Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-12 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced on X Thursday morning that Washington is moving forward on a plan to compensate America's Gulf regional allies for damage sustained during Iranian counterattacks on their energy and civic infrastructure.
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[2026-06-11 23:41 UTC+10:00] [Aluminum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A Brussels court sentenced Belgian-Russian national Victor Labin on Thursday to five years in prison for illegally exporting dual-use goods and chemicals to Russia.
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[2026-06-11 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks past the World Bank building in Washington on April 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)PRNTO
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[2026-06-11 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The global economy is this year set to expand at its lowest rate since the Covid-19 pandemic, with nearly zero growth forecast for Gulf nations as a result of the Iran war, the latest World Bank report has found.
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[2026-06-11 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-06-11 22:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has announced that the Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed to all oil tankers and commercial ships in response to recent US strikes on the country, and stated any vessel attempting to pass would be shot at.
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[2026-06-11 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran will consider all of Elon Musk's companies in the Middle East as military targets as it retaliates against the U.S., Iranian state media outlet Fars reported Thursday.
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[2026-06-11 22:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-11 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People shop in the produce section of a grocery store on Monday, May 11, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
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[2026-06-11 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Niles, Ill., Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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[2026-06-11 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military said on Thursday it had disabled a third oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman overnight, as it “violated the blockade against Iran by attempting to transport Iranian oil”.
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[2026-06-11 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military will attack Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT," and will soon take over the country's "oil infrastructure points," President Donald Trump said Thursday morning.
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[2026-06-11 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Live on television, President Donald Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, told reporters on Wednesday that the United States has been sneaking millions of barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz despite tensions defying Iran’s restrictions on transit through the waterway.
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[2026-06-11 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are higher led by tech and small caps, with traders buying the dip in stocks as a swift conclusion to the latest round of US strikes against Iran raised expectations that talks over a peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will get back on track.
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[2026-06-11 22:18 UTC+10:00] [European Central Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: European Central Bank increases main deposit rate to 2.25%, with two further rises expected by next spring
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[2026-06-11 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The European Central Bank announced a quarter-point rate hike on Thursday, bringing its key interest rate to 2.25% as the Iran war continues to blow inflation off target.
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[2026-06-11 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese foreign ministry announces action on Thursday
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[2026-06-11 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese foreign ministry announces action on Thursday
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[2026-06-11 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: British Secretary of Defense John Healey has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the latest blow to the embattled Labour government. Healey complained in an open letter that Starmer has been “unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling to commit the resources” required for sweeping reforms he sought to implement and to raise the spending level to 3% of GDP to meet Britain’s obligation to NATO.
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[2026-06-11 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Overnight, there did not appear to be any new major exchanges of fire after Iran launched retaliatory strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan - following the US bombing of some dozens of targets in Iran earlier, in the wake of the downing of a US Apache attack helicopter in the Hormuz area earlier this week.
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[2026-06-11 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States and Iran exchanged strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, placing a fragile April ceasefire under its most serious strain yet and drawing several Gulf states directly into the latest round of escalation.
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[2026-06-11 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-11 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-11 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: US military’s Central Command says it launched more strikes on Iran on second day of renewed fire
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[2026-06-11 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three Indian sailors have died in a US military operation to halt a tanker off Oman as part of Washington’s efforts to blockade Iran-linked shipping, Indian authorities said on Thursday.
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[2026-06-11 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Trump administration has launched an investigation into prominent Iran war critic Trita Parsi, according to a report in the Free Press.
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[2026-06-11 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "certainly gotten some things wrong", US Vice-President JD Vance has said, as ties between the two partners in the war against Iran appear to have become strained in recent weeks.
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[2026-06-11 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Gulf leaders have strongly condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, warning that the assaults threaten regional stability, global trade and energy supplies. The criticism came as tensions intensified following fresh military exchanges involving Iran and the United States.
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[2026-06-11 19:58 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-06-11 19:54 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-11 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A ceasefire in the region is once again on the brink of collapse after the US and Iran exchanged fire in the early hours of Thursday, raising fears of a return to full-scale war.
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[2026-06-11 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. has emerged as the top supplier of liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to India in May, as shipments from the Gulf countries fell due to traffic disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-06-11 19:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. announced late on Wednesday. throws into jeopardy a quiet and orchestrated exodus known only by a few shipping insiders.
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[2026-06-11 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatari negotiators have departed Tehran following discussions on the current Middle East war, AFP reported, citing a diplomatic source.
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[2026-06-11 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian cargo barge was hit by a US projectile in the Gulf of Oman early on Thursday, the Iranian governor of Sirik county said, according to Mehr news agency.
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[2026-06-11 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Perhaps it took the shooting of a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in the West Bank last Friday to rouse the anger once again. Little Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was in a car near Hebron with his parents, brother and grandmother when Israeli troops ordered them to stop. Despite complying, one soldier fired shots at the vehicle.
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[2026-06-11 19:05 UTC+10:00] [Illegal Immigration] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Trump administration is preparing to deport nearly two dozen people to the Central African Republic on Thursday, including at least two Iranian women who had sought refuge in the United States, according to lawyers and a government official.
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[2026-06-11 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Efforts to reach a preliminary deal between Iran and the US have intensified despite strikes exchanged by both sides, as they discuss a mechanism for releasing frozen Iranian funds, three Iranian sources and a European official told Reuters.
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[2026-06-11 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Talks to reach a deal between Washington and Iran are still on track after overnight negotiations, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a diplomatic source.
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[2026-06-11 18:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cuba remains a country of opportunities for Korean investment and trade, the country's top envoy stressed saying that decades of US sanctions have not erased the island nation’s economic potential.
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[2026-06-11 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite an overhanging shadow of war with Iran, over a dozen Israeli defense companies are taking part in ILA Berlin, one of Europe’s major aviation and defense exhibitions that opened on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-11 18:31 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-11 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-06-11 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Toronto activist group called for the US to release the Iranian regime proxy group commander who allegedly helped orchestrate attacks on Jewish, Israeli, and dissident sites and individuals across Europe and North America in the name of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), in a Thursday statement.
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[2026-06-11 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran's State TV reported Thursday that the country's joint military command has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed "to the passage of all vessels, including oil tankers and commercial ships."
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[2026-06-11 17:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks ended higher Thursday, rebounding after a sharp fall earlier in the day, as major semiconductor shares gained ground after export data proved the sector's robust performance, while uncertainties over the US-Iran war remained in place.
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[2026-06-11 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Three Indian sailors were killed in a US strike on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, India's Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal confirmed on Thursday, before a second tanker came under fire.
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[2026-06-11 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates has scrapped its previous earnings targets and would be happy to break even this financial year if the conflict with Iran continues, its president Tim Clark has said.
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[2026-06-11 17:00 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dubai/Washington: The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, and US President Donald Trump vowed further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
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[2026-06-11 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher Thursday, rebounding after a sharp fall earlier in the day, as major semiconductor shares gained ground after export data proved the sector's robust performance, while uncertainties over the U.S.-Iran war remained in place.
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