Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-21 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump called on Tehran "to behave" in an interview with Fox News on the state of the war on Iran.
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[2026-09-21 01:12 UTC+10:00] [Ed Sheeran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Some fans were hesitant to turn the page after Sheeran’s tour resumed after the removal of Macklemore, who spoke out in support of Palestine
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[2026-09-21 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: ITIM has demanded that the Chief Rabbinate guarantee women equal conditions in its upcoming certification exams, warning that it may return to court after the Rabbinate again announced that the tests would be divided between two Jerusalem venues.
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[2026-09-21 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz, 78, died in Paris on Sunday.
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[2026-09-21 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A 44-year-old Israeli, Gail Hillel, a member of Kibbutz Yizrael, was tragically killed in Slovenia on Saturday while trying to rescue his 7-year-old son, who had fallen into a ravine during a family trip.
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[2026-09-21 00:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's military issued a threat on Sunday that middle eastern nations would be "considered complicit" if the United States resumes major strikes on the country from American bases.
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[2026-09-21 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF is preparing a mass-arrest operation in the West Bank Palestinian village of Biddu, the hometown of the Neveh Tzuf terrorist captured by the military earlier on Sunday, Army Radio reported.
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[2026-09-21 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Jerusalem Post will temporarily pause news coverage on Sunday to observe the 25-hour period of Yom Kippur, with regular coverage resuming immediately following the conclusion of the fast.
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[2026-09-21 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-21 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned former Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a wounded Palestinian man in Hebron in 2016, erasing his criminal record, Haaretz reported on Saturday.
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[2026-09-21 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, accompanied by Israeli forces, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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[2026-09-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Palestine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Research tracking pregnant Chinese women over a two year period shows link between critical mineral exposure and low baby birth weights
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[2026-09-20 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The value of goods transiting through Sharjah and Oman logistics corridor has jumped more than 66 per cent in the first three months of operations as shippers looks to avoid the turbulent Strait of Hormuz amid the continuing Iran war.
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[2026-09-20 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has delivered a further 781 tonnes of critical aid and nine water tankers to the Gaza Strip in support of Palestinian communities bearing the brunt of a prolonged humanitarian crisis.
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[2026-09-20 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A senior World Jewish Congress delegation met Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and senior government officials in Ljubljana on Thursday, becoming the first major international Jewish organization to visit Slovenia since Israel opened its first resident embassy in the country, the WJC said.
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[2026-09-20 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Uruguay’s governing Broad Front, known locally as the Frente Amplio, unanimously endorsed a pro-Palestinian march scheduled for Montevideo on October 8, calling on supporters to join the demonstration and urging President Yamandú Orsi’s government to pursue further international action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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[2026-09-20 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the same week that Russian ships returned to Syria’s coast to resupply facilities still used by Moscow, representatives of around 50 American companies were sitting down with Syrian officials in Damascus to discuss investment, energy, telecommunications, and financial services.
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[2026-09-20 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The title of one of the most discussed films to emerge from this year’s Venice Film Festival is not the name of an artificial intelligence system. NAZA is Israeli military shorthand derived from nezek agavi: collateral damage.
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[2026-09-20 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. State Department warned Americans to reconsider traveling to the Middle East, adding that the Iran war could quickly worsen, as Tehran maintained a defiant stance over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-09-20 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica discussed the European Union's relationship with Israel, regional stability, and Gaza recovery efforts with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Sunday, the commissioner announced.
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[2026-09-20 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Only 17% of Israelis and 21% of Palestinians surveyed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem believe Israel and an independent Palestinian state can coexist peacefully, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday.
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[2026-09-20 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ra’am, the Joint List, Balad and two Joint List candidates have asked the Central Elections Committee to reject six challenges seeking to bar them from taking part in the election for the 26th Knesset.
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[2026-09-20 22:38 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: UN. File photo shows US President Donald Trump addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US on September 23, 2025.
