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.
Taipei (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 04:35:38 | Taiwan says reaches 'general consensus' with US on trade deal
Kyiv (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 01:28:07 | Russian attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills at least two: governor
Tokyo (AFP) | 13/01/2026 - 01:27:49 | Tokyo stocks jump 3% at open on election speculation
Washington (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:57:07 | Trump says US to hit Iran's trading partners with tariffs
Sydney (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:56:53 | Australia to hold day of mourning for Bondi shooting victims on Jan 22
United Nations (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:17:34 | US slams Russia's use of nuclear-capable missile in Ukraine as 'inexplicable escalation'
New York (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 22:09:21 | Dow, S&P 500 end at records despite Fed independence angst
Paris (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 20:41:13 | Non-essential French embassy staff have left Iran: sources
Washington (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:35:41 | Trump to meet Venezuela opposition leader Machado on Thursday: US official
Istanbul (AFP) | 12/01/2026 - 19:33:48 | Aleppo unrest was Kurdish fighters' bid to wreck Turkey peace process: Turkey ruling party
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.