Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-24 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mazen al-Jerjawi would normally spend this time of year preparing for Eid al-Adha, selling the hundreds of sheep and goats he raised on his land as families across Gaza searched for animals to sacrifice during the holiday.
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[2026-05-24 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed three people on Sunday, including a six-month-old child, health officials said.
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[2026-05-24 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Can Iran turn the Gulf into a long attrition arena without itself becoming the most attrited party?
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[2026-05-24 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Democrats] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The document is full of disclaimers and does not address fundamental issues, including Gaza and the Biden-to-Harris transition
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[2026-05-24 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syria's parliament is set to meet for the first time since the fall of Bashar Al Assad as president, after elections were held on Sunday in areas regained from Kurdish-led fighters.
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[2026-05-24 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to carry out what it described as "hostile and terrorist acts" against Bahrain, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-24 22:48 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Melbourne woman has touched down in Australia, alleging she and fellow detainees were mistreated by Israeli authorities after their Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice will convene at 4 p.m. Sunday for a follow-up hearing on Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s handling of the Judicial Selection Committee, as dozens of judicial posts remain empty and the election clock threatens to freeze the process altogether.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice is set to convene on Tuesday for a follow-up hearing on petitions against the government’s decision to close Army Radio, as Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara argued that the move cannot be viewed as a narrow decision about one military station, but as part of a wider government effort affecting Israel’s free press.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, has proposed granting honorary citizenship of the city to the civilians of Gaza and the West Bank, as well as to Palestinian journalists.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Dr. Nadia Khir decided to leave her traditional Druze village to study medicine in 1985, she set out on an unprecedented path, becoming Israel’s first female Druze physician and unknowingly blazing a trail that countless women have followed since.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic Republic will continue funding and supporting its network of proxies, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi promised in a message sent to Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, the regime official confirmed on Telegram.
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[2026-05-24 22:33 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenAngeles City, PhilippinesA building that was under construction but collapsed during a thunderstorm. Authorities fear as many as 40 people may be trapped in the rubblePhotograph: Rolex dela Peña/EPAShareView image in fullscreenDeir el-Balah, Gaza StripPeople inspect the remains of a residential building hit by an Israeli airstrikePhotograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenDunkirk, FrancePeople board an dinghy in an attempt to cross the ChannelPhotograph: Ioannis Alexopoulos/LNPShareView image in fullscreenKyiv, UkraineA couple leaving an emergency shelter walk past
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[2026-05-24 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bahrain’s High Criminal Court has sentenced nine people to life in prison after convicting them of collaborating with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to plan hostile acts against the kingdom, state media reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-24 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior US Republicans have launched a rare public rebuke of President Donald Trump over the reported terms of the ceasefire agreement with Iran, warning they include major concessions that would strengthen Tehran and undermine Israel.
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[2026-05-24 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-24 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed took part in a phone call to discuss the Iran conflict with leaders of other countries including US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-24 21:44 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One or two clauses yet to be clarified, Iran officials tell Pakistani mediators, after US says deal ‘largely negotiated’
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[2026-05-24 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-24 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An Israeli air raid on a home in Gaza has killed three members of a family, including a six-month-old child, medical workers said, as Israel continues to violate the “ceasefire” brokered by the United States last year.
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[2026-05-24 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Iranian army downed an Israeli spying and surveillance drone in the Hormozgan province, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on Sunday, as expectations rose that a memorandum of understanding regarding a peace deal between Iran and the US could be imminent.
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[2026-05-24 21:31 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Global prices are approaching a tipping point that could trigger inflation, shortages and, over time, recession
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[2026-05-24 21:12 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Israel’s leaders had little to say on Sunday about President Trump’s announcement of an emerging peace deal with Iran.
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[2026-05-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior US Republicans have launched a rare public rebuke of President Donald Trump over the reported terms of the ceasefire agreement with Iran, warning they include major concessions that would strengthen Tehran and undermine Israel.
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[2026-05-24 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, habla en una conferencia de prensa con el ministro indio de Exteriores, S. Jaishankar, que no aparece en la imagen, tras su reunión en Nueva Delhi, India, el domingo 24 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
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[2026-05-24 20:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Convoys carrying aid from the UAE entered the Gaza Strip last week to deliver essential supplies to civilians before Eid Al Adha.
