Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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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 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-12 11:04 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ambassadors from ‘E3’ group of Ukraine’s allies meet with Russian minister and urge direct negotiations; Crimea’s fuel supplies dry up. What we know on day 1,570
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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: AP News
Snippet: Tourists walk along an embankment in Sevastopol, Crimea, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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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 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-12 10:57 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung paid tribute to Italy's fallen soldiers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a memorial dedicated to Italian soldiers whose lives were lost in World War I, Thursday.
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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 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hosted a military engineering and medical training program for troops from countries participating in U.N. peacekeeping missions as part of efforts to contribute to the international peace operations, the defense ministry said Friday.
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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 10:13 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 10:03 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 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Polish officials from the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party have urged the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia to rename a street honoring Stepan Bandera, the nationalist leader whose movement was responsible for the massacre of more than 100,000 Poles during World War II.
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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 09:45 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 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 50 Iranian military bases, including the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), have been damaged by US-Israeli attacks since the war began, satellite images show.
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[2026-06-12 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican government said Thursday that it plans to increase or implement new taxes to generate some $800 million in additional revenue a year to offset a surge in oil prices blamed on the Iran war.
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[2026-06-12 09:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Football World Cups are rarely completely politics-free but never has the beautiful game navigated a geopolitical high-wire act of this kind. The main host is at war with a participant, whose team must commute in on match days from another country.
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[2026-06-12 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has claimed an initial agreement aimed at ending the war with Iran is close after posting that he had cancelled strikes on the country.
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[2026-06-12 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-12 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU appears to be willing to sacrifice both the well-being of its people and its own fiscal stability for the sake of military buildup justified by an alleged Russian threat. The bloc’s members push forward with their defense budget increase plans despite record debt levels, with some of them also implementing major social spending cuts.
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[2026-06-12 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anthropic says its Mythos model is edging closer to ‘recursive self-improvement’ as Chinese developers seek to close gap
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[2026-06-12 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Qwen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anthropic says its Mythos model is edging closer to ‘recursive self-improvement’ as Chinese developers seek to close gap
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[2026-06-12 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump says there is now a “very strong” and “detailed” memorandum of understanding outlining a possible agreement with Iran.
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[2026-06-12 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The armed forces minister has followed former Defence Secretary John Healey in quitting the government in a dispute with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over funding for the military.
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[2026-06-12 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than half of all civilian deaths caused by explosive weapons in 2025 were attributed to the Israeli military, according to a new report by the Explosive Weapons Monitor.
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[2026-06-12 07:27 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-06-12 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran and the US both signalled a breakthrough in ceasefire talks on Thursday, with US President Donald Trump saying an agreement to end the war and start wider negotiations could be signed over the weekend, while Iranian media said the chances of a deal were “high”.
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[2026-06-12 06:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-06-12 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled a proposed framework for prediction markets that would prohibit contracts tied to violent or harmful events, including terrorism, war, and political assassinations, while largely preserving sports-based markets, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-06-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia’s defence minister had been due to visit a naval base in Portsmouth with British defence secretary John Healey. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-06-12 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has cancelled planned strikes on Iran, saying talks with the Islamic Republic are moving forward with the country’s top leadership. The announcement came just hours after he again threatened to hit Iran “very hard.” Tensions between Washington and Tehran have surged in recent days despite a nominal ceasefire agreed in April.
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[2026-06-12 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), or naval drones, are increasing their role in military affairs. This is part of the much larger unmanned or drone revolution that is taking place at all levels of the military, where the use of drones is becoming the norm.
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[2026-06-12 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Niger’s military-run government has enacted a new penal code that criminalises same-sex relations with heavy jail sentences.
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[2026-06-12 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli authorities have deported a French journalist who has often been critical of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and its policies in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-12 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: China has barred a top Philippines official and his family from entering the country, citing comments he made about Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea.
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[2026-06-12 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 5:27am
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[2026-06-12 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-12 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump threatened to seize Iran’s main oil export hub, Kharg Island, on Thursday, before flip-flopping on the grounds that the American people "don't have the stomach" for what military experts say would be an invasion entailing large US casualties.
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[2026-06-12 05:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Slovenia's government has revoked a 2025 decision banning the export and transit of weapons and military equipment to Israel, as well as most arms imports from the country, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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[2026-06-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Two years of data from Sydney’s gangland wars has revealed the bloody front line across the city’s west that has claimed 19 lives, riddled homes with bullets and condemned dozens of teenagers to become underworld soldiers.
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[2026-06-12 04:52 UTC+10:00] [John Healey] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former defence secretary accuses PM of putting UK’s security at risk at a time of growing international threats
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[2026-06-12 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABIDYAN, Ivory Coast — Military-run Niger has enacted a new penal code criminalising same-sex relations with heavy jail sentences, following other west African countries in adopting tough anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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[2026-06-12 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Senior security officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met face-to-face for the first time since the start of the Iran war, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources with knowledge of the situation.
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[2026-06-12 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: John Healey has quit as defence secretary amid a battle within government over funding for a long-delayed military spending plan.
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