:00 p.m.
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[2026-05-29 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The footage showed brutal images. Baton-wielding police were seen hitting pro-Palestinian supporters of the Gaza flotilla even as the demonstrators lay on the ground, their clothes scrunched up, exposing bare flesh to the blows.
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[2026-05-29 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon's culture minister has told AFP that Israeli strikes on the country's south are putting heritage sites, including in the ancient city of Tyre, in "serious danger".
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[2026-05-29 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Smoke continued to rise over parts of Tyre as residents returned to inspect damaged homes, businesses and vehicles, navigating streets strewn with shattered glass and debris. Local officials said disruptions to electricity supplies and some medical services were hampering rescue and recovery efforts. The strikes were part of an expanded Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon targeting what Israel described as Hezbollah infrastructure and launch sites, a move that has caused fresh displacement and heightened fears of a wider conflict.
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[2026-05-29 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has been added to the United Nations’ blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones, the country’s ambassador to the UN said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration's threats against Oman, a longtime U.S. ally, have thrown a country known for cultivating a reputation as the "Switzerland of the Middle East" firmly into the geopolitical spotlight.
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