Topic: Military & Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-29 04:22 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The US and Iran have reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire in the war by 60 days, but President Donald Trump has yet to approve it, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-29 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States and Iran have reached a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MOU) to extend the ceasefire between the two countries for 60 days and start negotiations for permanently ending the war, according to officials.
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[2026-05-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When US President Donald Trump warned Iran on April 7 that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” a European diplomat in Washington said his government wanted an urgent answer to a chilling question: Was the US president contemplating the use of a nuclear weapon?
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[2026-05-29 04:14 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’
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[2026-05-29 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Stockholm court on Thursday wrapped up hearings in the trial of two former oil executives accused of complicity in war crimes over their business dealings during Sudan's second civil war, with a ruling expected in December.
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[2026-05-29 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s PM Nawaf Salam said the country would continue mobilising Arab and international support to secure a proper ceasefire
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[2026-05-29 04:06 UTC+10:00] [Lebanese Health Ministry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s PM Nawaf Salam said the country would continue mobilising Arab and international support to secure a proper ceasefire
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[2026-05-29 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Latvia’s parliament on Thursday voted to appoint businessman-turned-politician Andris Kulbergs as the new prime minister, with his first priority being security and anti-drone measures.
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[2026-05-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A House draft of a U.S. defense policy bill for fiscal year 2027 contains language tightening restrictions on the use of funds to reduce the number of American troops stationed in South Korea, its text showed Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 03:49 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-29 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel has intensified its strikes on Lebanon, saying it has hit hundreds of Hezbollah targets in the last few days.
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[2026-05-29 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US and Iranian negotiators have reached a deal for a 60-day ceasefire extension that would allow them time to negotiate a full end to the war on the Islamic Republic, but the deal must be approved by US President Donald Trump, the White House said.
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[2026-05-29 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army is facing mounting pressure over its inability to stop Hezbollah’s armed drone attacks, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-05-29 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over the past few days, the headlines have been dominated by the news of a deal to end the war in Iran.
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[2026-05-29 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel's main air gateway near Tel Aviv, is operating at about one-third of capacity due to the presence of US refueling aircraft, threatening heavy flight cancellations this summer, the head of the Israel Airports Authority said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinians mourn over the body of Hamas militant Imad al-Salem, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, during his funeral at Al-Shafi’i Mosque in Gaza City, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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[2026-05-29 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abdrabu Mansur Hadi, the former president of Yemen who was forced into exile by the civil war that erupted during his tenure, has died at the age of 80.
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[2026-05-29 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: High-ranking military representatives from Lebanon and Israel will meet at the Pentagon on Friday for a fourth round of US-backed talks as Beirut’s willingness and ability to disarm Hezbollah takes centre stage.
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[2026-05-29 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations has “added Israel to the blacklist of sexual violence in conflict zones”, prompting Israel to cut ties with UN chief Antonio Guterres, the country’s ambassador to the UN says.
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[2026-05-29 03:15 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Israel widened its offensive in Lebanon on Thursday, striking Beirut for the first time in almost a month and pushing deeper into the country’s south, as its escalating conflict with Hezbollah threatens negotiations to end the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
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[2026-05-29 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian authorities have approved a mechanism allowing private companies to purchase heavy weaponry to defend industrial facilities against drone attacks, the RBC news website reported Thursday, citing sources linked to the Defense Ministry.
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[2026-05-29 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has commented on the killings of two Hamas military leaders following the assassination of Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Odeh in Gaza City.
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[2026-05-29 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fibre-optic drones have become Hezbollah's primary weapon against Israeli soldiers and civilians, along both sides of the Lebanese border, and are now seen as the biggest threat there, as fighting continues six weeks into a supposed ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Tungsten is used in a wide variety of fields other than cutting tools, including chips, electronic equipment and military ammunition. © Reuters
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[2026-05-29 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s government will boost defense spending by 9 percent, according to its 2026 budget unveiled on Thursday, with Finance Minister Nicola Willis saying the country faced its “most adverse” security environment in eight decades.
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[2026-05-29 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices bounced higher overnight after the US and Iran exchanged new strikes despite their purported ceasefire, rekindling uncertainty about an end to the Middle East war.
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[2026-05-29 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards targeted a United States air base on Thursday after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes on an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report saying he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran.
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[2026-05-29 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Around one third of Hezbollah's pre-2023 forces have been killed by the IDF in recent years, IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel controls over half of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the Jordan Valley Conference on Thursday, adding that he has given the order for Israel to take even more.
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[2026-05-29 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-29 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-29 01:57 UTC+10:00] [Games] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Infinity Ward’s new game in the storied shooter genre embraces change with a potentially controversial real-world setting
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[2026-05-29 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has circulated a draft agreement to allies including Israel as efforts continue to prevent further ceasefire violations from derailing talks on ending the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-29 01:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Health care and education are “not well-served” in Gaza's reconstruction plans, with a need to address trauma from the war alongside rebuilding the strip, an analysis of the proposals has warned.
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[2026-05-29 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Chris Murphy has criticised President Donald Trump’s apparent threat to “blow up” Oman, saying it is “just one more sign of why this war has gone off the rails”.
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[2026-05-29 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In most parts of the world, Eid Al Adha begins with prayer, visits to relatives, new clothes for children and crowded markets filled with celebration.
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[2026-05-29 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has carried out strikes near Bandar Abbas, the second attack in less than a week on Iran’s strategically important port city, escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz despite a fragile ceasefire that has been in place between Washington and Tehran since April 8.
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[2026-05-29 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has ordered the Israeli army to increase their control of the occupied Gaza Strip to 70 percent in order to “squeeze Hamas”, in violation of their ceasefire.
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[2026-05-29 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A ceasefire "hanging by a thread". A diplomatic process "making progress". A president "not satisfied". And explosions echoing around the Gulf.
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[2026-05-29 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The deployment of additional US military forces to Poland could lead to a "qualitative escalation" of tensions between Russia and the West and force Moscow to take retaliatory measures, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: 6,473 Israeli residences were damaged sufficiently during the Iran war that those who had been living inside lost their homes, the IDF Home Front Command said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF Home Front Command on Thursday said that its assumption is that after each war, Iran learns new tactics and will pose an even greater threat to Israel's home front whenever the sides engage in another war.
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[2026-05-29 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: What happens when one of the world's most turbulent democracies heads into an election in the middle of its longest war in history?
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[2026-05-29 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF Home Front Command said on Thursday that even after the home front has been hammered by two major wars with Iran and years of ballistic missiles and rockets on multiple fronts, it still expects that it will take over 30 years to provide safe rooms nationwide.
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[2026-05-29 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran's armed forces fired missiles at unidentified targets late Thursday local time, the state media outlet Fars reported.
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[2026-05-29 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Netherlands has become the latest Western nation to tangle with Beijing and exchange tense words after testing its sweeping claims to the South China Sea.
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[2026-05-29 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Israeli ambassador to the UN announced on Thursday, calling it “outrageous” that Israel has been blacklisted by the UN over accusations of sexual violence in war zones.
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[2026-05-29 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanon must not become a "second Gaza" as Europe fails to use its leverage against Israel while it expands its military operations, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel said on Thursday.
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[2026-05-29 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is treating the US as a “piggy bank” and is feeding Washington with “propaganda” to get more US-made air defense systems, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has said.
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