Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several months after a US-mediated ceasefire entered into effect, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Izz ad-Din al-Haddad made a series of critical mistakes that enabled Israel to track and ultimately kill him, security sources told Walla on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former interior minister and MK Moshe Arbel (Shas) told Shas head Arye Deri on Sunday that he would be resigning from the Knesset.
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[2026-05-17 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Some US officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to seize one of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf, The Telegraph has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-05-17 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Some US officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to seize one of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf, The Telegraph has reported, citing sources.
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[2026-05-17 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war
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[2026-05-17 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A government supporter wears badges showing a portrait of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iranian and Palestinian flags during a pro-government gathering at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-05-17 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “You won’t believe what my child’s teacher said about Israel and Jews.”
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[2026-05-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia is luring Yemeni fighters into its war against Ukraine with large cash payments, monthly salaries and the promise of citizenship, Middle East Eye has learned.
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[2026-05-17 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Bulgaria won the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 on Saturday, while Israel faced boos after finishing in second place.
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[2026-05-17 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli drone strike in the Khan Younis area of Gaza killed one person and wounded two others in Nasser Hospital, according to a hospital spokesperson.
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[2026-05-17 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Khosro Isfahani, research director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), spoke with The Jerusalem Post's News Editor Alex Winston about the evolving state of the Iranian opposition, assessing whether the diaspora has become more unified in recent months or remains hindered by ideological and personal divisions.
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[2026-05-17 19:12 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-17 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas failed to elect a new political leader, the terror group announced on Saturday night, promising another round of elections would soon take place.
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[2026-05-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A powerful explosion was heard in the Beit Shemesh area on Saturday, causing panic and a wave of rumors.
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[2026-05-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On Friday, May 15, the Israel Defense Forces conducted an exercise near the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley. The IDF said, “The Chief of the General Staff exercise was held to assess the IDF’s readiness for a surprise attack scenario along the eastern border in the areas of the 96th and 80th Divisions.”
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[2026-05-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yisrael Beiteinu chairman and MK Avigdor Liberman accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering Israel’s national security in exchange for what he described as a personal political arrangement with US President Donald Trump, during an interview with 103FM on Sunday morning.
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[2026-05-17 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Bulgaria won the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday with Dara's catchy floor-filler "Bangaranga" sweeping the 70th edition of the world's biggest live televised music event and pushing into second place Israel, whose participation had triggered a major boycott.
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[2026-05-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bulgaria has won the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time as Israel, whose participation had triggered a boycott from five countries and protests over its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza, came in second.
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[2026-05-17 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani has spoke over the phone to Saudi Foreign MInistr Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud.
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[2026-05-17 18:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Iran's national soccer team, facing complications stemming from the Middle East conflict and US visa issues, is set to hold emergency talks with FIFA.
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[2026-05-17 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have united in an attempt to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and lead Israel’s next government. But while they have lots to criticise Netanyahu about, they have few qualms with his wars in Gaza and the rest of the region.
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[2026-05-17 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says it will soon reveal its plan to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, including the charging of tolls, as United States President Donald Trump warns Tehran it will have a “very bad time” if a peace deal is not reached soon.
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[2026-05-17 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved $25.8 billion in defense arms sales to Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg reported last week.
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[2026-05-17 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police officers thwarted an attempted vehicle theft in Bat Yam on Thursday night, arresting two suspects after monitoring a local parking lot as part of an operation to prevent property crimes.
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[2026-05-17 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court has named Yuval Vilner, 38, as the individual suspected of raping singer and creator Shay-Li Atari on Sunday morning, as well as releasing him from 10 days of house arrest.
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[2026-05-17 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces launched attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
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[2026-05-17 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-05-17 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz congratulated Israeli performer Noam Bettan after the singer finished second in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, while criticising European governments that opposed Israel’s participation.
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[2026-05-17 16:29 UTC+10:00] [SOCCER] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Tucson, Arizona – In the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. warships menace Iran's oil tankers, while in Washington U.S. President Donald Trump demands "complete victory." But in Tucson, they are getting ready to welcome the Iranian soccer team as if nothing were amiss.
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[2026-05-17 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said a “suspicious aerial target” was identified after sirens sounded in the Misgav Am area of northern Israel.
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[2026-05-17 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lana Nusseibeh, UAE Minister of State, met Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to discuss Iran’s continuing unprovoked terrorist attacks and threats to vessels and seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Gulf, state news agency Wam reported on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 16:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Cristiano Ronaldo suffered heartache for the second time in a week when his Saudi club Al Nassr was stunned at home 1-0 by Japan's Gamba Osaka in the AFC Champions League Two final on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran and the US cut diplomatic ties in 1980, and the players are expected to use their time to complete the procedures for obtaining visas
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[2026-05-17 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Gianni Infantino] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran and the US cut diplomatic ties in 1980, and the players are expected to use their time to complete the procedures for obtaining visas
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[2026-05-17 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters detonated explosive devices targeting Israeli military bulldozers advancing between the southern Lebanese towns of Rashaf and Hadatha.
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[2026-05-17 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US exemption allowing the delivery and sale of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products expired on Saturday amid rising global energy prices linked to the war involving Iran.
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[2026-05-17 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel has finished second at the Eurovision Song Contest for the second year in a row, once again powered by a massive public televote, despite widespread protests, broadcaster boycotts and growing scrutiny over the war in Gaza.
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[2026-05-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Plummeting approval ratings for these three poisonous comrades-in-arms show voters are demoralised and tiring of forever wars – the west could soon breathe again
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[2026-05-17 13:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: British fighter jets in the Middle East will be equipped with new missile systems to make it cheaper to intercept Iranian drones.
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[2026-05-17 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With help from InvestHK, ClearVue and mainland partner choose city as base for effort to make power-producing glass for building facades
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Tel Aviv University student and IDF soldier who had been wounded in Gaza found a swastika drawn on his car, KAN News reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Authority is officially reinstituting its "pay-for-slay" policy, according to a Thursday statement from Israel's Foreign Ministry citing Palestinian Media Watch.
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As Israel stands on the threshold of an election, the most refreshing thing that could emerge would be a consensus that this time the results will be respected: that those who win will be allowed to govern, and those in the opposition will accept the results and move on.
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[2026-05-17 13:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States Central Command said Saturday that 78 commercial vessels had been redirected and four disabled as part of efforts to enforce President Donald Trump’s blockade on ships travelling to and from Iran through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-17 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israeli officials believe the military is at its highest level of readiness for a possible resumption of fighting with Iran.
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[2026-05-17 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- During his first year back in office, US President Donald Trump’s blustery negotiating style won him concessions from countries on issues ranging from tariffs to armed conflict.
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[2026-05-17 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran remains prepared to resume direct military confrontation with the United States if negotiations fail to produce what Tehran considers acceptable outcomes.
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[2026-05-17 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: For those who missed last week’s gutter-level low for The New York Times, here’s a catch-up — and the big picture meaning.
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