Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-29 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Iran’s space programme and related entities have been targeted by US sanctions, but Iran insists the satellites are intended for ‘observation’
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[2025-12-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Akizungumza katika kikao cha dharura cha Bunge mjini Mogadishu, Mahamud amekosoa tangazo la juzi Ijumaa la Waziri Mkuu wa Israel Benjamin Netanyahu akiitaja hatua hiyo kama shambulio la wazi dhidi ya mamlaka, uhuru, umoja wa eneo na watu wa Jamhuri ya Somalia.
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[2025-12-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kundi la ufuatiliaji la Syrian Observatory for Human Rights limesema waandamanaji angalau wanane wa kupinga serikali walijeruhiwa katika eneo la Latakia baada ya kushambuliwa na wafuasi wa serikali na vikosi vya usalama.
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[2025-12-28 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kuelekea kikao hicho cha Jumatatu (Disemba 29), mataifa 21 yenye Waislamu wengi duniani yalitowa tamko la pamoja jioni ya Jumamosi (Disemba 27) kuonya dhidi ya "matokeo mabaya sana" kutokana na uamuzi huo wa Israel kwa "amani na usalama kwenye Pembe ya Afrika" na kwenye eneo zima la Bahari ya Shamu.
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[2025-12-28 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The European Union on Saturday called for Somalia’s territorial integrity to be upheld after Israel became the first country to formally recognize the breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state.
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[2025-12-28 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The army imposed a lockdown on Qabatiya after a local resident killed a 68-year-old man and an 18-year-old girl in northern Israel on Friday
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[2025-12-28 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-28 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: В Италии задержаны семь человек по подозрению в финансировании радикальной исламистской палестинской группировки ХАМАС, признанной в ЕС и США террористической, сообщило агентство AFP в субботу, 27 декабря. По данным полиции, еще два подозреваемых находятся за границей и разыскиваются по международным ордерам на арест. Всех их подозревают в поддержке "организаций, базирующихся в секторе Газа, на палестинских территориях или в Израиле, которые принадлежат ХАМАС, контролируются ей или связаны с ней", на общую сумму около 7 миллионов евро.
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[2025-12-28 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: ईरानी राष्ट्रपति ने देश के सर्वोच्च नेता की आधिकारिक वेबसाइट से बातचीत में कहा, "मेरी राय में, अमेरिका, इस्राएल और यूरोप के साथ हमारी पूरी तरह से लड़ाई छिड़ी हुई है. वे हमारे देश को घुटने पर लाना चाहते हैं." ईरान पर अमेरिका और इस्राएल के हवाई हमलों के छह महीने बाद पेजेश्कियान ने यह बात कही है.
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[2025-12-28 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Msemaji wa kundi hilo Ali Dheere amesema hatua ya Israel kuitambua Somaliland kama taifa huru inaonyesha kuwa Tel Aviv imeamua kupanua udhibiti wake katika maeneo ya Somalia ili kuunga mkono kile ilichokitaja kama "utawala wa watu wanaokwenda kinyume na misingi ya kidini" katika maeneo ya kaskazini-magharibi.
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[2025-12-28 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kwa mujibu wa waendesha mashtaka wa kupambana na ugaidi nchini Italia, watuhumiwa wanadaiwa kutuma takriban euro milioni 7 kwa "mashirika yaliyo na makaazi Gaza, maeneo ya mamlaka ya Palestina, Israel au maeneo yanayohusishwa na udhibiti wa Hamas."
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[2025-12-28 01:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Israel has recognized Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, as an "independent and sovereign state," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday.
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[2025-12-28 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Among those arrested was the president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, who reportedly funnelled funds to Hamas’ military wing
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[2025-12-27 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Hatua hiyo, iliyosainiwa na Waziri Mkuu Benjamin Netanyahu na Rais wa Somaliland Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, imezua upinzani mkali kimataifa.
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[2025-12-27 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Меѓународната агенција за атомска енергија (МААЕ) на 20 ноември усвои резолуција со која го повика Иран на „целосна и итна“ соработка. Агенцијата особено сака да го разјасни статусот на околу 400 килограми ураниум облагороден до 60 проценти, кој сè уште се наоѓа во магацини.
