Kyiv (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 12:30:43 | Russian long-range attacks dip in January, batter Ukraine grid: AFP analysis
Tehran (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 12:13:37 | Iran president orders start of talks with US: local media
Kyiv (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 12:09:36 | Zelensky says fresh Russian strikes targeting Ukraine railways
Brussels (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 11:50:28 | Europe must overcome divisions to become 'genuine power': Draghi
Berlin (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 11:33:17 | Germany arrests 5 for illegal exports to Russia, including to arms companies
Moscow (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 11:01:56 | Kremlin confirms Ukraine war talks this week in Abu Dhabi
Brussels (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 10:48:51 | Rafah crossing reopening 'a concrete and positive step': EU top diplomat
Tehran (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 10:42:34 | Iran arrests four foreigners for 'participation in riots': state TV
Kisangani (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 10:39:39 | DR Congo airport in northeastern Kisangani targeted in weekend drone attack: local authorities
Tehran (AFP) | 02/02/2026 - 10:18:20 | Iran denies receiving Trump 'ultimatum' on negotiations
AFP, in association with the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) and other European stakeholders, is participating in EFCSN’s first annual conference in Brussels on October 29, 2024.
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On the occasion of World News Day, a global awareness campaign aimed at promoting fact-based journalism organised by WAN-IFRA, Fabrice Fries wrote the following op-ed.
The spectacular decline of the journalism profession is met with alarming indifference. The worst part is that we are getting used to it.
AFP's Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, delivered the keynote address titled “Why Journalism Still Matters” at the 2024 inaugural lecture of Sciences Po’s School of Journalism.
In his speech, Chetwynd discussed the most pressing challenges faced by journalists and media organisations today, including the emergence of AI, increasing attacks on the press, and ongoing disputes with digital platforms over revenue and copyright.
Alongside hundreds of other news organizations, media support associations, and individuals from over 100 countries, AFP has committed to raise awareness about World News Day.
On 19 and 20 September, AFP took part in the annual General Assembly of ADEPA (Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas), the influential association of Argentine media, held in Posadas, in the north of the country.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has appointed Guillaume Meyer as Deputy News Director for Video and Audio.
Meyer, 43, currently holds the position of Global Editor-in-Chief for Video and is the first journalist from the video department to step into this management role. He succeeds Juliette Hollier-Larousse, who has held the position since 2017.
AFP Chairman and CEO, Fabrice Fries, expresses concern in an op-ed in Le Monde about the suspension of fact-checking on Meta's social media platforms.
Agence France-Presse was created in the tumult of World War II by a band of resistance journalists who stormed a pro-Nazi newsroom and took over five days before Paris was liberated.
By Juliette Baillot
It was August 20, 1944, two days after Resistance leader Henri Rol-Tanguy had called Parisians into action against the Nazis who had occupied their city for four years.
