Launch of AFP-Direct, a customized broadcast solution for AFP text services
A first: AFP-Direct makes it possible to customize the broadcast of stories produced by the AFP's text services.
Doha (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:45:11 | Qatar warns any US-Iran escalation would be 'catastrophic' for region
London (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:44:40 | Central bank chiefs voice 'full solidarity' with US Fed, Powell: statement
Budapest (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:44:07 | Hungary to hold elections on April 12: president
Geneva (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:39:51 | UN demands independent probe into woman's killing by US immigration officer
Geneva (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:15:20 | UN rights chief 'horrified' by violent crackdown on Iran protesters
Rome (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:21:05 | Italy sues ArcelorMittal for 7 bn euros over ex-Ilva steelworks
Washington (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 11:01:06 | Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025: think tank
Geneva (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 10:59:28 | At least 100 children killed in Gaza since ceasefire: UN
Paris (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 10:51:43 | Boeing says ACG leasing group to buy 50 737 MAX jets
Istanbul (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 10:49:43 | Aleppo clashes seek to wreck Turkey peace deal: PKK statement
A first: AFP-Direct makes it possible to customize the broadcast of stories produced by the AFP's text services.
The Agence France Presse Moscow bureau team is awarded the Albert Londres Prize for its coverage of the war in Chechnya.
The use of digital files improves photo quality and speed of transmission.
AFP announces the disqualification of Ben Johnson at the Seoul Olympics two hours before all others.
AFP has 25 bureaus across France, 46 overseas, and 13 in French overseas territories. It has correspondents in 116 countries and provides news in 73 countries.
EUROVISION and AFP, via its subsidiary AFP-Services, announced today they are jointly developing a brand new service, MyWorldReporter. The new offering will help broadcasters around the world to gain a competitive advantage by being able to instantly access a worldwide network of video journalists.
Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.
Thai investigative journalist Mutita Chuachang will receive the 2015 Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse (AFP) for her independent reporting on human rights including Thailand’s draconian use of the royal defamation law, the award’s administrators announced Tuesday.