Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-04-27 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS photos, details)
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[2026-04-27 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: "We're like a red rag to the enemy. Because we're taking the war to their territory so that they feel it too," the Ukrainian soldier says, as his unit scramble to assemble long-range drones for launch at Russia.
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[2026-04-27 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran has achieved a new level of precision in its drone and missile capabilities by relying on Chinese and Russian-made guidance chips linked to satellite systems, defence analysts and officials have told The National.
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[2026-04-27 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Before the US-Israel war with Iran, Naomi did not think twice about filling up the family van for her young daughter's regular hospital trips. But not any more.
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[2026-04-27 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hezbollah drones have killed an IDF soldier and targeted a helicopter sent to airlift wounded troops, as Israel ordered the forced evacuation of seven more towns in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-04-27 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said four troops were injured in an operational accident at a military base in southern Israel. One soldier was seriously wounded, another moderately injured, while two others sustained light injuries.
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[2026-04-27 14:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Court ruling on workplace advantages revives long-standing tensions over fairness
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[2026-04-27 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met on Sunday with the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in Muscat. Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al Busaidi, also attended the meeting.
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[2026-04-27 14:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: "Narco-Saints" director Yoon Jong-bin returns with a drama on the friendship-turned-rivalry between two of South Korea's last military rulers
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[2026-04-27 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in St Petersburg for talks with senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, saying the visit aims at “continuing close consultations between Tehran and Moscow on regional and international issues”.
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[2026-04-27 14:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- Global military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025, marking an 11th consecutive year of growth, researchers said Monday, as insecurity and rearmament fueled defense budgets. The three top spenders -- the US, China and Russia -- spent a combined total of $1.48 trillion, just over half of global expenditure.
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[2026-04-27 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
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[2026-04-27 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US Federal Reserve officials will approach this week's two-day policy meeting with questions mounting over the economic fallout of the Iran war and the central bank's leadership transition.
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[2026-04-27 13:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali 's defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest violence in the junta-run country that has long battled militants linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
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[2026-04-27 13:12 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- The death toll in a weekend highway bombing in Colombia rose to 20, with another 36 people injured, the local department's governor said Sunday on X.
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[2026-04-27 13:11 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames
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[2026-04-27 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of civilians in southern Lebanon who had returned home under a ceasefire are being displaced again following fresh evacuation orders, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-27 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UK's King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday begin a four-day visit to the US, a high-stakes trip that comes at a time when transatlantic relations are strained thanks to the Iran war and President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on Nato.
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[2026-04-27 12:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Russia, where he is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin and other top officials to discuss the ongoing Middle East conflict amid stalled talks with the US.
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[2026-04-27 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the North Korean government, from front right to left, its leader Kim Jong Un, Russian parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov attend an inaugural ceremony of a memorial museum in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, April 26, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government.
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[2026-04-27 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS byline, more details in paras 5, 10-11; CHANGES photos)By Kim Soo-yeon
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[2026-04-27 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ISLAMABAD — Iran 's foreign minister briefly visited Islamabad again on Sunday as Pakistan's political and military leadership scrambled to reignite ceasefire negotiations between Tehran and Washington, but U.S. President Donald Trump said they could talk by phone instead.
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[2026-04-27 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Accused White House Correspondents Dinner gunman Cole Allen professed to be a part of a progressive collective known as “The Wide Awakes” — a loosely-organized group which traces its roots to Civil War abolitionists and espouses nonviolence.
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[2026-04-27 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior Russian lawmaker Alexey Pushkov said the United States was “clearly unprepared” for a war with Iran, arguing that Washington relied on a “misguided belief” that military force could quickly achieve its objectives.
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[2026-04-27 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah has carried out drone and rocket attacks against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and across the border, saying it would not rely on what it described as “failed diplomacy”, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-27 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BEIRUT (AFP) -- Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war came into force over a week ago.
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[2026-04-27 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-04-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.
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[2026-04-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Aerospace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — When King Charles III lands in the U.S. on Monday, his aides will be carrying a heavy ring binder lined with thick, textured paper.
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[2026-04-27 11:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- Ukraine commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster on Sunday, amid fears that Russia's four-year war could spark a repeat of the world's worst nuclear accident that led to thousands of deaths and devastating environmental consequences.
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[2026-04-27 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump’s threat to “finish up” in Iran shouldn’t be surprising. The president said the war was “very close” to being over, yet we’ve seen little progress (“Don’s war of words,” April 24).
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[2026-04-27 11:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Profits at China's industrial firms surged in March even as the war in the Middle East upended global oil markets and sent raw material costs soaring.
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[2026-04-27 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ceasefire has reduced but not stopped attacks, as Hezbollah vows to keep fighting Israeli troops in Lebanon
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[2026-04-27 11:32 UTC+10:00] [Hezbollah] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ceasefire has reduced but not stopped attacks, as Hezbollah vows to keep fighting Israeli troops in Lebanon
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[2026-04-27 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 6,000 North Korean soldiers are estimated to have died while fighting Ukrainians in Russia’s Kursk region
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[2026-04-27 11:30 UTC+10:00] [KCNA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 6,000 North Korean soldiers are estimated to have died while fighting Ukrainians in Russia’s Kursk region
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[2026-04-27 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The death toll in a weekend highway bombing in Colombia rose to 20, with another 36 people injured, the local department's governor said Sunday on X.
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[2026-04-27 11:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Pyongyang has opened a memorial honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing the need to strengthen Pyongyang-Moscow ties into a "powerful bulwark" in a ceremony marking its opening, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-04-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia
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[2026-04-27 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Hangzhou] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia
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[2026-04-27 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang has opened a memorial honoring North Korean troops killed while fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine, with leader Kim Jong-un stressing the need to strengthen Pyongyang-Moscow ties into a "powerful bulwark" in a ceremony marking its opening, state media reported Monday.
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[2026-04-27 10:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cash assistance for basic livelihood security recipients and other vulnerable groups began rolling out Monday as part of efforts to ease financial strains caused by rising oil prices amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-27 10:32 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian delegation visits Pyongyang; 16 killed in drone strikes across region; Zelenskyy accuses Putin of ‘nuclear terrorism’ over Chornobyl risks. What we know on day 1,524
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[2026-04-27 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Cash assistance for basic livelihood security recipients and other vulnerable groups began rolling out Monday as part of efforts to ease financial strains caused by rising oil prices amid the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-27 10:26 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Israeli government and Hezbollah have traded blame over breaches to the truce, which is set to run for several more weeks
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[2026-04-27 10:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating stayed above 60 percent for the seventh consecutive week, though it fell from a week earlier amid economic concerns linked to the ripple effects of the war in the Middle East, a poll showed Monday.
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