Fact Check
Tuesday 9 January 2024
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“Yemeni missiles bombed an israeli ally. British ship in the Red Sea, causing three explosions,”
The photograph, credited to Agence France-Presse, was taken on October 6, 2002. It shows a French vessel blown up by al-Qaida. -
“The U.S. likes to portray itself as open, inclusive, and a place for academic freedom, but it wrongly adopted Proclamation 10043 and put it into force, overstretched the concept of national security, politicized and weaponized academic research and repeatedly interrogated, harassed and deported Chinese students.”
Only a small number of post-graduate students receive extra scrutiny, and Chinese students remain the largest group of international students on U.S. campuses for the 13th consecutive year. -
"It’s just that YouTube Music published the TOP singers … in Ukraine. Not a single performer in Ukrainian."
YouTube data shows that the top performers in Ukraine sing in the Ukrainian language. -
"Washington says USA and Israel had no role in terrorist attack in Kerman, Iran. Really? A fox smells its own lair first. Make no mistake. The responsibility for this crime lies with the U.S. and Zionist regimes and terrorism is just a tool."
Iran’s accusations against the United States and Israel for the twin blasts in the city of Kerman are baseless. Islamic State took responsibility for the attack. -
Human rights groups and trusted media outlets have confirmed that Pakistan has been deporting Afghan refugees awaiting resettlement in the United States.
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“We strike with high-precision weapons at locations where they make decisions, where military personnel and mercenaries gather, at other similar centres, and at military facilities, above all.”
Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian civilian infrastructure since invading almost two years ago. -
"I called it a military operation because war is when two countries declare it. Let us be glad that there is no war yet, because war is a general mobilization."
Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine meets the international consensus definition of “war.” -
#Ukraine has confirmed by releasing a video that it has received the first batch of F-16 fighter jets!!!
The video is an advertisement for a Ukrainian clothing company and has nothing to do with the delivery of F-16s. -
“No person has been arrested in connection with the release of a video filmed at the Rasht bazaar.”
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“The mercenaries who have been actively recruited since the beginning of the special operation have mostly been liquidated. More than 5,800 militants were eliminated, including ... 466 from the United States of America ...”
Reports suggest Russia has vastly exaggerated the number of U.S. citizens who died fighting in Ukraine, largely as volunteers, not mercenaries. -
“If you ask me where they can obtain weapons, then one of the black markets where they [Hamas and Hezbollah] can get them is Ukraine. Very easily, without much effort, they can get whatever [they need] in Ukraine.”
Iran engages in accusation in a mirror, claiming Hamas and Hezbollah, which it arms, can get whatever weapons they need in Ukraine. -
“You say: ‘Why won’t you send them home?’ Why won’t they not commit law offenses on the territory of the Russian Federation?”
Russia detained U.S. citizens Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich on bogus allegations.