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Reuters' headline puts Russia next to a ship sunk off Bulgaria. The New York Times and The Independent say the attacker is unknown
Drones hit two cargo ships in Bulgaria's Black Sea economic zone on Tuesday, and one sank. All three reports agree on that. They differ on how close they …
Interfax says one tanker was hit and set on fire in Hormuz; Shargh says '2 maritime incidents'
Both cite the same UK maritime agency. One describes a strike and a fire. The other describes two incidents and gives no detail. Neither says who fired, names …
De Standaard says 'maritime incident', HotNews.ro says a drone hit the ship. No report says who launched it
A Turkish grain ship sank in Romania's economic zone, about 8 nautical miles from an OMV Petrom oil platform. Two sailors died. Three of five reports say flat …
Zelensky says the captain died and one sailor is missing; Romania's interior ministry says two died; only The Insider says the ship sank
Drones struck a Turkish-flagged ship carrying maize about 20 nautical miles off Romania on 5 October. Five Ukrainian reports name Russia as the attacker. Two Russian-language reports name …
Yemeni government forces claim 474 strikes in a day; The Jerusalem Post says the Saudi-backed assault is still weeks away
Four outlets reported on Yemen on 2 October and told four different stories: a blockade at sea to break, a strike count, a Houthi missile attack and a …
EU wants more frigates to guard ships from the 'Houthi militia'; Yemen's ministry says 198 ships crossed Bab al-Mandab in five days
On the same day, a German paper reported that the EU is short of warships for its Red Sea mission, and Iran's state news agency reported, citing Yemen's …
Qatar says US–Iran talks made 'progress'; an unnamed Iranian official says Hormuz stays shut until 'all' Iran's conditions are met
We hold four reports from Friday. Qatar's prime minister spoke on the record and said Thursday's indirect talks moved forward. An Iranian official who would not be named …
80 countries at the UN: iDNES says they condemned Iran and the Houthis, Telex says only the Houthis, North Press names no one
Bahrain's foreign minister read a joint statement at the UN on Thursday calling for Gulf shipping to reopen. Three reports agree on the count of about 80 countries. …
France 24 says two tankers were hit by a projectile or debris; Gulf News's headline says one tanker, in a 'US-Iran war'
Two reports on ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday disagree on how many were hit and on what hit them. France 24's own headline and …
Houthis say 28 Saudi strikes in a day; Riyadh confirms one missile
Six reports filed within an hour of each other on Sunday. Two numbers, each from a party to the fight. Nobody counted the people.
JNS calls it a "U.S. blockade" of Hormuz; RIA Novosti says Iran has named its condition to open it
Two reports, eleven minutes apart, put the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in two different capitals. Neither quotes an official, neither gives a figure, and neither carries …
Le Figaro says the Houthis have retaken Bab el-Mandeb; Shargh says 72 ships crossed it in two days
Eight reports on one strait. One calls it retaken, one counts the traffic still passing, one answers with a figure for a different strait. All eight arrived inside …
Iranian media say an "unidentified projectile"; the New York Times says Iran's own hard-liners
A ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz early on 13 September and one person died. Of the seven reports we hold that carry the strike, one …
"1 dead, Iran says" at UPI; CNBC cites the naval monitors and gives no toll at all
Three reports on one ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. UPI counts a death and hands the number to Tehran. CNBC counts nobody and measures the strike …
UN News says at least 46,000 displaced; Asharq Al-Awsat says 1,400 fled to Djibouti
Houthi forces hold Mokha and ground overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The two displacement figures we hold count different people, and no report gives a death toll.
Shargh says America struck the ship off Hengam; Asharq Al-Awsat says the governor would not name who
One crew member was killed on a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Five reports give four answers to who fired, two counts of the …
Tasnim: seven conditions and the strait stays closed. Anadolu's account of the Iran–Oman call carries neither
Three Russian outlets carry one Iranian agency report, sourced to one unnamed person, that Tehran has given Washington seven terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. None names …
JNS says the Houthis took an island, Life.ru says every key town, iDNES says 'apparently' — and Interfax says Iran led it
Three reports say the Houthis now hold ground at Bab al-Mandeb, the southern gate to the Suez Canal. None of them names an independent source. Shargh reports that …
An-Nahar says the Houthis "completed control" of Bab al-Mandab; Asharq Al-Awsat says Yemeni forces "reposition themselves"
Houthi fighters now hold Mayun island, in the middle of the strait that carries Saudi oil exports. Two Lebanese papers call it a takeover. A Saudi paper's headline …
The Jerusalem Post says the Houthis took the port of Mocha; El Mundo says they took an island
Five reports carry the same Red Sea advance. Two name Mocha, one names the islet Zuqar, one says only "a strategic city", one says only the coast. None …
Censor.NET says Russians hit a civilian tug; three reports say a drone hit the cargo ship TEDY
Two Azerbaijani sailors killed off Odesa on 9 September. Four reports, one toll — and four different answers on who fired and what was floating there.
The Jerusalem Post says the Houthis "took control" of Mocha; Al Jazeera says only "advancing"
Four of the eleven reports we hold credit Yemeni government or military sources for the fall of the Red Sea port. A Sanaa council member tells IRNA the …
France 24 says Iran hit "more than a dozen vessels" and oil is above $100; An-Nahar gives no ships and no price
Two reports, filed seven minutes apart on Wednesday, both say Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and Washington has blockaded Iranian ports. They put the two blockades …
France 24 says the Chapel Hill G20 was convened to keep AI unregulated. TASS reports a trade statement and no dispute.
G20 ministers met in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on 1 and 2 September. The two France 24 reports we hold were both filed on the first day and …
Axios says China derailed the G20 statement. France 24 says the G20 backed it. Same document.
Nineteen G20 members backed a text the United States wrote as chair. China did not. Ten reports call that outcome an agreement, a failure, or nothing at all …
France 24 says 129 dead in a Houthi push for Bab al-Mandab. Al Jazeera says dozens, and the hills retaken are at Taiz.
Houthi forces attacked government lines on Yemen's Red Sea side on Thursday. France 24, running AFP, leads on 129 dead and an offensive to seize the Bab al-Mandab …
Al Jazeera says Hormuz has been closed for six months. CentCom says 18 million barrels crossed on Tuesday.
The US military counted 40 escorted vessels and about 18 million barrels through the Strait of Hormuz on 1 September. Al Jazeera, which reports the strait has been …
Saudi Arabia says Iran hit the tanker Sidr in Hormuz. AFP, on the same site, calls the attacks unclaimed.
Projectiles struck two tankers carrying Saudi oil on Monday. Riyadh's foreign ministry names Iran and names the ship. AFP's wire copy on Al-Monitor calls the same attacks unclaimed. …
Washington says 17 million barrels crossed Hormuz. Shipping traders say a third of that.
US officials put throughput at a wartime record — more than 17 million barrels in a day, 40 escorted vessels, 18 million barrels. Oil traders quoted by the …