Today’s collected outlet headlines

137 articles held across every desk — what the desks fetched, before anything was written. 137 of them ended up in a story.

The Jerusalem Post

Centre-right estimate · not a score

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview 4 Oct 2026, 15:27 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Iran-backed militias in Iraq determined to retain arms after US withdrawal - interview Says the US military has completed its withdrawal. Says Iranian-backed militias "retain power" and are determined to keep their weapons. Levant & Iran 4 Oct 2026, 15:27 UTC used in a story →

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)

State / loyalist estimate · not a score

IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled بروجردی: تنگه هرمز در اختیار ایران است و از مواضع‌ تعیین شده کوتاه نخواهیم آمد 4 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) → What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → بروجردی: تنگه هرمز در اختیار ایران است و از مواضع‌ تعیین شده کوتاه نخواهیم آمد Iranian state agency: MP Boroujerdi says Iran holds the strait firmly and this policy will not change. Geopolitics & international affairs 4 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC used in a story →

The Jerusalem Post

Centre-right estimate · not a score

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says 4 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Iran will not reopen Strait of Hormuz until its conditions from June are met, Ghalibaf says Ghalibaf ties reopening the strait to Iran's June conditions and says the time of 'one-sided demands' from Washington is over. Levant & Iran 4 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC used in a story →used in a story →

The New York Times

Centre-left estimate · not a score

The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis 4 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis The only report of Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, warning of a dire economic crisis after the US tightened its blockade. Geopolitics & international affairs 4 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTC used in a story →

E Ekonomichna Pravda

Centre-right estimate · not a score

Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Ірак зміг транспортувати 2 мільйони барелів нафти на супертанкері через Ормуз 4 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → What we have measured Actor unnamed hackers are named as acting, but not who they are ×1Assertion vs attribution The Vodafone data-centre strike appears only as the Russian defence ministry's claim, attributed in the sentence ×1Assertion vs attribution Russia's claim of a Vodafone data-centre strike is carried only as a Russian defence ministry statement, with nothing from the company and no confirmation ×1Attacker stated flat 'the Russians' named as acting, with no source given ×1 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ірак зміг транспортувати 2 мільйони барелів нафти на супертанкері через Ормуз The only report of traffic getting through: an Iraqi state-company supertanker carrying 2 million barrels. Geopolitics & international affairs 4 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC used in a story →

CNBC

Centre estimate · not a score

CNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent OPEC+ agrees to keep November oil output targets steady 4 Oct 2026, 13:49 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at CNBC → What we have measured Accepted term 'refund' used without quotation marks ×1Asserted versus attributed gives the motive as fact, not as Trump's stated reason ×1Attackers named as proxies the attackers are named only through their backer, Iran ×1Attacks named but not counted The report names the attackers. 'Escalating' comes with no count of attacks or damage. ×1 from 2886 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → OPEC+ agrees to keep November oil output targets steady OPEC+ holds its November targets, and Gulf producers are pumping well below them because of the war. Geopolitics & international affairs 4 Oct 2026, 13:49 UTC used in a story →

The Jerusalem Post

Centre-right estimate · not a score

The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis 4 Oct 2026, 13:18 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Iraq militias desecrate US flag as Iran's influence comes under renewed scrutiny - analysis Names militias as acting and calls the act desecration. Its photo caption names the Popular Mobilization Forces, from a screenshot taken from X. It says trampling the flag "is not new". Economy 4 Oct 2026, 13:18 UTC used in a story →

An-Nahar

Centre estimate · not a score

An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" 4 Oct 2026, 12:18 UTC Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → الزيدي يأمر بالتحقيق في التجاوز على العلم الأميركي خلال "يوم السيادة" The only report carrying the Iraqi government's response: an inquiry, a condemnation, and legal action against "the violators", announced by al-Zaidi's spokesman Sabah al-Numan. No unit is named. Levant & Iran 4 Oct 2026, 12:18 UTC used in a story →