Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-15 07:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran is allowing some vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday following talks with Beijing ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-15 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite lacking geopolitical alignment, Brics captures a prevailing mood among emerging economies that won’t fade away any time soon
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[2026-05-15 07:24 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Members of far-right Jewish groups call for Palestinian villages to ‘burn’ as they storm through Muslim quarter of Old City
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has expressed his support for the teenage Barcelona football star who was accused of “inciting hatred” by the Israeli defence minister for waving a Palestinian flag at a victory rally.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Beersheba played to a dramatic 1-1 draw at Teddy Stadium in a match that may not have crowned a champion, but certainly left the Southern Reds firmly in the driver’s seat with just three games remaining in the season.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters arrived Thursday night at the Ashkelon home of Brig.-Gen. Yuval Yamin, the head of the military police, in a demonstration against the arrests of haredi draft dodgers by the military police.
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[2026-05-15 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Alan Bauer was not thinking about litigation when he picked his son up from a Jerusalem sidewalk in March 2002. He was thinking about whether the boy was alive.
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[2026-05-15 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Emirati scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" who is wholly unwelcome in the United Arab Emirates, after the country's foreign ministry issued a statement denying that Netanyahu ever came to visit UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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[2026-05-15 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian government said on Thursday that its foreign minister met with India’s national security advisor during the Brics meeting in New Delhi and discussed bilateral ties and “regional developments”.
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[2026-05-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- Import prices fell for the first time in 10 months in April on a decrease in oil prices amid the Middle East conflict, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-05-15 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through Jerusalem's Old City, captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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[2026-05-15 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Emirati scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" who is wholly unwelcome in the United Arab Emirates, after the country's foreign ministry issued a statement denying that Netanyahu ever came to visit UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
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[2026-05-15 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the state banquet for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. © Reuters
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[2026-05-15 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping opposes Iran charging a toll in the Strait of Hormuz and is considering buying more oil from the US to replace lost volume from the Gulf, the White House said on Thursday, following a meeting between President Donald Trump and Xi.
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[2026-05-15 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon has kicked off in Washington, DC, days before the expiration of a “ceasefire” that hardly halted Israeli attacks and Hezbollah’s response to them.
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[2026-05-15 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz criticised the Barcelona football player Lamine Yamal, who raised a Palestinian flag during a victory parade by the team through Barcelona on Monday.
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[2026-05-15 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Scapegoat or simple departure? That is what many are wondering after Microsoft's announcement that its general manager in Israel would be leaving the company.
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[2026-05-15 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Scapegoat or simple departure? That is what many are wondering after Microsoft's announcement that its general manager in Israel would be leaving the company.
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[2026-05-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT — A third round of direct talks between Israel and Lebanon kicked off in Washington Thursday, days before the expiration of a truce that reduced but did not stop the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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[2026-05-15 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US decimated Iran’s navy for a “full generation,” while retaining “all the munitions necessary” to restart the war, Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, told lawmakers Thursday.
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[2026-05-15 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to reform the Palestinian Authority (PA) at a Fatah party conference in the occupied West Bank, pledging to hold long-delayed presidential and parliamentary elections.
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[2026-05-15 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli artillery targeted a number of towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday in violation of their ceasefire agreement, as Lebanon and Israel meet for a new round of direct talks in Washington.
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[2026-05-15 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-15 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The head of US Central Command said it would take a "generation" for the Iranian navy to be rebuilt to its former strength, and said Jordan had been indispensable during the conflict.
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[2026-05-15 05:58 UTC+10:00] [US-China] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-15 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, whose government was voted in by Iraq’s parliament on Thursday, has vowed to ensure a state monopoly on weapons.
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[2026-05-15 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen has steadily weakened amid growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will hold off on interest rate cuts this year. (Photo by Yoshikazu Imahori)
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[2026-05-15 05:38 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of major world events this Friday, May 15.
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[2026-05-15 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel, together with the United States, had dealt the "heaviest blow" Iran's leadership had ever seen, as Israel began observing its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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[2026-05-15 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Shoppers tempered their spending in April as higher gas prices fueled by the Iran war meant less money left over for some nonessentials like clothing and furniture. But they're still buying, thanks to more generous government tax refunds.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The coalition has scheduled to fast-track controversial legislation ahead of the potential passage of the bill to dissolve the Knesset, which was submitted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition late on Wednesday night in a move that could bring the election date forward from October 27.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Haifa Port inaugurated a new cruise terminal this month as Israel’s maritime tourism sector prepared for a gradual return to activity following years of security disruption, the port announced.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: London’s Metropolitan Police are planning to deploy 4,000 police officers to maintain order during the Nakba Day protest on Saturday – one of many that will be taking place worldwide to mark the so-called “Palestinian catastrophe” of 1948.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Diaspora Jews should not be branded as “traitors” for choosing to remain outside Israel, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said Tuesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein at the Tel Aviv Conference at Tel Aviv University.
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[2026-05-15 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Gulf states were victims of Iranian attacks during the war that began with US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28. Iran lashed out, attacking a dozen countries in the region.
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[2026-05-15 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said on Thursday that it launched a drone attack on Israeli soldiers in northern Israel as Lebanese and Israeli representatives meet for a new round of direct talks in Washington.
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[2026-05-15 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi, speaks to Iraqi lawmakers before submitting his government in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Iraqi Presidency Office via AP)
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[2026-05-15 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Iranian father who protested the regime was executed after the state canceled his final visit with his family — only to tell them over the phone afterwards that they already killed him, his grieving relatives said.
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[2026-05-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday that continued disruptions related to the war in the Middle East risk an “unfavourable” global economic situation.
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[2026-05-15 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported, citing hospital sources.
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[2026-05-15 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq's parliament on Thursday approved 14 of the candidates nominated by prime minister-designate Ali Al Zaidi for ministerial posts, ending months of political deadlock following the November general election.
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[2026-05-15 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A prison warden who abused Kurdish inmates during Saddam Hussein's rule has been sentenced to death in Iraq.
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[2026-05-15 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a “spiral of annihilation,” as he called for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine during a visit to Europe’s largest university.
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[2026-05-15 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Long Island high school doled out a $125,000 settlement to a former student after district officials removed a pro-Palestinian mural she painted on her senior parking space.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One thing I’ve learned in half a century in Washington observing politics and politicians is that the worst wounds are self-inflicted. Don’t take my word for it, though I have some scars. You can ask Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Kristy Noem, Pam Bondi, and recently-resigned-in-disgrace Representatives Eric Swalwell, Tony Gonzales, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel marked its 59th Jerusalem Day celebration on Thursday with a flag march through the Old City and festivities nationwide.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry must be urgently strengthened, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post as the organization marked 90 years since its founding in Geneva.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli citizen, 32, suspected of mailing drugs from Holland to Israel, as part of an international smuggling network, was arrested in the Netherlands, Israel Police announced on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Barcelona soccer team issued a statement distancing the organization from star player Lamine Yamal after he caused a stir by waving a Palestinian flag at the team's victory parade in Barcelona on Monday.
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[2026-05-15 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF on Thursday revealed that it, led by the Ground Technology Division, has been supplying the Lebanese army with anti-explosive drone barbed wire, as Hezbollah's drone threat continues to grow and expand.
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