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[2025-12-27 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Onyo hilo limetolewa kufuatia mashambulizi ya anga yanayodaiwa kufanywa na Saudi Arabia katika eneo la Hadramawt, huku Marekani ikitoa wito wa kujizuia na kuendeleza diplomasia.
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[2025-12-27 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Uamuzi wa kuitambua Somaliland kama taifa huru ulitangazwa na serikali ya Israel jana Ijumaa, hatua ambayo imezua upinzani mkubwa kimataifa.
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[2025-12-27 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-27 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A flock of migrating cranes rises above Lake Hula in northern Israel at sunrise. The nature reserve is one of the most important resting places for migratory birds in the region. Cranes travel thousands of kilometers during migration, using thermals to conserve energy. This photo was selected as one of the most beautiful AP animal photos of 2025.
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[2025-12-27 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Um agressor avançou com um carro contra um homem e depois esfaqueou uma jovem no norte de Israel na tarde desta sexta-feira (26/12), matando ambos, segundo informaram as autoridades israelenses. Em retaliação, as Forças Armadas do país lançaram uma operação na cidade natal do suspeito, na Cisjordânia ocupada.
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[2025-12-27 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: A Palestinian man rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel, killing both, police said on Friday.
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[2025-12-27 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several other countries also condemned Israel’s decision and Trump stated his opposition to US recognition of the breakaway state
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[2025-12-27 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: د یمن په کورنۍ جګړه کې د سعودي عربستان او متحده عربي اماراتو ترمنځ د ګټو تضاد په څرګند ډول لیدل کیږي.
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[2025-12-27 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Abang Sharon datang ke Lebanon membawa harapan sederhana: bekerja, mengirim uang, menopang keluarga di Kamerun. Dia tiba pada 24 April tahun lalu, setelah perjalanan panjang yang diatur seorang agen. Usianya baru 21 tahun. Tapi yang menunggunya bukan pekerjaan, melainkan sebuah jebakan.
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[2025-12-27 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Baada ya zaidi ya miaka miwili ya vita, Hospitali ya Al-Awda katika wilaya ya Nuseirat, katikati ya Gaza, inahudumia takriban wagonjwa 60 waliolazwa na kupokea karibu watu 1,000 wanaotafuta matibabu kila siku Ahmed Mehanna, afisa mwandamizi anayehusika na usimamizi wa hospitali hiyo anasema huduma nyingi zimesitishwa kwa muda kutokana na uhaba wa mafuta yanayohitajika kwa jenereta, na kwamba idara muhimu pekee ndizo zinazoendelea kufanya kazi: kitengo cha dharura, wodi ya uzazi na idara ya watoto.Kwa mujibu wa Umoja wa Mataifa
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[2025-12-27 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Aidha amesema vikosi hivyo pia viliwakamata wafanyakazi 16 wa kigeni wa meli hiyo, akiongeza kuwa kukamatwa huko ni ‘pigo kubwa' kwa biashara ya magendo. Lakini hata hivyo taarifa haikufichua uraia wa wafanyakazi hao au bendera ya meli hiyo.Iran mara kwa mara hukamata meli zinazobeba mafuta kwa madai kama hayo katika eneo hilo.
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[2025-12-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities investigate explosive devices planted during Friday prayers, heightening sectarian tensions and fears among minorities
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[2025-12-26 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had killed a member of Iran’s elite Quds Force in a strike in southern Lebanon, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel from Lebanon and Syria.
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[2025-12-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mahakama Kuu ya Malaysia ilimpata na hatia kwa makosa manne ya matumizi mabaya ya madaraka, huku hukumu za ziada za utakatishaji fedha zikiendelea kutolewa. Mamlaka zinasema Najib alihamisha zaidi ya dola milioni 700 kwenye akaunti zake binafsi kutoka mfuko wa 1MDB, madai ambayo ameyakana akisema fedha hizo zilikuwa mchango wa kisiasa kutoka Saudi Arabia.Najib, aliyekuwa Waziri Mkuu kati ya 2009 na 2018, tayari anatumikia kifungo cha miaka 12 gerezani baada ya hukumu ya awali mwaka 2020 kwa makosa yanayohusiana na
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[2025-12-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Lakini badala yake anasema iko tayari kuchukua jukumu la kushiriki katika miundo iliyomo kwenye azimio la Baraza la Usalama la Umoja wa Mataifa, kama vile baraza la amani, ingawa bado pia bado haijapokea mwaliko rasmi wa kushiriki katika baraza hilo. Aidha Wadephul anataka kuanza haraka kwa Awamu ya pili ya mpango wa amani.
