Brutal videos and images about violence against minorities in Syria are circulating online. Some are true; many are false. A DW fact check.

Syria saw its worst violence since the end of the dictatorship — along with significant social media disinformation. AI fakes and manipulated historical images online inflamed the real-life fighting.

Romanian right-wing extremists such as presidential candidate Calin Georgescu have sparked a new national crisis. Is Romania's democracy on the brink of breaking down?

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Thousands of people have been freed in recent weeks from the online scam centers operating near the Myanmar-Thai border. Most of them are stuck in limbo waiting to be flown home.

Donald Trump's criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House led to a surge in misinformation about Ukraine's president, alleging that he swore at Trump, staged the war and misused USAID funds ...

Fifteen police officers in Hamburg, some of them retired, are being investigated over racist chat messages. They could face ...

The online call pioneer platform has been around for over two decades. Microsoft says shutting down Skype would help it focus ...

The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party said it is ready to lay down its arms after a call from its jailed leader to do so.

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Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country.