Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-27 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel supplied the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an Iron Dome air defence system, along with troops to operate it, during the war on Iran, Axios reported on Sunday, citing several officials.
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[2026-04-27 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks near residential houses damaged by a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Shtekel)
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fuel-processing sector pivots to profit while tech gains shield margins from modest revenue growth, highlighting an efficiency-led rally over a demand recovery
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fuel-processing sector pivots to profit while tech gains shield margins from modest revenue growth, highlighting an efficiency-led rally over a demand recovery
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[2026-04-27 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: I suspect the main reason they avoid criticizing Israel is that they believe that would be antisemitic. But this is both dangerous and wrong
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[2026-04-27 19:49 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says there’s ‘no reason to meet’ Tehran unless they agree never to have nuclear weapons
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[2026-04-27 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: This month, after four years of tensions between Europe and Russia, the Russian Navy executed an operation in the North Atlantic on the doorstep of British waters. Using an Akula-Class nuclear submarine as a decoy, the Russians sent covert spy subs to map underwater infrastructure, including vulnerable internet cables and pipelines.
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[2026-04-27 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Peter Jason Cafe arriving at the Townsville courthouse with a member of his defence team on the opening day of the trial. (ABC News: Baz Ruddick)
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[2026-04-27 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-27 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The girlfriend of Ben Roberts-Smith has accused former SAS soldier and potential war crimes witness Andrew Hastie of being a “traitor” after the Liberal MP posted a photo of himself and his children remembering the fallen on Anzac Day.
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[2026-04-27 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is mistaken to believe that it has the most leverage in the war against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, as indirect talks between Tehran and Washington remain stalled.
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[2026-04-27 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF located a weapons cache belonging to Hezbollah in a children’s bedroom during a targeted raid in the area of Aadshit al-Qusayr in southern Lebanon over the past few days, the military said on Monday.
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[2026-04-27 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in paras 3, 12)By Kim Na-young
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[2026-04-27 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The end of the war between the United States and Iran, and the stabilization of fuel prices are preconditions for the possible lifting of price ceilings on domestic fuel products, Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Monday.
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[2026-04-27 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe ramped up military spending in 2025 — a longstanding demand of U.S. President Donald Trump — helping drive global defense outlays to a staggering $2.89 trillion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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[2026-04-27 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-27 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The latest US military strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people Sunday, according to a social media post by US Southern Command.
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[2026-04-27 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, as Tehran intensifies diplomatic efforts to end the United States-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-04-27 18:10 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Captain Silke Lehmköster, from her office overlooking the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany, wrestles with the same question every day: Is it finally safe for her to order five of the container ships she oversees, which have been stranded in the Persian Gulf, to exit via the Strait of Hormuz?
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[2026-04-27 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: East Darfur, Sudan — Hawa Adam did not expect a childhood illness to kill her son. Ali was two years old when he fell sick on February 25 in Labado, in Sudan’s East Darfur state. He died two days later.
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[2026-04-27 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin, following a flurry of weekend diplomacy aimed at ending the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-27 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Monday as he seeks support from Moscow amid a flurry of diplomacy aimed at bringing an end to the war with the United States and Israel.
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[2026-04-27 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inadelso Cossa’s documentary grapples with the trauma left by the conflict through witness that wavers between real and imagined truths
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[2026-04-27 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Malian authorities confirmed the death of the country's defence miniser in coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels, as pro-government forces are reportedly driven out of a key northern town.
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[2026-04-27 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Live updates: Follow the latest news on Iran war
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[2026-04-27 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
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[2026-04-27 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Global military spending reached a record $2.89 trillion in 2025, but the Middle East saw only marginal growth despite ongoing conflicts and regional rivalries, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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[2026-04-27 17:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington/Islamabad: Iran has reportedly given the United States a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, and postpone nuclear negotiations.
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[2026-04-27 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers cook over a coal fire at a small restaurant due to a shortage of commercial gas in Prayagraj, India, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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[2026-04-27 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stands waiting to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-04-27 17:03 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Farmers already contending with fertiliser and fuel shortages due to the Middle East war are faced with another “absolute emergency”, as a mouse plague takes hold in Western and central Australia and threatens to spread into more of the country’s key cropping areas.
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[2026-04-27 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s future
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[2026-04-27 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: دولت دونالد ترامپ، رئیس جمهور آمریکا اکنون با ضربالاجل سرنوشتساز اول مه (۱۱ اردیبهشت) روبروست؛ تاریخی که طبق قانون اختیارات جنگ مصوب ۱۹۷۳ (War Powers Act) مرز میان عملیات قانونی و تخلف از قانون اساسی آمریکا محسوب میشود.
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[2026-04-27 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Business leaders are confronting a new operating reality: one where war, inflation, AI and supply chain shocks are no longer exceptional events, but part of the baseline.
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[2026-04-27 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Coordinated attacks by jihadist fighters and separatist rebels kill Mali's defence minister as pro-government forces are reportedly driven out of a key northern town.
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[2026-04-27 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, citing military officials, reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement ordering a forceful response against Hezbollah in Lebanon was intended as a “show of force” to ease internal pressure and shift responsibility onto the army.
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[2026-04-27 16:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Berlin, Germany – The trial of five European nationals accused of attacking a factory linked to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in Germany is set to begin on Monday.
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[2026-04-27 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: For three years, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb made excruciating choices. Who should live and potentially die? Should he operate without the right medicines if it might save someone’s life? How would he find fuel to keep the hospital’s lights on? As Sudan’s war raged around him, only one decision was easy: Keep working.
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[2026-04-27 16:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-04-27 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At a memorial for fallen North Korean soldiers who fought in Ukraine, Moscow offers to renew a military pact with Pyongyang
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[2026-04-27 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Kim Jong-un] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At a memorial for fallen North Korean soldiers who fought in Ukraine, Moscow offers to renew a military pact with Pyongyang
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[2026-04-27 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A tanker docks at JERA's liquefied natural gas terminal in Japan's Chiba prefecture. The nation's biggest power producer said on April 27 that its LNG procurement had not been affected by the conflict in the Middle East to date. (Photo by Ryosuke Hanafusa)
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[2026-04-27 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: AFL legend Mick Malthouse was injured during an alleged attempted home invasion last year. (ABC Grandstand: Damien Peck)
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[2026-04-27 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Environmentalists have long urged finding cleaner alternatives to oil and gas. Now, as the war in the Middle East drives up prices, the need to find other sources of energy is increasingly urgent.
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[2026-04-27 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said sirens were activated across parts of northern Israel after a suspected hostile aircraft entered the area from Lebanon.
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[2026-04-27 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: During the recent Iran war, Israeli defense technology company Elbit Systems was awarded approximately $200 million in contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD).
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[2026-04-27 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month war, as Tehran's foreign minister landed in Russia on Monday to seek support from President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-04-27 15:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-04-27 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, Iran puts forward a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, as diplomatic activity intensifies.
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[2026-04-27 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has opened a memorial museum for its soldiers killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, with top leaders of North Korea and Russia pledging a push for greater cooperation.
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