[2026-05-21 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Syria’s Kurds confront defeat after decades of resistance - opinion

Snippet: Kurds have suffered a century of betrayal and abuse. Sheikh Said launched the Kurdish resistance movement against the Turkish Republic in 1925. Kurdish fighters gained control of Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Mus, and Urfa.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-896698

[2026-05-21 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Italy demands answers from Israel over treatment of flotilla activists

Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has summoned Israel’s ambassador in Rome after condemning the treatment of pro-Palestinian activists detained during Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640280-meloni-ambassador-israel-video-flotilla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-21 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Judicial ombudsman: Supreme Court justices erred by issuing protest rulings on Shabbat

Snippet: The judicial ombudsman on Wednesday upheld complaints against Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justices Khaled Kabub and Yechiel Kasher over their handling of a wartime protest petition on Shabbat, finding that the panel wrongly issued substantive decisions during the Jewish day of rest.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896881

[2026-05-21 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Iran’s digital divide: Iranians without internet suffering from isolation, depression - study

Snippet: Iranians limited to the Islamic regime’s domestic websites are struggling with feelings of isolation and depression, particularly as the applications made available to them do not allow them to connect with relatives outside Iran, engage with entertainment, or properly carry out the research needed for their education, according to a new study published by the Iranian digital rights monitoring organization Filterbaan.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-896882

[2026-05-21 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Bennett warns Netanyahu over draft evasion, IDF manpower issues during Knesset visit

Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday during his first public visit to the Knesset in years since leaving politics, saying that Netanyahu’s coalition was harming the IDF by encouraging draft evasion and not providing the military with more soldiers amid its manpower crisis.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896879

[2026-05-21 03:47 UTC+10:00] [Moçambique] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Pós-cheias em Xai-Xai: "Não temos apoio. É cada um por si"

Snippet: Quatro meses depois da primeira vaga de cheias que atingiu Moçambique este ano, Julieta Costa continua a viver as consequências das inundações. Moradora de Xai-Xai, na província de Gaza, ainda não conseguiu regressar à sua casa.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/pt-002/p%C3%B3s-cheias-em-xai-xai-n%C3%A3o-temos-apoio-%C3%A9-cada-um-por-si/a-77232395

[2026-05-21 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: UAE says new pipeline that will bypass Strait of Hormuz is nearly 50% complete

Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has built nearly 50% of a second pipeline that will bypass the Strait of Hormuz, said the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., or ADNOC, on Wednesday.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/uae-pipeline-strait-hormuz-iran-war-oil.html

[2026-05-21 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: US military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker

Snippet: Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-blockade-oil-tanker-military-boards-8a1bafe95f2d76665d65db4effd91680

[2026-05-21 03:10 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza War (2023- )] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The New York Times

Title: Israel Minister Taunts Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Activists in Video

Snippet: A video released on Wednesday shows Israel’s far-right national security minister taunting detained pro-Palestinian activists while they are handcuffed and bent over on the deck of a ship. The images drew outrage both at home and abroad.

Read full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/world/middleeast/israel-minister-taunts-pro-palestine-activists-video.html

[2026-05-21 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: State Department settles lawsuit over $1.5B sent by Biden admin to Palestinian Authority

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/state-department-settles-lawsuit-over-1-5b-sent-by-biden-admin-to-palestinian-authority/

[2026-05-21 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Sally Rooney confirms 'Intermezzo' to be published in Hebrew, sparking online backlash

Snippet: Irish author Sally Rooney, whose stance in support of Palestine has earned international attention, has confirmed that her latest book Intermezzo will be published in Hebrew, causing mixed reactions on social media. A supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for several years, Rooney first gained attention for her stance to join the cultural boycott of Israeli institutions after turning down an offer from Israeli publisher Modan to have her third book translated into Hebrew in 2021.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/sally-rooney-confirms-intermezzo-be-published-hebrew-sparking-social-media-backlash

[2026-05-21 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: French authorities probe Israeli firm’s alleged interference in local elections

