Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-12 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An arial view of Bangui, Central African Republic, is seen on March. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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[2026-06-12 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt urged the United States and Iran to seize what it called an "available opportunity" for a deal to end the war, after President Donald Trump withdrew his threat to carry out further strikes on Tehran.
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[2026-06-12 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed Washington had “ended the war in Iran” and said a formal peace treaty would be signed in the coming days.
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[2026-06-12 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's special envoy for Middle East peace attended a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) meeting this week and called for greater efforts to advance peaceful solutions to conflicts in the Middle East, according to the foreign ministry Friday.
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[2026-06-12 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Israeli cyber company suspected of interfering in French local elections and targeting pro-Palestinian candidates also allegedly meddled in votes in New York City and Scotland and ran operations in Angola and Togo, officials in Paris have said.
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[2026-06-12 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Israeli cyber company suspected of interfering in French local elections and targeting pro-Palestinian candidates also allegedly meddled in votes in New York City and Scotland and ran operations in Angola and Togo, officials in Paris have said.
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[2026-06-12 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Luxury stocks saw a sharp uptick after a proposed Iran-U.S. deal outlined a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and lifting of U.S. oil sanctions, according to Iran state media.
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[2026-06-12 18:32 UTC+10:00] [guerra no Irã] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: O conflito entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irã colocou o Egito, potência regional, num delicado dilema diplomático e estratégico. O país é aliado próximo dos EUA e dos Estados do Golfo, além de signatário do tratado de paz com Israel de 1979. Mas, também, estava prestes a restabelecer relações diplomáticas plenas com o Irã no início de 2026.
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[2026-06-12 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over the past week, the IDF has conducted operations on three separate fronts, aiming to handle terrorism threats from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, from the Gaza Strip, and from the West Bank, the military announced on Friday.
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[2026-06-12 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef, 71, was released from Israeli administrative detention on Thursday, Yousef's son Owais confirmed to local and international media on Thursday night.
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[2026-06-12 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Iraq] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The region’s five countries, inadvertent beneficiaries of Chinese infrastructure investment, then wars and tariffs elsewhere, are finding their feet
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[2026-06-12 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Despite Iran’s announcement of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States says the strategic waterway remains open to shipping. As military tensions persist, Washington and Tehran appear to be moving closer to a potential agreement that could ease a growing regional crisis.
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[2026-06-12 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A growing list of Western countries have imposed individual sanctions and travel bans on two Israeli hardline ministers who advocate for Jewish supremacy over the Middle East, evidenced in their expansionist policies from the West Bank to Gaza to Syria.
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[2026-06-12 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Ecuador held high-level policy consultations Friday, and discussed ways to expand cooperation in energy and defense amid the U.S.-Iran war, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-06-12 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The draft version of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding includes a commitment from the U.S. to lift oil sanctions and a commitment from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported Friday.
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[2026-06-12 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The KOSPI's rally comes at the end of a seesaw week for the bourse. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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[2026-06-12 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three Indian sailors have been killed in strikes on at least three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz this week, as the United States doubles down on its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-06-12 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Friday and were on track to post a weekly loss after US President Donald Trump called off strikes on Iran and raised the prospect of the countries reaching a settlement to end the war.
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[2026-06-12 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with latest; CHANGES headline)
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[2026-06-12 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Preparations for the annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade began on Friday morning, with the parade scheduled to start at approximately 11 a.m.
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[2026-06-12 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Leaders from Gulf and South Asian countries called US President Donald Trump to ask him to call off strikes against Iran after Trump posted about his planned attack on Truth Social, Politico reported on Friday morning.
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[2026-06-12 17:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks rose by more than 4 percent Friday, as investors snapped up tech heavyweights amid hopes the war between the United States and Iran could end soon.
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[2026-06-12 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Global stock markets rallied after US President Donald Trump said he had cancelled a third day of planned strikes against Iran and indicated that an agreement with Tehran was close.
