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May 27, 2026
Tehran [Iran], May 27: Iran is demanding the release of frozen assets as negotiations continue following the latest fighting with the United States. Once a framework agreement between the warring parties takes effect, half of a total of $24 billion would have to be made available, the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source from Iran's mediation team.
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Israeli attacks on eastern Lebanon kill at least 11
Beirut [Lebanon], May 27: Israeli air attacks have killed at least 11 people and wounded 15 others in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said,...
North Korea conducts eighth ballistic missile test of year
Seoul [South Korea], May 27: North Korea fired several short-range missiles and other unidentified objects on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, in what would mark...
Israeli air attacks kill seven Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza [Palestine], May 27: At least five Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on a refugee camp in central Gaza, officials said.
Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium
Brussels [Belgium], May 27: Four people, including two children, were killed on Tuesday when a school minibus collided with a train in the Belgian town...
Kremlin offers debt relief to recruit more soldiers for Ukraine war
Moscow [Russia], May 27: The Kremlin is offering new financial incentives to recruit more fighters for Russia's war in Ukraine, including debt relief for new...
Trump celebrates after medical check-up: It went 'perfectly'
Washington [US], May 27: US President Donald Trump underwent a routine medical check-up on Tuesday and subsequently raved about the positive outcome.
England sees record May weather as temperatures reach 35oC
London [UK], May 27: The record for the hottest May day in England has been broken again, with provisional temperatures surpassing 35 degrees Celsius in...
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Geneva [Switzerland], May 26: The Ebola outbreak in Africa is likely to worsen further before it is brought under control, according to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
German minister sceptical of social media ban for children
Berlin [Germany], May 26: Germany's interior minister has expressed scepticism about a possible ban on social media use for children aimed at protecting them from...
Part of Indonesian suspension bridge breaks, two Austrians dead
Jakarta [Indonesia] / Bangkok [Thailand], May 26: Two Austrian tourists have died in an accident on the Indonesian island of Flores. The authorities said on Monday the two holidaymakers fell from a suspension bridge leading through the jungle to the Cunca Wulang waterfall. The area is a popular tourist destination about a two-hour drive from the tourist resort of Labuan Bajo.
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