Claims extracted
12
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
4 of 12 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
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Oil prices slid to their lowest in more than a week on Monday as investors hoped for diplomatic progress on the US-Israeli war on Iran due to this week’s UN meeting and eyed a partial recovery in shipments from Saudi Arabia despite ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthis.
asserted
investors → slide → Houthis
Brent crude futures and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude touched their lowest since September 10 earlier on Monday.
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futures → touch → Monday
The Brent contract for November was at $102.09 a barrel at 11:55am PKT, down $1.78, or 1.71 per cent, after settling 0.91pc lower on Friday.
asserted
contract → settle → Friday
The WTI October contract that is expiring on Tuesday fell $1.97, or 1.96pc, to $98.33 a barrel following a 1.58pc drop in the previous session.
“It seems that a degree of risk premium is being removed from oil prices on hopes that a diplomatic path to de-escalate the US-Iran war may arrive this week,” said Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade.
“Whether that hope proves to be warranted or not is another question.
uncertain
proves → expire → Trade
Time will tell.”
asserted
Time → tell → ?
WTI broke a key psychological support at $100 a barrel while some investors may have rolled over their positions in the October contract a day ahead of expiry to November, a Singapore-based broker said.
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broker → break → November
Iran and the US exchanged new threats on Sunday, although President Donald Trump said he would be open to meeting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who is expected to be in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly.
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who → exchange → Assembly
Iran has conveyed its conditions to mediators for re-engaging in negotiations aimed at ending the war with the US, Al Jazeera cited Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, as saying in an interview on Saturday.
However, tensions in the Middle East remained elevated as Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with missiles and drones, as well as an Aramco facility in the Red Sea city of Yanbu, a key oil export hub.
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they → convey → Yanbu
On Monday, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Hossein Mohebbi, said Iran would use new weapons and target locations not previously attacked if the US launched a new offensive against it, according to the Fars news agency.
uncertain
US → say → agency
China has asked Iran to help rein in the Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the attacks, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
uncertain
China → ask → matter
The attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Aramco’s East-West pipeline have prompted the state energy firm to increase exports through the Strait of Hormuz this month and next after halting some shipments via Yanbu.
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attacks → prompt → Yanbu
“Middle East oil flows remain surprisingly strong despite the disruption to Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline,” JPMorgan analysts said in a September 18 note, adding that the total oil flows averaged 17.1 million bpd in the past 10 days, just 6.1 million bpd below the 2025 average.
“The most notable pivot has come from Saudi Arabia,” the analysts said, as satellite data indicated Saudi oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz averaged 2.9 million bpd over the past six days, up from just 700,000 bpd in August.
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oil → remain → August
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