Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-19 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Jewish man was assaulted by several men in London before dawn on Monday, the Metropolitan Police told The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-05-19 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said that leaders of Gulf states requested that he hold off on striking Iran in a Truth Social post on Monday.
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[2026-05-19 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Tue 19 May 2026 at 5:25am
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[2026-05-19 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had delayed a planned US military strike on Iran after appeals from Gulf leaders, who told him serious negotiations with Tehran were under way.
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[2026-05-19 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ireland’s president has condemned the seizure of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla by Israeli forces, saying her sister was among those taken.
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[2026-05-19 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ireland’s president has condemned the seizure of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla by Israeli forces, saying her sister was among those taken.
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[2026-05-19 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump saluda a los periodistas mientras camina por el jardín sur de la Casa Blanca, viernes 15 de mayo de 2026, en Washington, al regresar de Beijing, donde se reunió con el presidente chino Xi Jinping. (Foto AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-19 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-19 05:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington, on return from Beijing where he met with China’s President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-19 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Monday he is calling off a plan to attack Iran on Tuesday after the heads of three regional powers in the Middle East asked him to "hold off."
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[2026-05-19 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is not open to any concessions for Iran following Tehran's submission of its latest peace proposal to end the war with the United States, according to a news report.
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[2026-05-19 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As if Pentagon losses in the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran weren't already sapping them enough already, American taxpayers were losers again on Sunday when two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers blew up in spectacular fashion after colliding at an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Four crew members ejected and were medically evaluated and said to be in stable condition.
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[2026-05-19 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Activists with the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement and No Harbour for Genocide (NHB) are raising the alarm over what they describe as a "flood" of military supplies from India to Israel, after six shipments of suspected military-grade steel were identified on multiple Swiss vessels en route to weapons factories in Israel.
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[2026-05-19 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Treasury Department on Monday announced it has reached a $275 million settlement with India's Adani Enterprises over apparent violations of sanctions against Iran.
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[2026-05-19 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-19 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-19 04:53 UTC+10:00] [Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: DUBLIN — Ireland’s president on Monday said she was “very proud” of her sister, who earlier in the day was detained by Israeli forces while sailing to Gaza as part of an aid convoy.
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[2026-05-19 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US treasury secretary said the move would help poorer nations as China would not have the ability to ‘stockpile discounted oil’ from Russia
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[2026-05-19 04:47 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US treasury secretary said the move would help poorer nations as China would not have the ability to ‘stockpile discounted oil’ from Russia
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[2026-05-19 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four English Premier League clubs have treated pro-Palestinian staff and supporters “in ways that may breach the right to freedom of expression and/ or amount to discrimination”, War on Want said on Monday.
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[2026-05-19 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the media after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the prime minister’s office Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
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[2026-05-19 04:03 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Narendra Modi’s austerity appeals reveal how war, energy insecurity and dollar pressures expose the fragility of globalisation
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[2026-05-19 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli government moved to establish an inter-ministry team to look into the seizure of properties in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City belonging to Arab residents of the city, according to a Monday N12 News report.
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[2026-05-19 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least ten people were injured after a bus crashed into a tree and an electric pole on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo on Monday evening, Magen David Adom said.
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[2026-05-19 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States has extended a waiver allowing access to Russian oil , as it moves to ease pressure on global energy supplies following its on Iran and the resulting bloackade on the Strait of Hormouz.
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[2026-05-19 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump has returned stateside and so has his administration's focus, even as the Iran war and the aftermath of his China trip remain front-burner issues.
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[2026-05-19 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Is Israel expanding into Gaza despite ceasefire?
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[2026-05-19 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israelis love drama. Better, they are addicted to drama.
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[2026-05-19 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas has named Mohammed Ouda as the new leader of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, its military wing, following the assassination of Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, London-based Saudi state-owned outlet Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.
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[2026-05-19 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi militant group Kataib Hezbollah has hinted it could attack Jordan, warning “patience is starting to run out” over the kingdom's backing for the US.
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[2026-05-19 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE and Israel have established a fund to jointly acquire and develop new weapons systems, in the latest sign that the war on Iran is bringing the countries closer together, one current and one former US official briefed on the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-19 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A journalist working for a Persian-language opposition television station was attacked with a knife in Wimbledon by men working for Iran as part of a campaign of "Iranian terror", a court was told.
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[2026-05-19 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly 80% of Gazans are interested in emigrating from the Gaza Strip, according to a recent survey the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) shared with senior Israeli officials.
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[2026-05-19 03:30 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A court case in New York has highlighted how Iran is using technology to recruit agents who may not even be regime supporters
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[2026-05-19 03:25 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An hour after accepting the credentials of five new ambassadors to Israel, President Isaac Herzog on Monday welcomed an ambassador of a different kind - Noam Bettan, Israel's ambassador of song.
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[2026-05-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Only a few hours had passed since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced his sensational visit to the United Arab Emirates in March 2026, his meeting with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan – a visit that, according to the statement, had led to a “historic breakthrough” – when the Emirati Foreign Ministry issued a sweeping denial.
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[2026-05-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of Jewish communities in Israel and around the world marked Liberation and Rescue Day over the weekend, commemorating 81 years since Nazi Germany’s surrender and the rescue of Jews who survived Nazi persecution in Europe.
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[2026-05-19 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has reportedly appointed anti-Israel Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbi Miriam Grossman to a taxpayer-funded faith liaison role, linking city hall to the city’s Jewish community.
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[2026-05-19 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Undersea internet and data cables in the Strait of Hormuz could be the next casualty of the Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-19 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — The death toll in the latest round of fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon surpassed 3,000, Lebanon's health ministry said Monday.
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[2026-05-19 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition leader Yair Lapid vowed on Monday that any Likud MKs who support the contentious haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill due to pressure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, “will not fall under the radar."
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[2026-05-19 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-19 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From behind bars in Israel, veteran prisoner and “Palestine's Mandela”, Marwan Barghouti, gained the highest number of votes in elections for the ruling Fatah party's central committee.
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[2026-05-19 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: As Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump met, reports emerged that Chinese tankers had been allowed passage through the Strait of Hormuz. (Source photos by AP)
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[2026-05-19 02:46 UTC+10:00] [Moçambique] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Moçambique regista mais um episódio de violência com contornos políticos. Pedro Chauke, militante do partido ANAMOLA, movimento liderado por Venâncio Mondlane, foi assassinado a tiro na última sexta-feira (15.05), na localidade de Mucambene, distrito de Massangena, na província de Gaza.
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[2026-05-19 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike has killed a child in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, after he was wounded in an earlier attack.
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[2026-05-19 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A resolution for the US Congress to recognize the "ongoing Nakba" was reintroduced by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Thursday, the Michigan representative's office announced in a press release.
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[2026-05-19 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's national football team were heading to Turkey yesterday following a "constructive" meeting with Fifa officials as the World Cup approaches.
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[2026-05-19 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Earlier today, in response to news that the number of tankers anchored at Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal had hit a post-blockade peak, we wondered if this means that Iran is running out of tankers to store oil, i.e., Trump' blockade of the blockade is working. In any case, it certainly means that Iran is no longer able to sell any of the oil, depriving it of much needed oil export revenues which it has found itself forced to shut
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