Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-01-15 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-01-15 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Maandamano hayo yamezusha pia hali ya wasiwasi baada ya Marekani kutishia kuingilia kati na Iran ikionya kuwa italipiza kisasi. Marekani imeanza kuwaondoa wanajeshi wake katika kambi zilizopo Mashariki ya Kati, huku Uingereza ikitangaza kuufunga kwa muda Ubalozi wake mjini Tehran.
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[2026-01-15 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Iran Abbas Araghchi ameishutumu Israel kwa kutaka kuiingiza Marekani vitani kwa niaba yake. Araghchi ameongeza kuwa la kushangaza, ni kwamba kwa sasa mataifa hayo yamekuwa yakizungumza bayana mambo ambayo awali yalikuwa siri. Wiki hii, Iran imeonya mara kadhaa kuwa iko tayari kufanya mazungumzo na Marekani lakini ikasisitiza pia kuwa imejiandaa kikamilifu kwa vita na kusisitiza kuwa kamwe taifa hilo halijawahi kumruhusu "adui" kufikia malengo yake.
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[2026-01-15 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Иран временно закрыл свое воздушное пространство для всех самолетов, кроме международных рейсов с ранее полученным разрешением. Об этом сообщается на сайте Федерального управления авиации Ирана вечером в среду, 14 января.
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[2026-01-15 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Спецпосланник президента США Стивен Уиткофф в среду, 14 января, объявил о переходе ко второму этапу прекращения огня в секторе Газа.
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[2026-01-15 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president says that Iran hangings are off the table, and to ‘watch it and see’ about military action
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[2026-01-15 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-01-15 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The US is moving into the second phase of a Gaza peace plan, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday.
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[2026-01-15 06:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his support for demonstrators and hinted at potential American intervention against the government in Tehran.
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[2026-01-15 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Second phase of fragile ceasefire in war-torn Gaza envisages a new transitional administration and Hamas giving up arms
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[2026-01-15 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: "Wir werden sehr hart reagieren", sagte US-Präsident Donald Trump dem TV-Sender CBS News. Näher führte er seine Drohung nicht aus.
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[2026-01-15 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of a US-brokered plan to end Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-01-15 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: US-Präsident Donald Trump hat den Teilnehmern der Massenproteste gegen die autoritäre Staatsführung im Iran Unterstützung zugesichert: "Der Iran strebt nach FREIHEIT, vielleicht wie nie zuvor. Die USA sind bereit zu helfen!!!", schrieb er auf seiner Online-Plattform Truth Social. Unklar blieb, wie die Hilfe aussehen soll.
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[2026-01-15 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mit einigen Tagen Verzögerung - auch wegen der Krisenherde Venezuela und Grönland - hat sich nun auch Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) zu den Protesten im Iran zu Wort gemeldet. Während seiner Indien-Reise nannte Merz die Gewalt von Sicherheitskräften gegen die Demonstranten im Iran "brutal und unverhältnismäßig". Der Bundeskanzler sagte weiter: "Ich rufe die iranische Führung auf, ihre Bevölkerung zu schützen, statt sie zu bedrohen." Das Verhalten der Machthaber in Teheran sei ein Zeichen der Schwäche, nicht der Stärke.
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[2026-01-15 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Seit Donnerstag sind im Iran das Internet und weitgehend auch das Telefonnetz abgeschaltet. US-Präsident Donald Trump deutete nun an, die Kommunikation in das Land mit Satellitentechnik zu ermöglichen.
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[2026-01-15 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Die US-Operation gegen den Frachter Bella 1, später in Marinera umbenannt, entfacht eine Kontroverse über die Folgen für die amerikanisch-russischen Beziehungen. Im Zentrum der Debatte steht die Frage, was mit den Schiffen passiert, die mutmaßlich zur sogenannten Schattenflotte Russlands zählen und unter Verstoß gegen US-Sanktionen Öl für Länder wie Venezuela, Russland und den Iran transportieren.
