Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-20 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Abbas Araghchi said Iran was prepared to destroy more US aircraft if Washington chose to resume military action against Tehran.
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[2026-05-20 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli air strikes have killed at least 19 people in southern Lebanon, the country's health ministry has said.
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[2026-05-20 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No live ammunition was used and there were no casualties, Israel says
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[2026-05-20 09:48 UTC+10:00] [Ankara] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: No live ammunition was used and there were no casualties, Israel says
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[2026-05-20 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were poised to open mixed Wednesday as investors weighed elevated bond yields and renewed geopolitical tensions after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was "an hour away" from deciding whether to attack Iran on Tuesday before he was convinced to postpone the strike for a few days.
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[2026-05-20 09:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-20 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei rejected US claims about an elementary school in Minab that was struck by a missile, calling the allegations a “baseless fabrication and an appalling lie”.
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[2026-05-20 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Monday that it foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of US-made weapons and ammunition into the country.
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[2026-05-20 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s mission to the United Nations accused the United States of “spreading lies, false accusations, and disinformation” about Tehran and its nuclear programme during discussions at the Security Council.
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[2026-05-20 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-President J.D. Vance said US and Iran are working together positively; however, military campaign will restart if negotiations collapse
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[2026-05-20 09:28 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vice-President J.D. Vance said US and Iran are working together positively; however, military campaign will restart if negotiations collapse
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[2026-05-20 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Senate has advanced a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran without congressional approval or a debate on the rationale, cost, strategy, and clear end goal.
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[2026-05-20 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-20 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After years of promoting the city in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, it is sensible for city leaders to look to Central Asia
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[2026-05-20 08:45 UTC+10:00] [Astana] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After years of promoting the city in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, it is sensible for city leaders to look to Central Asia
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[2026-05-20 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the opening night of his world tour beginning in Amsterdam on Saturday, global superstar Harry Styles backed a brief pro-Palestinian chant from the crowd.
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[2026-05-20 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "At no point was live ammunition fired," said the Foreign Ministry in response to claims by activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla that Israeli forces opened fire on at least two of its vessels.
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[2026-05-20 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The death toll from the Israeli air strike on the town of Deir Qanoun en-Nahr in Lebanon’s Tyre district has risen to 10, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-20 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: European aerospace company Airbus has instructed staff to reduce “non-essential expenses” by 10 percent amid instability linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-05-20 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Angola is willing to provide South Korea with greater crude oil supplies to help ease its supply woes amid the Middle East crisis, which could serve as a basis for longer-term bilateral energy cooperation, the African nation's envoy to South Korea has said.
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[2026-05-20 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: India produces roughly 70% of the coal it consumes. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 07:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks to supporters during an election night watch party Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-05-20 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed at least 19 people, including four women and three children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, the latest in near-daily attacks from both sides that have not stopped despite the fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
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[2026-05-20 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Senate on Tuesday advanced a resolution to halt military action in Iran after a surprise defection from Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's war effort.
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[2026-05-20 07:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said Washington sees an opportunity to reshape relations with Iran after decades of hostility.
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[2026-05-20 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The University of Haifa launched a new program to help discharged Druze soldiers bridge the gap between military service and life afterward, the university announced in a press release on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 07:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-20 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out a new series of attacks targeting Israeli forces over the past few hours in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-20 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior US official visited Saudi Arabia in April to shore up the kingdom’s $1bn pledge for President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Gaza, amid concerns that funding is not materialising, one Arab official and a US official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-20 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: "It's a dark time in Europe, like in the Holocaust," Jewish Israeli Shalev Ben Yakar told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday after he was gang-attacked in Golders Green, London.
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[2026-05-20 06:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-20 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese army commander Rudolf Heikel met UN Undersecretary-General for Safety and Security Gilles Michaud at army headquarters in Yarzeh to discuss “the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, as well as the post-UNIFIL phase”, according to a military statement.
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[2026-05-20 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Iranian journalist based in London has described how he was stabbed in the thigh in a "violent" and "very frightening" attack outside his London home by men accused of working for Iran.
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[2026-05-20 06:14 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-20 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and associated front companies on Tuesday, saying they oversee hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of already-sanctioned Iranian banks.
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[2026-05-20 06:02 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of world affairs on Wednesday, May 20.
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[2026-05-20 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said only 29 patients requiring treatment abroad were able to leave through the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Friday.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset is scheduled to be brought forward for its first vote in the plenum on Wednesday amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the haredi draft bill.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fears over a broader regional war and attacks on Gulf infrastructure led the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar to intensify efforts to persuade US President Donald Trump to delay any potential strike on Iran.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the United States and Iran have made a lot of progress in their talks, and neither side wants to see a resumption of the military campaign.
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[2026-05-20 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli has "definitely lost its morality," Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson told Channel 13 in an his first interview in recent years with Israeli media, broadcast on Tuesday night.
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[2026-05-20 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Board of Peace has warned in its first report to the UN Security Council that Hamas’s refusal to disarm remained the main obstacle to reconstruction and a broader political settlement in Gaza.
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[2026-05-20 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Somaliland is opening an embassy in Jerusalem, and Israel will reciprocate by opening one in the breakaway region of Somalia, in the latest sign that the two are deepening their ties.
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[2026-05-20 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that a U.S. attack on Iran could resume in the coming days if a peace deal is not reached, after he announced a decision the previous day to hold off on a planned assault against the Islamic Republic.
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