Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The US/Iran-linked energy crisis has shifted from a commodity shock to structural geopolitics, with Asia at the epicenter due to its dependence on imported oil and LNG. Global reverberations can no longer be avoided.
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[2026-05-18 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries.
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[2026-05-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OIL and water, being poles apart, may not mix, but politics, oil and migration do.
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[2026-05-18 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Arab world is a major inspiration for Drake, with the rapper back with a trio of albums released on Friday: Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In her apartment in Beersheba, Rachel Ohana is listening to the living room television with one ear as she makes her famous Moroccan meatballs in the kitchen.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new Israel-focused private equity firm, David Group Capital Management Ltd., has launched in Herzliya with plans to invest in and scale mature Israeli and Israel-related companies.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Since October 7, 2023, Israel has absorbed wave after wave of missiles and rockets from Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and others. Yet in Washington, critics of the US-Israel relationship insist the response to attacks against an American ally is to cut military aid to the Jewish state.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Education Ministry is set to ban cell phones in middle schools at the start of next school year, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the IDF has been mitigating the threat of drones against Israel for the past six years at his direction during a Sunday afternoon cabinet meeting.
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[2026-05-18 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France is moving to deport prominent Egyptian-Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath over his opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-05-18 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syria's new central bank governor Safwat Raslan has promised to work on raising living standards in his first public remarks since the sudden removal of his predecessor, as hardship persists 18 months into the post-Bashar Al Assad era.
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[2026-05-18 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: According to a Sunday report from Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, the United States has laid down a firm, take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum to Tehran. Both sides are still trying to patiently wait out the Hormuz crisis, hoping to inflict more economic pain on the other until they blink.
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[2026-05-18 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump is asking Congress to suspend the federal gas tax until the Iran war is over.
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[2026-05-18 00:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The presence of two secret Israeli bases in Iraq may have led to the death of a shepherd who discovered them, according to an investigation by The New York Times (NYT).
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[2026-05-18 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A drone appeared to cause a fire near a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates on May 17. Abu Dhabi said that a fire was caused by a drone strike on an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the Al Dhafra region, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hezbollah may resort to assassinating political rivals in Lebanon as its grip on the country weakens, according to a Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC)-affiliated expert who spoke with The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a proposal to establish a Defense Ministry complex on the site of the demolished UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) complex in Jerusalem, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday in a post on X/Twitter.
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[2026-05-18 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Newly published data points to a troubling rise in violence, attacks in public spaces, and incitement against Israel’s LGBTQ community, a study recently published by the Nir Katz z”l Center for Violence, Discrimination, and Homophobia Reporting of The Aguda - The Association for LGBTQ+ Equality in Israel found.
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[2026-05-18 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — FIFA secretary general Mattias Grafstrom described as "excellent" and "constructive" the meeting held on Saturday in Istanbul with the Iranian federation to ensure Iran's participation in the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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[2026-05-18 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A drone strike has sparked a fire at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), raising new concerns over a potential new regional escalation amid a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States.
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[2026-05-18 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has secured a seat on Fatah’s highest leadership body, as initial results emerged from the movement’s first Congress in the occupied West Bank in a decade.
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[2026-05-17 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The killing of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the recently appointed head of Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has dealt a symbolic blow to the Palestinian group in Gaza, but the impact on its military operations is far from certain.
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[2026-05-17 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The presence of two secret Israeli bases in Iraq may have led to the death of a shepherd who discovered them, according to an investigation by The New York Times (NYT).
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[2026-05-17 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage has been published online purporting to show an assault by an Israeli settler against a Palestinian farmer in the occupied West Bank, in one of the latest alleged attacks targeting Palestinian civilians.
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[2026-05-17 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage has been published online purporting to show an assault by an Israeli settler against a Palestinian farmer in the occupied West Bank, in one of the latest alleged attacks targeting Palestinian civilians.
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[2026-05-17 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has said that four of its soldiers were wounded when an explosive device detonated in southern Lebanon overnight.
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[2026-05-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli government has approved plans to build a Defence Ministry complex on the former site of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, near Ammunition Hill in East Jerusalem.
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[2026-05-17 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The recent statement by the spiritual leader of United Torah Judaism, Rabbi David Landau, calling for the dissolution of the Knesset and declaring his loss of confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carries far-reaching political implications.
