Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Gulf states are likely not taking US President Donald Trump’s demand that they join the Abraham Accords seriously, viewing such a demand as “premature and disconnected,” two experts on the region told The Jerusalem Post this week.
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[2026-05-28 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraq finds itself at a new crossroads. Will it rein in Iranian-backed militias or let them continue to hollow out the country? It is one of many crossroads in history for Iraq, a divided country.
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[2026-05-28 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The government of Kuwait on Thursday has made clear it retains all rights to take measures to preserve its security, following a overnight Iranian missile strike. Kuwait's Foreign Ministry further condemned the fresh missile and drone attacks on its territory as a serious escalation and "blatant violation of sovereignty and security."
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[2026-05-28 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s attorney general on Thursday said a close adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face criminal prosecution for leaking secret information to a German newspaper with the intent of harming the country’s security.
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[2026-05-28 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States has reinstated sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur on Palestine, after a federal appeals court temporarily paused a lower-court ruling that had blocked the measures on free-speech grounds.
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[2026-05-28 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi has died aged 80 in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
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[2026-05-28 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas on Thursday warned that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza is at risk of collapse following an escalation in Israeli air strikes this month.
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[2026-05-28 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army said on Thursday that it has carried out further attacks on Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut, following earlier strikes in southern Lebanon which have killed at least 13 people.
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[2026-05-28 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that Tehran will continue to control and manage the Strait of Hormuz and that any disruption will be met with a “decisive response”.
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[2026-05-28 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas on Thursday warned that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza is at risk of collapse following an escalation in Israeli air strikes this month.
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[2026-05-28 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 16 people have been killed and 58 wounded in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese health authorities, as Israel intensifies its assault and issues mass displacement orders across the region.
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[2026-05-28 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Figure follows earlier five-year high of 35.8% growth in March, but government remains cautious and says Middle East war could cloud outlook
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[2026-05-28 20:51 UTC+10:00] [April] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Figure follows earlier five-year high of 35.8% growth in March, but government remains cautious and says Middle East war could cloud outlook
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[2026-05-28 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard has suggested Israel may attack Egypt and Turkey in the near future.
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[2026-05-28 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than 250 cultural figures, including Caryl Churchill, Alex Lawther and Miriam Margolyes are calling on five leading British theatres to end their partnerships with Bloomberg Philanthropies over its ties to Israel.
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[2026-05-28 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil futures are still pricing a quick resolution to the Iran war — but analysts warn that investors and consumers are likely to be left disappointed.
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[2026-05-28 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard has suggested Israel may attack Egypt and Turkey in the near future.
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli attorney general’s office announced on Thursday the indictment of a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of “transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security”.
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nuclear analysts have said they could be a potential acceptable third party to the Iranian Republic to take possession of the enriched uranium, which could be used to make a nuclear weapon, as part of a potential deal with the U.S. to end the war.
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Police Commissioner Danny Levi called an emergency meeting on Monday to instruct Chief Superintendent Haim Shmueli, head of the traffic department, to launch a nationwide, large-scale operation to combat the recent rise in road accidents and fatalities.
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[2026-05-28 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Those who defend Israel’s genocide in Gaza have a script.
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[2026-05-28 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian ambassador to Germany, Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, has criticised European countries’ response to the latest US-Israeli attacks on Iran and Trump’s threats to “blow up Oman”, calling their “silence” complicity in “embolden[ing] warmongers”.
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[2026-05-28 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En las últimas dos semanas, el ejército de Israel ha matado tanto al líder del ala militar de Hamás como a su sustituto, los últimos en una larga cadena de asesinatos selectivos dirigidos contra altos mandos insurgentes.
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[2026-05-28 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has said it used a new air defence system to shoot down a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week, an incident analysts say shows that Tehran has retained its capacity to repel US and Israeli attacks despite months of strikes on its military sites.
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[2026-05-28 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry said on Thursday that Israeli strikes on the south of the country have killed at least 11 people, including two children, and wounded 21 others.
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[2026-05-28 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The state told the High Court of Justice on Wednesday that Bedouin Palestinian residents of Ras Ein al-Auja may return to the Jordan Valley community in coordination with the army, but said there is currently no basis to close the area to Israelis, station a permanent security force there, or allow residents to hire a private security company.
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[2026-05-28 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has been evading US sanctions and the blockade using a system of ship-to-ship transfers in which sanctioned ships laden with Iranian oil offload their cargo onto another ship in the water before it is sent to China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and chief prosecutor Amit Aisman have decided to indict Netanyahu adviser Yonatan Urich over his alleged role in the classified-documents leak to the German newspaper Bild, after rejecting his arguments at a pre-indictment hearing, prosecutors told his attorneys Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said that it has launched a series of attacks on advancing Israeli forces, according to reports from Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-28 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An Israeli air raid in northern Gaza has killed at least 10 people, including four children, health officials said, as Israel continues with its near-daily attacks despite a nominal “ceasefire” being in place.
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[2026-05-28 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is bolstering strategic reserves and accelerating the buildout of distribution hubs, as China rushes to adapt to the Middle East crisis
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[2026-05-28 19:03 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is bolstering strategic reserves and accelerating the buildout of distribution hubs, as China rushes to adapt to the Middle East crisis
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[2026-05-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Human rights groups and lawyers say policy amounts to ethnic cleansing
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[2026-05-28 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spain’s foreign ministry has denounced Israel’s intensified bombardment of Lebanon and called the displacement of residents “completely unacceptable” and “contrary to international law”.
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[2026-05-28 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Gold prices fell to a two-month low on Thursday, as renewed uncertainty over the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war gave the dollar a boost and drove oil prices higher.
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[2026-05-28 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians attend the funeral of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the leader of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, and his daughter and wife in Gaza City, Saturday, May 16, 2026. They were killed in an Israeli strike Friday evening. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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[2026-05-28 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 18:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-28 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground have reported multiple Israeli strikes targeting southern Lebanon’s major cities of Nabatieh and Tyre on Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has condemned the US attack on areas near Iran’s Bandar Abbas, and expressed solidarity with Oman after “US officials’ threats” in a statement delivered on Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For many young Yemenis, ensuring a future often means looking to Saudi Arabia, one of the few available routes to work and stability, especially for those hoping to avoid the conflict. However, the journey to the neighbouring kingdom costs around $2,500, far beyond the reach of most Yemenis.
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[2026-05-28 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic regime fired at four ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday night, state media site IRIB reported.
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[2026-05-28 18:15 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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[2026-05-28 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rescatistas buscan víctimas en un apartamento destruido alcanzado por un ataque aéreo israelí en la ciudad portuaria de Sidón, en el sur de Líbano, el jueves 28 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Mohammed Zaatari)
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[2026-05-28 18:04 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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[2026-05-28 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to intervene in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointment of Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman as the next Mossad chief, arguing that the senior appointments committee’s renewed approval of him still cannot be relied upon.
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[2026-05-28 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed Ihab Khrizim, leader of a central Hamas funds transfer network, in a strike on Khan Yunis, the military announced on Thursday.
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