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[2026-01-15 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bei den seit mehr als zwei Wochen anhaltenden Massenprotesten gegen die Staatsführung im Iran sind laut offiziellen Angaben etwa 2000 Menschen getötet worden. Unter ihnen seien Zivilisten und Sicherheitskräfte, sagte ein Behördenvertreter der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters. Verantwortlich dafür seien "Terroristen".
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[2026-01-15 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bosna i Hercegovina i Islamska Republika Iran održavaju odnose koji sežu duboko u 1990-e, kada je Teheran postao značajan dobavljač oružja za Armiju RBiH usred UN-ovog embarga. Danas se te veze nastavljaju kroz kulturne centre, akademske projekte i političke kontakte, ali pod budnim okom Zapada. Dok postoji evociranje iranske humanitarne pomoći iz ratnih dana, ostaje pitanje koliko te povijesne niti oblikuju današnju realnost.
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[2026-01-15 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Tangazo hili la kuondoka linatolewa baada ya afisa mwandamizi wa Iran kusema wataishambulia kambi hiyo.
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[2026-01-15 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Isra'Ila babbar abokiyar takun sakar Iran ta fito fili ta goyi bayyan masu zanga zanga a Iran tare da fatan zai kawo sauyin gwamnati ba tare da baiyana cewa ko za ta tsoma hannunta a ciki ba.
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[2026-01-15 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Aufgrund seiner geopolitischen Lage an einem der weltweit wichtigsten Engpässe für den Energiehandel, der Straße von Hormus im Persischen Golf, sowie seiner enormen Öl- und Gasreserven, seiner politischen Ambitionen und seines Atomprogramms gilt der Iran als ein zentraler Akteur im Nahen Osten.
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[2026-01-15 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Maelfu ya waombolezaji walimiminika katika barabara za karibu na Chuo Kikuu cha Tehran kushiriki mazishi hayo makubwa. Wengi walibeba bendera za Iran na picha za Kiongozi Mkuu Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pamoja na picha za jamaa zao. Majeneza yaliyofunikwa kwa bendera za Iran yalipangwa juu ya malori, yakipambwa kwa maua mekundu na meupe ya waridi na picha za marehemu.
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[2026-01-15 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Najeriya ta kashe dalar Amurka miliyan tara, ko kuma Naira Miliyan dubu 13 cikin batun lallashin yan mulkin na Washington da ke fadin Abujar ta gaza kare masu adiinin Krista. Hankali dai ya tashi a Abuja bayan zargi na gwamnatin Amurka cewar fa ana kisa irin na kare dangi ga kiristocin dake a tarayyar Najeriya.
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[2026-01-15 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Iran's key strategic location at one of the world's most important bottlenecks for energy trade — the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf — along with its enormous oil and gas reserves, its political ambitions and its nuclear program, make it an important player in the Middle East.
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[2026-01-15 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Ze względu na swoje położenie geopolityczne w jednym z najważniejszych na świecie wąskich gardeł dla handlu energią, Cieśninie Ormuz w Zatoce Perskiej, a także ogromne zasoby ropy i gazu, ambicje polityczne i program jądrowy, Iran jest uważany za kluczowego gracza na Bliskim Wschodzie.
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[2026-01-15 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bosna i Hercegovina i Islamska Republika Iran održavaju odnose koji sežu duboko u 1990-e, kada je Teheran postao značajan dobavljač oružja za Armiju RBiH usred embarga UN.
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[2026-01-15 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: En Iran, la répression brutale du mouvement de protestation contre le gouvernement aurait déjà fait 2 000 morts depuis le 28 décembre, d'après des organisations de défense des droits humains.
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[2026-01-15 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Старший сын последнего иранского шаха Реза Пехлеви заявил, что на фоне массовых протестов готов вернуться в Иран, и призвал руководство США к действиям в "решающий" момент. Пехлеви выступил в эфире программы Sunday Morning Futures, показанной телеканалом Fox News в воскресенье, 11 января.
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[2026-01-15 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-01-15 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Bosna i Hercegovina i Islamska Republika Iran održavaju odnose koji sežu duboko u 1990-e, kada je Teheran postao značajan dobavljač oružja za Armiju RBiH usred UN embarga. Danas se te veze nastavljaju kroz kulturne centre, akademske projekte i političke kontakte, ali pod budnim okom Zapada. Dok postoji evociranje iranske humanitarne pomoći iz ratnih dana, ostaje pitanje koliko te istorijske niti oblikuju današnju realnost.
