AKIpress media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places AKIpress in the centre. We have seen it on 22 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is AKIpress biased?
Ad Fontes Media places AKIpress in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is AKIpress left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places AKIpress in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is AKIpress reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for AKIpress are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What AKIpress has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with AKIpress’s own report linked underneath.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to attend a two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan starting August 31. The meeting, hosted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, will also include leaders from Iran and India, among others. The summit takes place amid ongoing international conflicts and trade disputes.
AKIpress reported it asIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kyrgyzstan for SCO Summit and World Nomad Games (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
India and Uzbekistan have elevated their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership. The leaders agreed to a bilateral trade target of $5 billion by 2030, aiming to significantly boost economic cooperation between the two nations.
AKIpress reported it asUzbekistan and India elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Uzbekistan's highest state honour, the Order of 'Oliy Darajali Dustlik', from President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The two nations also elevated their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and agreed on new areas of cooperation.
AKIpress reported it asUzbekistan and India elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
India and Uzbekistan have agreed to establish a long-term uranium supply arrangement. The deal was announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tashkent, where bilateral relations were elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
AKIpress reported it asUzbekistan and India elevate ties to comprehensive strategic partnership (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to attend a two-day summit in Kyrgyzstan starting August 31. The meeting, hosted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, will also include leaders from Iran and India, among others. The summit takes place amid ongoing international conflicts and trade disputes.
AKIpress reported it asIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay state visit to Uzbekistan (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Flash floods and landslides swept away villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 165 people. Experts suggest a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, was the cause, with climate change and the region's topography exacerbating the risks.
AKIpress reported it asMassive glacier collapse triggers deadly Himalayas flash flood (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow for talks with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump described the visit as 'semi-routine' and indicated that Washington desires an end to the war in Ukraine. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed intelligence contacts but denied a meeting with President Putin.
AKIpress reported it asTrump comments on CIA Director's visit to Moscow (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant project are missing and 10 others are stranded after a flash flood in Nepal. South Korea's Foreign Ministry has established a task force and plans to send a response team to the affected Rasuwa district.
AKIpress reported it asMore than 380 tourists missing after flooding in Nepal (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
A 24-year-old Nepali labourer survived a flash flood by clinging to a mango tree after being swept away by a torrent of mud and rock. The disaster has killed at least 150 people and left hundreds missing in Nepal.
AKIpress reported it asMore than 380 tourists missing after flooding in Nepal (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
CIA Director John Ratcliffe was reportedly in Moscow for meetings, according to US media. The Kremlin stated no talks with US envoys were scheduled for that week. A US military aircraft flew from Riga to Moscow.
AKIpress reported it asCIA Director John Ratcliffe makes unannounced trip to Moscow for high-level talks (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that holding elections during wartime poses a great risk and would split the country. His remarks were in response to a call from former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for elections, with Zelensky describing potential elections as a 'tsunami' that would 'tear apart' Ukraine.
AKIpress reported it asZelensky warns wartime elections risk dividing Ukraine (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
The United Arab Emirates announced a full suspension of trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on 18 August 2026, citing regional escalation after Iranian ballistic missiles were detected targeting maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not claimed responsibility for the attacks on UAE state-owned ADNOC vessels.
AKIpress reported it asUAE suspends trade with Iran following ballistic missile attack, escalating risks for regional logistics (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
At least 12 people were killed and 33 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight into 20 August 2026. A children’s hospital, a school, residential buildings and warehouses were damaged. Ukraine said Russia used ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones; Russia claimed it struck military facilities with precision weapons.
AKIpress reported it asAt least 12 killed in nighttime Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
A combined Russian attack using ballistic and cruise missiles and drones hit Ukraine on 20 August 2026, killing at least 13 people and injuring about 40. Residential buildings, a children's hospital and a school were damaged in Kyiv, while gas infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast and a border crossing in Odesa Oblast were also targeted.
AKIpress reported it asAt least 12 killed in nighttime Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Russian missile strikes on the Kharkiv region killed ten people and injured at least 17, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine launched 147 drones at Moscow, where 620 were intercepted. Attacks also hit Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, damaging civilian infrastructure.
AKIpress reported it asAt least 12 killed in nighttime Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose 'unprecedented economic warfare and isolation' on Iran, warning that any country enabling financial or governmental aid to Tehran would face 'tremendous economic consequences'. Reports vary on whether specific measures or targets were named, with China identified as Iran’s largest oil buyer.
AKIpress reported it asTrump announces 'most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced new economic measures against Iran, warning any country providing financial or logistical support would face 'tremendous economic consequences'. The move follows stalled negotiations between Washington and Tehran, with Trump claiming Iran had rejected a deal.
AKIpress reported it asTrump announces 'most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Trump announces potential new Iran sanctions and declares Strait of Hormuz blockade effective
Trust 42Donald Trump said the US could impose further sanctions on Iran, described a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as '100% successful', and argued that increased US oil production had reduced global reliance on the waterway. Oil prices, he said, had not spiked as feared and remained around $84 to $85 per barrel.
AKIpress reported it asTrump announces 'most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Iran’s chief negotiator said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US lifts its naval blockade, releases frozen assets and ends oil sanctions. A vessel was struck in the strait, injuring at least one crew member, as tensions escalate over a June memorandum of understanding.
AKIpress reported it asTrump announces 'most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Oil prices declined as investors anticipated the announcement of new US sanctions against Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to reveal the measures, which Iran has dismissed. Asian stock markets remained flat.
AKIpress reported it asTrump announces 'most crushing economic operation ever' against Iran (opens AKIpress in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
- Ad Fontes MediaveryHighCheck it
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for AKIpress.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- akipress.com
- Seen publishing on
- akipress.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 22
- Reports listed
- 24
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
22 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. AKIpress is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 22 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of AKIpress: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 25 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 September 2026. Ratings pulled 11 September 2026.
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