Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-18 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — Iran put to death over 2,150 people last year, a "staggering" increase that pushed recorded worldwide executions to their highest level since 1981, Amnesty International said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel built two covert military outposts in Iraq’s western desert in advance of the US-Israel war on Iran, The New York Times has reported.
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[2026-05-18 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump warning over peace talks drives up crude price as UK gilts hit by uncertainty over Starmer leadership
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[2026-05-18 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters and arrested 100 activists on board.
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[2026-05-18 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday urged allies to sanction Iran as peace talks between the two countries continue to stall.
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[2026-05-18 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent rose 1.78 per cent to $111.20, while WTI gained 2.08% to $107.60, as risk assets weakened.
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[2026-05-18 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has seized the assets of 129 people it has described as separatists and “enemy agents” working with the US and Israel against the country.
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[2026-05-18 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-18 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have begun intercepting vessels from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to organisers and video footage from onboard the boats.
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[2026-05-18 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli naval forces, including commandos from the elite Shayetet 13 unit, began taking control of boats participating in the latest Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla on Monday, according to videos and accounts posted to social media by activists aboard the vessels.
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[2026-05-18 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Embarcaciones pertenecientes a la Flotilla Global Sumud, que transportan activistas y ayuda humanitaria, parten hacia Gaza desde el puerto de Marmaris, Turquía, el jueves 14 de mayo de 2026, en un intento por romper el bloqueo naval israelí. (AP Foto/Murat Kocabas)
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[2026-05-18 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pressing Brussels to loosen the EU’s fiscal rules to help governments absorb the economic shock unleashed by the Iran war and soaring energy prices.
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[2026-05-18 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boats belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying activists and humanitarian aid, depart for Gaza from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in an attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade. (AP Photo/Murat Kocabas)
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[2026-05-18 17:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Joh Rahm teased his third major victory -- and first since he left for Saudi-backed LIV Golf -- when he opened with back-to-back birdies at Aronimink on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a new attack if Tehran doesn’t agree to make swift concessions to Washington.
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[2026-05-18 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with a new attack if Tehran doesn’t agree to make swift concessions to Washington.
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[2026-05-18 17:39 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says there ‘won’t be anything left’ of country if it doesn’t come to an agreement
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[2026-05-18 17:28 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pianist Jayson Gillham was concerned management of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) would not allow him to play a new piece of music at an event he was headlining if they knew it was dedicated to the journalists of Gaza, the Federal Court heard on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel launches strikes across southern Lebanon despite extending ‘ceasefire’
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[2026-05-18 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command (CENTCOM) played a role in regional air defense that helped intercept “more than 6,000 one-way attack drones and over 1,500 ballistic missiles aimed at US forces, Israel, and Arab partners,” during the recent Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-18 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-05-18 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Gaza City, Gaza – Standing in a long queue under the beating sun, 14-year-old Muhammed al-Roubi was waiting to buy bread. But there was a strong chance that, despite his patience, he would not get any.
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[2026-05-18 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Kagome is revamping the packaging of several ketchup products after supply disruptions made white printing ink harder to source, according to Japan Today. The shortage stems from raw material constraints tied to the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Saudi Arabia says that it has intercepted three drones that “entered its territory from Iraqi airspace,” the country's defense ministry said in a Sunday evening post to X/Twitter.
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[2026-05-18 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Prime Minister’s Office’s unusual decision to confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had visited the United Arab Emirates during the war with Iran was driven by concern that former prime minister Naftali Bennett was also expected to travel to Abu Dhabi, N12 reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-18 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF reservist soldiers on the border with Lebanon are compelled to enter Lebanese territory, putting themselves at risk, despite not being eligible for benefits associated with the added risk, KAN News reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 4:03pm
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[2026-05-18 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Israel blocking imports of building materials, those rebuilding in Gaza are recycling ruins to make new homes
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[2026-05-18 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una persona camina frente a una pantalla electrónica que muestra el índice Nikkei de Japón en una firma de valores, el lunes 18 de mayo de 2026, en Tokio. (AP Foto/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-05-18 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene warned that any decision to deploy American troops to Iran would trigger what she described as a “political revolution” in the United States.
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[2026-05-18 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy on Monday said that diesel and gasoline prices will go up on Tuesday, May 19, due mostly to the market reacting to developments in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, world leaders condemn a drone attack near the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant after authorities intercept two drones and report a fire outside the site’s inner perimeter.
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[2026-05-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The death-penalty law passed in March by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has come into effect after an army commander signed an order implementing the measure, Israeli media has reported.
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[2026-05-18 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported that dozens of US cargo aircraft carrying ammunition from bases in Germany landed in Tel Aviv over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-05-18 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nearly 2 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which begins on May 25, following the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-05-18 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: CNN reported that Iran is seeking to expand its regional influence by focusing on submarine internet cables that carry communications and financial data between Europe, Asia and Gulf countries following tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-18 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week in negative territory as investors react to the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war.
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[2026-05-18 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli media reported that Israel’s military is preparing for the possibility of renewed conflict with Iran, with public broadcaster Kan citing an unnamed security official as saying Israel would join any new US strikes and target Iranian energy infrastructure.
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[2026-05-18 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Monday, May 18, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-05-18 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: There are wars that dominate the global imagination - and others that quietly fall out of it. Sudan has become the latter.
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[2026-05-18 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UAE said an unidentified drone struck the territory of its only nuclear power plant on Sunday amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UAE said an unidentified drone struck the territory of its only nuclear power plant on Sunday amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli media reported that Israel is preparing to intercept a Gaza-bound aid flotilla as dozens of vessels approach the Gaza Strip in an attempt to challenge the Israeli blockade.
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[2026-05-18 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The trophy wait goes on, but Cristiano Ronaldo can at least console himself with a nomination for the 2025/26 Saudi Pro League Player of the Season award.
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[2026-05-18 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say the plans reflect awareness of drone and other types of hi-tech warfare amid the Russia-Ukraine and Iran conflicts
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