Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-22 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 22 May 2026 at 9:39pm
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[2026-05-22 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Everyone knows about Leonard Cohen’s visit to Israel in 1973 when he spontaneously parachuted into Israel to entertain IDF troops on the front during the Yom Kippur War. Especially since the publication of Matti Friedman’s comprehensive
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[2026-05-22 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry opened its annual Hajj security parade ahead of the pilgrimage season, showcasing the kingdom’s police and emergency response capabilities during a large-scale demonstration.
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[2026-05-22 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-05-22 21:24 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pakistani mediators believe permanent ceasefire within reach although major points of disagreement remain
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[2026-05-22 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in NATO foreign ministers format in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
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[2026-05-22 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: America’s Middle East by Marc Lynch is a book written against amnesia, and against the greasy consolations by which empires survive their crimes.
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[2026-05-22 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said that 35 ships, including oil tankers and container vessels, have transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours.
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[2026-05-22 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More than 1,000 demonstrators marched towards the Israeli embassy, waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans in support of Gaza. Some protesters lit flares from rooftops opposite the embassy while police buses lined nearby streets. The rally remained peaceful but reflected growing anger in Greece over Israel’s handling of the flotilla and the treatment of detainees.
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[2026-05-22 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US and Iran have just a "50-50" chance of reaching an agreement that would free up the Strait of Hormuz, a senior UAE official said on Friday.
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[2026-05-22 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The United States has removed U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, according to a May 20 notice posted by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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[2026-05-22 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Laser defence systems are now battlefield ready to take on Iran's Shahed and other offensive drones with a beam that "fries" incoming targets.
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[2026-05-22 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israel Prison Service said its personnel acted "according to procedure" in a video shared by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing security personnel abusing activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, Haaretz reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-22 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The southern Golan Heights unfolds with a scale so immense that the horizon feels less like a boundary and more like a promise stretching endlessly forward. To understand this region, one must begin with the basalt cliffs of Kfar Haruv, where the landscape opens dramatically above the Kinneret. This vista carries centuries of memory, conflict, longing, and reinvention layered into every ridge and valley.
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[2026-05-22 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egyptian-Palestinian activist and academic Ramy Shaath has won a provisional victory against the French government after a commission ruled against his deportation from the country for comments made at pro-Palestine demonstrations and involvement in Palestine solidarity groups.
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[2026-05-22 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash has warned that any move by Iran to alter the status of the Strait of Hormuz would have severe global repercussions, including for Europe, and set a serious precedent.
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[2026-05-22 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shavuot begins in Israel on Thursday, May 21, and ends on Friday, May 22, as Shabbat begins.
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Nigel Farage] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence secretary also asks if billionaire’s company may have benefited from Iran war, which Reform leader initially supported
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nine Indonesians were among those detained when Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla on Monday
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Jakarta] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nine Indonesians were among those detained when Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla on Monday
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The agreement highlights Beijing’s push to rewire agricultural supply chains, as it seeks to reduce vulnerability in global markets
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Astana] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The agreement highlights Beijing’s push to rewire agricultural supply chains, as it seeks to reduce vulnerability in global markets
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kyle Busch waits for the start of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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[2026-05-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. No attachments, please include your letter in the body of the email. See here for our rules and tips on getting your letter published.
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[2026-05-22 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CSRC cracks down on three brokerages, as overseas stock demand rises on strong US tech earnings and easing Middle East tensions
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[2026-05-22 19:55 UTC+10:00] [Futu Securities International] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CSRC cracks down on three brokerages, as overseas stock demand rises on strong US tech earnings and easing Middle East tensions
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[2026-05-22 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: America’s Middle East by Marc Lynch is a book written against amnesia, and against the greasy consolations by which empires survive their crimes.
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[2026-05-22 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egyptian-Palestinian activist and academic Ramy Shaath has won a provisional victory against the French government after a commission ruled against his deportation from the country for comments made at pro-Palestine demonstrations and involvement in Palestine solidarity groups.
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[2026-05-22 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: We earlier reported that a double strike in Tyre in southern Lebanon killed a paramedic and injured others.
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[2026-05-22 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike on Friday killed a Palestinian near the so-called yellow line, northwest of Rafah City in the Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency reported.
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[2026-05-22 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Esports World Cup 2026 will be held in Paris from July 6 to August 23, marking the first time the tournament will be staged outside Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-05-22 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea accused Israel of ‘going too far’ in detaining two of its nationals who were part of an aid flotilla headed to Gaza.
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[2026-05-22 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since 14 April, Morocco has been conducting large-scale deportation operations targeting sub-Saharan Africans migrating to Europe, reportedly arresting over 100 per day, local sources told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-22 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil is expected to remain volatile next week amid uncertainty over Iran peace talks and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for the flow of global crude and liquefied natural gas that remains shut on Iran threats and shipping risks.
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[2026-05-22 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Taiwan] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hung Cao’s comments are latest blow to Taipei after Donald Trump recently cast doubt over US’s enduring support
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[2026-05-22 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 22 May 2026 at 6:52pm
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[2026-05-22 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday said talks with Iran had made “slight progress” and said all countries should reject Tehran’s plans to implement a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-22 18:42 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s former managing director, Dr Sophie Galaise, has told a court that she did not lead the decision to cancel pianist Jayson Gillham’s concert after he made comments on stage referencing Gaza, contradicting earlier evidence of a former colleague.
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[2026-05-22 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF's Gender Affairs Advisory Unit received 2,420 reports of sexual assault and harassment in 2025, 350 more complaints than in 2024, the military reported to the Knesset on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-22 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's foreign minister met Pakistan's interior minister on Friday to discuss proposals to end the US-Israeli war, Iranian media reported, with Tehran and Washington still at odds over Tehran's uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-22 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi health authorities have stressed systems are in place to protect Hajj pilgrims, with about 1.5 million expected to take part next week amid global concerns over virus outbreaks in Africa and Europe.
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[2026-05-22 18:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on Oct. 23, 1962. © Reuters
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[2026-05-22 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British banking giant Barclays has sold all of its investment shareholdings in Israel’s largest weapons company Elbit Systems Ltd.
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[2026-05-22 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement’s Arabic-language account published a call to boycott what they called “the mouthpieces of the Israeli enemy that speak Arabic”.
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[2026-05-22 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A series of drone strikes at a junction point in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district has killed a paramedic and injured four others, according to the National News Agency.
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[2026-05-22 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won sharply weakened against the U.S. dollar Friday as oil prices climbed over renewed uncertainties surrounding the peace deal between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-22 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Stars arriving on the Croisette once again turn to Middle East labels for some of the film festival’s most memorable looks
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[2026-05-22 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom)
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[2026-05-22 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK’s largest public sector pension pool quietly sold its holdings of Israeli government bonds last year following months of activist pressure, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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[2026-05-22 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran have signaled progress in talks to end the war, but the combatants remain at loggerheads over Tehran's enriched uranium stockpile and tolls on the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
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