Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-23 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hamas is in the final stages of choosing its next leader, it is believed, after a series of Israeli assassinations on its governing elite.
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[2026-02-23 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli shelling on Gaza continues despite the ceasefire deal signed in October, killing over 600 Palestinians since its start.
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[2026-02-23 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Thursday for an additional round of nuclear talks, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-02-23 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite explicitly saying he “would be fine” if Israel took most of the Middle East in accordance with his interpretation of the Bible, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has suggested the remark was selectively edited.
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[2026-02-23 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Los palestinos del campo de refugiados de Bureij, en el centro de la Franja de Gaza, celebran con un pequeño espectáculo de fuegos artificiales. Según la tradición musulmana, Dios reveló el Corán, el libro sagrado del islam, al profeta Mahoma durante este mes.
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[2026-02-23 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ein Interview, das der Botschafter der USA in Israel, Mike Huckabee, gegeben hat, schlägt hohe Wellen. Auslöser sind Huckabees Äußerungen über vermeintlich biblisch belegte Gebietsansprüche Israels in weiten Teilen des Nahen Ostens.
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[2026-02-23 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not yet "capitulated" in the face of Washington's military build-up in the Middle East, the US president's special envoy Steve Witkoff has said.
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[2026-02-23 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Afisa mmoja wa Iran aliyezungumza na shirika la habari la Reuters amesema mazungumzo mapya kati ya pande hizo mbili yamepangiwa kufanyika mwanzoni mwa mwezi Machi.
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[2026-02-23 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kundi hilo limesema hatma ya Al Sharaa itaishia tu kuwa kama ya rais wa zamani wa Syria aliyeondolewa madarakani Bashar al Assad.
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[2026-02-23 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: В началото на семестъра в няколко университета в Иран отново се е стигнало до протести срещу режима. Агенция Франс прес потвърди видеозаписи от социалните мрежи, заснети в университета „Шариф“ в Техеран. Докато критиците на режима в Техеран са викали „срам“ на фарси, негови привърженици са развявали националното знаме.
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[2026-02-23 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Whenever tensions rise between Iran and the United States, one narrow waterway moves to the centre of global attention – the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-02-22 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s bobsleigh team was disqualified Saturday from the final day of competition at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy, following a scandal involving one of the athletes falsely claiming illness in an attempt to allow a substitute to compete in his place, Israeli media reported Sunday.
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[2026-02-22 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has entrusted Iran's top national security official with the survival of the country in the case of attacks or assassination, a report by The New York Times said.
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[2026-02-22 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Arab and Muslim nations on Sunday sharply condemned remarks by the United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee after he suggested Israel could claim large parts of the Middle East based on a biblical reading.
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[2026-02-22 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Arab and Muslim governments have condemned remarks made by the US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel would be justified in taking over a vast stretch of the Middle East on Biblical grounds.
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[2026-02-22 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Huckabee ambaye ni mfuasi mkubwa wa Israel aliyasema hayo kwenye jukwaa la kijamii la mkosoaji mkubwa wa Tel Aviv Tucker Carlson.
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[2026-02-22 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Olympic Committee of Israel (OCI) has disqualified its four-man bobsleigh team from competing in Sunday's final run at the 2026 Winter Olympics after officials discovered that one of its athletes lied to allow their teammate to compete.
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[2026-02-22 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday that Iran could theoretically be about a week away from being able to enrich its existing uranium to a weaponized level, though the envoy left out that Iran currently has no access to its material, no machines to enrich it, and no weapons program to use it for any operational purpose.
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[2026-02-22 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iranian university students have resumed protesting against the regime on the first day of a new semester, as US President Donald Trump considers limited military strikes to pressure the Islamic republic into signing a new nuclear deal.
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[2026-02-22 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As tensions mount between the United States and Iran amid ongoing nuclear talks, the Iranian president said on Saturday that Tehran will not “bow” to foreign pressure.
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[2026-02-22 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to begin his two-day visit to Israel on February 25, nine years after his first trip to the country.
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[2026-02-22 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Steve Witkoff said Trump can’t understand Tehran’s refusal to yield despite Washington’s military build-up in the region
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[2026-02-22 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has pledged not to fold to pressure from the United States after his American counterpart, Donald Trump, said he was considering limited strikes to force a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
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[2026-02-22 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has reportedly been presented with several scenarios, including a military option to kill Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba, who may be a successor.
