Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-25 05:44 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reports
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[2026-05-25 05:40 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Senate Republicans cast doubt on the viability of a potential peace deal between the United States and Iran over the weekend as President Trump doubled down in support of his administration’s negotiations to end the nearly three-month-old war.
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[2026-05-25 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks on the south have killed two people, including a paramedic, and wounded at least 10 others.
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[2026-05-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party, MK Avigdor Liberman, warned against any deal with Iran, calling it a “catastrophe” as developments on the framework emerged, while sharply criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allowing US President Donald Trump to control issues concerning Iran and Lebanon without pushing for Israel’s stance.
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[2026-05-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem denounced the concept of the terror group disarming during his speech on "Resistance and Liberation Day," which commemorates the IDF's withdrawal from occupying southern Lebanon on May 25, 2000.
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[2026-05-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: By the middle of last week, senior Israeli officials and their counterparts in the Gulf states had rarely appeared more divided over one question: What will US President Donald Trump decide regarding the war with Iran?
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[2026-05-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East on Monday, May 25.
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[2026-05-25 05:28 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Australian sharemarket is set for an uncertain start to the session as US President Donald Trump said he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier.
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[2026-05-25 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-25 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 25 May 2026 at 5:24am
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[2026-05-25 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s official National News Agency says an Israeli air strike has killed two young men and wounded another in the country’s south.
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[2026-05-25 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli strikes have killed at least six people in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army issues fresh evacuation orders.
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[2026-05-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-25 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “I don’t think I would change a thing,” said Beitar Jerusalem captain Yarden Shua after the curtain came down on the 2025/26 Israeli soccer season, one that ultimately ended with Hapoel Beersheba atop the table, three points clear of Beitar after a gripping title race that stretched from the opening weeks until the very end.
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[2026-05-25 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A near-national panic seems to have broken out in Israel: How could so many New York Jews vote for a Muslim candidate for mayor? After all, everyone knows that the primary responsibility of New York’s mayor is to defend the State of Israel – and only afterward worry about garbage collection, the subway, crime, or the cost of rent.
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[2026-05-25 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On June 12, 2014, three teenage boys, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, who were students in a high school yeshiva in the West Bank, hitchhiked a ride home.
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[2026-05-25 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency says Washington is blocking key elements of a potential agreement, including provisions tied to the release of Tehran’s frozen assets.
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[2026-05-25 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)
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[2026-05-25 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Trump has said any agreement with Iran remains incomplete, pushing back against criticism as negotiations continue.
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[2026-05-25 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An intelligence operation believed to be run by the Iranian regime is attempting to use Telegram to recruit people in Britain to organize anti-Israel protests and publish anti-Zionist and antisemitic posters, The Times reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-25 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has threatened Saudi Arabia and other Arab and Muslim countries to join the Abraham Accords as a price to pay to pay for ending the Israeli-US war on Iran.
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[2026-05-25 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has instructed his negotiators "not to rush into a deal" with Iran, after reports suggested an agreement between the two sides was close.
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[2026-05-25 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attacks have killed three people and wounded another in southern Lebanon, according to the official National News Agency.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The controversial bill seeking to establish a new civilian authority to oversee antiquities and heritage sites within the West Bank and Gaza would constitute a “significant deviation” from current Israeli policy and could violate international law, serving as a way for the government to initiate “creeping annexation,” Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee legal advisor Tami Sella warned on Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei, a military advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's "legal right" in order to ensure national security.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli interception of the Gaza flotilla last week highlighted the connections between an organization sanctioned in the United States as a terrorist group front and a New Jersey organization that appeared last year.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It was only natural that as soon as news broke Saturday night of the skeleton of a deal with Iran, the immediate question was whether it was good or bad, whether it cemented an American or Iranian victory, and what it meant for Israel.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli officials warned that the emerging agreement between Iran and the United States is “a bad deal,” saying it fails to address key threats posed by Tehran beyond its nuclear program.
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[2026-05-25 04:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US has apparently had to agree to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets for a regime more hardline than before the war
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[2026-05-25 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: No agreement between the United States and Iran is expected to be signed today, as negotiations continue over unresolved details, according to multiple media reports.
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[2026-05-25 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 98]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has called on the Lebanese government to abandon plans for direct talks with Israel, as pressure grows ahead of a new round of negotiations.
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[2026-05-25 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A few months ago David Navazio, founder and CEO of medical supply company Gentell, had never heard of the Strait of Hormuz. But now, the narrow waterway thousands of miles away from the company's headquarters in Yardley, Pennsylvania, is impacting the company's operations in more ways than one.
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[2026-05-25 03:15 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-25 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli air strikes have killed 3,151 people and wounded 9,571 since 2 March, according to a statement carried by the National News Agency.
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[2026-05-25 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel has recently resumed issuing evacuation orders to Gaza residents – a practice that had largely subsided after an October ceasefire
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[2026-05-25 03:04 UTC+10:00] [Reuters] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel has recently resumed issuing evacuation orders to Gaza residents – a practice that had largely subsided after an October ceasefire
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[2026-05-25 02:50 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump insists US won’t rush talks with Tehran after rebukes from Republicans, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham
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[2026-05-25 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The New York Times has long been notorious for its severe bias and hatred against Israel and the Jewish people.
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[2026-05-25 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) used a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company to buy Chinese satellite equipment linked to its drone program, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Days after burying yet another graduate killed in Lebanon, Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander sat down with the Jerusalem Post's senior field reporter, Sam Halpern, to discuss leading one of Israel's largest Modern Orthodox educational networks during its most painful chapter in a generation.
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[2026-05-25 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A leading analyst says Tehran will view any generous US offer with suspicion, fearing it could mask preparations for further military action.
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[2026-05-25 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Republicans are divided over reports of a potential deal with Iran, exposing fractures within Donald Trump’s own political base.
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[2026-05-25 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Isaac Herzog described an ongoing process of "brutalization" in Israeli society during the awards ceremony for the Jerusalem Unity Prize 2026 at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States must not allow the nuclear issue to be sidelined in any agreement that would ease financial pressure on the Islamic regime, experts told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, warning that control over the Strait of Hormuz would amount to a much-needed “lifeline” for Tehran.
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[2026-05-25 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iran and the United States have evoked historical and geographical references to the MENA region as the world awaits the announcement of a possible deal to end the conflict between the two countries.
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[2026-05-25 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: For years, Shahid Ali and his wife quietly saved money in a small tin box tucked away in their East London home.
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[2026-05-25 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran sought on Sunday to finalize an agreement to formally end the Middle East war after Donald Trump said a proposal that included opening the blockaded Strait of Hormuz was “largely negotiated.”
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[2026-05-25 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOCAL stocks are expected to trade sideways this week as investors remain cautious amid inflation concerns, the prospects of a further policy tightening, continued weakening of the peso against the US dollar, and the ongoing war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-25 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMHERST, Massachusetts — Many commentators, including those on the right, have dubbed United States President Donald Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran “Operation Epic Fail”: an extravagant waste of money, military hardware, and lives in the service of an ill-conceived war with ever-changing objectives. Meanwhile, most legal observers consider the operation an illegal act that violates the United Nations Charter’s prohibition on the use of military force except for self-defense or in armed interventions authorized by the UN Security Council.
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