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[2026-09-20 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met CIA director John Ratcliffe on Sunday as part of what sources say are continuing efforts by Egypt to bridge the gap between the US and Iran on the terms for ending their war.
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[2026-09-20 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Children in Gaza are heading back to school as a new academic year begins, returning to classrooms that remain heavily damaged and lacking basic equipment after years of war.
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[2026-09-20 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank after he “attempted to carry out a vehicular attack” near an illegal settlement.
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[2026-09-20 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia and the United States do not have a clear plan to fight back against the Houthis who took control of a strategically important island on the Red Sea, according to reports.
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[2026-09-20 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has cleared the criminal record of former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian dead in Hebron in 2016.
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[2026-09-20 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has cleared the criminal record of former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian dead in Hebron in 2016.
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[2026-09-20 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem again and performed Jewish prayers in the courtyard.
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[2026-09-20 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday said Ankara is studying ways to support Saudi Arabia under a trilateral defence pact with Pakistan, as the kingdom faces "serious attacks on its territorial integrity and sovereignty".
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[2026-09-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iraqi court on Sunday opened the trial of six French nationals accused of belonging to Islamic State, with a member of the Supreme Judicial Council telling the court that the suspects could face the death penalty if convicted of crimes committed against Iraq and the Iraqi people.
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[2026-09-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: No terrorist is immune to the consequences of carrying out terror attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, following the deadly shooting attack near Neveh Tzuf and an attempted car ramming near Jenin.
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[2026-09-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Officers from the Israel Police's Jerusalem District opened an investigation into an incident involving shots fired into the air in Silwan, east Jerusalem, on Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A secret gathering of senior US, Israeli, and Arab military commanders in Germany has offered a rare glimpse of the security coordination taking shape across the Middle East as Saudi Arabia confronts a renewed Houthi offensive and Washington remains heavily focused on its war with Iran.
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[2026-09-20 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The non-interventionist D.C.-based think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft has published an interview with the one Republican who has been most outspoken against Trump's Iran war.
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[2026-09-20 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei has laid out Tehran’s latest set of conditions to end its war with the United States.
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[2026-09-20 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the week leading up to Germany's historic elections, a supporter of pro-Israel politician Karoline Preisler wrote that they had “experienced antisemitism up close” after being confronted by a pro-Palestine activist on the U-Bahn in Berlin.
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[2026-09-20 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Recently, a controversial film was released overseas and even won an award at the Venice Film Festival. The film, “The Causality of War,” portrays IDF soldiers and the State of Israel in an extremely negative light, without providing evidence that can be independently examined. The movie is relying, among other things, on anonymous interviews allegedly conducted with 24 low-ranking intelligence soldiers.
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[2026-09-20 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Turkiye says it is ready to help meet Saudi Arabia’s military needs as Riyadh faces escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthis, potentially putting a newly signed Mecca defence pact to its first major test.
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[2026-09-20 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-09-20 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a terrorist who attempted to commit a car-ramming attack against soldiers stationed in the Ganim area of the Menashe Brigade's sector of the West Bank, the military said on Sunday afternoon.
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[2026-09-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Kawa Junad began building Iraq's first digital bank, the biggest challenge was not technology. It was persuading Iraqis of the value of banking itself when most of them had never needed one.
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[2026-09-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thousands of Israelis, including government officials and ministers, entered the Western Wall area in occupied East Jerusalem early Sunday, the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine said.
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[2026-09-20 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An official source in the United Arab Emirates rejected claims on Saturday evening that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned him of a possible Hamas attack in the weeks leading up to October 7, 2023.
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[2026-09-20 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least one person was wounded in a suspected shooting attack in the area of Neveh Tzuf in the West Bank, north of Ramallah, on Sunday afternoon.
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[2026-09-20 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that Tehran must fight and negotiate as its near seven-month war with the United States drags on.
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[2026-09-20 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has pulled out of a China-led digital currency platform aimed at facilitating cross-border payments outside the US dollar, the Financial Times (FT) reported.
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