Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean automaker Kia Corp. said Wednesday it will showcase its military vehicles at an international defense exhibition in Romania as part of efforts to expand into the European market.
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[2026-05-13 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he expected to discuss the conflict involving Iran and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China, but stressed that trade would remain the main focus of their meeting.
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[2026-05-13 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chinese exporters spent the past year scrambling to diversify away from the U.S., moving supply chains overseas and targeting new markets, including the Middle East, as punishing tariffs upended their business models.
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[2026-05-13 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Civilian deaths in several regions and baby girl has leg blown off; Kallas says Putin’s weakening position could mean ‘opportunity for ending war’. What we know on day 1,540
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[2026-05-13 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING, China — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.
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[2026-05-13 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense shield could cost about $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy, and operate over 20 years, a figure that dwarfs a $185 billion price tag offered by the program's Pentagon director.
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[2026-05-13 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea is reviewing a phased contribution to efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on Wednesday, signaling support steps short of military participation, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-13 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States believes Iran has regained access to a majority of its missile sites, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 10:49 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 13, 2026 10:49 | News
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[2026-05-13 10:43 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Singapore: A Philippines politician accused of being an architect of the country’s deadly war on drugs has been holed up in the Senate for almost two days after running through the complex to get away from investigators seeking to ship him off to The Hague.
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[2026-05-13 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Plans for a A$1.5bn ($1.1bn; £802m) Trump Tower in Queensland have been scrapped with an Australian developer blaming the "toxic" Trump brand and the Iran war for the project's demise.
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[2026-05-13 10:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea added 74,000 jobs in April, marking the slowest growth in 16 months in the aftermath of the Middle East conflict, which led to higher oil prices and weaker consumers' sentiment, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has retained most of its missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a classified intelligence assessment from earlier this month.
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[2026-05-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to support a War Powers Resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, arguing that the conflict was driving up fuel prices across the United States.
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump departed Washington for Beijing Tuesday and his high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. As he left, Trump downplayed differences with Xi over the war in Iran and predicted “good things are going to happen” during the visit.
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[2026-05-13 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday, as investors digest a hotter-than-expected inflation reading for April amid concerns over higher oil prices and the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-05-13 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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[2026-05-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There was a bit of a narrative shift on display in Congress as back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill with top defense and Trump admin officials played out Tuesday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly on the defensive as he and the administration face intensified scrutiny over the Iran war.
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[2026-05-13 09:24 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-13 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out 25 strikes against Israeli forces and military equipment across southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The group said it targeted a “Drone Dome” jamming system, two communications vehicles and a Merkava tank at the al-Abad site.
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[2026-05-13 09:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is reviewing a phased contribution to efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said on Wednesday, signaling support steps short of military participation, Yonhap News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-13 09:00 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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[2026-05-13 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli drone attack has killed one Palestinian and wounded several others in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Wafa reported.
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[2026-05-13 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Robert Kagan, one of the United States’ most prominent neoconservative voices and a long-time pro-Israel hawk, has warned that Washington is heading towards “total defeat” in its war on Iran - a setback he says “can neither be repaired nor ignored”.
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[2026-05-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-13 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-05-13 08:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: As Donald Trump left for Beijing, he said he would talk to China's president about the war but did not need help to end it.
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[2026-05-13 07:54 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: AFP spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad —NAVY.MIL.PH
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[2026-05-13 07:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to meet his counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Thursday in Beijing for a two-day visit. Business and trade deals are at the top of the agenda for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, but Iran will loom large in the background.
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[2026-05-13 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said.
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[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices are displayed at a Westar gas station in Miami, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-05-13 07:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that his policies were working and that surging inflation was merely temporary due to the US and Israeli war against Iran.
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[2026-05-13 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to petroleum companies in a bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid the conflict with Iran.
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has not ruled the possibility of traveling to Russia this year to help facilitate a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-05-13 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth insisted the US has “control” of the Strait of Hormuz during surprisingly civil testimony before House and Senate appropriators on the Pentagon’s wallet-busting $1.5 trillion budget plans.
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[2026-05-13 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says he does not need help from Beijing to end the war with Iran but says he will talk at length with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they hold a summit this week.
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[2026-05-13 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned Arab Gulf states that they must "make a choice" between Israel and Iran amid the current standoff, after 40 days of a US-Israeli war on Iran that saw it target and destroy US-aligned assets in the region in retaliation.
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[2026-05-13 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran on Tuesday revealed its demands in a counteroffer to the United States that President Trump shot down on Sunday, which has put the whole conflict and Pakistan-mediated talks in a holding pattern and stalemate, as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively blocked.
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[2026-05-13 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The sharp rise in gasoline prices caused by the Iran war has led to bipartisan calls, and in some cases action, to reduce US gas taxes. At least three Republican-run states have declared gas-tax holidays, and three Democratic US senators have introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax until October.
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[2026-05-13 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi has defended Tehran’s proposal to end the war, describing it as a baseline for any credible and durable agreement.
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[2026-05-13 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia launched hundreds of drone strikes at Ukraine overnight, hitting a kindergarten and killing at least one as both sides’ fragile three-day ceasefire came to a sudden end, Ukrainian officials announced Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 06:20 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-13 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Environmental Policy
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[2026-05-13 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A U.S. Air Force training jet crashed Tuesday in west Alabama with both pilots ejecting safely, military officials said.
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[2026-05-13 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka Rugby yesterday named a strong 53-member pool for the Men’s 15-a-side Asia Rugby Championship 2026, which will be played in Colombo and Hong Kong from May 24 to June 13, after the United Arab Emirates withdrew from the tournament due to the war situation in Iran.
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[2026-05-13 05:52 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: US President Donald Trump dismissed a surge in inflation due to the Iran war and declared he does not think about Americans’ financial situation when deciding whether to make a deal with the regime to end the conflict.
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[2026-05-13 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has documented an uptick in displacement, disappearances and explosive injuries as a result of Colombia’s six-decade-long internal conflict.
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[2026-05-13 05:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran and US politics, this Wednesday May 13.
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[2026-05-13 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was not reconsidering Pakistan's role as mediator in the Iran conflict, after one of his close Republican allies said he did not trust Islamabad.
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