Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-06-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say Washington appears to be making more concessions, but the shaky agreement is unlikely to guarantee lasting peace
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[2026-06-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say Washington appears to be making more concessions, but the shaky agreement is unlikely to guarantee lasting peace
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[2026-06-18 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday that he was cutting contact with EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, accusing her of bias against Israel and demanding that she retract remarks attributed to her comparing Israel with apartheid-era South Africa.
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[2026-06-18 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, last month that he would attend the forthcoming Nato summit in Ankara just to please the Turkish leader, according to several sources familiar with the phone call who spoke to Middle East Eye.
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[2026-06-18 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States provided details of the 14-point memorandum of understanding it reached with Iran on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Israeli soldier occupies a military position overlooking the so-called Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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[2026-06-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett established an advisory committee on artificial intelligence ahead of the upcoming elections to advance and develop a long-term national policy on AI, his office announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump reportedly received a warning in recent weeks that keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed would "trigger a global recession - not just in the US, but across the entire world."
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[2026-06-18 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Gulf states will likely be reluctant to contribute to the minimum $300 billion promised to Iran for reconstruction in the Memorandum of Understanding after months of unprovoked attacks, regional experts told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
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[2026-06-18 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While attention this week has been fixed on the lower part of Eurasia, where the U.S. and Iran have finally signed an interim peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin normalizing tanker flows through the critical waterway, the other major conflict area in Eurasia is flashing new warning signs.
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[2026-06-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Saar accused Kallas of ‘acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness’ by reportedly comparing Israel to South Africa’s apartheid regime
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[2026-06-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Saar accused Kallas of ‘acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness’ by reportedly comparing Israel to South Africa’s apartheid regime
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[2026-06-18 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump signed a copy of the US-Iran agreement on Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles, a symbolic location for centuries of diplomacy that has changed the world.
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[2026-06-18 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
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 21:25 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-06-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to restart on Thursday after the interim U.S.-Iran peace deal, with several Saudi-controlled supertankers transiting the critical waterway and exiting the Persian Gulf.
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[2026-06-18 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's foreign minister has launched an extraordinary attack on the European Union's top diplomat, accusing her of "acting obsessively and with blatant unfairness toward the State of Israel" and severing all ties with her.
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[2026-06-18 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-18 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian analyst Mehrdad Ahmadi Sheikhani said the recent US-Israeli war on Iran has renewed support for one of the country's key regional policies of expanding its strategic depth.
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[2026-06-18 21:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian have electronically signed a memorandum of understanding to extend a ceasefire in the US-Iran war.
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[2026-06-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In July 2025, Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his navy to block all coal supplies to Israel in response to the genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-06-18 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of England held U.K. interest rates at 3.75% on Thursday, as policymakers continue to balance the need to address above-target inflation with lackluster economic output.
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[2026-06-18 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
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[2026-06-18 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, will travel to New York next month to attend a UN conference on policing, Haaretz reported this week.
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[2026-06-18 20:43 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been speaking in Brussels after meeting with Nato defence ministers there.
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[2026-06-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-18 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran on Wednesday that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington, according to details released by both countries.
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[2026-06-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
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[2026-06-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces were operating in what it described as a security zone extending about 10 km into southern Lebanon, despite a provision in the interim US-Iran agreement calling for an immediate halt to military operations in Lebanon.
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[2026-06-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jackson Lahmeyer, a pastor who supports Israel and believes the Antichrist will be Jewish, drew enough votes Tuesday to force a runoff in his district’s Oklahoma congressional primary.
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[2026-06-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Suspects who planned to attack the White House over the weekend sought to target lawmakers who received money from pro-Israel groups, according to federal law enforcement officials.
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[2026-06-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic regime, Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini, hailed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a major “victory” for Tehran, promising that the “greater jihad” would now begin, according to a speech aired by state media earlier this week.
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[2026-06-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is severing all ties with EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas, following her remarks she made during her recent visit to Mexico, comparing Israel to the racist South African apartheid regime, he announced in a Thursday X/Twitter post.
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[2026-06-18 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump's signing of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding at the Palace of Versailles in France was “history in the making”, the French Minister of the Economy said on Thursday, revealing details of how it unfolded.
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[2026-06-18 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defence secretary accused Nato of putting gender equity, climate change and austerity ahead of security spending
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[2026-06-18 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Pentagon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The defence secretary accused Nato of putting gender equity, climate change and austerity ahead of security spending
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