Snippet: PARIS — France’s interior minister vowed the country will take “legal action” after a government agency said it had uncovered evidence that an Israeli firm ran a disinformation campaign aimed at pro-Palestinian candidates during municipal elections in March.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/french-authorities-probe-israeli-firms-alleged-interference-in-local-elections/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-05-21 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: Trump says Netanyahu will do ‘whatever I want him to do’ following ‘dramatic’ call about Iran strikes

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/world-news/trump-netanyahu-will-do-whatever-i-want-him-to-do-with-iran/

[2026-05-21 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: Over 160 oil tankers stuck in Gulf as Iran tightens grip on Hormuz

Snippet: A tanker carrying crude oil from the United Arab Emirates is believed to have transited the Strait of Hormuz with its Automatic Identification System transponder turned off. © Reuters

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/iran-tensions/iran-war/over-160-oil-tankers-stuck-in-gulf-as-iran-tightens-grip-on-hormuz

[2026-05-21 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Journalistic privilege expanded by Supreme Court in Assenheim case

Snippet: The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted journalist Omri Assenheim’s appeal against lower court decisions requiring him to hand over all raw materials from his interview with Eli Feldstein, ruling that the police request was too sweeping and that journalistic privilege may extend beyond the identity of a source.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896877

[2026-05-21 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Trump tells Coast Guard graduates they will 'be tested' in their careers

Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives for the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-coast-guard-commencement-iran-war-ef5e353cd8a2cfdfe8e5dd798eecb7f2

[2026-05-21 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: 'We've come out stronger': Abu Dhabi students reunite for graduation ceremony after challenges of war | The National

Snippet: Grateful university students have told of their joy after returning to the UAE to take part in an emotional graduation ceremony more than two months after their campus closed due to the Iran war.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/05/20/weve-come-out-stronger-abu-dhabi-students-reunite-for-graduation-ceremony-after-challenges-of-war/

[2026-05-21 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Iran claims it coordinated passage of 26 vessels out of Hormuz in 24 hours

Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it coordinated the transit of 26 vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, as talks between Washington and Tehran over the resumption of traffic through the narrow waterway remain stalled.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/iran-says-it-coordinated-crossing-of-26-vessels-out-of-strait-of-hormuz

[2026-05-21 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Lebanon says more than 3,000 killed since fighting resumed in March

Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,073 people and wounded 9,362 others since fighting resumed on 2 March.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-says-more-3000-killed-fighting-resumed-march

[2026-05-21 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Tehran War to spread if US, Israel attack again

Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran warned on Wednesday that the war in the Middle East would spread far beyond the region if the United States and Israel resumed their attacks, after US President Donald Trump threatened to strike again unless a deal is reached.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/21/world/americas-emea/tehran-war-to-spread-if-us-israel-attack-again/2348422

[2026-05-21 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Iran: War to spread beyond Middle East if US, Israel attack again

Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran warned on Wednesday that the war in the Middle East would spread far beyond the region if the United States and Israel resumed their attacks, after US President Donald Trump threatened to strike again unless a deal is reached.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/21/world/americas-emea/iran-war-to-spread-beyond-middle-east-if-us-israel-attack-again/2348422

[2026-05-21 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: U.S. crude oil falls below $100 per barrel after Trump says Iran talks in final stages

Snippet: U.S. crude oil prices fell more than 4% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said talks with Iran are in the final stages.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/oil-price-today-iran-war-strait-hormuz-trump.html

[2026-05-21 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Oil prices slide 5% as Trump says the Iran war will end 'very quickly' | The National

Snippet: Oil prices fell about 5 per cent on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump's claimed that the Iran war would end “very quickly”.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/markets/2026/05/20/oil-prices-slide-5-as-trump-says-the-iran-war-will-end-very-quickly/

[2026-05-21 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israel’s movement restrictions bar Palestinians from performing Hajj

Snippet: Before Israel launched its war on Gaza in 2023, which has been recognised as a genocide by the United Nations, genocide scholars and human rights groups, at least 3,000 Palestinians from Gaza travelled annually to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-movement-restrictions-bar-palestinians-performing-hajj

