conspiracy theories

Restart, a fringe Iranian dissident group, shows how conspiracy spreads—and what that means for U.S. politics.

Anti-Chinese sentiment and a public health backlash have vaulted Hong Kong-born Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam into the firing line for Canada’s extremists.

Dubious and unfounded claims on the internet intended for domestic consumption are reaching far beyond their target audiences, allowing governments to spread disinformation cheaply and easily.

The agency’s history of bloody-handed bungling abroad has come back to haunt U.S. politics.

Conspiracy theories are spreading faster than the coronavirus itself.

The attack in New Zealand was inspired in part by the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, but the real threat is lone wolves lurking in the far corners of the Internet.

Blaming the Russians, or political opponents, only goes so far.

The French president’s greatest vulnerability might be his connection to an international banking family that has obsessed the country for centuries.

The president-elect’s dangerous views on the safety of vaccines threaten the lives of millions of Americans.

Conspiracy theories surrounded the death of Mikhail Lesin. DC prosecutors determined he died after days of drinking.

Rob Ford, a popular former Toronto mayor best known for drug and alcohol scandals, has died after battling cancer.

A North Carolina lawmaker posts a photo accusing Obama of being Muslim, showing tin-hat theories about the president have yet to die.

The villains on "True Detective" appear to be based on a secret club of world leaders.

A Florida lawmaker says Donald Trump's presidential campaign could be a ruse to help Hillary Clinton.

A look at Hong Kong's banned-book scene and its tenuous grip on reality.

According to Chinese conspiracy theorists, a PLA unit in Macau stopped the alleged plot.