Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-18 11:58 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Spruiking his Iran deal at the G7 in France, Donald Trump said he did not want to be regarded like Herbert Hoover, the US president he blamed for causing the Great Depression.
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[2026-06-18 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices declined Thursday after President Donald Trump reportedly signed a deal with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to end the war in the Middle East, while the International Energy Agency flagged a supply glut next year.
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[2026-06-18 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump defenced his decision to reach an agreement to end the war on Iran, indicating he wants to avoid an "economic catastrophe".
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[2026-06-18 11:44 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: June 18, 2026 11:44 | News
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[2026-06-18 11:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hopes of clinging to power in an election this autumn have long been shaky, but the interim US deal with Iran has added yet another complication.
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[2026-06-18 11:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — The interim deal reached by the US and Iran to end their war will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring the two adversaries back to the negotiating table over Tehran’s nuclear program. It will also give Iran an immediate benefit, allowing it to sell its oil freely again, according to a text of the accord read by US officials.
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[2026-06-18 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-06-18 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US forces employed Elon Musk’s Grok AI to strike over 2,000 targets in 96 hours during the joint US-Israel war on Iran, according to a written declaration from the US Department of Defense’s digital and artificial intelligence chief, Cameron Stanley.
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[2026-06-18 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president also said Tokyo was not willing to get involved during the Iran war
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[2026-06-18 11:16 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president also said Tokyo was not willing to get involved during the Iran war
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[2026-06-18 11:04 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: It was fight night on the White House lawn. Beneath a great steel canopy nicknamed “the Claw,” Justin Gaethje did a backflip off the caged ring in the center of the South Lawn after winning the Ultimate Fighting Championship title card. In the audience, the president, newly 80, had just announced that the Iran war was over, and the Strait of Hormuz was open.
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[2026-06-18 10:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron posted on X a video of US President Donald Trump signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran at Versailles.
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[2026-06-18 10:45 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump’s agreement with Iran opened new fissures in his party on Wednesday, with Republicans on Capitol Hill and beyond questioning whether his administration had secured adequate concessions from Iranian leaders after months of a costly and unpopular war.
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[2026-06-18 10:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened at a fresh record high Thursday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street caused by the US Federal Reserve's signal of a rate hike this year and uncertainty over a US-Iran peace deal.
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[2026-06-18 10:39 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-06-18 10:34 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump and his team had several red lines that they used to justify the U.S. war against Iran. At a press conference on Wednesday, Trump largely brushed them aside.
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[2026-06-18 10:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES para 2; ADDS details at bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-06-18 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Flights from Ben-Gurion Airport Terminal One are expected to reopen on June 28 ahead of the school holidays.
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[2026-06-18 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police, working in coordination with the Southern District Unit and the National Headquarters for Economic Counter Terrorism under the Defense Ministry, confiscated property on Wednesday linked to drone smuggling into the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year.
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[2026-06-18 10:16 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-18 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened at a fresh record high Thursday, despite overnight losses on Wall Street caused by the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal of a rate hike this year and uncertainty over a U.S.-Iran peace deal.
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[2026-06-18 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding will "enter into force with immediate effect".
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[2026-06-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children.
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[2026-06-18 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Defense chief to propose target year for wartime OPCON transfer to S. Korean, U.S. presidents at year-end
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[2026-06-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Web Exclusive] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Democracy Now
Snippet: Pt. 2 of conversation with the Nigerian British photographer and activist Misan Harriman, an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights. His photographs of the Black Lives Matter movement went viral and he became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue. There’s a new documentary about Harriman called Shoot the People.
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[2026-06-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-06-18 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 09:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief.
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[2026-06-18 09:44 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-18 09:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief.
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[2026-06-18 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has announced that a memorandum of understanding with the United States has been finalised and signed electronically by both sides.
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[2026-06-18 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Interest rates are expected to be held by policymakers at the Bank of England (BoE) who are keeping a close eye on events in the Middle East.
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[2026-06-18 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: More than a decade after ISIS militants unleashed a campaign of mass killings, sexual slavery and forced displacement against Iraq's Yazidi minority, survivor groups and international legal experts are launching a landmark truth commission aimed at confronting what they describe as the world's failure to deliver justice for the victims of genocide.
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[2026-06-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry insiders and vessel-tracking data point to continued caution among operators despite geopolitical breakthrough
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[2026-06-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry insiders and vessel-tracking data point to continued caution among operators despite geopolitical breakthrough
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[2026-06-18 08:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said early on Thursday that talks between Iran and the United States on Friday in Switzerland are not confirmed for now.
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[2026-06-18 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US-Iran memorandum of understanding announced on Wednesday amounts to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a deal to try to reach a final agreement on almost everything else.
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[2026-06-18 08:52 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-18 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 14-point document was released following days of outcry over Trump administration’s lack of transparency regarding its details
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[2026-06-18 08:50 UTC+10:00] [Tehran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The 14-point document was released following days of outcry over Trump administration’s lack of transparency regarding its details
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[2026-06-18 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The shuttered Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen within days, though conflicting reports suggest the US-Iran memorandum of understanding could be formally signed as early as today, Thursday, or Friday. Either way, the interim peace deal appears likely to be signed within the next 48 hours, setting the stage for energy flows through the critical maritime chokepoint to begin normalizing, a process that could take many months.
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[2026-06-18 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-18 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-18 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-06-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 08:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-18 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war with Iran, a White House official told Reuters.
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