The Russian assault on Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, was launched after weeks of Russian disinformation that included false claims about Ukrainian terrorist attacks, ...

WASHINGTON – Biden administration officials have been warning since early February that Russia could fabricate a pretext for invading Ukraine, such as staging a fake attack by Ukrainian forces on ...

Following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, DC, last week, some social media users claimed the incident was a “false flag” because of when and where it happened. “So ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In the past few weeks, U.S. officials have warned several times that Russia plans to create the appearance of an attack on its own ...

The theory that Wednesday's alleged drone strike on the Kremlin was a false flag concocted by Russia doesn't make sense, according to former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev. Bondarev, Russia's only ...

Aggressive dictators like to instigate “false flag” operations that they blame on their planned victims. A small group of German soldiers dressed in Polish uniforms seized the German Gleiwitz radio ...

Fears are rising that a major event on Ukrainian soil in the near future will be a Russian “false flag” operation as Moscow looks to regain momentum amid a successful counteroffensive from Kyiv. U.S.

Far-right conspiracists have spread false claims that the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings were hoaxes. False flag claims are often used to push against gun control or frame incidents as government plots.

An armed man attempted to force his way into an FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday, the FBI said. Far-right corners of the internet almost immediately called the incident staged and a "false ...

Reddit is rife with antisemitic conspiracy theories about recent attacks on Jewish people in the US – despite the site’s pledge to crack down on hate speech, the Anti-Defamation League said Friday. An ...

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