Topic: Religion — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-01 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Norwegian royal family attended a memorial service at Asker Church, southwest of Oslo as Norwegians gathered at churches across the country Sunday to mourn the death of King Harald V, who died Friday at age 89. Tens of thousands have left flowers, cards and candles outside the royal palace in Oslo, where the king’s coffin arrived Friday from the hospital.
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[2026-08-31 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jewish right-wing firebrand Randy Fine attacked Muslim politicians in the Democratic Party as he addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit on Sunday night.
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[2026-08-31 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Han Hak-ja is accused of giving luxury items to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and providing illegal funds to a prominent lawmaker.
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[2026-08-31 19:29 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — With the Sept. 14 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections drawing near, the Army’s 10th Infantry Division (10ID) deployed augmentation troops on Sunday to help secure the historic polls and preserve public confidence in the vote.
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[2026-08-31 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — A South Korean court on Monday sentenced Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison for corruption charges.
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[2026-08-31 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; RECASTS lead)
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[2026-08-31 17:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Team concludes 237-day probe into link between politicians and controversial religious groups, indicts leaders of Shinchonji and Unification Church
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[2026-08-31 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Han is accused of giving luxury items to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and providing illegal funds to a prominent lawmaker
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[2026-08-31 17:22 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Han is accused of giving luxury items to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and providing illegal funds to a prominent lawmaker
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[2026-08-31 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Marble altar at Lin’s grave in St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley found covered in cement
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[2026-08-31 17:20 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Marble altar at Lin’s grave in St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley found covered in cement
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[2026-08-31 16:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Han Hak-ja arriving at a Seoul court for her sentencing hearing on Monday
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[2026-08-31 16:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A woman’s claim that she was denied entry to a temple in Busan because she had a tattoo of a nude woman has sparked debate over whether religious sites should be allowed to restrict entry based on a visitor’s appearance.
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[2026-08-31 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; CHANGES lead, photo)
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[2026-08-31 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja on Aug. 31 arrives for a sentencing hearing in Seoul on allegations of bribery and political funding. © Reuters
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[2026-08-31 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Poland holidays] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pierogi are a religion in Poland, but I’d never been a believer. Could a recce in the charming Baltic city convert me?
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[2026-08-31 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han, on the wheelchair, arrives for the sentencing hearing on allegations of bribery and political funding, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-08-31 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday shared a statement in support of religious Givati Brigade soldiers who refused to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic during an operational mission in the Gaza Strip, saying he would demand answers from the IDF over its handling of the incident.
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[2026-08-31 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with court ruling; CHANGES headline, lead)
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[2026-08-31 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-08-31 12:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hundreds of people crowded into a church near Haiti’s capital on Sunday for the funeral of four of the 47 people killed in a recent gang attack so brutal that it shook a country that has long struggled with violence.
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[2026-08-31 12:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A joint prosecution-police team investigating suspected collusion between politics and religion concluded its activities Monday, 237 days after its launch on Jan. 6.
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[2026-08-31 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- A joint prosecution-police team investigating suspected collusion between politics and religion concluded its activities Monday, 237 days after its launch on Jan. 6.
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[2026-08-31 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul district court was set to rule Monday on Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja's bribery case that includes charges of giving luxury gifts to the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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[2026-08-31 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new Kan election poll published Sunday shows Ofer Winter’s People of Israel party and Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party crossing the electoral threshold, gaining support at the expense of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit.
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[2026-08-31 04:42 UTC+10:00] [West Sussex] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Robert Guanco, 41, a pastor at Jesus Living Water church in Eastbourne, described as having ‘touched many lives’
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[2026-08-31 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The New Jersey branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’s largest Muslim charity, encouraged teaching students that the 9/11 terror attacks were due to “America’s support of Israel” and said, “terrorism is defined differently by different groups of people.”
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[2026-08-31 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday called on Muslim countries in the region to unite against the United States and Israel, in a written message issued six months on from the start of the Middle East war
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[2026-08-31 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HOHENFELS, Germany (AP) — On a moonless and rainy night, a group of soldiers emerged from a ramshackle building meant to resemble a church. The alpine terrain loomed over them as they quietly set off for the tree line of the German countryside a short distance away.
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[2026-08-31 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Another Muslim country is receiving the legacy of a previous Israeli aircraft project as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructs the defense establishment to prepare for the development of a new Israeli fighter jet in an effort to maintain Israel’s defense independence.
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[2026-08-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-30 22:20 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY — Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Mel Senen Sarmiento expressed optimism Sunday that the first regional parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) next month would be “peaceful and successful.”
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[2026-08-30 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Seven suspects were arrested in Jerusalem for various acts of disrespect towards religious sites, including a church and several graves, Israel Police announced on Sunday.
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[2026-08-30 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A coalition of Christian lawmakers, religious leaders and civic figures urged President Donald Trump to establish an expedited legal pathway for Jewish Canadians seeking to relocate to the United States because of antisemitic persecution and threats to their safety.
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[2026-08-30 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday called on Muslim countries in the region to unite against the United States and Israel, in a written message issued six months on from the start of the Middle East war.
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[2026-08-30 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Norway’s King Haakon arrives for the mourning service for King Harald in Asker church, Asker, Norway, Sunday Aug. 30, 2026. (Cornelius Poppe/NTB via AP)
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[2026-08-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Families can expect to pay more for potentially less at some Victorian Catholic schools next year, amid warnings that teacher salary increases could mean fee hikes and subject cuts.
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[2026-08-30 16:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, has described the United States and the Israeli regime as “sworn enemies” of unity among Muslims, stressing the need for greater solidarity and cooperation across the Islamic world, IRNA reported.
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[2026-08-30 15:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kyle Schwarber de los Filis de Filadelfia hace un gesto tras batear un doble remolcador ante el segunda base de los Angelinos de Los Ángeles Christian Moore en la décima entrada el sábado 29 de agosto del 2026. (AP Foto/Mark J. Terrill)
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[2026-08-30 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, right, gestures after hitting an RBI double as Los Angeles Angels second baseman Christian Moore stands by during the 10th inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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[2026-08-30 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Aiden McCown threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Davin Driskill, and Lamar defeated Abilene Christian 21-14 in the season opener for both teams on Saturday night.
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[2026-08-30 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said that new regional treaties can herald a new stage in which Muslim neighbours rely on their own capacities rather than on foreigners, according to Tasnim News Agency.
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[2026-08-30 10:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nquthu, South Africa – When Zwelibi Jack Ngubane died at the age of 105, he had already made one thing clear to his family: he wanted to be buried as a Muslim.
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[2026-08-30 08:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-30 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The upcoming elections will determine not only who sits in the next government but also what kind of country we want to be. Amid the debate over haredi (ultra-Orthodox) military enlistment, public funding, religious services, and Israel’s identity, a more fundamental question has been forgotten: Who actually owns our Judaism?
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[2026-08-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For many years, it has seemed that Israeli politics has ceased to revolve around the questions politics is supposed to address: security, the economy, foreign relations, religion and the state, the judicial system and the vision for Israel’s future. In their place stands one question, almost exclusively: Benjamin Netanyahu, yes or no.
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[2026-08-29 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 27 people have been killed after a minibus carrying members of a church collided head-on with a haulage truck in central Zimbabwe, police say.
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[2026-08-29 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Thought Leaders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-29 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A collision between a minibus taxi carrying church members and a haulage truck killed 27 people Friday in Zimbabwe, a police spokesperson said, in the latest road disaster to hit the southern African country.
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