Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit
Leaders from UAE and Malaysia land in New Delhi for India-hosted summit.
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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM arrives in India for 18th BRICS Summit
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What this story says
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit.
- India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit, with the event taking place under its 2026 chairship.
- The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed both leaders, noting India's ties with Malaysia and the UAE.
- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk also arrived in India for the summit.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
50/100
Hype
20/100
13 sources · methodology
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in New Delhi to attend the 18th BRICS Summit. India is hosting the summit under its 2026 chairship. The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed both leaders in separate posts on X. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk also arrived in India for the summit.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned the arrival of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, or Nigeria's Vice-President Senator Kashim Shettima. The New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff's arrival was also not mentioned in these reports.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 11 Sept 2026, 18:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports highlighted the arrival of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for the 18th BRICS Summit. The Economic Times noted that India is hosting the summit under its 2026 chairship and that the Ministry of External Affairs welcomed both leaders, detailing India's ties with Malaysia and the UAE. Hindustan Times' full report focused on Sheikh Khaled's arrival.
Right
7 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on the arrival of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for the 18th BRICS Summit. Several digests stated that India is hosting the summit under its 2026 chairship. Moneycontrol's digest mentioned Sheikh Khaled's association with extravagant assets. Emirates24|7's digest framed the UAE's participation as expanding partnerships and strengthening its global trade and investment role, noting its membership since January 2024.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 22% are rated centre, 78% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit biased?
- Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who arrived in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit?
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim arrived in New Delhi to attend the 18th BRICS Summit. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk also arrived for the event.
- Who is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit?
- India is hosting the 18th BRICS Summit. The event is taking place under India's chairship for 2026.
- What did the Ministry of External Affairs say about the arrivals?
- The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed both Sheikh Khaled and Anwar Ibrahim in separate posts on X. The ministry highlighted India's longstanding ties and expanding cooperation with Malaysia and the UAE.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled Arrives in India for BRICS Summit (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Hindustan Times — is Hindustan Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM arrive in India for 18th BRICS Summit (opens The Economic Times in a new tab)
The Economic Times — is The Economic Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
7- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince arrives in India to attend 18th Brics Summit (opens Khaleej Times in a new tab)
Khaleej Times — is Khaleej Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM Arrives in India for 18th BRICS Summit (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM arrive in India for 18th BRICS Summit (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM arrives in India for 18th BRICS Summit - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
Tribune India — is Tribune India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 2026 BRICS Summit: Who is Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Khaled and how rich is he (opens Moneycontrol in a new tab)
Moneycontrol — is Moneycontrol biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UAE's BRICS membership expands partnerships, strengthens global trade, investment role (opens Emirates24|7 in a new tab)
Emirates24|7 — is Emirates24|7 biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to lead UAE delegation at BRICS Summit (opens Gulf News in a new tab)
Not rated
4- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Malaysian PM arrives in India for 18th BRICS Summit (opens KalingaTV in a new tab)
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince arrives in New Delhi to attend to attend 18th BRICS Summit (opens bhaskarlive.in in a new tab)
bhaskarlive.in — is bhaskarlive.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Leads UAE Delegation to 18th BRICS Summit in India (opens Pantau.com in a new tab)
Pantau.com — is Pantau.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- The Window of the Crown Prince Abu Dhabi Heads the Delegation of the United Arab Emirates to the Summit of Brix. (opens nafeza2world.com in a new tab)
nafeza2world.com — is nafeza2world.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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