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[2026-05-17 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Discussions on the coalition’s controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill were scheduled on Sunday to return to the Knesset's agenda for advancement this coming Wednesday, ahead of its final readings, amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the haredi parties.
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[2026-05-17 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman sharply rejected on Friday the Attorney-General’s latest classified update to the High Court of Justice, accusing Gali Baharav-Miara’s office of trying to cast doubt on his integrity in the petitions against his appointment as Mossad chief.
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[2026-05-17 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Noon, the e-commerce platform which competes with Amazon in the UAE, plans to launch operations in Syria, its co-founder Mohamed Alabbar has said.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Studying in Israel comes with its own challenges, especially for olim and lone soldiers balancing academics, military service, and life in a new country.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The map of threats against Israel is crowded, and we are straining every muscle to thwart them. They loom in the south, the north, and the east. But one serious threat – perhaps the gravest in the long term – is being neglected: the very legitimacy of Israel’s existence is under assault by voices in the free world.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former finance minister Moshe Kahlon is set to admit that he failed to ensure that serious financial irregularities at UnetCredit were properly reported to the public while he served as chairman of the company, as part of a plea agreement filed with the Tel Aviv District Court’s Economic Department.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel built two secret bases in Iraq's desert during the ongoing war with Iran, The New York Times reported on Sunday morning, citing unnamed Iraqi officials.
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[2026-05-17 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Barakah nuclear power plant went online in 2020 with the help of South Korea and is the first and only nuclear power plant on the Arabian Peninsula
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[2026-05-17 22:05 UTC+10:00] [Cairo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Barakah nuclear power plant went online in 2020 with the help of South Korea and is the first and only nuclear power plant on the Arabian Peninsula
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[2026-05-17 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli drone strike killed three Palestinians at a community kitchen in the Deir al-Balah area of Gaza, near al-Aqsa hospital, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-05-17 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Javier Bardem says the conversation around Gaza is gradually changing in the film industry.
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[2026-05-17 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ahead of a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven developed economies in Paris on Monday, a senior European official says the situation in the Middle East has highlighted how exposed the interconnected global economy is to external shocks.
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[2026-05-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Manifestantes corean consignas durante una concentración a favor del gobierno en la Plaza de la Revolución Islámica, el miércoles 13 de mayo de 2026, en Teherán, Irán. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-05-17 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: With a final score of 343, Israel’s Noam Bettan took second place at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, with his song, Michelle.
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[2026-05-17 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Even if Israel occupies southern Lebanon through military force, it will not be able to destroy all of Hezbollah’s explosive drones or rockets, Israeli public broadcaster Kan News reported on Sunday morning, citing a security source.
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[2026-05-17 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital was established by Dr. Moshe Wallach in 1902 on Jaffa Road at the entrance to the city, it had 20 beds and a small field for cows to graze. The cows supplied fresh milk for newborn babies and hospital patients.
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[2026-05-17 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Strolling through the halls of Jerusalem’s Beit Tovei Ha’ir assisted-living facility on a recent morning, I felt myself being suddenly transported from the comfortable chairs of the bright, spacious lobby and taken to a darker, more difficult time – April of 1948, when the Old City of Jerusalem was under siege by the Jordanian Arab Legion.
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[2026-05-17 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An October 7 Massacre conference is set to be held in Toronto in November, according to the Masar Badil Movement Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement Instagram account, hosted by a branch of an organization banned by Canada for being a terrorist group's front.
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[2026-05-17 20:56 UTC+10:00] [Crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: VIENNA — Questions aren’t going away for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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[2026-05-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is reportedly encouraging the UAE to become more directly involved in the war against Iran, with some officials suggesting Abu Dhabi seize Iran’s Lavan Island according to a report from the Telegraph.
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[2026-05-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas is looking to exploit the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, in order to collect financial donations under a humanitarian or religious guise, Israeli public broadcaster KAN News reported on Thursday, citing Palestinian sources familiar with the details.
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[2026-05-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas cast his vote on Saturday in the Fatah movement’s elections, which will determine the composition of the “Central Committee and Revolutionary Council.” The vote was held at the Ahmad Shuqairi Hall in the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.
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