Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-25 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the United States continues to threaten military action against Iran, Iranians are anxiously awaiting a new round of talks set to take place in Geneva this week.
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[2026-02-25 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Israel this week for a state visit on Wednesday, his second visit to the country and a rare high-level moment that comes after months of visible movement in the bilateral relationship.
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[2026-02-25 16:42 UTC+10:00] [Australian Capital Territory (ACT)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Criminal proceedings will not follow as posters ‘satisfied certain aspects’ of the hate symbol legislation but not others
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[2026-02-25 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Embassy in Israel on Tuesday announced that it would, for the first time, provide consular services to American citizens at pop-up locations in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-02-25 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ofrece su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión ante un pleno del Congreso en la Cámara de Representantes, en el Capitolio federal en Washington, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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[2026-02-25 16:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Why are israel and india getting closer?
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[2026-02-25 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TOKIO (AP) — El gobierno de Japón dijo el miércoles que un ciudadano japonés permanece detenido en Teherán desde enero y exigió a las autoridades iraníes que lo liberen rápidamente.
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[2026-02-25 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki speaks during a press conference during the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-02-25 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump stated that he will never allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon during his annual State of the Union address delivered to the US Congress on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump promoted his achievements since he took office on Tuesday, hailing the arrival of the "Golden Age of America" in a long State of the Union address.
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[2026-02-25 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Early last week, Hezbollah’s secretary general, Naim Qassem, made a staggering statement in a speech during a commemoration for assassinated party officials. He called on the Lebanese government to withdraw its decision to secure a monopoly over weapons, saying this only served Israel’s interests.
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[2026-02-25 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: As US carriers and warships mass in the Gulf and as the next round of Geneva talks are expected by week's end, Tehran appears to be quietly upgrading its ability to threaten maritime chokepoints.
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[2026-02-25 14:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that a deal with the United States to avert conflict is “within reach”, on the eve of talks between the two countries in Geneva, Switzerland.
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[2026-02-25 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) of over 6,000 points at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (Kim Sung-min/Yonhap via AP)
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[2026-02-25 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024.
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[2026-02-25 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US Central Intelligence Agency has never been shy about letting it be known it is seeking to recruit informants from places like China, North Korea and Iran.
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[2026-02-25 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Seventeen international aid groups said they have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other areas in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the Israeli government is set to halt their life-saving work next month.
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[2026-02-25 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Animal rights association Let the Animals Live filed a legal petition demanding that the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) put a stop to the procedure of shooting and killing stray dogs in and around nature preserves on February 19.
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[2026-02-25 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Jamal Rifi is a well-known Sydney doctor and community leader. (ABC/Docker Media)
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[2026-02-25 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Tuesday, TOI and other Israeli media featured some photos of American F-22 Raptors taking off from England's Royal Air Force Lakenheath, which were expected to then fly to southern Israel...
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[2026-02-25 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beitar Jerusalem crushed Maccabi Netanya 8-2 in Israel Premier League action as Yarden Shua scored a first-half brace and added an assist on Adi Yona’s goal while Yarden Cohen, Boris Enow, Gonzalez, Johnbosco Kalu and Ziv Ben Shimol all found the back of the goal to cruise to the victory and pull to within four points of table leader Hapoel Beersheba.
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[2026-02-25 11:23 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Lawsuit is latest action by Trump administration against a university and escalation of president’s feud with California
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[2026-02-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [US Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: At 1 hour, 47 minutes, and 46 seconds, Trump beat his own record for the longest annual address to Congress. Credit: Pool/Getty Images
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[2026-02-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There has been a large US military build-up in the Middle East in recent months, including the deployment of two carrier strike groups. Source: Getty / US Navy
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[2026-02-25 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At first glance, Papillon (Butterfly), the 15-minute Oscar-nominated animated short by veteran French filmmaker Florence Miailhe, may appear like a meditative journey through water and memory. An elderly man swims in a hand-painted sea, flashing back to childhood memories of being bullied and a loving mother who makes it all right.
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[2026-02-25 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The UK Green Party is set to vote on whether "Zionism is Racism" at the upcoming Spring Conference.
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[2026-02-25 09:50 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three people were injured - one seriously and two lightly - after a fire broke out in the internal medicine department at Laniado Hospital in Netanya on Tuesday evening, according to Israel's Fire Rescue Authority.
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[2026-02-25 09:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said Israel is "absolutely committed to protecting our future, and to ensuring a region of prosperity, security and peace, not just for us, but for all those who will join us," during a meeting with a delegation of ambassadors and diplomatic envoys to the United Nations visiting Jerusalem.
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[2026-02-25 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dozens of diverse Iranian opposition figures have held a preliminary meeting in London and will convene a larger gathering next month to discuss how Iran might best move to democracy if the regime were toppled, a key organiser said on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The CIA has published a plea to potential informants in Iran with guidance on how to securely contact the organization as tensions between Washington and Tehran approach a critical juncture.
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LEBANON, NH ---- (AP) Latest snow conditions, as supplied by
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[2026-02-25 09:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US State Department will begin providing on-site consular services to Israeli settlers in West Bank settlements for the first time, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the US embassy in Jerusalem.
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[2026-02-25 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The president of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi, is expected to make his first official visit to Israel at the end of March, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-02-25 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In July 2017, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made history. He touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport, becoming the first Indian PM to visit the Jewish state, shattering decades of diplomatic hesitation.
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[2026-02-25 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Vehículos circulando por el centro de Teherán, Irán, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-25 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Russia's Verba Man-Portable Air-Defence System will give Iran new capabilities to target low-altitude threats. (Wikicommons: Mil.ru)
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[2026-02-25 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem plans to offer consular services for the first time at an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-02-25 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States will provide on-site passport services this week in the West Bank town of Efrat, marking the first time American consular officials have offered such services in the region, US officials said on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli soldiers fired over 900 rounds at a convoy of clearly marked emergency vehicles in Rafah in 2025, killing 15 Palestinian aid workers, some of them shot at close range, an independent investigation has found.
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[2026-02-25 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli soldiers fired over 900 rounds at a convoy of clearly marked emergency vehicles in Rafah in 2025, killing 15 Palestinian aid workers, some of them shot at close range, an independent investigation has found.
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[2026-02-25 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Manifestantes participan en una marcha contra la guerra en La Canea, Grecia, en protesta por el atraque del portaaviones estadounidense Gerald R. Ford en la cercana base naval de la bahía de Souda, en la isla meridional de Creta, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Giannis Angelakis)
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[2026-02-25 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A sperm whale was found dead on the beach in Zikim on Tuesday morning, according to Israel's Nature and Parks Authority.
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[2026-02-25 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran is squarely in the Trump administration's crosshairs, and both Russia and China are to some degree coming to Tehran's aid with some significant arms deals meant to potentially stave off future attack.
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[2026-02-25 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit – his second trip to the country. But this one is about far more than ceremony, contracts, or even bilateral warmth. It comes at a moment of geopolitical inversion.
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[2026-02-25 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, “If you sow the wind, you’ll reap the whirlwind,” at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-25 07:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Protesters take part in an anti-war rally in Chania, Greece, opposing the docking of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at the nearby Souda Bay naval base on the southern island of Crete, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)
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[2026-02-25 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett slammed coalition lawmakers and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party on Tuesday for not taking further action to oppose the government’s controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription bill.
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[2026-02-25 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A nuclear deal between the US and Iran is "within reach, but only if diplomacy is given priority," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X/Twitter on Tuesday evening.
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