Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-06-12 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States and Iran are expected to hold nuclear negotiations during a ceasefire period as part of a broader memorandum of understanding that would address Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, according to a report by Axios citing an unnamed source.
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[2026-06-12 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-06-12 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. is close to signing “a great settlement” with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed “over the next few days,” likely in Europe.
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[2026-06-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ayoub Junaid, seven, given new pair but needs surgery as Gaza’s children remain unable to access treatment
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[2026-06-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-06-12 13:47 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 13:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint £3 million ($4 million) peace fund aimed at supporting efforts towards a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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[2026-06-12 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said its air force intercepted a drone that entered an area where Israeli forces were operating in southern Lebanon, after sirens warning of a hostile aircraft sounded in the northern Israeli town of Metula.
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[2026-06-12 13:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Representative Jim McGovern has called for the restoration of medical evacuations from Gaza, citing the death of a six-year-old Palestinian boy with leukaemia who, he said, died while awaiting approval to leave the territory for treatment.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The annual Tel Aviv Pride Parade will take place as planned on Friday, despite recent security concerns surrounding the war with Iran, organizers announced.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iranian reservoir for drinking water located near the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly struck by the US earlier this week following renewed strikes on the region, Iran’s semi-official news agency, Mehr News reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military was three hours away from striking Iran when US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Tehran had been agreed upon and canceled a planned attack, NBC reported on Thursday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There are few places on earth as intimate as a tank.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The preliminary passage of Basic Law: Torah Study should be remembered as one of the ugliest moments in the Knesset’s long history of dressing political surrender in sacred language.
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[2026-06-12 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mexico's Julian Quinones scored the first goal of the 2026 World Cup, carrying on his fine form from an outstanding Saudi Pro League campaign.
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[2026-06-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Few politicians do frustration quite like Donald Trump. During a telephone interview with CNBC on June 1, the US President said drawn-out peace talks with Iran had “started to get very boring”. “I really don’t care,” an exasperated Mr Trump added. “I couldn’t care less.”
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[2026-06-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Iran’s military announced on Monday that it had ended a round of strikes against Israel, the Raja News site had something to say about it.
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[2026-06-12 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
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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[2026-06-12 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks were trading sharply higher late Friday morning as U.S. President Donald Trump fueled hopes for an end to the Iran war.
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[2026-06-12 12:31 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: June 12, 2026 12:31 | News
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[2026-06-12 12:30 UTC+10:00] [United States Politics and Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Trump Claims Deal With Iran is Close and Retracts Threat to Attack1:10
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[2026-06-12 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities deported French journalist Alice Froussard after denying her entry upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, according to her employer, Radio France Internationale (RFI), and the Foreign Press Association in Israel.
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[2026-06-12 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US stocks rallied on Thursday after President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran was close and suggested the conflict could soon come to an end.
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[2026-06-12 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened sharply against the U.S. dollar on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump said a peace agreement with Iran could be signed as soon as this weekend.
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[2026-06-12 11:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song on Friday reiterated the need to raise the key rate at an upcoming monetary policy meeting to ease mounting inflation pressure stemming from the prolonged Middle East war.
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[2026-06-12 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran had effectively ended and claimed Tehran had agreed not to obtain a nuclear weapon.
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[2026-06-12 11:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is feared to face higher consumer prices and a slower job market due to the fallout from the Middle East war, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-06-12 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Shin Hyun-song on Friday reiterated the need to raise the key rate at an upcoming monetary policy meeting to ease mounting inflation pressure stemming from the prolonged Middle East war.
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[2026-06-12 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is feared to face higher consumer prices and a slower job market due to the fallout from the Middle East war, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 10:57 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iranian leadership has not confirmed claim, after the US president announced that planned strikes on Iran had been cancelled
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[2026-06-12 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices fell Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington had reached a framework agreement with Iran, raising hopes the Middle East conflict could be nearing its end.
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[2026-06-12 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to the Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by violence and poverty, two lawyers and an official briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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[2026-06-12 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a deadly drone attack on a US military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed terrorists in 2024.
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[2026-06-12 10:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Thursday as investors pinned hopes of a possible end to the Iran war after President Donald Trump said the US has reached a "great settlement."
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[2026-06-12 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military is establishing a permanent base in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, marking the first such installation in an area under full Palestinian Authority civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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[2026-06-12 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES para 2 with latest data; ADDS more info in bottom; CHANGES photo)
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[2026-06-12 10:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese foreign minister Youssef Raji discussed negotiations with Israel and the security situation in southern Lebanon during talks in Paris with French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
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[2026-06-12 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a buy-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the index spiked sharply on hopes for an end to the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-06-12 10:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a peace agreement with Iran is in "pretty final shape" and could be signed in Europe this weekend, noting his understanding that Iran's top leader has approved it.
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[2026-06-12 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli government has approved an initial allocation of $51 million for planning work related to 69 settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank, according to anti-settlement organisation Peace Now.
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[2026-06-12 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Thursday as investors pinned hopes of a possible end to the Iran war after President Donald Trump said the U.S. has reached a "great settlement."
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[2026-06-12 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-06-12 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The government remains vigilant over recent inflation and labor market trends in the wake of the Middle East war and will make proactive efforts to shield people's livelihoods from the fallout of the geopolitical crisis, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei has denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that the country’s leadership had approved a preliminary peace deal.
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[2026-06-12 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported that explosions heard off the coast of Sirik in southern Iran were linked to a confrontation involving a vessel that was attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in violation of Iranian restrictions.
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[2026-06-12 09:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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