Claim: The reel shows President Donald Trump leaning over a table and opening a notebook, after which Chinese Leader Xi Jinping walks away. Fact: This claim is false. The notebook in question belongs to President Trump. On 18 May 2026, Facebook user Atta Muhammad Kaloi posted a viral news video with the caption: ‘رمپ کی […]
Claim: A video shows Iran striking a US aircraft carrier early in March 2026. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as June 2025; it is not linked to the recent war. Furthermore, fact-checking publications like AFP and Lead Stories concluded that the video is likely not real. Early in March 2026, […]
Claim: During an emotional address, Giorgia Meloni stated, “America and Israel are killers of innocent children!! I am a mother, I cannot sit with murderers!!. Fact: Meloni did not make any such statement directly labelling the United States and Israel “killers of innocent children”. Moreover, the video in the claim shows her making speeches in […]
Claim: A video shows Iran’s strikes on Tel Aviv during the recent US-Israel war with Iran. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as November 2025; therefore, it is not linked to the recent war. Moreover, social media posts and some Spanish-language publications linked the footage to an explosion near the Argentinian […]
Claim: Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that the US controls Pakistan through its generals because the country’s civilian government and judicial machinery are helpless before the power of the army. Fact: There are no news reports or publicly available evidence to suggest that Hillary Clinton made any such statement. The claim […]
Claim: A video claims that Iran’s state-owned news agency reported that the country had hit a ship in the vicinity of the United Arab Emirates. Fact: This claim is false. The video is from a fire on a cargo ship in 2024. On 4 May 2026, X user Open Source User Intel posted a 21-seconds […]
Claim: A viral video shows US President Donald Trump being evacuated by his security detail from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated. On 28 April 2026, Facebook user Naimat Khuhro posted a video with the following caption in Sindhi: ايران تي پَنجاھ پَنجاھ مڻن جا ھزارين بم ھڻندڙ آمريڪي صدر […]
Claim: An image shows the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arriving in Islamabad in late April 2026. Fact: The image appeared online as early as November 2024, and hence it is unrelated to his recent visit. Soon after Araghchi landed in Pakistan on 24 April, several users posted an image apparently showing his arrival in […]
Claim: A video shows Iranian boats preventing the US warships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026. Fact: The video is not connected to recent events. It appeared online as early as 20 June 2022, and likely shows Iranian speedboats approaching US Navy vessels at the time. On 12 April, a Facebook […]
Claim: In a Truth Social post about possibly travelling to Islamabad to sign a deal with Iran, US President Donald Trump praised Pakistanis as “handsome” and “intelligent” compared to their “eastern neighbors” — Indians — and expressed a desire to meet the fighter pilots who “hit mighty Rafales” during the May 2025 conflict, comparing the […]
Claim: In the context of the US-Israel war with Iran, Indian journalist Shiv Aroor said that Pakistan has taken centre stage globally while India has lost its status as the net security provider. Fact: The video of the journalist is fake and most likely AI-generated. On 9 April, an X user posted a clip in […]
Claim: A video shows Shashi Tharoor calling out the Indian government for “strategic failure” amidst Pakistan mediating a ceasefire for the US-Israel war on Iran. Fact: The clip’s audio is digitally manipulated. Tharoor did not make any such statement about the Indian government in the original interview. The video is actually from the end of […]