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[2026-06-12 17:02 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says ‘great settlement’ reached but Iranian spokesman says there has been no final conclusion
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[2026-06-12 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Soccer] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Alameda: Coach Tony Popovic has signed a short-term contract extension that sets up a possible tilt at silverware with the Socceroos at next year’s Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.
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[2026-06-12 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent its military planes to South Korea to expedite the transport of a Korean-made interceptor missile system amid the Middle East conflict, sources said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, President Donald Trump says the US has reached a “great settlement” with Iran and that a formal agreement could be signed within days, potentially leading to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-06-12 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, fotografiado durante un acto en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el 11 de junio de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-06-12 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-06-12 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Several months ago, close in time to when the US-Iran war started, a separate conflict had erupted further east, along the Af-Pak border and even reaching as deep into Afghanistan as far as Kabul (where Pakistani airstrikes rained down).
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[2026-06-12 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks rose by more than 4 percent Friday, as investors snapped up tech heavyweights amid hopes the war between the United States and Iran could end soon.
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[2026-06-12 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-06-12 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Trump on Iran negotiations: US president calls off strikes amid breakthrough
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 32-year-old man who killed a high school student from Nahariya after he accidentally stumbled upon the scene of an attempted assassination in January 2020 was sentenced on Wednesday in the Haifa District Court.
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Physicians at Clalit Health Services’ Beilinson Hospital have successfully performed Israel’s first intrauterine (prenatal) surgery to remove a rare placental tumor that threatened the life of an unborn child, Clalit announced.
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and held in detention ever since appeared by video link at a High Court of Justice hearing in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: What was reported as another collateral hit in an “open area” during the Iranian missile attack on Israel earlier this week turned into a personal and professional disaster for the Simantov family. Missile interception fragments that fell during the night between Sunday and Monday struck the unique white lily plot at their Seeds from Zion nursery, causing severe damage to a rare preservation project developed over more than two decades.
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amid a brief round with Iran, which ended in a "hand-tying" by US President Donald Trump, who also said he is unsure whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will run in the upcoming elections, as well as the coalition’s accelerated legislation promoting a law equating Torah students with IDF service members, the Likud party is dropping this week by three seats to just 22, according to a Maariv poll published on Friday.
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[2026-06-12 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli air strikes targeted the agricultural area of Arid Dbeibine near the southern Lebanese town of Dbeibine in the Marjayoun district, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). The reported attack followed an overnight Israeli strike on the nearby town of Khiam.
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[2026-06-12 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A hacker-activist group, Handala, has claimed responsibility for a cyber intrusion targeting water facilities in California, saying the action was carried out in retaliation for alleged US strikes on water infrastructure in southern Iran, Press TV reported.
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[2026-06-12 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% in the month to April, figures published on Friday showed, as the impacts of the Iran war continue to hamper growth.
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[2026-06-12 15:49 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [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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[2026-06-12 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt has welcomed US President Donald Trump's announcement that planned military strikes against Iran had been cancelled, expressing hope that the move would create momentum for a comprehensive agreement between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-06-12 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: June 12, 2026 — 3:30pm
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[2026-06-12 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US and Iran are on the cusp of a deal to end their conflict. The reality has proven more elusive – in part because of the nature of the negotiations themselves.
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[2026-06-12 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A combined rescue operation took place on Tuesday morning, as lifeguards worked to save a loggerhead sea turtle that was entangled in a fishing line.
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[2026-06-12 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, strongly condemned Iran's renewed attacks on Kuwait in a phone call with the country's Foreign Minister.
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[2026-06-12 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A man walks past the logo of the National Stock Exchange at its headquarters in Mumbai on Sept. 17, 2025. Rising inflation, near stagnant market returns in the past two years and sluggish private investment -- all compounded by the ongoing U.S. war with Iran -- are weighing on economic confidence even as policymakers continue to project optimism.
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[2026-06-12 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: There is the loud din of a demolition below Jerusalem's walled Old City, and from a hillside I watch a large Israeli excavator tearing into a Palestinian house.
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[2026-06-12 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Unifil peacekeepers from Malaysia were wounded in an attack on a logistics convoy near the village of Haris in southern Lebanon, according to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
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