Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-15 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with spokesperson's briefing)
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[2026-09-15 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz decreased at the start of this week amid escalation in the region.
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[2026-09-15 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian foreign minister held a phone call with Lebanese parliament speaker to discuss regional developments and the need for greater coordination against "Israeli aggression and warmongering", according to Iran’s Press TV
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[2026-09-15 15:18 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: UP. Motorists fill up their tanks ahead of a scheduled price hike for petroleum products driven by global supply concerns and escalating tensions in the Middle East, at a gas station in Manila on March 3, 2026.
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[2026-09-15 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung thanked President Serdar Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan on Tuesday for the country's help in evacuating dozens of South Koreans from Iran following the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran war earlier this year.
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[2026-09-15 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel and Saudi Arabia held talks mediated by US Central Command aimed at helping Riyadh defend itself against the Houthi military through intelligence assistance, diplomatic sources in the Middle East claimed.
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[2026-09-15 15:02 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 15, 2026 15:02 | News
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[2026-09-15 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: FinTech funding in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) fell by just 9 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2026 to $617 million, according to Dubai-based data firm Magnitt.
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[2026-09-15 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Macklemore has spoken out after being dropped from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran's US tour over the rapper's pro-Palestinian remarks, saying the controversy should not distract from those suffering in Gaza.
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[2026-09-15 14:22 UTC+10:00] [Houthis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The militant group in Yemen captured the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish, near the chokepoint of the Bab al-Mandab strait
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[2026-09-15 14:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fugitive property developer Jean Nassif has been giving evidence to the NSW ICAC's Operation Rosny via video link from Lebanon. (Supplied: NSW ICAC)
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[2026-09-15 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iranian strikes have damaged and destroyed "hundreds of buildings and structures" at U.S. bases in the Middle East, as well as "dozens" of U.S. aircraft as of the end of June, according to a government report.
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[2026-09-15 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-15 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied that the country had any involvement in the renewed fighting in Yemen following recent Houthi territorial gains. "Iran does not interfere in Yemeni affairs," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters.
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[2026-09-15 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Israeli productions arrived before global audiences within days of each other, both shaped by the trauma of October 7. Yet they approach Israel’s reckoning very differently. The fifth season of Fauda, now streaming worldwide, turns revenge inward and forces its Israeli characters to confront its cost. NAZA, the Venice Prize-winning documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, takes a different direction.
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[2026-09-15 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Those observing the past few days in the Middle East will have witnessed alarming Houthi gains in Yemen and the shelving of Iran-Gulf talks planned for Oman. It is likely that those same observers will also perceive a clear contradiction in Tehran’s approach; Iran cannot credibly seek better relations with its Gulf neighbours while continuing to enable armed groups that threaten and attack those same neighbours.
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[2026-09-15 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Minutes before he was shot dead last month, police commander Brig Gen Hisham Talla was standing at the door of a house in the Iraqi capital, trying to convince the man inside to leave.
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[2026-09-15 12:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday of heavy reprisals on Israel's enemies if they attacked, as he lauded the recent demolition of a Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-09-15 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US-Iran conflict has caused a munitions shortfall and supply-chain bottlenecks at the Pentagon, the US Defense Department's Inspector General said on Monday in its first report on the war with Iran, NBC News reported.
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[2026-09-15 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Trains will operate on a special schedule during Yom Kippur, Israel Railways announced on Monday.
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[2026-09-15 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mahmoud Khalil and other pro-Palestinian student activists sued Columbia University on Monday, accusing the Ivy League school of being deliberately indifferent to years of pervasive harassment because of their advocacy.
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[2026-09-15 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen's south western Taiz province killed three people, including two children, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
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[2026-09-15 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Macklemore says he wants Palestinians to know "we have not forgotten about them". (AP: Jack Plunkett/Invision/File)
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[2026-09-15 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's civil defence has issued emergency alerts across several cities on Tuesday, including Yanbu, Jeddah, Taif, Abha and Jazan.
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[2026-09-15 11:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil extended gains Tuesday, amid reports of fresh Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and attacks by Iran on ships in the Gulf.
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[2026-09-15 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by News Desk via The Cradle,
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[2026-09-15 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have faced criticism almost immediately after signing the Mecca joint defence agreement last month, with questions raised about the newly formed alliance’s lack of response to Houthi attacks launched from Yemen against Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-09-15 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Anadolu Agency reported that Israeli attacks in Gaza killed at least two Palestinians and wounded 28 others, including children, on Monday.
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[2026-09-15 10:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Container shipping costs from South Korea to the Middle East extended their gains in August due to the protracted geopolitical conflict in the region, the customs agency said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-15 10:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Import prices fell for the third consecutive month in August as a stronger Korean won helped offset a rise in oil prices amid protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-09-15 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Container shipping costs from South Korea to the Middle East extended their gains in August due to the protracted geopolitical conflict in the region, the customs agency said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-15 10:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria says it reached deal with Moscow on future of Russian bases
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[2026-09-15 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Following the initial distribution of NAZA, a documentary led by Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor which exposes the Israeli army's use of AI softwares to systematically kill civilians in Gaza, Israeli officials have vowed to strip the filmmakers of their citizenship.
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[2026-09-15 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: India’s refineries have been running at an unprecedented 105% to 108% capacity utilization in the past six months as demand for diesel soars and international fuel markets tighten amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, OilPrice reports citing Reuters.
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[2026-09-15 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s representatives at the US Open came away without a championship trophy, but each made his mark at the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, with Guy Sasson coming closest to achieving a historic title.
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[2026-09-15 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF continued its counterterrorism operations across the Gaza Strip on Monday with five targeted strikes on Hamas terrorists.
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[2026-09-15 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several weapons and explosives were seized by Israel Police during an operation aiming at reducing violent crime among Arab communities, the police announced on Monday.
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[2026-09-15 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that 13 civilians were injured in Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia's cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif on Monday.
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[2026-09-15 09:03 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US rapper Macklemore says he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after making pro-Palestine comments onstage at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium earlier this month.
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[2026-09-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 80 questions sought to uncover potential biases in the landmark criminal case against the Chinese tech giant
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[2026-09-15 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 80 questions sought to uncover potential biases in the landmark criminal case against the Chinese tech giant
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[2026-09-15 08:50 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-15 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has violated international law by pressuring Austria to prevent Iran’s nuclear chief from attending a UN nuclear watchdog event in Vienna, Iran has said.
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[2026-09-15 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia may need five to six weeks to repair damage from a drone attack on its East-West Pipeline, taking nearly four percent of global oil supplies off the market, according to a report by Reuters.
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[2026-09-15 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline is expected to resume operations "soon" after it was shut down following a strike, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Monday.
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[2026-09-15 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike near the industrial area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian and injured several others, the Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.
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[2026-09-15 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza reacted to the documentary NAZA on Monday after the film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday and received a nearly 25-minute standing ovation after it was screened last Thursday.
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[2026-09-15 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three years after October 7, Israel still invites people into closed rooms to watch evidence that it wants the whole world to understand. An officer brings a hard drive. Recording is forbidden. After 47 minutes, the screening ends and the footage leaves with him.
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[2026-09-15 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has barred Iran’s nuclear chief, Mohammad Eslami, from attending this week’s annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its headquarters in Vienna, after the United Nations Security Council rejected any waiver of “snapback” sanctions.
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[2026-09-15 07:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli warplanes bombed an area close to a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) position in Hanin, in Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district, the National News Agency reported.
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