Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-29 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, denounced Iran's missile and drone attacks on Kuwait in a call with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister.
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[2026-05-29 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Muslim pilgrims prostrate as they offer evening prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site in the holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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[2026-05-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Cuba] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Spain led the opposition to Trump’s Iran war, but on the Cuba blockade, the challenge is absent
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[2026-05-29 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US and Iran are "very close" to a memorandum of understanding, Vice President JD Vance said, adding that this would extend the ceasefire by 60 days.
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[2026-05-29 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: My parents spent a gap year volunteering on Kibbutz Sa’ad, a religious kibbutz in the South, a few kilometers from Gaza, before university. It moved them enough to make aliyah. Some of their friends from those months still live on kibbutzim today.
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[2026-05-29 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Trader Robert Arciero works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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[2026-05-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [World Cup 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Uncertainty has clouded the All Whites and Team Melli’s group stage opener to be held in Los Angeles on 15 June
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[2026-05-29 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Industrial output in Japan rose in April, helped by increases in machinery production. (Photo by Naoki Hori)
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[2026-05-29 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Motorists may get relief from lower fuel prices next week, with diesel and gasoline pump prices seen to decline sharply as global oil prices eased amid developments in the Middle East war, local oil industry sources said.
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[2026-05-29 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded higher late Friday morning as investors were buoyed by reports that the United States and Iran had reached an agreement to extend their ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Department of State said it was sanctioning several entities, individuals "involved in the transportation of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products".
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[2026-05-29 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%.
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[2026-05-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In its first report to the UN Security Council, the Board of Peace this month said Hamas’s refusal to disarm was the main obstacle to the reconstruction of Gaza.
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[2026-05-29 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Security preparations for this weekend’s Israel Day Parade would be “the most extensive” that the NYPD has ever put together, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF commanders, soldiers, and equipment were used without higher authorization to host a group of VIP customers from a private production company, KAN News reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 11:17 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 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
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[2026-05-29 11:09 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look at whether the Iran war, a new $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund and Donald Trump’s intervention in Republican primaries is turning his own party against him. They also look at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert going off air, and whether it signals the end of American political satire
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[2026-05-29 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States and Iran closed in on a framework for a ceasefire extension detail Thursday but President Donald Trump has yet to approve any agreement, US officials said.
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[2026-05-29 10:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday following reports that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 10:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's industrial output lost ground in April from a month earlier, data showed Friday, with retail sales and facility investment sliding amid economic uncertainties stemming from tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-29 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian civil defence workers in Khan Younis are battling a massive fire following a new Israeli strike.
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[2026-05-29 10:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest figures, more info in paras 2, 6-10; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-05-29 10:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday reiterated President Donald Trump's "redline" demands in negotiations with Iran, including Tehran's commitment not to seek nuclear weapons, amid reports that Washington and Tehran have reached a tentative peace deal awaiting Trump's final approval.
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[2026-05-29 10:09 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president’s move comes as both sides try to prevent fresh ceasefire breaches scuppering a potential deal
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[2026-05-29 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Vietnamese Communist Party leader To Lam, left, will deliver a keynote address during this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will represent Washington at the security meeting. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-05-29 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday following reports that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement to extend the current ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea says U.S. made no proposal to change combined command structure after OPCON transfer
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[2026-05-29 09:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output, which tumbled in April from a month earlier in the wake of tensions in the Middle East, is likely to rebound in May amid signs of improvement in business sentiment, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-05-29 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighborhood, Gaza City, killed one Palestinian and injured several others.
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[2026-05-29 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Friday as investors weighed fresh military activity involving Iran against signs that Washington and Tehran were nearing a temporary agreement to halt their three-month conflict.
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[2026-05-29 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-05-29 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel and Hamas are deadlocked in talks to advance the US plan for Gaza, with Israel effectively controlling 64 per cent of the territory
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[2026-05-29 09:40 UTC+10:00] [Abu Azam] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel and Hamas are deadlocked in talks to advance the US plan for Gaza, with Israel effectively controlling 64 per cent of the territory
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[2026-05-29 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Controversy has broken out in Germany over the trial of five pro-Palestinian activists, who are charged with belonging to a criminal organisation and destroying about €1m (£870,000) worth of property at the site of an Israel-based defence firm in Germany's Ulm.
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[2026-05-29 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) residents of Motza, Israel were using dolomite in their plaster some 8,000 years before the Romans did, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, making it the oldest known case of the technique being used.
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[2026-05-29 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: If someone had asked Kenny Miller a year ago, while he was working under Ronny Deila at Atlanta United, that in one year he would be in charge of Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv and would be hoisting the State Cup as his first title as a head coach, he would have asked them if they were absolutely crazy.
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[2026-05-29 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel is expected to open a resident embassy in Fiji over the weekend, The Media Line has learned, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar heading to the Pacific island nation as Jerusalem and Suva move to deepen diplomatic, strategic, and development ties.
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[2026-05-29 09:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the first time in its 73-year history, Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum and archive, is establishing educational centers outside the Jewish state.
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[2026-05-29 09:01 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it safer
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[2026-05-29 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three people have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a security checkpoint in the al-Mawasi area near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
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[2026-05-29 08:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-29 08:28 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 08:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Republic of Ireland fans threw tennis balls featuring the Palestine flag on to the pitch during Thursday's game
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[2026-05-29 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Mehr news agency says Iranian armed forces fired warning shots at four vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-29 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remains quiet amid the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran. © Reuters
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[2026-05-29 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: India has a “crazy love” for Israel and shares a “unique relationship” with the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Jordan Valley Conference on Thursday, describing New Delhi as one of West Jerusalem’s strongest supporters.
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[2026-05-29 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Seoul gives Tehran room to maneuver: If Iran did it, Tehran should say so
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