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[2026-01-15 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Di antara Laut Kaspia dan Teluk Persia, diapit Eropa, Arab dan Asia, Iran bermukim di salah satu wilayah paling strategis di muka bumi. Ditambah dengan cadangan minyak dan gas yang berlimpah, ambisi politik dan program nuklirnya, Iran selama ini dipandang sebagai aktor kunci di Timur Tengah.
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[2026-01-15 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Akizungumza na DW, Daniel Gerlach amesema ingawa katika maandamano imejitokeza tena bendera ya Simba na Jua iliyotumika kabla ya mapinduzi ya mwaka 1979 nchini Iran bado hali halisi haielezei umoja wa upande wa wapinzani wanaoishi nje ya nchi.
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[2026-01-14 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: After a year in which wildfires razed Los Angeles, a freak cyclone battered Southeast Asia and drought forced Iran to plan a move of its capital city, new data shows 2025 was the third warmest on record. Findings from EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service program also reveal that global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.
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[2026-01-14 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-01-14 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Заради геополитическото си положение на един от най-важните възли в световната енергийна търговия - Ормузкия проток в Персийския залив, както и заради огромните си нефтени и газови залежи, политическите си амбиции и ядрената си програма Иран е смятан за един от ключовите играчи в Близкия изток.
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[2026-01-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nakon godine u kojoj su požari uništili Los Angeles, u kojoj je nesvakidašnja ciklona harala jugoistočnom Azijom, a suša prisilila Iran da razmisli o preseljenju glavnog grada, novi podaci pokazuju da je 2025. bila treća najtoplija godina u povijesti mjerenja.
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[2026-01-14 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mkuu huyo wa Mahakama pia amesema uendeshwaji huo wa haraka, utahusisha pia hukumu za kifo.
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[2026-01-14 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Taarifa hii ni kulingana na maoni yaliyosambazwa na kundi hilo lenye silaha leo Jumatano.
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[2026-01-14 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Около 2000 души са били убити по време на протестите в Иран , които продължават повече от две седмици. Информацията идва от властите в страната, които твърдят, че сред жертвите има както цивилни, така и представители на силите за сигурност, а според тях отговорни за насилието били "терористи".
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[2026-01-14 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Afisa wa Iran ambaye hakutajwa jina, ameliambia shirika la habari la Reuters kwamba nchi hiyo imezionya nchi za kikanda kuanzia Saudi Arabia na Umoja wa Falme za Kiarabu hadi Uturuki kwamba kambi za kijeshi za Marekani katika nchi hizo zitashambuliwa ikiwa Marekani itailenga Iran na kuzitaka kuizuia dhidi ya shambulizi lolote nchini humo.
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[2026-01-14 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Energie- und Rohstoff-Experten sind sich einig: Wenn die Situation in Iran aus dem Ruder läuft, dann hätte das massive Auswirkungen auf die globalen Öl- und Finanzmärkte. Denn Iran fördert viermal so viel Öl wie Venezuela, rechnet der Energieexperte Andreas Goldthau vor.
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[2026-01-14 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russia’s war in Ukraine leaves allies Venezuela, Iran and Cuba vulnerable, exposing security failures and eroding trust in Moscow’s global influence
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[2026-01-14 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Stručnjaci za energetiku suglasni su u jednom: ako bi se situacija u Iranu otrgla kontroli, to bi imalo ogromne posljedice po globalna tržišta nafte i financija. Naime, Iran proizvodi četiri puta više nafte nego Venezuela, objašnjava energetski stručnjak Andreas Goldthau.
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[2026-01-14 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: UAE-based peace activist Loay Alshareef on Tuesday urged Israel and the Jewish people to support the Iranian public’s struggle for freedom, invoking what he described as a historical “debt” to Cyrus the Great.
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[2026-01-14 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Reporting directly to Ayatollah Khamenei, this ‘empire within an empire’ wields immense wealth, intelligence, and suppresses dissent
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