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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

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

Left 8%(2)Centre 25%(6)Right 67%(16)

Percentages are shares of the 24 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 48 of the 72 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

72 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 2 of the 24 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

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.

Coverage settled. We checked this 9 times and stopped on 17 Sept 2026, 15:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

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

2 rated outlets

  • Both The Hindu and Outlook India reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. The reports said the leaders exchanged views on regional and international issues and discussed cooperation in several sectors.
  • The Hindu led on the bilateral meeting, reproducing a Ministry of External Affairs statement that the two leaders reviewed progress in economic, defence and security cooperation and reaffirmed commitment to multilateral fora. It quoted the ministry’s description of Modi’s appreciation for Ethiopia’s participation and noted earlier visits and other bilateral talks.
  • Outlook India led on defence, mining and semiconductor dimensions, citing government sources that Ethiopia invited Indian mining firms and that both Ethiopia and Malaysia expressed interest in Indian defence equipment and training. It described India’s aim to become a strategic partner for emerging economies and highlighted discussions on semiconductor cooperation with Malaysia.

Centre

6 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

16 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 24 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 8% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 72. 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?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 24 rated outlets on this story, 8% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 67% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
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 72 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 side is not reporting Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Sheikh Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim arrive for 18th BRICS Summit?
72 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.

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91 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.

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2

Centre

8

Right

26
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Not rated

55
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