Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-09-15 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- 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 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: After positioning itself as a regional mediator by facilitating talks between Washington and Tehran, Pakistan marked a major milestone in its expanding diplomacy last month: the signing of a trilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Islam’s holiest city.
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[2026-09-15 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: After positioning itself as a regional mediator by facilitating talks between Washington and Tehran, Pakistan marked a major milestone in its expanding diplomacy last month: the signing of a trilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Islam’s holiest city.
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[2026-09-15 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Billionaire Robert Kraft has confirmed that Macklemore has been barred from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, after the rapper said his support for Palestine led to his being dropped from pop star Ed Sheeran’s tour.
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[2026-09-15 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US on Monday imposed new sanctions on Russia's VTB Bank over its financial ties to Iran, accusing the country's second-largest financial institution of helping Tehran to evade restrictions.
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[2026-09-15 06:10 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-15 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party announced on Sunday evening that it would file requests to the Central Elections Committee (CEC) to ban the Arab-led parties - Ra'am and the Joint List - from running in the October elections.
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[2026-09-15 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An oil tanker exploded and caught fire after colliding with mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's IRGC said, according to Fars, without saying when the incident occurred.
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[2026-09-15 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A supertanker caught fire after hitting naval mines while trying to cross a restricted zone south of the Strait of Hormuz, Fars news agency reported, citing a statement by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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[2026-09-15 05:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-15 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's US tour after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage earlier this month.
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[2026-09-15 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are on quite the enviable roll.
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[2026-09-15 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We continue to track convenience store trends as an indicator of working-class sentiment, building on our coverage of the spending pullback that emerged early in the US-Iran conflict. That weakness persisted into late summer as August's fuel-price spike put further pressure on household budgets.
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[2026-09-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States on Monday imposed Iran-related sanctions on Russia's VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company, accusing it of involvement of Iranian sanctions evasion, according to a statement.
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[2026-09-15 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King called on the Israeli government to immediately cut water, internet, and other services to the British Consulate in Jerusalem on Monday, questioning why, if the British government views the mission as being on territory occupied by Israel, it continues to use services provided by Israel.
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