Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted a US airbase in the region on Thursday in response to new strikes, marking the second armed clash between the rivals this week.
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[2026-05-28 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Nations has added Israeli entities to a blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones - a list which includes Hamas and other terror organizations. The Jerusalem Post learned of this exclusively on Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-28 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump stands with other World leaders before a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-05-28 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Los índices de los mercados financieros de Japón, Corea del Sur y Australia se ven en una pantalla en la sala de operaciones de divisas de la sede central del Hana Bank en Seúl, Corea del Sur, el jueves 28 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-05-28 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States announced new Iran-related sanctions on Wednesday, adding the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to the Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, according to the Treasury website and Reuters.
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[2026-05-28 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sgt. Rotem Yanai, 20, from Giv'at Ada, died during operational activity in northern Israel, the IDF announced on Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman if it agreed to work with Iran to impose a fee for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as part of a settlement to end the war on Tehran.
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[2026-05-28 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Buques de carga en el estrecho de Ormuz el 2 de mayo de 2026, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA vía AP)
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[2026-05-28 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Jose Maria A. Concepcion III, president and CEO of RFM Corp., tells Nikkei Asia that he doesn't expect the Iran war to severely disrupt his Philippine food and beverage company. (Photo by Tsubasa Suruga)
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[2026-05-28 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they targeted a US air base at 4.50am local time (1.50am GMT) in response to Washington's attack near Bandar Abbas airport, the Tasnim news agency reported.
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[2026-05-28 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Kuwait's air defenses were activated Thursday in response to "hostile missile and drone threats," according to a post from its armed forces on X. The post did not say where the attacks were from, but added any sounds of explosions heard were the result of air-defense systems intercepting the attacks.
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[2026-05-28 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index, seen through the glass wall of an office building in Tokyo, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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[2026-05-28 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-28 13:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian forces fired at four vessels attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, according to state broadcaster IRIB.
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[2026-05-28 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces bombed a residential building in central Gaza City on the first day of Eid, killing at least seven Palestinians and wounding 15 others, medical sources reported.
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[2026-05-28 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several areas in southern Lebanon, including Tyre and Sidon, have been hit by Israeli attacks.
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[2026-05-28 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Uncertainty over Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran conflict has New Delhi moving on US$10 billion plan to transform Great Nicobar Island
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[2026-05-28 13:10 UTC+10:00] [BJP] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Uncertainty over Strait of Hormuz amid US-Iran conflict has New Delhi moving on US$10 billion plan to transform Great Nicobar Island
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[2026-05-28 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel extends combat zone north in the first such sweeping warning since the April 16 ceasefire
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[2026-05-28 13:05 UTC+10:00] [Lebanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel extends combat zone north in the first such sweeping warning since the April 16 ceasefire
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[2026-05-28 13:03 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US forces down attack drones in Bandar Abbas amid further military activity around the strait of Hormuz, with Iranian forces reportedly firing at four ships in the waterway
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[2026-05-28 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The story of Alex Miller has many similarly tragic antecedents over the last two and a half years that Israel has been at war.
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[2026-05-28 12:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-28 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s offensive aimed at weakening the group complicates US-Iran peace efforts, analysts say
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[2026-05-28 12:45 UTC+10:00] [Joseph Aoun] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israel’s offensive aimed at weakening the group complicates US-Iran peace efforts, analysts say
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[2026-05-28 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks were trading more than 1 percent lower late Thursday morning as foreign investors unloaded local shares following a recent tech-led rally and news that the United States launched new strikes against Iran.
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[2026-05-28 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Representatives from US President Donald Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace (BoP) are preparing to visit the Gaza Strip for the first time in the coming days, according to a KAN News report on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-28 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-28 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli strike that struck a residential building in Gaza City has killed 10 people - including four children - according to local reports citing sources from ambulance and emergency services.
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[2026-05-28 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song bangs the gavel to open a Monetary Policy Committee meeting at the central bank in Seoul on May 28, 2026. The central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged at 2.5 percent, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-05-28 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US forces carried out new defensive strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump asserted that Iran is “negotiating on fumes” and insisted that November’s midterm elections in the United States won’t make him rush into a deal to end the nearly three-month-old conflict.
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[2026-05-28 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is making unacceptable demands during negotiations with Iran after failing to defeat the country militarily, Ali Bagheri, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has told RT.
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[2026-05-28 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is making unacceptable demands during negotiations with Iran after failing to defeat the country militarily, Ali Bagheri, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has told RT.
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[2026-05-28 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Within a day after unleashing a devastating flurry of Monday airstrikes on Lebanon, Israeli ground forces have aggressively expanded the theater of operations inside Lebanon, violating a status quo by sending IDF ground troops across the "Yellow Line" which was established at the inception of the ceasefire.
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[2026-05-28 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Energy inflation tied to the war in Iran has lasted longer than expected, creating a "stagflationary shock" for Asian economies, Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 28 May 2026 at 12:00pm
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[2026-05-28 11:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday told residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it expands its operations there, saying in a statement that the military will “work with extreme force” against Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.
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[2026-05-28 11:53 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-28 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
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[2026-05-28 11:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military issued displacement threats for residents of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Thursday, ordering them to move north of the Zahrani River.
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[2026-05-28 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States Treasury Department on Wednesday issued new Iran-related sanctions by adding the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to its Specially Designated Nationals list, according to the department's website.
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[2026-05-28 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Wednesday reimposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the Palestinian territories who has harshly criticized Israel, after an appeals court overruled an earlier order prohibiting the action.
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[2026-05-28 11:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info from para 5, new photos)
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[2026-05-28 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US military has launched another wave of airstrikes in Iran, actions it is calling "measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire".
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[2026-05-28 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged Thursday, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, looks on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-28 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged Thursday, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has suggested that the US would attack its ally Oman if it attempts to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively been closed since the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran in February.
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