Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 20:58 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-26 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran is seeking to entice US president Donald Trump with potential business opportunities, including investment in its oil and gas sector, as high-stakes nuclear talks resume on Thursday, the Financial Times reported.
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[2026-02-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The city of Netanya is one of 24 winning cities in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge competition, the organization announced in a Tuesday statement.
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[2026-02-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia will repatriate its citizens who are ISIS members held in prisons in Iraq, a report at Rudaw said on February 26. Rudaw is a Kurdish media outlet in Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
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[2026-02-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Geneva “for a third round of indirect negotiations with US representatives over the Iranian nuclear program,” Iranian state media IRNA said on February 26.
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[2026-02-26 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo smiles during warmup before a World Cup 2026 group F qualifying soccer match between Portugal and Hungary in Lisbon, on Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
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[2026-02-26 20:07 UTC+10:00] [Middle East and north Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Oman-mediated discussions take place amid a massive buildup of US warships and aircraft in the Middle East
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[2026-02-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The couple joined a World Health Organization delegation led by Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a two day trip centred on mental health and conflict trauma. In Amman, they met children receiving treatment after being medically evacuated from Gaza and spoke with doctors dealing with long term injuries linked to the war.
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[2026-02-26 19:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The incident comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, with a large American military force positioned near Iran
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[2026-02-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The navy’s most senior former Muslim officer has been sacked from the Advisory Board of Multicultural NSW over two reposts on LinkedIn about Israel.
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[2026-02-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dozens of Israeli military vehicles have staged an incursion into Syria’s southwestern Quneitra province in the Golan Heights, local media have reported, in yet another breach of the country’s sovereignty.
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[2026-02-26 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When Tucker Carlson recently interviewed the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, their exchange did more than expose policy differences.
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[2026-02-26 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian state TV released on Tuesday a video showing the country’s Revolutionary Guard holding a drill that included launching missiles, flying drones and firing guns at targets along its coast, without elaborating on the exact time or place of the exercise.
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[2026-02-26 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On a future battlefield, Israeli commanders won’t need a joystick, a keyboard, or even voice commands to direct a swarm of drones. They will simply need to think.
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[2026-02-26 18:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh incited hatred against Jews when he led a chant of “All Zionists are terrorists” at a Melbourne protest in March last year, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found.
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[2026-02-26 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Eleven people have been injured and 22 others rescued from a collision between a bus and a car on Highway 25 near the Nevatim Junction in southern Israel, according to Magen David Adom and Israel Fire and Rescue Authority.
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[2026-02-26 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Washington and Tehran are set to hold a third round of talks in Geneva on Thursday afternoon amid heightened tensions and increasing speculation over the possibility of a US strike on Iranian targets.
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[2026-02-26 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior advisors to US President Donald Trump would prefer if Israel struck Iran first, believing that such a move would provide better optics and help muster voter support for a US strike, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the discussions.
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[2026-02-26 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ethiopia’s President Taye Atske Selassie welcomed his counterpart Isaac Herzog on Wednesday to the Presidential Palace in Addis Ababa.
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[2026-02-26 18:11 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Mothers associated with Islamic State would willingly go to prison in Australia if it meant getting their children out of Syria, a family representative has confirmed, as the opposition appeared to soften its stance on the issue.
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[2026-02-26 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, durante el discurso del Estado de la Unión ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso, en la Cámara de Representantes, en el Capitolio, Washington, el 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-02-26 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria reports mass escape from al-Hol ISIL camp amid ‘shocking’ conditions
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[2026-02-26 17:22 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Bris)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: How do you know Benji Terkalas is serious about sandwiches? When he hires one of the country’s foremost Middle Eastern chefs as consultant.
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[2026-02-26 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset advanced in a preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would grant the Chief Rabbinate the authority to determine prayer arrangements at Judaism’s holiest accessible site, the Western Wall, by anchoring its rulings into primary legislation. It passed 56-47.
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[2026-02-26 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: This story contains details and video that some readers may find distressing.
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Five individuals in France have been charged with financing terrorism over their alleged links to charities suspected of funnelling millions of euros to Hamas.
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[2026-02-26 16:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas en moto y auto pasan por delante de la catedral de San Sarkis y de un mural del difunto ayatolá Jomenei en el centro de Teherán, Irán, el 25 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran and the United States are talking in Geneva for a third time on Thursday as President Donald Trump seeks to delay Tehran’s nuclear program while threatening it by deploying a massive number of aircraft and warships to the Middle East.
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[2026-02-26 16:44 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-02-26 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 15:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Iran has a president who admits he is “a doctor, not a politician” and should not be expected to cure the country’s problems.
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[2026-02-26 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A former IDF female soldier with dual Israeli-Turkish citizenship was detained in Turkey last week under criminal charges and later released following US diplomatic intervention, according to a report by N12.
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[2026-02-26 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has seized municipal powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians in a move widely seen as undermining Islamic administration of the site.
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[2026-02-26 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Aramco halted liquefied petroleum gas exports from its Juaymah terminal in eastern Saudi Arabia this week after a part of the delivery system carrying propane and butane was structurally damaged, the company said on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 14:34 UTC+10:00] [Human rights] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The political rhetoric surrounding the Australian women and children seeking to return from Syria ignores this fundamental principle
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[2026-02-26 14:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-02-26 13:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia advises dependants of officials in Israel and Lebanon to leave amid vast US military buildup in the region
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[2026-02-26 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran and the United States are set to begin a third round of nuclear negotiations in Switzerland, with both sides maintaining their preference for a diplomatic solution, even as Washington imposed sweeping new sanctions and continued to build up its military presence in the Middle East.
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[2026-02-26 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) -- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived on Wednesday in Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp and Palestinian children evacuated from the Gaza Strip. King Charles III's younger son and his wife "met young refugees ... and joined children in football, art and music," the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said in a post on X.
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[2026-02-26 12:36 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a strengthening of defense, trade and counter-terrorism ties with Israel during a rare visit, forging closer bonds to combat security threats in their regions.
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[2026-02-26 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by Israel, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) detailed in its annual report on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With nuclear talks hanging in the balance, and the potential for yet another US war of choice in the Middle East, President Donald Trump escalated the rhetoric Tuesday night, warning that Iran is moving beyond just regional missile capabilities and setting its sights farther west by developing missiles capable of hitting the United States.
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[2026-02-26 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-02-26 12:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubia/St Kitts and Nevis: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran was attempting to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles as the Trump administration ramped up pressure on the regime over its nuclear program ahead of critical talks in Geneva.
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