[2026-05-21 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: High Court presses Levin over refusal to work with Supreme Court president Amit

Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Wednesday appeared deeply skeptical of Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s refusal to cooperate with Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, pressing Levin’s attorney over whether the minister was effectively attempting to decide who heads the judiciary.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896872

[2026-05-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: We don’t need Nithya Raman’s anti-Israel hatred

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/opinion/nithya-raman-brings-anti-israel-hatred-into-la-race/

[2026-05-21 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: At least eight killed in Israel’s air attacks on southern Lebanon

Snippet: At least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, in the latest violation of an ongoing “ceasefire” agreement, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/at-least-eight-killed-in-israels-air-attacks-on-southern-lebanon

[2026-05-21 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Saudi foreign minister urges Iran to respond to negotiations

Snippet: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Riyadh welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more time for negotiations with Iran.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/saudi-foreign-minister-urges-iran-respond-negotiations

[2026-05-21 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Three Supertankers Carrying 6 Million Barrels Exit Strait Of Hormuz

Snippet: Three commercial supertankers carrying a combined 6 million barrels of Middle East crude oil have successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/three-supertankers-carrying-6-million-barrels-exit-strait-hormuz

[2026-05-21 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: There’s a burning sea in the midst of NATO

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640293-burning-sea-nato-greece-turkiye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-21 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Netanyahu reprende a ministro israelí por tratamiento de activistas de flotilla

Snippet: El ministro israelí de Seguridad Nacional Itamar Ben-Gvir en el parlamento en Jerusalén, el 20 de mayo del 2026. (AP foto/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/gaza-flotilla-israel-activistas-palestinos-effc7257215fe6a801a19bda12463729

[2026-05-21 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Israel needs a Suez alternative, the Ben-Gurion Canal offers one - opinion

Snippet: In a world searching for stability, it is dangerous to leave one of the world’s most critical trade routes in the hands of Egypt. The geopolitical reality of the Middle East is unstable, and Egypt is part of the problem.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-896624

[2026-05-21 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with checkpoints, diplomatic deals, and fees

Snippet: The tanker crew gathered their courage and carefully navigated along a route designated by Iran, hugging the coastline and maneuvering their hulking vessel between island checkpoints through the Strait of Hormuz.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-896851

[2026-05-21 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: 'He stabbed me and shouted Allahu akbar': Rabbi stabbed in Ramat Gan attack recounts ordeal

Snippet: Two months after being stabbed on his way from a shelter to his home in Ramat Gan, Rabbi Gedaliahu Ben-Shimon met for the first time with the Hatzalah volunteers who saved his life.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-896840

[2026-05-21 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Bereaved families petition High Court to preserve Kfar Aza massacre site

Snippet: Bereaved families from Kibbutz Kfar Aza petitioned the High Court of Justice on Tuesday, asking it to stop the evacuation, demolition, or relocation of the kibbutz’s “Young Generation” neighborhood, one of the most recognizable and devastated sites of the October 7 massacre.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-896861

[2026-05-21 01:31 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Israel começa a abrir caminho para eleição antecipada

Snippet: Uma proposta para dissolver o parlamento de Israel foi aprovada numa votação preliminar nesta quarta-feira (20/05).

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/pt-br/israel-come%C3%A7a-a-abrir-caminho-para-elei%C3%A7%C3%A3o-antecipada/a-77231100

[2026-05-21 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: Trump-backed challenger defeats Thomas Massie in Kentucky

Snippet: Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Ed Gallrein has defeated Representative Thomas Massie in a primary election in Kentucky, in a result that the Israel lobby spent tens of millions of dollars to secure.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640292-kentucky-election-massie-loses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-21 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli army says three soldiers wounded in Hezbollah drone attack

Snippet: The Israeli military said two officers and one soldier were wounded in a drone strike in southern Lebanon that it blamed on Hezbollah.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-says-three-soldiers-wounded-hezbollah-drone-attack