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[2025-12-26 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With more countries increasingly turning to Israel for their air defence systems, they cannot afford to isolate the Middle East power
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[2025-12-26 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2025-12-26 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday (24), as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza to celebrate its first festive Christmas in more than two years.
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[2025-12-26 03:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kiongozi wa Kanisa Katoliki duniani Papa Leo XIV, katika hotuba yake ya kwanza ya Krismasi aliyoitoa kwenye Kanisa la Mtakatifu Petro na isiyo ya kawaida kwa ibada ambayo wakati wote huwa ya kiroho na tulivu pia amelaani mateso ya watu wasio na makazi duniani na uharibifu unaosababishwa na vita.
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[2025-12-26 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Israel, Gideon Saar, amesema serikali za kigeni hazina haki ya kuwazuia Wayahudi kuishi katika kile alichokiita Ardhi ya Israel, akitaja ukosoaji huo kuwa unawabagua Wayahudi.
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[2025-12-26 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Israel nunca retirará todas as suas tropas da Faixa de Gaza, afirmou nesta quinta-feira (25/12) o ministro da Defesa do país, Israel Katz.
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[2025-12-25 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Papa Leo XIV ametoa baraka yake ya kwanza ya Krismasi kutoka Kanisa la Mtakatifu Petro Alhamisi, akilaani hadharani hali wanayoishi Wapalestina huko Gaza, katika hotuba isiyo ya kawaida kwa ibada ambayo kwa kawaida huwa ya kiroho na tulivu.
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[2025-12-25 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-25 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Celebrations are resuming across the West Bank as a fragile truce holds in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people are facing the winter in makeshift tents and remain in urgent need of basic assistance.
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[2025-12-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran and the United States reaffirmed their commitments to diplomacy at a contentious meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, but the gap between the Trump administration and the Islamic Republic on a nuclear deal remains wide and deep.
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[2025-12-25 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Deputy Minister Arun Hemachandra held discussions with officials from Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA) on Monday (22) in Israel.
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[2025-12-25 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-25 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Netanyahu ya bayyana hakan ne a ranar Laraba, yana cewa manufar ita ce rage dogaro da kasashen waje ciki har da rage dogaro kann abokan huldar Isra‘ila, bayan shekaru biyu na yaki da suka janyo matsin lamba ga kayan yakin kasar.
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[2025-12-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After two years of cancelled festivities, the ‘City of the Nativity’ revives its iconic parades and tree lighting as a fragile truce holds in Gaza
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[2025-12-25 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Taarifa iliyotolewa na Ofisi ya Netanyahu imesema, Hamas lazima itekeleze kikamilifu makubaliano ya Oktoba, ikibainisha kuwa makubaliano hayo yanatarajia kundi hilo la wanamgambo kuondolewa madarakani Gaza pamoja na kulipokonya silaha na kuondoa misimamo mikali katika eneo hilo.
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[2025-12-25 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Parlemen Iran telah mengesahkan perubahan pada undang-undang mahar (UU Mahar). Anggota parlemen menyebutnya sebagai langkah yang "sangat mendesak."
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[2025-12-24 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: افغانستان او سوريه د هغو هېوادونو له ډلې دي چې په آلمان کې ډېر مهاجر لري. د آلمان حکومت روان کال ويلي وو چې د افغان او سوریايي مهاجرو د اخراج پروسې پر سر له کابل او دمشق سره مذاکرات کوي.
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[2025-12-24 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2025-12-24 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Sekitar sebulan lalu, Amerika Serikat dan Arab Saudi menandatangani perjanjian pertahanan strategis. Dalam kerangka kesepakatan tersebut, Washington berencana memasok pesawat tempur F-35 kepada Riyadh, sebagaimana disampaikan Presiden AS Donald Trump saat bertemu Putra Mahkota Saudi Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) di Gedung Putih.
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[2025-12-24 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Snowfall across parts of Tabuk and the Trojena Mountains has transformed the regions into an unexpected winter playground, prompting residents to step outside to ski, play, and capture the rare icy scenes.
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