Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Army soldier died during parachute training exercise. (ABC News)
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[2026-05-12 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iraqi Armed Forces denied reports of unauthorised foreign military installations in the country, rejecting claims of a secret military presence in the deserts near Karbala and Najaf.
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[2026-05-12 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump said that the ceasefire with Iran was on life support after rejecting Tehran's counterproposal to end the war, signaling the conflict in the Middle East could drag on.
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[2026-05-12 10:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Pentagon revealed the location Monday of one of the US Navy’s most secretive vessels – a stealthy, nuclear-armed submarine – a day after President Trump rejected Iran’s latest peace offer.
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[2026-05-12 10:04 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Since Russian invasion, about 20,500 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred to Russia or Russian-held territories in Ukraine. What we know on day 1,539
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[2026-05-12 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates quietly carried out military counter-strikes against a key Iranian oil refinery just as President Trump declared a cease-fire last month, according to a new report.
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[2026-05-12 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A former World Bank president has told the BBC that China should stop hoarding food and fertiliser to ease a global supply crisis caused by the Iran war.
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[2026-05-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan has not had a centralised intelligence service since World War II. Sanae Takaichi wants to change that
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[2026-05-12 10:00 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan has not had a centralised intelligence service since World War II. Sanae Takaichi wants to change that
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[2026-05-12 09:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Tuesday as investors shrugged off fresh doubts over the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire after President Donald Trump warned the truce was on "massive life support."
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[2026-05-12 09:30 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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[2026-05-12 09:05 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?
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[2026-05-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Britain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disposal of VodafoneThree adds to Li family’s record of cycle-savvy moves, with investors weighing where war chest will flow next
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[2026-05-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disposal of VodafoneThree adds to Li family’s record of cycle-savvy moves, with investors weighing where war chest will flow next
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[2026-05-12 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-12 08:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has quietly launched military strikes on Iran, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, exposing Abu Dhabi’s role as an active participant in the Israeli-US war that has already engulfed the region.
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[2026-05-12 08:37 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump pushed back against what he called a "stupid" and "garbage" peace proposal from Iran on Monday, and told reporters at the White House that the ceasefire in place since early last month is on "life support".
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[2026-05-12 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The grouping has a future, not as a binding structure demanding policy alignment but as a tool for members to enhance leverage and maximise options
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[2026-05-12 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The grouping has a future, not as a binding structure demanding policy alignment but as a tool for members to enhance leverage and maximise options
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[2026-05-12 07:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump pushed back against what he called a "stupid" and "garbage" peace proposal from Iran on Monday, and told reporters at the White House that the ceasefire in place since early last month is on "life support".
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[2026-05-12 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Qatar’s prime minister and Kuwait’s foreign minister have called for continued diplomacy to prevent renewed escalation in the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-05-12 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged Indians to cut down on petrol and diesel consumption and stop buying gold, in a sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is starting to jolt the world’s fourth-largest economy.
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[2026-05-12 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A brief “three-day ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia to permit Moscow to commemorate victory over Nazi Germany was announced by Kyiv in a statement that was “short but strong on symbolism,” notes Aidan G. Stretch at The Free Press. Ukraine, in “dictating the terms” of the break in hostilities, indicates that Zelensky is not engaging in “mere posturing.” While Ukraine’s “long-range strike campaign” was originally “heavily” reliant on US help, “last spring, the Trump administration began to wind down this
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[2026-05-12 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-12 06:57 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter
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[2026-05-12 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany and Ukraine will jointly develop long-range drones, German Defense Minister Boris Pistiorius has said during an unannounced visit to Kiev. The Ukrainian military has routinely used unmanned aerial vehicles for attacks deep inside Russia that targeted civilians and critical infrastructure.
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[2026-05-12 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset plenum passed on Monday, by a unanimous vote of 93 to 0, the final second and third readings on a bill to prosecute terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre, granting authority to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for the perpetrators of the attacks at a Jerusalem military court.
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[2026-05-12 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-05-12 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records.
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[2026-05-12 06:01 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran, this Tuesday, May 12.
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[2026-05-12 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine has docked in Gibraltar, the US Navy said in a statement, as tensions with Iran continue to rise.
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[2026-05-12 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Remarkable footage captured some of the recent gang battles that unleashed 182 bullets in the middle of Brooklyn streets — with one brazen thug firing minutes after a court-ordered meeting, officials said Monday.
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[2026-05-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Movies that portray the complex reality of life here – from war, to art, to social history – will be the focus of this year’s Docaviv, the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, to be held from May 28 to June 6.
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[2026-05-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed his approval rating ticking up from the lowest level of his term.
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[2026-05-12 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: One thing seemed apparent after Moscow’s muted commemoration this weekend of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany during World War II: President Vladimir V. Putin is feeling the pressure.
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[2026-05-12 05:43 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Oil prices have risen after US President Donald Trump said Iran’s response to US proposals to end the war was “totally unacceptable”.
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[2026-05-12 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s military is exploring alternative energy sources amid surging oil and gas prices caused by supply disruption from the Iran war, a trend that analysts say is set to accelerate among Asian countries heavily dependent on energy imports.
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[2026-05-12 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India’s defence exports have surged more than 25-fold from Rs 15 billion in FY2017 to a record Rs. 384 billion in FY2026, while domestic defence production has climbed to an all-time high of Rs. 1.54 trillion in FY2025, reflecting a structural shift in the country’s military-industrial ecosystem towards indigenous manufacturing and export-led growth, according to a new Rubix Data Sciences report.
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[2026-05-12 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Shamil Wakeel and Ifra Shasmin Booso emerged as the top performers at the Sri Lanka Squash 45th Anniversary Championship 2026, winning the Men’s Open and Women’s Open titles respectively at the championship concluded at the Air Force Squash Complex on Sunday.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher fuel prices caused by the war.
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[2026-05-12 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ‘Implementing programmes with active citizen participation and shifting from top-down management to community-led co-existence is essential to reduce the human-elephant conflict (HEC)’ Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.
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[2026-05-12 05:33 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Consumer Price Index-based (CCPI-based) headline inflation Y-o-Y (year-on-year) accelerated in April 2026 reflecting the spillovers from the ongoing war in the Middle East, particularly the significant upward adjustments in domestic energy prices.
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[2026-05-12 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Law & Order] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Navy took hold of 622kg of Kendu leaves and arrested two suspects during a search operation conducted in the Alankuda area of Kalpitiya on Sunday (10).
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[2026-05-12 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are rising as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but the US stock market is nevertheless inching toward more records.
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[2026-05-12 05:04 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran is “on life support”, President Donald Trump says, as he meets with his generals and contemplates restarting a short-lived military mission to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An industrial property giant’s plan for a hyperscale data centre on Sydney’s north shore has sparked outrage among residents, while utility providers Sydney Water and Ausgrid are concerned the development will strain existing infrastructure and increase electrocution or fire risks.
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: When Trump last visited China in 2017, artificial intelligence was not yet the centre of global power. Now it is. (Reuters: Evelyn Hockstein)
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