[2026-05-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Las alianzas de Netanyahu con partidos ultraortodoxos ponen en riesgo su reelección

Snippet: Judíos ultraortodoxos bloquean una carretera durante una protesta contra el reclutamiento militar en Jerusalén, el 29 de abril de 2026. (Foto AP/Leo Correa)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-ultraortodoxos-judios-kneset-ba68f7a2a1ae60b5fe87ee90cdb07221

[2026-05-21 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists

Snippet: Italy and France have denounced as "unacceptable" the treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces near Cyprus.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyp32weyn8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-21 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: Anti-settlement groups suspicious of Israel's latest West Bank 'heritage' drive | The National

Snippet: Israel’s ultra-nationalist government approved a plan on Wednesday to “develop and preserve heritage sites” in the occupied West Bank, a move campaigners say will be used as pretext to annex more Palestinian land.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/05/20/anti-settlement-groups-suspicious-of-israels-latest-west-bank-heritage-drive/

[2026-05-21 01:04 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: Meloni blasts far-right Netanyahu ally for taunting Italian activists

Snippet: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded an apology from Israel over its treatment of Italian activists arrested on a Gaza aid flotilla.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-giorgia-meloni-israel-ambassador-flotilla-arrests/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-05-21 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: South Korean oil tanker transits Strait of Hormuz

Snippet: SEOUL — A South Korean oil tanker safely transited the Strait of Hormuz, the country's foreign ministry said Wednesday, marking the first passage by a South Korean vessel through the waterway since the Iran war began.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/20/news/world/south-korean-oil-tanker-transits-strait-of-hormuz/2348468

[2026-05-21 00:46 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: A Beijing guard of honour and a child eyes Trump: photos of the day – Wednesday

Snippet: View image in fullscreenSan Diego, US People attend a vigil in a park the day after a fatal mosque shooting in southern CaliforniaPhotograph: Daniel Cole/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenKonotop, Ukraine A rescue worker clears debris from a damaged residential building after Russia carried out a large overnight attack in the Sumy regionPhotograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBureij, GazaA Palestinian man hold his head after an Israeli strike on a house in a refugee camp.

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/20/peoples-liberation-army-and-putin-in-beijing-photos-of-the-day-wednesday

[2026-05-21 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Netanyahu: Ben Gvir treatment of flotilla activists 'not in line with Israel's values and norms'

Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that far-right National Security minister Itamar Ben Gvir's treatment of detained flotilla activists is "not in line with Israel's values and norms", but claimed that Israel has "every right" to intercept Gaza-bound flotillas.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-ben-gvir-treatment-flotilla-activists-not-line-israels-values

[2026-05-21 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Oil retreats, stocks rise on cautious Mideast war hopes

Snippet: LONDON, United Kingdom — Oil prices slid and stock markets advanced Wednesday as Iran said it had allowed around two dozen ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns about the apparent impasse on ending the war in the Middle East.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/05/20/news/world/oil-retreats-stocks-rise-on-cautious-mideast-war-hopes/2348454

[2026-05-21 00:41 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use

Snippet: Exclusive: Google DeepMind agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ use of AI for defence and intelligence

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/20/google-deepmind-talks-uk-unions-ai-use-israel-us-defence

[2026-05-21 00:40 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: US and Israel ‘hoped to install Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader’

Snippet: Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claims

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/us-and-israel-hoped-to-install-ahmadinejad-as-irans-leader

[2026-05-21 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Oil Prices Extend Decline After The Largest Crude Inventory Drawdown In History, Cushing 'Tank Bottoms' Loom

Snippet: Oil futures are down bigly this morning following comments from President Trump that the war in Iran would be ended "very quickly," but investors remained uncertain about the potential for de-escalation.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/oil-prices-extend-decline-after-huge-inventory-draws-record-spr-drain

[2026-05-21 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israel kills over 3,000 in Lebanon since March

Snippet: Israel has killed at least 3,073 people and wounded another 9,362 in Lebanon since 2 March, the country's health ministry has reported.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-kills-over-3000-lebanon-march