“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“Transparency International has ranked the Pakistan Army as the most corrupt institution of the country”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Photo suggests New People's Army planning to surrender”
FactRakers rated this: MISLEADING
FactRakers says: Communist rebels have announced no such plan after founder Jose Ma Sison's death. Photo was manipulated.
“After Joe Biden became vice president, at the behest of his father, he gave his uncle, Frank H. Biden, a Purple Heart for serving in the U.S. military during World War II.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The event could not have happened as Biden described. Obituaries for the president’s uncle show he died in 1999, almost a decade before Biden became vice president.
“Russia’s Army was “destroyed.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Yangtse area in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh is fully secured now due to adequate deployment of the brave jawans of Indian Army.”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“According to @INCKarnataka Chief @DKShivakumar , Mangaluru “Cooker Terrorist” Shariq is innocent. Reason: Shariq’s terror attack was not as big as Pulwama or Mumbai. Is DKS inciting his BROTHERS to indulge in bigger terror attacks than smaller ones? #CONgressSupportsTerrorists”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“Pictures of an Indian army soldier who was recently martyred in Kashmir”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The pictures shared in the post show Shakti Singh Shekhawat, an Indian army soldier who died in a road accident near Rajasthan’s Chomu town in 2018. Shakti Singh died after a bus hit him on Singod Khurd to Chomu highway…
“Recent picture that shows Indian soldiers being captured by the Chinese troops in the Tawang sector”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post allegedly shows Indian soldiers who were captured by Chinese troops during the Galwan clash in 2020. Several Chinese news websites and journalists released these pictures a year after the cl…
“600 Chinese Troops Tried to Enter inside Northeast India….Indian Side Beat the Hell out of Them… Both the Sides Suffered injuries, No Casualty… Nearly 12 Chinese Captured later released…. The incident reported to have happened on 9-Dec. #ArunachalPradesh #China #India”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Photo of a girl who saw the Hiroshima nuclear bomb blast in Japan in 1945”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This picture was captured by a Swedish photographer named Christer Strömholm in 1963. This photo is uploaded on his official website with the caption, The Blind Girl- Hiroshima 1963. It is therefore not possible that sh…
“The war in Ukraine is “all over.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video of physical scuffle between Indian and Chinese soldiers at the LAC near Tawang sector in December 2022.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The same video was uploaded on YouTube on 23 June 2020. As per video description, it shows a brawl between Indian and Chinese soldiers in May 2020. As per the Government of India, the Tawang Clash took place on 09 Decem…
“Drone footage confirms Jeffrey Epstein is alive.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Russia, Sweden, UK have laws against "fake news.”
Vera Files rated this: Partly false
Vera Files says: Japan, Germany, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Sweden have not passed laws against "fake news."
“We don’t need to pass $40 billion large Democrat bills ... to send $8 billion to Ukraine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: We Explain the Bill
FactCheck.org says: The aid legislation, which passed with broad bipartisan approval, included about $19 billion for military support, though not all of that will be transferred to Ukraine.
“Israeli actress shot by Israeli troops for supporting the enemy country”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The injured women seen in the viral image is Palestinian actor Maisa Abd Elhadi from Nazareth City of Israel. She openly identifies herself as Palestinian. She was injured while staging a protest against the alleged for…
“Visuals of Israeli forces assaulting an unarmed girl and such videos are never reported in the western media”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is from February 2022. Reportedly, this was captured in Jerusalem when Palestinians gathered at the Damascus gate to celebrate al-Israa wa al-Miraj, the anniversary of Prophet Mohammed’s jou…
“Photo shows “Russian soldiers with a Ukrainian girl, celebrating their human trophy.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The media reported on “5 TikTok dances you can do to help Ukraine fight Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: False