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[2026-05-24 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that “significant progress, although not final progress, has been made” in negotiations over Iran as he met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during a four-day visit to India.
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[2026-05-24 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Seven activists whose Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have returned to the UK after being deported.
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[2026-05-24 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says a memorandum of understanding on an agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil chokepoint closed since the US and Israel launched their war in February.
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[2026-05-24 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States continues to update Israel on negotiations over the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at solving the Iranian nuclear issue, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and launching talks toward a final agreement on remaining disputed issues, a diplomatic source stated on Sunday.
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[2026-05-24 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KALAYAAN 2026, recognized as the Middle East’s largest Philippine Independence Day celebration, is set to return at Dubai World Trade Centre Halls 1 and 2 on June 7, 2026.
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[2026-05-24 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ethiopia holds a general election on June 1, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed all but guaranteed of victory despite multiple armed conflicts and the economic impact of the Middle East war.
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[2026-05-24 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Police detained four people at Bilbao airport in northern Spain on Saturday following clashes that broke out after activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla returned home, officials said.
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[2026-05-24 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: I do not know whether it was a coincidence or fate that I began my work at the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting on the very first day of Iraq’s brutal invasion of Kuwait in 1990. I still remember it was a Thursday, and when I heard the news, I was on the street in central Doha buying breakfast.
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[2026-05-24 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “significant progress” has been made in talks to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump claimed that a memorandum of understanding to end the fighting was “largely negotiated”.
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[2026-05-24 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Thirteen youths were arrested on suspicion of breaking onto the Temple Mount premises and attempting to offer a Shavuot sacrifice on Friday.
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[2026-05-24 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Republican lawmakers and former Trump administration officials sharply criticized reports of an emerging 60-day ceasefire agreement with Iran, warning that the proposed deal could hand Tehran a strategic victory and undermine the results of the US campaign against the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-24 19:44 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump said on Saturday that the United States was close to reaching an agreement with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He offered few details in a post on social media but said the preliminary agreement had been “largely negotiated.”
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[2026-05-24 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says a possible agreement between Washington and Tehran to end months of war is now “largely negotiated”, raising hopes that tensions in the region could ease after a flurry of diplomatic overtures involving multiple countries.
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[2026-05-24 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In Gaza, flowers were once part of life.
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[2026-05-24 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Gulf's ambition to become a global hub for artificial intelligence is being tested, as the potential for a prolonged conflict in the Middle East raises questions over energy security, infrastructure resilience and investor confidence.
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[2026-05-24 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed reports of progress in talks for a potential agreement between Iran and the US.
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[2026-05-24 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Architect Israel Goodovitch, former Tel Aviv city engineer, died Friday at the age of 92.
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[2026-05-24 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio labelled Iran the top sponsor of "terrorism" across the world.
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[2026-05-24 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt and Syria had for decades been the closest of Arab allies, briefly uniting as one nation more than half a century ago and secretly planning a surprise attack against their common enemy Israel in 1973.
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[2026-05-24 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Four people were arrested at Spain’s Bilbao Airport after police clashed with supporters of the Global Sumud Flotilla returning from detention in Israel on Saturday.
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[2026-05-24 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Four people were arrested at Spain’s Bilbao Airport after police clashed with supporters of the Global Sumud Flotilla returning from detention in Israel on Saturday.
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[2026-05-24 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several tourists say they came to see Piu Sik parade, where children dressed as deities and Middle Eastern oil moguls are carried on the streets
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[2026-05-24 17:18 UTC+10:00] [Cheung Chau Bun Festival] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several tourists say they came to see Piu Sik parade, where children dressed as deities and Middle Eastern oil moguls are carried on the streets
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[2026-05-24 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over seventy days into the war against Iran, the Islamic Republic is neither defeated, decapitated, nor negotiating from weakness. The most consequential decisions about the next phase of this conflict are being made not in Tehran’s civil government but inside a military institution that neither the United States nor Israel had fully understood.
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