Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-16 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset passed the Economic Assistance Plan Law last week, authorizing government compensation for businesses affected by Operation Roaring Lion. Within a day, the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) said it had opened a limited online system to claim payments for war-related damages. The full system should be up and running by this coming Sunday.
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[2026-05-16 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is considering asking Israel to redirect some tax money withheld from the Palestinian Authority to Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to help fund the US president’s postwar Gaza plan, five sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As backlash over a recent column published by The New York Times alleging that Israeli guards sexually abused Palestinian detainees reached a fever pitch on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke his silence by threatening legal action against the paper.
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[2026-05-16 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India has increased export duties on petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, one day after raising domestic fuel prices for the first time since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on 28 February.
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[2026-05-16 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said negotiations between Israel and Lebanon had been extended following two days of “highly productive” US-mediated talks.
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[2026-05-16 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US State Department will soon hold further negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent political agreement between the two countries
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[2026-05-16 05:08 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US State Department will soon hold further negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent political agreement between the two countries
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[2026-05-16 05:06 UTC+10:00] [inteligência] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Palantir há muito tempo divide opiniões. A empresa americana desenvolve softwares de inteligência para prever e investigar crimes, utilizados por forças de segurança e agências de inteligência não só dos Estados Unidos, mas também em países como Reino Unido, Israel e Ucrânia. Na Alemanha, o programa, chamado Gotham, é empregado nos estados da Baviera, Hesse e Renânia do Norte-Vestfália.
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[2026-05-16 05:05 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Talks lead to 45-day extension to shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah militant group, state department says
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[2026-05-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sat 16 May 2026 at 5:00am
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[2026-05-16 04:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-16 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces had killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, described by Israel as Hamas’s top military commander in Gaza.
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[2026-05-16 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire US President Donald Trump announced last month, the US State Department said on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel and Lebanon have agreed a 45-day extension to a shaky ceasefire, following two days of negotiations in Washington DC, the US state department said.
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[2026-05-16 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire after another round of talks in Washington, the US State Department said Friday.
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[2026-05-16 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel Reyes, zaguero de la selección mexicana, lanza la primera pelota de un partido entre los Padres de San Diego y los Diamondbacks de Arizona en Ciudad de México el domingo 26 de abril del 2026. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)
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[2026-05-16 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: United Nations deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Israeli military obstructed UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on two occasions on Thursday.
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[2026-05-16 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas military leader Izz ad-Din al-Haddad was targeted in Israeli strikes in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a Friday evening joint statement.
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[2026-05-16 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Almost 60 years ago, Israeli forces captured East Jerusalem in one of the most dramatic and consequential battles of the latter half of the 20th century. After days of fighting, Israel gained control of historical sites sacred to the billions of followers of the Abrahamic faiths.
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[2026-05-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Get news alerts fromYou can manage notifications at any time by clicking the notifications icon.SubscribeMaybe later
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[2026-05-16 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: By the end of the year, Tehran and Washington will have a permanent peace deal in place, Iran's hardline regime will remain in power and exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi will not be back in his home country.
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[2026-05-16 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This satellite image provided by Airbus DS shows what appears to be a human-made track dug out in Iraq’s western Nukhaib desert, some 250 kilometers (155 miles), southwest of the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. (© Airbus DS 2026 via AP)
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[2026-05-16 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel said it carried out a strike in Gaza targeting Izz al-Din al-Haddad, whom it described as the most senior Hamas military leader remaining in the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-05-16 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mortgage rates defied expectations by ticking down slightly this week, even as the latest inflation data revealed that surging oil prices resulting from the ongoing war in the Middle East have now bled into the costs of other goods and services.
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[2026-05-16 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran.
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[2026-05-16 03:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ( May 15, 2026 / JNS ) On May 11, the Knesset voted 93-0 in favor of a law providing a legal framework for the prosecution of terrorists involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas invasion. The law was hailed as “historic” by its legislators.
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[2026-05-16 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto police officers investigate outside the U.S. consulate in Toronto on March 10, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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[2026-05-16 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE made a failed bid to convince Saudi Arabia and Qatar to launch a joint military response to Iran’s attacks on the Gulf, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
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[2026-05-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government.
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[2026-05-16 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iraqi national with suspected ties to Hezbollah has been arrested on charges of carrying out a slew of terror attacks in Europe — and plotting the bombing of a New York synagogue.
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[2026-05-16 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes carried out two air strikes on the town of Harouf in southern Lebanon, destroying an ambulance centre linked to the Islamic Health Authority and wounding at least two people.
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[2026-05-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Every year on Jerusalem Day – the holiday that all Jews should be celebrating today – I reconnect to the high Jewish/Zionist rhetoric about the city.
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[2026-05-16 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In May 1967, the State of Israel stood alone and terrified.
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[2026-05-16 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters struck an Israeli tank near the southern Lebanese town of Biyyada and targeted three Israeli military bulldozers operating in Khiam.
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[2026-05-16 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A worker installs a seat at Toyota Motor's Motomachi assembly plant in Aichi prefecture, Japan. (Toyota Motor)
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[2026-05-16 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The BRICS alliance of major developing economies has failed to issue a joint statement after their two-day meeting in India, amid internal divisions over the Iran war which is affecting several members.
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[2026-05-16 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A second day of talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials is taking place in Washington, DC, despite ongoing Israeli attacks and ceasefire violations in Lebanon.
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[2026-05-16 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The New York Times has said libel action threatened against it by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an article alleging sexual assaults against Palestinian detainees by Israeli security services is "without merit".
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[2026-05-16 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The lawyers of a Palestinian Gazan man have made a formal submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor demanding that 14 Hamas leaders be investigated for crimes committed against the Palestinian people.
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[2026-05-16 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El ministro de Exteriores de Irán, Abbas Araghchi, llega a una reunión durante la cumbre de los BRICS en Nueva Delhi, India, el jueves 14 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-05-16 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli army chief of staff Eyal Zamir said one of the key lessons from the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 was “the need for high and constant readiness for a surprise attack on our borders, from the platoon level to the General Staff”.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED States President Donald Trump recently called Iran’s latest proposal on ending their war “garbage.” He said he did not even bother to finish reading it.
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Oman] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting ships
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[2026-05-16 02:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-16 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump rejected reports suggesting Iran still possesses a large number of missile launchers, describing the claims as “fake news”.
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[2026-05-16 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Tehran and Washington are truly not just back to square one, but it's as if no rounds of dialogue - direct or indirect - have even taken place. It's more like being back at square zero - and the US President has just acknowledged it.
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