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The private jet seized in Laos for alleged drug smuggling bound for the Philippines is the same aircraft that took Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague, Netherlands.
Publisher’s rating: False
සෞදි අරාබියේ සල්මාන් රජු අනෝජන් සිවරාසාගේ මරණ දඬුවම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්රකාශයක් කළ අතර ඒ අනුව ඔහුගේ මරණ දඬුවම ඉවත් කර ඇත.
Publisher’s rating: අසත්ය
کلیپی با ادعای ۱۷ صحنه از برخورد خشونتآمیز پلیس فرانسه با نوجوانان معترض
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was arrested when he went to the CID to give a statement about the "Helping Hambantota" account, as shown in a News 1st-style news card.
Publisher’s rating: False
The video shows women police personnel assaulting students during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest in Delhi on 04 October 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video predates the October 2026 CJP protest and shows a confrontation between police and the family of a man found dead in Budh Vihar, Rohini, in July 2026. It notes that clashes between police and protesters were reported in Delhi during the first week of October, but says the viral video was unrelated to those demonstrations.
Sara Duterte filed libel charges against GMA News.
Publisher’s rating: False
02 అక్టోబర్ 2026న ముంబైలోని శివాజీ పార్క్లో జరిగిన నిరసన ప్రదర్శనలో CJP వ్యవస్థాపకుడు అభిజీత్ దీప్కేపై దాడి జరిగినప్పటి దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Pasamos de 103 homicidios por cada 100,000 habitantes a 1.3 homicidios por cada 100,000 habitantes en un periodo de 5 años.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was attacked during a protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on 02 October 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video shows a Punjab Police officer saying the accused in the LPU case is a BJP worker and Amit Shah’s nephew.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the video was digitally manipulated: the original footage shows Phagwara SP Major Singh saying police had received no complaint about rape, not linking an accused to the BJP or Amit Shah. It reports that AI-detection tools indicated the audio was likely manipulated and that PIB Fact Check also described the video as digitally altered.
Visuals showing an old handicapped muslim being harassed by a few men in India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video is scripted content from the YouTube channel Muklesur Bhaijaan 2.0, whose bio says it shares scripted videos. The same elderly man appears in several other videos from that channel.
ویدیو با ادعای بریدن موی یک زن به دست ماموران گشت ارشاد در تهران
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Video of a Muslim police officer named Naseem slapping an elderly man in saffron attire in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says local authorities identified the officer as SSI Narasimhan, a Hindu, rather than Naseem. It reports that the video shows Narasimhan slapping priest Arumugam in Ariyur, Vellore, and that the communal identification in the claim is incorrect.
ఈ వీడియోలు బీహార్లో 2026లో జరిగిన జముయ్ వేధింపుల ఘటనలో నిందితులను పోలీసులు అరెస్ట్ చేస్తున్న దృశ్యాలను చూపిస్తున్నాయి.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Ibrahim Hajiyar, father of two Easter Sunday suicide bombers, has been acquitted and released in the main Easter Sunday attacks case.
Publisher’s rating: False
Ibrahim Hajiyar was not a defendant in the main Easter Sunday attacks case decided on September 22, 2026, so he was neither convicted nor acquitted in that case. The review says he remains on bail and that a separate case against him is still being heard.
امیر تتلو با وثیقه ۵۰۰ هزار میلیون تومانی آزاد شد
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
The videos show police arresting the accused in the 2026 Jamui molestation incident in Bihar.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
ඊබ්රාහීම් හාජ්ජියාර් නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කළ බවට සමාජ මාධ්ය ඔස්සේ සංසරණය වන සටහන
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says Ibrahim Hajjiar was not a defendant in the Easter Sunday case decided on 22 September 2026, so that case did not acquit him. It says a separate case against him was still being heard.
විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව සමාජ මාධ්ය සටහන් මගින් ප්රකාශ වේ.
Publisher’s rating: False
The mugshot of Martin Romualdez with a placard bearing his name, the date the photo was taken, and his plunder case is circulating online.
Publisher’s rating: Fake