AFP joins sponsors of the Peter Mackler Award
AFP has become a sponsor of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
Riyadh (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 21:22:11 | Saudi Arabia says 5 drones intercepted approaching energy facility in east
Costa Rica (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 21:10:28 | Costa Rica leader calls for ridding region of communists after Cuba split
New York (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 21:09:13 | US stocks fall about 1.5% on latest oil price surge
Rome (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 21:07:08 | Italian govt acts to reduce fuel prices
Rome (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 21:06:51 | Italian govt acts reduce fuel prices
Riyadh (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 20:53:06 | Ballistic missile fragment falls near refinery south of Riyadh: Saudi statement
Brussels (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 20:52:25 | EU condemns Iran execution of Swedish citizen
San José (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 20:48:54 | Costa Rica closes Havana embassy, tells Cuba to withdraw diplomats
Kabul (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 20:43:58 | Afghanistan will 'seek accountability' for Pakistani strike on Kabul drug centre
Riyadh (AFP) | 18/03/2026 - 20:42:16 | Saudi Arabia says four injured in Riyadh by shrapnel following interceptions
AFP has become a sponsor of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
The 29ᵉ edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents' Award has awarded second place in the photo category to AFP'S Yasuyoshi Chiba for his coverage of the entry into Mekele on 28 June 2021 of fighters from the Tigray Defense Force, who then recaptured the capital of this rebel province in northern Ethiopia.
French AFP photographers Philippe Lopez and Jeff Pachoud have won first prizes in the “Spot News Single” and “Sport Feature Single” categories of the annual World Press Photo Awards.
Sardar Ahmad, a staff reporter at the Agence France-Presse news agency, was killed in a Taliban attack on Kabul's Serena hotel.