Claim: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is expected to meet New York Mayor City Zohran Mamdani during his ongoing visit to the US. Fact: According to Mamdani’s office, there is no meeting in the works between Naqvi and the Mayor, nor have there ever been any plans to hold such a meeting. On 8 July 2026, […]
Claim: A viral video shows India’s former defence chief Gen Anil Chauhan discussing professional regrets and operational failures while comparing Pakistan and India’s civil and military leadership during his farewell speech. Fact: The clip was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. On 31 May 2026, multiple Facebook users posted a video of India’s ex-defence chief […]
Claim: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif deleted a video showing him signing a false version of the Islamabad Memorandum from his X account. Fact: There is no evidence that Sharif deleted a video of him signing a hoax document. The video showing him signing the Islamabad MoU remains live on the X account of the Prime […]
Author: Shameneh Majid Claim: England has announced that it will arrest Netanyahu if he enters the country, according to an ICC report. Fact: While a warrant by the International Criminal Court from November 2024 applies to its member nations, including the UK , no such official announcement has been made by the government. Further, there […]
Claim: A video shows an Iranian soldier targeting and launching a missile at an American helicopter and bringing it down. Fact: The footage is AI-generated. On 11 June 2026, X user Tariq Masood Butt posted a video allegedly showing the Iranian army shooting down a US helicopter by a missile,with the caption: غیر متوازن […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump has revealed that Pakistan shot down eight Indian planes during the four-day conflict between the two countries in May 2025 and that New Delhi “knelt down and begged for a ceasefire”. Fact: Trump did not make such a claim in the said video, which is actually an interview conducted by […]
Claim: A leaked document with the letterhead of India’s Defence Ministry suggests that New Delhi has ordered its military to use the June 2026 unrest in Rawalkot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir as an opportunity to prepare for an “Operation Sindoor 2.0”. Fact: The letter is AI-generated. On 17 and 18 June 2026, multiple Facebook users posted […]
Claim: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a fictitious copy of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), likely as a public relations move, rather than the actual one that has the signatures of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump. Fact: The viral posts include visuals of the Islamabad MoU at different stages. […]
Claim: A clip shows a building coming down amid the earthquake that struck Venezuela on 24 June 2026. Fact: The footage is unrelated to the recent earthquakes in Venezuela. It appeared online in October 2023 and shows a building demolition in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. On 26 June, a Facebook user posted a clip apparently showing a […]
Claim: A montage of clips shows volcanic eruptions in the Philippines in 2026. Fact: These visuals are unrelated to the volcanic activity in the Philippines in 2026. Some are from other regions whereas others are old and hence not connected to any recent volcanic activity in the region. On 18 June, a Facebook user posted […]
Claim: A video shows buildings collapsing during the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June 2026. Fact: The video does not show scenes of destruction from the earthquakes that hit Venezuela. The clip is old and likely fake as it may be from a gaming simulation. Soon after deadly earthquakes were reported in Venezuela last […]
Claim: A video shows an Iranian missile hitting Israel in June. Fact: The video showing a missile strike is old. On 7 June, an unverified X page, Tehran Times, posted a video in which a missile could be seen falling in a place that had what looked like the Israeli flag. The caption only has […]