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Social media user claimed the US Embassy in Islamabad has reportedly advised its staff to prepare for evacuation, as the UAE mediates a political settlement in Pakistan at the military’s request, in light of PTI's Islamabad protests.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE. The US Embassy in Islamabad did not issue evacuation orders for its staff.
Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and businessman Gautam Adani are banned from the US and Canada
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found no evidence of travel restrictions against Amit Shah or Ajit Doval in the US or Canada, and no US travel ban on Gautam Adani. It notes that the US bribery case involving Adani was still an allegation and concludes that the claimed travel restrictions were unsupported.
Ipinagbabawal ng batas ang pagtalakay ng confidential funds.
Publisher’s rating: Hindi totoo
post on TikTok claiming that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has died
Publisher’s rating: False
මහින්ද හිතවාදීයෙක්ගේ මෑතක සේයාරුවක් ලෙස හුවමාරුවන්නෙ 2022 වසරේ එකකි
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the image was not recent: the same photograph was posted on social media on May 9, 2022, during the period of protests in Sri Lanka. It concludes that the photograph was taken during the 2022 protest period.
The video shows a pro-Imran Khan rally in Pakistan.
Publisher’s rating: False
Cagub Jakarta Ridwan Kamil ber-KTP Bandung
Publisher’s rating: Benar
Jokowi
Publisher’s rating: Beredar video di Whatsapp yang menarasikan Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) telah mengeluarkan klaim agar umat Islam tidak memilih pemimpin daerah yang Joko Widodo (Jokowi) dukung dalam Pilkada. Video tersebut beredar secara luas di media sosial, Facebook, saat hari pencoblosan berlangsung. “AKHIRNYA Keluar juga FATWA…MUI..Himbauan untuk UMMAT ISLAM INDONESIA…Harap ikuti FATWA MUI..Jangan Coblos..Cagub…atau Cabup/ Calon bupati yg di dukung Jokowi.. dan antek antek oligarki demikian pemberitahuan dr MUI…terima kasih. Mau yang GERCOS juga dihormati,” demikian isi keterangan yang termuat di konten Facebook pada 26 November 2024. Melansir dari Antara, MUI pernah mengeluarkan imbauan bagi masyarakat dalam memilih pemimpin dalam Pilkada 2024. MUI mengarahkan umat Islam untuk mengikuti ketentuan berikut dalam memilih pemimpinnya: 1. Pilihan didasarkan atas keimanan, ketakwaan kepada Allah SWT, kejujuran, amanah, kompetensi, dan integritas. 2. Bebas dari suap, politik uang, kecurangan, korupsi, oligarki, dinasti politik, dan hal-hal yang terlarang secara syar’i. 3. Memilih calon pemimpin yang beriman, bertakwa, jujur, terpercaya, aktif, dan aspiratif, mempunyai kemampuan dan memperjuangkan kepentingan umat Islam, serta kemaslahatan bangsa.
Aontu and its leader Peadar Toibin shared an image purporting to show a Fine Gael poster with Taoiseach Simon Harris’s face which reads “More Waste. Note, it wasn’t me.”
Publisher’s rating: This is a doctored image, the poster does not appear to be real. An identical photograph, but with a different caption on the poster, has been online for several months. Aontu told the PA news agency that it is “not a real poster”.
A video shows Rahul Gandhi threatening Hindus.
Publisher’s rating: False
Image shows India Today magazine covers blaming Rahul Gandhi for Maharashtra.
Publisher’s rating: Fake
Former president Rodrigo Duterte attached various conditions for him to sign a waiver to the secrecy of his bank accounts.
Publisher’s rating: Flip-flop
“Margaret Thatcher dijo que ‘todo izquierdista es un incompetente y fracasado'”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
‘ഭാരത് മാതാ കി ജയ്’ വിളിച്ചതിനാണോ ജമ്മു കശ്മീര് അസ്സെംബ്ലിയില് നിന്ന് BJP എം.എല്.എമാരെ പുറത്താക്കി
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
ජනපති අනුර කුමාර සිය රාජකාරීන් සදහා සයිකලයක නැග පැමිණෙන අයුරුද ?
Publisher’s rating: Satire
The review says the image showed Dissanayake riding an electric bicycle during a visit to Ahmedabad, India, before he became president—not arriving for official duties. It reports that the circulating claim was false and that the image was from that visit.
維新の会・吉村共同代表が公益通報制度禁止の条例を要求？
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review says the claim that Yoshimura proposed an ordinance to ban whistleblowing is false. It reports that he proposed an ordinance concerning the whistleblowing system, and that the newspaper wording could be read ambiguously.