After Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto took office in October, a fabricated video circulated online that appeared ...

South Korean police concluded former Seoul mayor Park Won-soon took his own life in 2020, however, four years on, social ...

Misinformation often circulates about major road accidents online, with social media users frequently sharing unrelated ...

After a former Maharashtra minister was assassinated ahead of key elections in the state, altered videos surfaced online with ...

Indonesian politician Anies Baswedan has not launched a new party after his shock withdrawal from the Jakarta governor race, ...

After President-elect Donald Trump scored a decisive victory over Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in the 2024 White House ...

Crisis hotlines reported an uptick in calls after US President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 race for the White House, but ...

Donald Trump's election victory paves the way for a fresh wave of disinformation, not only around politics but also on ...

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As a bitter dispute raged between former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current leader Ferdinand Marcos, ...

As reports swirled about North Korea sending thousands of soldiers to fight for Russia against Ukraine, dramatic video game ...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, which has sole authority to print currency in the island nation, told AFP it had not released ...