Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya early Monday has issued a bombshell if true (but still very much not officially confirmed), reporting that Iran has agreed to a long-term nuclear freeze instead of a complete dismantling. The outlet also reports that Iran has withdrawn its demand for compensation, instead demanding economic concessions.
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[2026-05-18 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has submitted a response to the latest United States proposal to end the war via mediator Pakistan as a fragile truce comes under growing strain.
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[2026-05-18 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A former senior Israeli intelligence officer, who served during the current war on Iran, has said that the Iranian nuclear project remains “essentially unchanged” despite Israeli and US attacks.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Demand for mental health treatment in Israel has risen by approximately 240% over the past two years, Clalit Health Services said in a Monday statement, pointing to the mounting psychological toll of the war and prolonged national trauma.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Violence by hooligan groups, religious factions, political mobs, or any other group is illegal, cannot be excused, and must be condemned and punished under the law. That is a basic norm of any civilized society. It applies whether the perpetrators are politically motivated youth, religious extremists, sports hooligans, or demonstrators.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s testimony in his criminal trial was canceled again on Monday morning, after the Jerusalem District Court accepted a last-minute request from his defense team citing undisclosed security and diplomatic reasons that prevented him from appearing.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shauki Abu Latif, who was elected head of the Rama Local Council and later suspended amid legal proceedings, was convicted by the Haifa District Court on Monday after admitting, as part of a plea agreement, to assisting extortion by threats, fraud, and breach of trust.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth on Monday signed an amendment to the West Bank’s security regulations, allowing the approved death penalty law for terrorists to go into effect.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: American anti-Israel groups held Nakba Day protests over the weekend, and while they were mostly peaceful, violent extremism and support for terrorist organizations were present at rallies across the country.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: While the Palestinian Authority (PA) sometimes coordinates with Israel in counterterrorism operations, the Palestinian leadership body has continued to promote violent rhetoric and fund terrorist organizations, according to a report published by the US State Department presented to Congress this week.
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s police chief, Ahmadreza Radan, claimed the regime’s security forces arrested more than 6,500 individuals accused of espionage since the war started at the end of February, according to Sunday reports from the Islamic Republic’s state media.
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[2026-05-18 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La Nobel iraní Narges Mohammadi en un hospital en Teherán, el 10 de mayo del 2026. (Narges Foundation Archive via AP)
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[2026-05-18 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have approved the creation of a new military complex in place of where the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) headquarters in Jerusalem once stood.
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[2026-05-18 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least seven people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon since dawn on Monday, the country's health ministry is reporting.
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[2026-05-18 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's foreign ministry has confirmed that talks with the US are ongoing through Pakistan as a mediator.
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[2026-05-18 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The European Union has announced a crackdown on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps propaganda, after the US revealed the mastermind behind attacks on Jewish and American targets in Europe.
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[2026-05-18 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON - Global oil stockpiles are plummeting and inventories may not recover until December 2027, strategists warn, with physical shortages potentially looming over Europe by the end of this month.
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[2026-05-18 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has moved a step further in its attempts to formalise its effective control over the Strait of Hormuz after the country’s top security organ announced the formation of a new body to manage the key passage.
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[2026-05-18 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A former senior Israeli intelligence officer, who served during the current war on Iran, has said that the Iranian nuclear project remains “essentially unchanged” despite Israeli and US attacks.
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[2026-05-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, but off their overnight lows as markets focus on soaring global yields after US/Iran talk progress remains stalled (but at least armed hostilities did not resume contrary to some speculation). Yields also spiked on rising oil prices, concerns of an extra budget in Japan and continued political chaos in the UK.
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks with Japanese media, including Nikkei Asia, in Manila on May 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-18 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its fighters struck US-Israeli backed "terrorist groups" in northern Iraq who were attempting to smuggle US weapons into the country.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran will take the US and Israel to court over attacks on Iranian cultural sites, the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, has said.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran will take the US and Israel to court over attacks on Iranian cultural sites, the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, has said.
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[2026-05-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: GOP to target seat held by Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat among the state’s seven representatives in the House
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[2026-05-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is recovering at home in Iran after undergoing surgery following her release from jail on medical grounds.
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[2026-05-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A French judge will investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following a complaint filed by NGOs against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, sources told AFP on Saturday.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast for the UK's growth this year, but warned the Iran war and "domestic uncertainty" could hit the economy.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli government has advanced plans to confiscate Palestinian-owned property near Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, in a move Palestinians say is aimed at “Judaising” the city.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has exerted “massive pressure” on coalition lawmakers in recent days to vote in favor of the contentious haredi draft bill, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (New Hope-United Right) told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Being a woman in Iran means beginning an endless struggle from the very moment you are born,” Kosar Eftekhari told The Jerusalem Post late on Sunday night.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is examining the possibility of establishing a secure artificial intelligence base in Israel’s Negev Desert as part of a broader effort to protect advanced technology from Chinese espionage and cement American dominance in the AI race, Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua of the Hudson Institute wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published last week.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Isaac Herzog welcomed Somaliland’s first-ever ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Haji, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday, calling the moment the beginning of an important new partnership between the two countries.
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [petrol] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dr. Yizhar Hess is a 10th-generation Jerusalemite. He was in his early thirties when he and his wife Yael, both secular Israelis whose grandparents had been religious, answered a Jewish Agency advertisement and moved to Tucson, Arizona, for three years as emissaries.
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Wallace Shawn] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At 82, the character actor is as frank and fired-up as ever with two hit stage shows and a summer blockbuster on the way. He’s embracing being odd, he says, even if everyone doesn’t quite get it
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Pro-Palestinian activists say Israeli forces are intercepting a flotilla of more than 50 boats carrying aid for Gaza in international waters west of Cyprus.
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[2026-05-18 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme National Security Council has announced the formation of a new authority to manage the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-18 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran could respond militarily to US naval forces enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official has said, warning that the Gulf of Oman could become a “graveyard” for American warships.
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shortly after the Iran war started, with gold unexpectedly tumbling, we showed that the reason behind gold's paradoxical move - after all, the precious metal has traditionally been a store of value in times of geopolitical stress - was the furious liquidation of gold by emerging markets, in this case Turkey, scrambling to obtain reserve dry powder so Ankara could cover soaring costs of energy imports.
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[2026-05-18 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Secretary General of the Gulf Co-operation Council has condemned a drone attack on Saudi Arabia from Iraqi airspace as “a flagrant violation of security and stability in the region”.
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Ningxia University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026. (Narges Foundation Archive via AP)
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[2026-05-18 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli attacks have killed at least six Palestinians, and wounded another 40 in attacks across Gaza in the last 24 hours, the enclave's health ministry is reporting.
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