Topic: Iran — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hardliners opposing talks with the US demand President Pezeshkian’s resignation, deepening political tensions over how to end the war
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[2026-08-12 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hardliners opposing talks with the US demand President Pezeshkian’s resignation, deepening political tensions over how to end the war
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[2026-08-12 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Moody's Ratings has placed Dubai-based developer Binghatti Holding’s ratings on review for a potential downgrade on the company’s deteriorating liquidity profile and the uncertainty about its ability the generate cash flows amid war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-08-12 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Pakistan is making a final push to revive a US-Iran peace deal, with four days left before the 60-day negotiating window agreed to by Washington and Tehran expires.
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[2026-08-12 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) operation to remove nuclear material from a site in Syria may be used as a model for a similar operation to extract Iran's highly enriched uranium, Israeli security officials assessed this week.
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[2026-08-12 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: During five intense days last month, Iran launched waves of drones and missiles at US troops on three bases in Jordan, hoping to break through the formidable American air defences.
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[2026-08-12 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP,File)
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[2026-08-12 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s largest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, reported a 34 per cent annual increase in its first-half adjusted net profit despite regional fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-08-12 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year.
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[2026-08-12 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was recently welcomed by US President Donald Trump in Washington, in what was interpreted as an effort by Mr Aoun to seek US backing in Lebanon’s negotiations with Israel. Upon his return to Beirut, the President travelled to Turkey, amid reports he would soon visit Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-08-12 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the US-Iran war progressed Iran adapted how it attacked US military bases in the Middle East, which forced the US to use its already scarce supply of Patriot interceptors, according to a report from the New York Times on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente Donald Trump habla con reporteros después de llegar a bordo del Air Force One, el 11 de agosto de 2026, en la Base Conjunta Andrews, en Maryland. (AP Foto/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sailors on a US aircraft carrier operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations, several news outlets have reported, citing crew members’ families.
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[2026-08-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sailors on a US aircraft carrier operating near Iran attempted to jump overboard amid exhaustion and low morale caused by extended operations, several news outlets have reported, citing crew members’ families.
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[2026-08-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It is perhaps a sign of the times that one of the UAE’s many small businesses is a company that produces an emergency response kit. Dr Daamini Shrivastav, a Dubai physician, co-founded the business with a friend to produce the Trooper Box – a package to help a family weather a storm with first-aid supplies, food bars and candles.
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[2026-08-12 12:43 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Damage on the cargo vessel Tihamah near Murad, Yemen, August 11, 2026. Yemen's transport ministry said four crew members were killed after the vessel was attacked in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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[2026-08-12 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump should ‘take the less bad deal’ and accept Iranian sovereignty over Hormuz: Analysis
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[2026-08-12 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump told reporters that he does not "trust Iran", and further claimed that the US has full control over the vital Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-12 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump praised Sen. Darline Graham Nordone on Tuesday night after she secured a place in the runoff for the Republican nomination for her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat, while also addressing the Iranian threat against him and the extraordinary security measures taken during his recent trip to Turkey.
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[2026-08-12 10:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean shares opened higher Wednesday, led by gains in major technology stocks, despite overnight losses on Wall Street as optimism over a potential US-Iran peace deal faded.
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[2026-08-12 10:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: President Trump secretly switches planes to avoid Iran threat
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[2026-08-12 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares opened higher Wednesday, led by gains in major technology stocks, despite overnight losses on Wall Street as optimism over a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal faded.
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[2026-08-12 10:01 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Iranian threat that prompted President Trump’s secret Air Force One swap last month emerged as he was heading into his last day at the NATO summit in Turkey on July 8.
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[2026-08-12 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is going to become a member of the BRICS Bank, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said, according to reports from Iranian media on Tuesday evening.
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[2026-08-12 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-08-12 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Surrounded by security, President Donald Trump switches planes at U.S. Air Force Base, RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk Eastern England, on his way back to Washington from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-08-12 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The nation's second-largest company Commonwealth Bank has reported its annual net profit rose to $10.9 billion.
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[2026-08-12 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The war in Ukraine is already in its fifth year; Israel has been through two rounds of fighting with Iran within a year, and China continues to put pressure on the countries around it.
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[2026-08-12 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for its sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-08-12 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 06:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US anticipates oil disruptions from the Iran war to reach 600,000 barrels per day until the end of next year as conflict in the Strait of Hormuz constrains supplies.
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[2026-08-12 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has said it fired on a ship attempting to break its blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman.
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[2026-08-12 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For the second time this year, Iran has named a wanted suspect in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires to a top security role.
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[2026-08-12 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel provided the US administration with intelligence about the Iranian threat against US President Donald Trump, which included the possibility of using shoulder-fired missiles against Air Force One, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday evening, citing a US official.
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[2026-08-12 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global internet, power plants and US computer systems will be at risk if America continues to attack Iran, an Iranian official said on Monday.
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[2026-08-12 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Global internet, power plants and US computer systems will be at risk if America continues to attack Iran, an Iranian official said on Monday.
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[2026-08-12 05:19 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are slipping below their records, while oil prices keep swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.
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[2026-08-12 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pressed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar over humanitarian aid to Gaza and violence in the West Bank during their first phone call on Tuesday, while the two also discussed Hamas's disarmament, Iran and antisemitism, according to a statement issued by Miliband.
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[2026-08-12 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz continues to decline as last week’s hopes of negotiations of a U.S.-Iran deal began to fade, yet again.
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[2026-08-12 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS — Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court, arguing that sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors are undermining the ability to prosecute people responsible for humanity’s worst crimes.
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[2026-08-12 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’
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[2026-08-12 02:48 UTC+10:00] [Karim Khan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawsuit says Trump’s executive order targeting the International Criminal Court for investigating Israeli crimes in Palestine is ‘illegal’
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[2026-08-12 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Top regime officials will not travel to Pakistan until "appropriate conditions" are met, CBS News reported on Monday, citing comments by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
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[2026-08-12 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GILAS coach Tim Cone admitted the national side will face a tough road heading to the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers as the team battles Jordan and Iran in a pair of homes games late this August.
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[2026-08-12 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is doubling down on using economic pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the remaining levers at his disposal carry a set of risks.
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[2026-08-12 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s political landscape appears to have entered a new phase as two competing camps emerge: those advocating a deal with the United States and those determined to block any agreement.
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[2026-08-12 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Open displays of support for the Islamic regime in Iran were seen throughout Sunday's Arbaeen Procession in London.
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