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DEVELOPING · 24 OCT → 30 OCT 2026 · 7 EDITIONS · 16 OUTLETS

U.S. reduces staffing at Middle East embassies amid warnings of Iranian plots

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 8 16 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 24 Oct 12:25 UTC · U.S. reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies amid reported Iranian threats 24 Oct 18:17 UTC · U.S. reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies amid warnings of Iranian plots 25 Oct 00:16 UTC · U.S. reduces staffing at Middle East embassies amid warnings of Iranian plots

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 24 Oct, 12:25 UTC

    U.S. reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies amid reported Iranian threats

  2. 24 Oct, 18:17 UTC

    U.S. reduces staffing at four Middle East embassies amid warnings of Iranian plots

  3. 25 Oct, 00:16 UTC

    U.S. reduces staffing at Middle East embassies amid warnings of Iranian plots

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.