Entity

Middle East

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 8 coverage verticals, including World Wires, Water and Logistics.

As of 16 Oct 2026Last evidence 15 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia stays on track as safety fears grow amid Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • #Daily_Brief:: #Kenya raises fuel prices as Middle East conflict drives up import costs

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Prolonged Middle East war risks worsening energy, shipping disruptions across region: IMF - Economy - Business

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • Middle East war adds to global economic pressures as IMF chief warns of rising debt - Economy - Business

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • IMF raises 2026 growth forecast to 3.1% as AI boom offsets Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Middle East

What changed

  • Attention Steady: 279 mentions on 16 Oct 2026, against 265 on 25 Sept 2026 (+5%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 7 Oct 2026.
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 15 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

5,805 documents · 415 publishers · 4% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 15 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.043: about 96% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 9 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Middle East

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilTrumpIsraelHormuzSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesChinaYemen
  • Iran · 2,722 shared documents
  • Oil · 2,349 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,604 shared documents
  • Israel · 1,602 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 1,538 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,460 shared documents
  • Europe · 1,403 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 1,366 shared documents
  • China · 1,233 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,063 shared documents

Story momentum

Steady

The word compares 279 mentions on 16 Oct 2026 with 265 on 25 Sept 2026 (+5%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +862% from 1 Sept 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, between 15 and 281 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Middle East, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Middle East yet. Ask about Middle East

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Middle East

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia stays on track as safety fears grow amid Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • #Daily_Brief:: #Kenya raises fuel prices as Middle East conflict drives up import costs

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Prolonged Middle East war risks worsening energy, shipping disruptions across region: IMF - Economy - Business

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    single source

  • Middle East war adds to global economic pressures as IMF chief warns of rising debt - Economy - Business

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • IMF raises 2026 growth forecast to 3.1% as AI boom offsets Middle East conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • J&J beats earnings estimates; Middle East conflict weighs on medical device sales

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Middle East and Central Asia’s economy to shrink in 2026 amid war, IMF says

    Reported claim · first reported 13 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    single source

  • Middle East crisis live: Houthis warn passengers against using Saudi airport after deadly attack on Riyadh

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil gains as Middle East conflict and tanker attacks lift Brent to US$105.48 a barrel on October 12

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 8 separate publishers

    single source

  • Middle East War and Global Debt Crisis Set to Dominate IMF-World Bank Meetings in Bangkok

    Reported claim · first reported 11 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • COMMENTARY: Middle East LNG industry remains hostage of Iran war

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Egyptian President Concludes Malaysia Visit, Discusses Middle East Conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    single source

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Middle East

Entity.

Evidence
5,805 documents · 415 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 26 Mar 2026, last seen 15 Oct 2026
Measured
4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
16 Oct 2026
23 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (1)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Middle East, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

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Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 7 Oct 2026.

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