Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Here’s something you don’t see every day in diplomacy: the prime minister of one country saying he visited another country, only for that country’s foreign ministry to deny the visit ever took place.
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[2026-05-21 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS Israeli Embassy's statement in last 3 paras)By Park Bo-ram
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[2026-05-21 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel's decision to establish a military complex on the former compound of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: While the United States backs away from threats to resume bombing Iran if it does not agree to a peace deal, Israel’s political establishment is reportedly itching for war.
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[2026-05-21 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran on Thursday said it is reviewing the Trump administration's latest proposal for bringing an end to the war after the U.S. president said he was prepared to wait a few more days to "get the right answers" from Tehran.
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[2026-05-21 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS foreign ministry's remarks in last 3 paras)By Park Bo-ram
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president criticised Israel for ‘going too far’ in detaining two South Koreans who were at sea trying to send aid to Gaza
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [Seoul] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president criticised Israel for ‘going too far’ in detaining two South Koreans who were at sea trying to send aid to Gaza
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Although the Prime Minister’s Office is still refraining from publicly discussing the identity of Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman’s successor as the Prime Minister’s military secretary, the security establishment already sees the race entering its decisive phase.
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[2026-05-21 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won rose slightly against the U.S. dollar Thursday on expectations that the United States may be close to reaching a deal with Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Forty-four Spanish activists detained in Israel who were on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla are expected to be released to Spain via Turkey in a flight leaving at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said.
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[2026-05-21 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In this week's episode of the Deep Dive podcast, The Jerusalem Post's international affairs reporter Mathilda Heller walks the host through seven days that are hard to believe happened in sequence.
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[2026-05-21 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, withdraws his candidacy for vice president of the UN General Assembly, NPR reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran secretly executed two Iraqi men last month after convicting them of spying for an Arab country, a Norway-based rights group said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-21 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian state media said on Thursday that the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reviewing the United States’s response received via mediator Pakistan to Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Poland’s foreign minister summoned Israel's ambassador over the detention of activists who were onboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
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[2026-05-21 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain increases age window for breast cancer screening, Spanish director Almodóvar calls Trump, Netanyahu and Putin 'monsters', Rafa Nadal to launch Netflix documentary series and more news on Thursday May 21st.
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[2026-05-21 16:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that 44 Spanish activists who were on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla are expected to be released from Israeli custody on Thursday afternoon and deported back to their country.
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[2026-05-21 16:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: PTT CEO Kongkrapan Intarajang speaks at a news conference on May 20 in Bangkok as the state energy group shifts toward LNG trading to tap rising price volatility in global markets. (Photo by Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat)
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[2026-05-21 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Aerospace Industries and other defense companies in Israel have presented the Defense Ministry and the IDF with a range of solutions to address the threat of explosive drones operated via fiber optics.
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[2026-05-21 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army carried out a large bombing operation in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam early on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rescue workers searched through collapsed buildings on Wednesday in the southern villages of Deir Qanoun al Nahr and Al-Maashouq, a day after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 19 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. Bulldozers cleared concrete and twisted metal while emergency teams looked for bodies beneath the rubble in Tyre province.
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[2026-05-21 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Thursday that local insurers and other financial firms will provide full support to small and mid-sized shipping companies hit by the war between the United States and Iran in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 15:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: ABC chair Kim Williams has hit out at “inflammatory” and “divisive” media critics after News Corp published a piece attacking the national broadcaster’s coverage of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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[2026-05-21 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that two people were executed under charges of disrupting the country's security and having membership in a "terrorist" organisation
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[2026-05-21 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he was "appalled" by the treatment of aid flotilla members attempting to enter Gaza by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir.
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[2026-05-21 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran were "in the final stages” as Iran said it was studying a new US proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 15:35 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: DHAKA – Factories across Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest clothes supplier, have turned off fans and coolers due to energy cuts caused by the Iran conflict, with workers sweltering and a drop in productivity likely costing billions of dollars.
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[2026-05-21 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, Tehran receives Washington’s latest proposal to end the war and is reviewing its terms, Iranian media has reported.
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[2026-05-21 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government on Wednesday approved a 250 million NIS plan to preserve heritage and antiquities sites across the West Bank, Jordan Valley, and the Judean Desert, ahead of the anniversary of the Six-Day War in June.
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[2026-05-21 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with Israel and the world's biggest historical emitter the United States among those opposing it.
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[2026-05-21 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud continued to weaken in a new Maariv poll published Thursday, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party (RZP) crossed the electoral threshold for the first time in nearly six months.
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[2026-05-21 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi briefs the media on elections in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-05-21 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open around the flatline on Thursday as investors assess the latest geopolitical news and oil price moves lower.
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[2026-05-21 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more background, additional remarks in paras 7-10; RESTRUCTURES)By Park Bo-ram
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[2026-05-21 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dropped Iran striker Sardar Azmoun has posted a heartfelt message on social media proclaiming his love for his country and backing the World Cup squad to do well without him.
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[2026-05-21 14:49 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Newcastle mother Joanne Jaworowski was informed by this masthead this morning that consular officials from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be visiting her son, who is detained in Israel, for a welfare check today.
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[2026-05-21 14:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kaouther Ben Hania’s gripping docudrama about a young girl trapped in a car uses real voice recordings to help expose the brutal cost of war
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [The Voice of Hind Rajab] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kaouther Ben Hania’s gripping docudrama about a young girl trapped in a car uses real voice recordings to help expose the brutal cost of war
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[2026-05-21 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s assassination of Hamas's military commander in Gaza last week has compounded the group’s woes, with layers of its leadership now eliminated, its military capabilities significantly diminished, and infighting threatening its unity.
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[2026-05-21 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out 24 military operations over the past day targeting Israeli forces, military vehicles and positions across southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-21 13:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran possesses modern weapons that have not yet been used in battle during conflict with the US and Israel, an Iranian military source told Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the UN General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.
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