Asia Times media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Asia Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. We have seen it on 16 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Asia Times biased?
The rating organisations do not give Asia Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Asia Times left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Asia Times one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Leans left; Media Bias/Fact Check: Centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Asia Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Asia Times are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Asia Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Asia Times’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking the first such increase in over three years. The unanimous decision aims to combat inflation, and was followed by a significant drop in gold prices.
Asia Times reported it asFed, battling persistent inflation, ups rates 1st time in 3 years (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
Asia Times reported it asWhy a US-China AI regulation deal is nowhere in sight (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump confirmed he uses artificial intelligence but declined to specify how, stating only that it can be used for "a lot of things." He also commented on the technology's future, saying "whoever wins in artificial intelligence wins."
Asia Times reported it asHeads shake as Trump claims his 'high IQ' enough to regulate AI (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump has rejected calls for new regulations on artificial intelligence, stating that the U.S. government already possesses adequate power to control AI firms. He described efforts to implement guardrails as a "sick conspiracy" that could cede technological leadership to China.
Asia Times reported it asHeads shake as Trump claims his 'high IQ' enough to regulate AI (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have captured the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. This move strengthens their control over a vital maritime shipping route and pushes them closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Asia Times reported it asOil hits $109/bbl as photos show major damage to Saudi pipeline (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas was funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who is close to Vladimir Putin. Kremlev paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses, including renting a private island. National security experts expressed alarm.
Asia Times reported it asDon Jr.’s wedding secretly bankrolled by oligarch close to Putin (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
AI company Anthropic has blocked researchers from using its models for work that could potentially aid biological weapons development. The company stated it could not determine if the research served a legitimate scientific purpose or malicious intent, citing attempts to circumvent restrictions and obscure research goals.
Asia Times reported it asAnthropic blocked possible use of AI model to build bioweapons (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
The US trade deficit in goods and services increased by 24.4% in July, reaching $88.6 billion. This widening gap was driven by a significant rise in imports, particularly of capital goods and computer accessories, reflecting increased investment in artificial intelligence.
Asia Times reported it asThe AI boom just blew a hole in Trump's trade war (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
The US has extended its military deployment in the Middle East until 2027, with 50,000 troops and 19 warships remaining in the region. President Donald Trump is privately discussing declaring an end to the war with Iran, despite the Pentagon preparing for prolonged conflict.
Asia Times reported it asWar lingering, Pentagon extends Mideast troop deployments into '27 (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
A U.S.-backed company, North American Blue Energy Partners, is set to take over oilfields in Venezuela previously operated by Chinese and Russian firms. The deal grants the U.S. government a significant stake and preferential access to production.
Asia Times reported it asUS-Venezuela oil deal deepens China's energy security squeeze (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned the UK of 'catastrophic consequences' and potential attacks on British military targets in retaliation for supplying arms to Ukraine. The Kremlin also denied reports of plans to attack NATO countries, while the CIA director visited Moscow.
Asia Times reported it asCIA diplomacy fails to bridge the US-Russia divide (opens Asia Times 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.
Asia Times reported it asTsunami of dirt: what caused Nepal’s deadly glacial flood? (opens Asia Times 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.
Asia Times reported it asMystery shrouds CIA chief Ratcliffe's urgent visit to Moscow (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
USS Abraham Lincoln crew endure record deployment amid food shortages and mental health crisis
Trust 96The USS Abraham Lincoln has spent over 250 days at sea without docking, the longest continuous deployment on record. Reports describe food shortages, malfunctioning toilets and sailors attempting to jump overboard. Congressional Democrats have demanded an explanation from the defence secretary.
Asia Times reported it asUS military morale in the Middle East is in the overflowing toilet (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Vietnam has started building its largest domestically produced anti-submarine warship at the Song Thu Shipyard in Danang. The project, led by the defence ministry, aims to reduce reliance on imported military hardware and strengthen Vietnam’s naval capabilities amid ongoing maritime disputes with China.
Asia Times reported it asVietnam launches homegrown anti-sub frigate to check China (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
A US military intelligence assessment concludes Iran has moved its strategic priority from its nuclear programme to the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas shipping route. Outlets diverge on whether the shift signals military escalation or economic pressure as the main US response.
Asia Times reported it asWhy the Trump administration will have to accept a Hormuz toll (opens Asia Times in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- Asia Times Holdings LimitedMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Official site
- asiatimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- asiatimes.com, atimes.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
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
- 16
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
14 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.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Asia Times ran the story anyway.
Across the 16 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Asia Times: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 18 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
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