Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Unmanned systems will present the greatest danger and structural growth opportunity over the next decade, former CIA director David Petraeus said, pointing to conflicts in Iran and Ukraine as evidence of how warfare is rapidly evolving.
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[2026-05-28 09:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed a report that Iran and Oman would manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a deal to end the war, in a sign that any agreement remained elusive.
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[2026-05-28 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The war in the Middle East has driven oil product prices up by more than 20 percent, with the impact spreading to service costs such as car repairs, laundry fees and airfares. According to the Ministry of Data and Statistics, the cost-of-living index rose 2.9 percent on-year in April, while personal service prices gained 3.2 percent.
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[2026-05-28 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Episode 21 of Facing the Middle East with Felice Friedson moves between war, repression, memory, and moral responsibility.
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[2026-05-28 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW YORK (AP) — A former truck and bus driver charged in an assassination plot against an Iranian American writer who authorities said was targeted for death by the Iranian government was given a 10-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a federal judge.
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[2026-05-28 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The death toll from an Israeli air strike on a home in central Gaza City has risen to seven, with at least 15 others wounded, according to medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital cited by the Wafa news agency.
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[2026-05-28 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel carried out heavy strikes across southern Lebanon after declaring the entire area a “combat zone.” RT witnessed the evacuations ahead of the bombardment.
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[2026-05-28 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israel carried out heavy strikes across southern Lebanon after declaring the entire area a “combat zone.” RT witnessed the evacuations ahead of the bombardment.
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[2026-05-28 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 28 May 2026 at 8:00am
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[2026-05-28 07:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Lebanese military says one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli strike on the Kfar Roman-Khardali road in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-28 07:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE starting June 12 2026
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[2026-05-28 07:28 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE starting June 12 2026
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[2026-05-28 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asked if he would accept a deal to allow Iran and US ally Oman to control the strait, Trump said the Gulf state must ‘behave’
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[2026-05-28 07:17 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asked if he would accept a deal to allow Iran and US ally Oman to control the strait, Trump said the Gulf state must ‘behave’
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[2026-05-28 07:15 UTC+10:00] [Eid al-Adha] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: People around the world gathered to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, from Mecca in Saudi Arabia to India-controlled Kashmir.
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[2026-05-28 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States stock market has been hovering near record highs and oil prices have plunged amid new hope that a ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is close.
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[2026-05-28 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that easing sanctions on Iran is not under consideration in the current negotiations towards ending the war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and paring down Iran's nuclear capability.
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[2026-05-28 06:45 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-28 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Palestine Red Crescent Society says at least four people have been killed and 15 others wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting a home in central Gaza City.
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[2026-05-28 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has threatened to use military force against Oman if it collaborates with Iran to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-28 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 18-19)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-28 06:26 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of US politics and the current conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-28 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Joey Hood says President Donald Trump’s effort to tie a possible US-Iran deal to expanding Arab normalisation with Israel under the so-called Abraham Accords reflects his desire to shape a historic legacy.
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[2026-05-28 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Oman on Wednesday, in remarks that offered a window into what several US officials have told Middle East Eye is the administration’s frustration with Muscat amid the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-28 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-28 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran would not receive sanctions relief in exchange for handing over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which Washington has described as a central demand in ongoing negotiations.
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[2026-05-28 05:54 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he was “not satisfied” in negotiations with Iran to end their almost three-month war, damping expectations for an imminent breakthrough.
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[2026-05-28 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed two "central Hamas terrorists" in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening.
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[2026-05-28 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Oman on Wednesday, in remarks that offered a window into what several US officials have told Middle East Eye is the administration’s frustration with Muscat amid the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-28 05:31 UTC+10:00] [Peter Mandelson] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Vetting officials also flagged £1m loan when recommending he should be denied security clearance
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[2026-05-28 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump offered painstaking details on his Reflecting Pool project in a lengthy nine-minute tangent during a Cabinet meeting, with a wide-ranging discussion on the war in Iran, Ebola patients, and Trump accounts. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren)
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[2026-05-28 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade is almost upon us, as are the annual arguments about it.
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[2026-05-28 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said the US now has “things understood” with Iran as negotiations continue over a possible agreement.
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[2026-05-28 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ARCHIVO – Una mujer sostiene imágenes del líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Moytabá Jamenei, izquierda, y su padre, el asesinado Ali Jamenei, en una marcha organizada por el Estado en Teherán, Irán, el 29 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi, Archivo)
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[2026-05-28 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The bill to dissolve the Knesset will be brought for its first reading next Monday, coalition whip Ofir Katz announced on Wednesday, advancing the process of potentially moving the elections up slightly from the current date of October 27.
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[2026-05-28 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The coffers of US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" are empty and the organisation is stuck in a legal and political limbo, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 28 May 2026 at 4:47am
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[2026-05-28 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-28 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un rescatista busca entre los escombros de una casa destruida en un ataque aéreo israelí un día antes en Charnay, en el sur de Líbano, el 27 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Mohammed Zaatari)
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[2026-05-28 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS in paras 7, 11-13)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-28 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Several hours after Israel issued evacuation orders for parts of Tyre in southern Lebanon, at least three powerful air strikes hit areas covered by the warnings.
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[2026-05-28 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Alleged Hamas financier Amin Abu Rashid was acquitted of providing funds to the Palestinian terrorist organization, according to a Wednesday ruling by the Rotterdam Court, but was convicted of evading sanctions and continued management of a prohibited organization.
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[2026-05-28 04:30 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-28 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Despite suggestions that a deal between the United States and Iran may be close, officials from both countries have continued to issue conflicting statements, signalling an ongoing diplomatic impasse.
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[2026-05-28 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensified on Wednesday with the IDF striking over 150 targets in Tyre, Nabatieh, the Bekaa Valley, and throughout southern Lebanon, and the terror group launching drones at Rosh Hanikra, Shlomi, and sirens wailing in Kiryat Shmona.
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[2026-05-28 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington could resume attacks on Iran and declared that Gulf countries “owe it” to the US to join the Abraham Accords.
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[2026-05-28 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" has “zero” cash in its official fund despite member countries pledging billions of dollars, according to a report by The Financial Times.
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[2026-05-28 04:04 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-28 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES throughout)By Song Sang-ho
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[2026-05-28 03:57 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Civilians including children are among the thousands to have died in this war, yet the world is paying remarkably little attention
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