Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-23 05:17 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 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US military might has turned out to be an illusion in the style of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson has said.
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[2026-09-23 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US military might has turned out to be an illusion in the style of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson has said.
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[2026-09-23 05:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: September 23, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-09-23 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Gulf is experiencing “one of the most dangerous phases” due to the US-Israeli war on Iran that “can be resolved through diplomatic means”, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has said at the United Nations General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached
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[2026-09-23 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in 10th para; RECASTS 11th para)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-09-23 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Central Elections Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday on whether statements and publications attributed to Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh meet the unusually high legal threshold for barring a candidate from the Knesset, principally on the grounds that he supported armed struggle against Israel by a terrorist organization.
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[2026-09-23 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Walking through Jerusalem’s busy Mahaneh Yehuda market on the eve of Yom Kippur, the thought struck me that probably no one in Israel would think of apologizing in prayer to east Jerusalemite Palestinians for what Israel has imposed on them since 1967. Nor, indeed, would most Israelis even be aware of the war crimes, or crimes against humanity, which its ethnic cleansing policies have been incurring since that time of conquest and annexation.
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[2026-09-23 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian flights to Baghdad and Muscat will be cancelled as of midnight, local media reported on Tuesday, as new US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry were set to come into force.
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[2026-09-23 04:23 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state
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[2026-09-23 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that Iran and the United States had been talking on Tuesday, and he thinks the two countries will reach a deal at some point.
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[2026-09-23 04:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday expressed his support for the execution of the terrorist who murdered Netanel Chkroun in Neveh Tzuf two days earlier.
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[2026-09-23 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Trump administration is examining whether a diesel export ban is a feasible way to address record-high prices for the critical fuel, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his 20-month legacy in the White House with wholesale generalisations about his foreign policy, relying on unsubstantiated figures, debunked allegations, and a demand that United Nations member states withdraw their membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-09-23 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US seems to be in no rush to bail out Saudi Arabia while renewed hostilities with Yemen’s Houthis are ongoing, RT’s Steve Sweeney reports from Beirut. The New York Times claimed over the weekend that US President Donald Trump had called off air strikes on the Shiite militant group at the last minute.
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[2026-09-23 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US seems to be in no rush to bail out Saudi Arabia while renewed hostilities with Yemen’s Houthis are ongoing, RT’s Steve Sweeney reports from Beirut. The New York Times claimed over the weekend that US President Donald Trump had called off air strikes on the Shiite militant group at the last minute.
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[2026-09-23 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more in paras 4, 21-23)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-09-23 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-09-23 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As a proud and active American Zionist Jew who spends a great deal of time in Washington, and particularly on Capitol Hill, I have learned that words spoken in Israel do not remain in Israel.
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement, known as the Mecca Pact. At its public core is a political commitment modeled in part on NATO’s Article 5 – namely, an armed attack on one party is to be regarded as an attack on all.
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The totally disproportionate reaction in Israel to the documentary film NAZA, formally produced and presented by Britain but written and directed by two Israeli filmmakers in their early 30s, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, calls for comment.
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There are changes on the way for Israel to institute a better apparatus for managing IDF career officers' needs, including creating a new unit called "Gamah," led by IDF Lt.-Col. Anat, whom The Jerusalem Post has interviewed.
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Security measures taken by Israel following Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israeli and American humanitarian efforts, and the displacement of Gaza’s civilian population during the war have increased both the severity and frequency of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) experienced by Palestinian women in the territory, the United Nations Population Fund alleged in a report released last week.
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[2026-09-23 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Gaza students returned to in-person schooling last week for the first time in nearly three years. This could be a moment of promise - or one of more of the same.
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[2026-09-23 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Spanish government has come under fire for allowing the extradition case of prominent American activist and Gaza humanitarian donor Fergie Chambers to proceed to the country’s courts, after declining to block the US request at the preliminary stage.
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[2026-09-23 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip has left India weeks after the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a criminal complaint against him in August, a lawyer close to the case told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-09-23 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani delivered remarks at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in which he condemned Israel's actions in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, including the genocide in Gaza and "settler terrorism" in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-09-23 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held summit talks with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday and lauded their countries' bilateral cooperation, which he said had contributed to stabilizing South Korea's energy market amid the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-23 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his 20-month legacy in the White House with wholesale generalisations about his foreign policy, relying on unsubstantiated figures, debunked allegations, and a demand that United Nations member states withdraw their membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-09-23 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more remarks in 11th para)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-09-23 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Donald Trump repeated a threat to "annihilate" Iran but said he believed a deal would be made after November's midterm elections. (Reuters: Mike Segar)
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[2026-09-23 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lawyers for a French-Lebanese citizen on Tuesday filed a complaint with France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office over alleged Israeli war crimes involving the destruction of his property in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-09-23 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken no steps to withdraw arrest warrants or related applications concerning Israeli officials, despite mounting pressure and sanctions from the United States, Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan has said.
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[2026-09-23 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Tuesday that he would demand to be defense minister in the next government and called for MK Tally Gotliv to be justice minister following the upcoming October elections.
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[2026-09-23 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan said in a joint statement on Tuesday that they affirmed Riyadh's right to defend itself in line with international law and stressed the need to maintain the safety of navigation in the region, amid escalating attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
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[2026-09-23 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Spanish government has come under fire for allowing the extradition case of prominent American activist and Gaza humanitarian donor Fergie Chambers to proceed to the country’s courts, after declining to block the US request at the preliminary stage.
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[2026-09-23 03:05 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president threatens to ‘annihilate’ Tehran and dismisses threat from AI as a ‘hoax’ in bellicose address
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[2026-09-23 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On September 4, Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, telling the crowd he had joined the tour to stand in stadiums like that one and say two words: “Free Palestine.”
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[2026-09-23 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in a blistering speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
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[2026-09-23 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-23 02:54 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — The French government said Tuesday it would spend €450 million to extend fuel subsidies until the end of the year to help companies and workers affected by the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-23 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Jordan's King Abdullah II told the United Nations on Tuesday that Israel's "expansionist appetite" poses a threat to the Middle East, pointing to its actions in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and southern Syria.
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[2026-09-23 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has to decide whether to make a deal with Iran or "annihilate" the country, in a bombastic speech to the United Nations that appeared tailored to war-weary American voters.
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[2026-09-23 02:45 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: Donald Trump told world leaders at the United Nations that he was weighing whether to annihilate Iran to end the war, but predicted the two countries would reach a peace deal after the US midterm elections in November.
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