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Film19.02.202619. Februar 2026
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Menschenrechte08.02.20268. Februar 202603:38 Min.
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Glaube20.01.202620. Januar 202602:56 Min.
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kultur22.02.202622. Februar 20266 Bilder
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[2026-02-22 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Politik26.06.202526. Juni 202501:13 Min.
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[2026-02-22 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has drawn widespread condemnation from Arab and Muslim states after suggesting Israel had the “biblical right” to expand its territory across the Middle East – from the Euphrates to the Nile.
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[2026-02-22 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Students at several universities in Iran have staged anti-government protests – the first such rallies on this scale since last month’s deadly crackdown by the authorities.
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[2026-02-22 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli Muay Thai (Thai boxing) fighter Ahavat Hashem Gordon beat his Turkish opponent on Saturday evening after the two had a tense face-off the day before.
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[2026-02-22 13:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘I don’t want war to happen, but one should not fool around with the realities on the ground,’ a resident in the Iranian capital says
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[2026-02-22 12:46 UTC+10:00] [Mike Huckabee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Arab and Islamic governments issue joint statement denouncing the comments made on Tucker Carlson podcast
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[2026-02-22 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Mike Huckabee, the United States ambassador to Israel, suggested Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East. Source: Getty / Tom Williams
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[2026-02-22 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Students at several universities in Iran have staged anti-government protests - the first such rallies on this scale since last month's deadly crackdown by the authorities.
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[2026-02-22 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mike Huckabee’s comments were condemned by Arab and Muslim nations as ‘extremist rhetoric’
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[2026-02-22 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has triggered an avalanche of criticism from Arab and Muslim countries after suggesting Israel has a right to expand its territory across a large swath of the Middle East.
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[2026-02-22 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-02-22 06:14 UTC+10:00] [Iran nuclear programme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal will be at heart of offer to US as Trump considers whether to attack Iran
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[2026-02-22 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several Arab countries on Saturday condemned comments made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who said it would be "fine" if Israel took over the entire Middle East.
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[2026-02-22 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Palestine Action] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Irish author, who feared her books being withdrawn from UK, says proscription had been ‘extreme assault’ on rights and freedoms
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[2026-02-22 03:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Parts of Maga view Israel with suspicion, but US ambassador continues to believe in its divine right to much of the Middle East
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[2026-02-22 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering a proposal that would permit Iran to carry out only "token" levels of uranium enrichment, on the strict condition that no conceivable pathway to a nuclear weapon remains, Axios reported citing a senior US official.
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[2026-02-22 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Haya ni kulingana na vyanzo viwili vya usalama vilivyoliarifu shirika la habari la reuters, baada ya jeshi la Israeli kusema kuwa lilikuwa limelenga maeneo ya Hezbollah katika eneo la Baalbek.
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[2026-02-22 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mwanadiplomasia huyo alikuwa akizungumzia idadi ya watu waliopoteza maisha kwenye maandamano ya umma yaliyoshuhudiwa nchini Iran kati ya mwezi Disemba na Januari ambayo serikali mjini Tehran imedai lilikuwa wimbi la vurugu lililochochewa kutoka nje.
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[2026-02-21 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – The Iranian government has again blamed “terrorists” for the killings of thousands during last month’s nationwide protests after United States President Donald Trump and human rights experts weighed in.
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[2026-02-21 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UAE is ‘Israel’s Trojan horse’, senior Saudi figure tells The David Hearst Podcast David Hearst Published date: 21 February 2026 11:54 GMT | Last update: 23 hours 34 min ago In an interview on the David Hearst Podcast, former Saudi Shura Council member Ahmed Altuwaijri described the United Arab Emirates as “the Trojan horse of Israeli ambitions”, saying that Abu Dhabi’s regional interventions have advanced Israel’s strategic objectives.
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[2026-02-21 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Abu Dhabi is ‘Israel’s Trojan horse’, senior Saudi figure tells The David Hearst Podcast David Hearst Published date: 21 February 2026 11:54 GMT | Last update: 1 sec ago In an interview on The David Hearst Podcast, former Saudi Shura Council member Ahmed Al-Tuwaijri described the United Arab Emirates as “the Trojan horse of Israeli ambitions”, arguing that Abu Dhabi’s regional interventions have advanced Israel’s strategic objectives.
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