AFP wins three prizes at the Human Rights Press Awards
Two AFP photographers honoured on 21 April at the 16th "Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.
Madrid (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 17:27:29 | Spain orders 7,000 extra fire evacuations around Madrid
Washington (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 17:27:02 | Trump warns Russia and China against arms sales to Iran
Moscow (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 17:17:53 | Russia confirms strike on arms expo near Kyiv
Washington (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 17:13:01 | Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington on Tuesday: White House
Madrid (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 16:52:03 | Madrid wildfire close to merging with blaze in neighbouring region: official
Sanaa (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 16:29:27 | Houthis say they don't seek to close key Bab al-Mandeb Strait
Jerusalem (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 16:24:41 | Israel's Netanyahu to meet Trump at White House on Tuesday: PM office
Islamabad (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 15:34:25 | Militant attack kills 15 at security check post in north-west Pakistan: military
Jerusalem (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 15:16:35 | Israel military says second Israeli killed in West Bank clash
Jerusalem (AFP) | 24/07/2026 - 14:53:01 | Israel's Netanyahu orders new West Bank settler outposts after deadly clash
Two AFP photographers honoured on 21 April at the 16th "Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.
Pierre Célérier (50), AFP technical editor-in-chief, has been appointed deputy global news director to replace Juliette Hollier Larousse, who has been appointed director for Latin America in Montevideo. Pierre will begin in the new position on 1 July 2012.
04/16/2011 - Otsuchi, Japan - AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
He won the prize, one of the most prestigious in journalism, for his picture of a girl screaming in the aftermath of a suicide attack in Kabul in December 2011.
06/12/2011 - Kabul, Afghanistan - AFP/Massoud Hossaini
Twenty years after war broke out in Bosnia, the AFP Foundation, the Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
Emmanuel Hoog, AFP's chairman and chief executive officer, wound up a US tour over the weekend involving talks with US counterparts on how news organizations are adapting to the rapidly evolving landscape of new mobile and Internet media platforms.
Sagem Wireless and Agence France Press (AFP) partner to provide sports news and multimedia content through PUMA WORLD portal
At the 18th Malofiej festival, the world graphics fair, in Pamplona, Spain, last week, AFP collected a bronze medal for the animated graphic on the 15 sports in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Agence France-Presse Thursday teamed up with Pakistan's largest private news agency to launch the first international Urdu-language news service. The partnership between AFP and the Online International News Network will provide an average of 50 news, feature, sport and business stories per day from AFP's global output to Urdu clients in India, Pakistan and elsewhere.
The board of the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday appointed Emmanuel Hoog, an experienced administrator of media and cultural bodies, as its new chairman and chief executive.