A company behind an AI-powered app called CrimeRadar has apologised for the distress caused by false crime alerts issued to local US communities after a BBC Verify investigation.CrimeRadar uses ...

K-pop band BTS have denied reports they are due to appear on a Michael Jackson tribute album.The group were also said to be in line to record an unreleased ...

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment following a disturbance in County Down on Saturday.The incident occurred in the Scarva Walk area of Banbridge and homes ...

Ana FaguyBBC News, Washington DCChristal HayesBBC News, Los AngelesMax MatzaBBC News, SeattleGetty ImagesBrent Dmitruk calls himself an earthquake predictor.In mid-October, he told his tens of thousands of social media ...

Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her.In a letter to Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), the MP's ...

Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a remote beach in Tasmania.A team of experts at the site said complex conditions ...

A video claiming that USAID, the US government's main overseas aid agency, has paid Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral on social media and ...

The Duke of York has been reported to the police by anti-monarchist group Republic, as it claims a "false name" was used in registering Prince Andrew's business interests.The name ...

Getty ImagesLuigi Mangione, who faces a first-degree murder charge, was the subject of a false headline attributed to BBC News last weekA major journalism body has urged Apple to ...

A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq. Phil Shiner was given a two-year suspended sentence ...

Two farmers from the key swing state of Pennsylvania have been the focus of misinformation after they appeared in a campaign advert for Kamala Harris. Bob and Kristina Lange ...

Reuters/NOAAFalse claims suggesting that Hurricane Milton was “engineered” and that the weather in Florida is being “manipulated” have been spreading on social media.There is no technology that allows humans ...