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1 Dec 2025
🇸🇩 The first part of our two-part investigation revealed how barrels of chlorine gas were used as a weapon in Sudan.
Exclusive documents now show that they were imported into the country by a company with links to the Sudanese army. 1/17 👇
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Jun 11
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Images shared by military bloggers show #Russian forces using black-and-white striped camouflage on their trucks.
➡️ The technique aims to deceive the #AI recognition systems of #Ukrainian #drones.
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Jun 4
AI-driven chatbots are increasingly being used as sources of information, but they are also vulnerable to #disinformation campaigns.
Experts have found that pro-Russian misinformation can seep into the responses generated by these conversational agents.
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Jun 3
Public debate is increasingly disrupted by viral #misinformation circulating on social media.
➡️ Behind this sensationalist content regularly lie actors driven by pure profit.
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Jun 2
🇺🇦🇷🇺 Drones piloted by artificial intelligence are now being deployed on the Ukrainian front lines.
The US-made Hornet #drone, which is partially guided by #AI, is at the centre of a new #Ukrainian strategy to target #Russian logistics.
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May 28
The #Israeli army has arrested at least 197 men in southern #Syria since late 2024.
A lawyer confirmed that 43 of them are still being held in what he says is arbitrary #detention in Israeli prisons.
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May 22
Social media users have been claiming that #hantavirus can’t be spread from one human to another.
❌ However, scientists have confirmed that the strain of the virus that circulated on the MV Hondius cruise ship can indeed be transmitted that way.
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May 19
🇺🇦🇷🇺 #Russian drones targeted a #UN convoy tasked with delivering aid to civilians in the #Ukrainian region of Kherson on May 14.
In the hours following the strike, Russian bloggers published footage of the attack, only to delete it shortly after.
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May 15
#Iran’s economy is pushing small businesses to the brink: prices have surged, the currency has lost 60% of its value, and the internet blackout has wiped out livelihoods for millions.
🗣️ Owners say they are no longer trying to grow, only to survive.
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May 12
Social media users are claiming that the Iranian military has unveiled a new type of kamikaze underwater drone shaped like a dolphin.
❌ But the photos circulating as evidence have been generated by AI.
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May 11
🇿🇦 Videos posted online document the new wave of deadly anti-migrant violence that has been sweeping #SouthAfrica since late March, killing at least seven people. ⤵️
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May 6
🇲🇬🇷🇺 From deliveries of drones and armoured vehicles to training sessions led by Africa Corps instructors, security cooperation between #Madagascar and #Russia has intensified since the October 2025 coup, raising questions within parts of civil society.
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Apr 29
Iran embassy memes didn’t go viral by accident.
FRANCE 24 spoke to insiders in Iran who explain how younger diplomats reshaped propaganda, turning official accounts into a powerful tool in the online war.
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Apr 29
Videos document the Israeli army’s destruction of houses in southern Lebanon, where it is creating a buffer zone along the border.
Our Observers, many of whom wanted to return home after a ceasefire was announced, describe empty villages and razed homes.
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Apr 27
The @Observers team tracked the fall of #Mali's #Kidal hour by hour.
Our latest report offers a window into the two-day offensive and the withdrawal of Russian troops. 👇
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Apr 24
🇺🇦 A #fake BBC news report claims that #Ukrainian president Zelensky is displaying a stolen painting by Paul Cézanne in his office.
❌ It turns out that the “report” features doctored footage of Zelensky with the painting photoshopped onto his wall.
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Apr 15
🇷🇺🇲🇱 Dozens of military vehicles transported from #Russia were delivered to #Mali via #Guinea in late March.
🚢 The equipment was carried by a Russian cargo ship currently under international #sanctions.
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