Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-19 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-19 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday night Britain's most notorious anti-Islam activist was hosted at the Oxford Union by a Palestinian student from Gaza who said she was upholding his right to free speech, before roundly defeating him in a debate on Islam.
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[2026-06-19 01:33 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-19 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El residente Samih Haidar reacciona al inspeccionar su apartamento incendiado, dañado por los ataques israelíes en la ciudad portuaria de Tiro, Líbano, el jueves 18 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-06-19 01:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UK has removed the UAE from a list of countries that citizens are advised against travelling to, after the US and Iran signed a peace deal to end the regional war.
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[2026-06-19 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ending the US-Iran war has been electronically signed near the French capital, Paris, after weeks of US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that an agreement was close.
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[2026-06-19 01:07 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-19 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: On Wednesday night Britain's most notorious anti-Islam activist was hosted at the Oxford Union by a Palestinian student from Gaza who said she was upholding his right to free speech, before roundly defeating him in a debate on Islam.
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[2026-06-19 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Three supertankers from Saudi Arabia loaded with 6 million barrels of oil have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the global trade intelligence firm Kpler.
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[2026-06-19 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Carrying nothing but identity cards, displaced Palestinian families lined up outside Tulkarm refugee camp on Wednesday morning, waiting for permission to enter homes they had not seen since January 2025.
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[2026-06-19 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israelis are viewing the emerging US-Iran deal as more than just a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-06-19 00:39 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-19 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Norwegian teenager accused of travelling to England to carry out a killing on behalf of an international crime gang backed by Iran.
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[2026-06-19 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-19 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un soldado israelí ocupa una posición militar con vistas a la llamada Línea Amarilla en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, el martes 26 de mayo de 2026. (Foto AP/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-06-19 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Energy prices continued to fall on Thursday after the United States and Iran signed a preliminary cease-fire agreement, raising hopes that the Strait of Hormuz will soon reopen to normal tanker traffic. The deal has been welcomed by markets but has drawn sharp criticism from Israel and quiet frustration from Gulf states, while also exposing tensions within the U.S.
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[2026-06-19 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Now that Iran appears to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States, the clock will be ticking towards what comes next. There are concerns in the region that conflict could return. The nuclear file, Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s frozen assets, and other issues remain to be solved.
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[2026-06-19 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump arrived at the Group of Seven summit in France this week with a new US-Iran agreement to sell, a restless Israeli ally to discipline, and a familiar message for the world: He alone had done what others would not.
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[2026-06-19 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi, musicians Ehsan Beiraqdar and Soheil Faqih Nasiri, and six members of the production team for the Caravanserai Concert were ordered to be lashed 74 times by the Qom Province’s criminal courts, according to Iranian human rights groups and diaspora media organizations, which announced the news on Thursday.
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[2026-06-19 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF published an infographic map of the security zone in southern Lebanon, within 10 km. of the Lebanese border, shared on X/Twitter by IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. (res.) Avichay Adraee on Thursday.
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[2026-06-19 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has formally signed a deal with Iran to end the conflict that began on 28 February when the US and Israel launched air strikes against Tehran and across the country.
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[2026-06-19 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Operadores bursátiles en la sede de la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York el 16 de junio del 2026. (AP foto/Richard Drew)
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[2026-06-18 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israelis are viewing the emerging US-Iran deal as more than just a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-06-18 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US has renewed pressure on Kurds in Syria to accelerate their integration into the government, sources have said, as Washington returns to other regional issues following its deal with Iran to halt hostilities.
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[2026-06-18 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attacks on south Lebanon killed three people on Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, hours after the US and Iran signed an agreement to end the war.
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[2026-06-18 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The signature of an initial deal to end the war between Iran and the United States has sparked divided reactions in Tehran and Tel Aviv.
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[2026-06-18 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-06-18 23:34 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-18 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty welcomed his British counterpart Yvette Cooper to Cairo on Thursday, one day after the United States and Iran signed an agreement to end the war.
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[2026-06-18 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Thirty-seven years ago, a slightly skinnier version of myself entered the Israeli Security Zone in South Lebanon with my Givati platoon. We were all geared up with state-of-the-art tactical battle equipment of the day.
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[2026-06-18 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Travelodge has not been able to determine how a "free Palestine" message appeared on the room TV screen of a Jewish guest, the hotel chain told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman said Wednesday that work had begun on the planned court complex in Atarot where hundreds of terrorists suspected of taking part in the October 7 massacre are expected to stand trial in a proceeding expected to pose extraordinary legal, logistical, and security challenges.
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[2026-06-18 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A liquefied natural gas tanker loaded in Qatar crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday amid signs of resumed shipping traffic after the US-Iran framework agreement took effect.
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[2026-06-18 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon have killed at least three people, Lebanese state media has reported, a day after the United States and Iran signed an interim agreement that called for an end to their war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
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[2026-06-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S.-Iran interim peace deal has been signed, and the normalization of the Strait of Hormuz is now beginning. Tanker traffic through the critical waterway is slowly resuming, though a full return to pre-war or near-pre-war energy flows could take months.
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[2026-06-18 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A broad coalition of former high-ranking Israeli officials, including former prime ministers and defence chiefs, have issued what they termed a “wake-up call” and “final warning”, demanding that the Israeli government act against Jewish settler “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has just announced the creation of special tribunals to prosecute those responsible for the October 7 attacks. The news has been welcomed as evidence that Israel acts as a democracy governed by the rule of law, in contrast to the barbarity of its enemies.
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[2026-06-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Islamic regime's killing of civilians in drone strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia may constitute a war crime, Amnesty International said on Thursday, publishing new evidence detailing the deaths and serious injuries caused by the attacks.
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[2026-06-18 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice pressed petitioners, the Knesset, and attorneys for the Likud and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday over whether the disputed vote that elected attorney Michael Rabello as state comptroller was tainted by a violation of the legally required secret ballot.
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[2026-06-18 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US-Iran framework agreement to end the war proves that nuclear weapons provide no strategic advantage, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) said on Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The protest took place near EU institutions and brought together activists, human rights campaigners and members of a recent Gaza-bound flotilla. Participants argued that the bloc should use its economic influence to increase pressure on Israel amid continuing tensions linked to the war in Gaza and the expansion of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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[2026-06-18 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Those who claim he has not been tough enough on Iran are ‘either jealous, bad people, or stupid’, the US president says
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[2026-06-18 22:34 UTC+10:00] [G7 summit] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Those who claim he has not been tough enough on Iran are ‘either jealous, bad people, or stupid’, the US president says
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[2026-06-18 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Resident Samih Haidar reacts as he inspects his burned apartment damaged in Israeli strikes in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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[2026-06-18 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures rebounded from the post-FOMC selloff, and oil prices fell as Trump signed the Iran MOU two days early to end the war in the Middle East (in the symbolic Palace of Versailles of all place) and some energy shipments began to transit the Strait of Hormuz. As usual, tech led the parade higher.
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[2026-06-18 22:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has not formally received any request from the United States or other parties regarding participation in a proposed post-war reconstruction fund for Iran, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un cliente se prepara para repostar en un Costco de Ridgeland, Mississippi, el martes 24 de mayo de 2022. (AP Foto/Rogelio V. Solis, Archivo)
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[2026-06-18 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end a war that has devastated the Middle East since late February.
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[2026-06-18 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A customer readies to pump gas at this Ridgeland, Miss., Costco, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. s. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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