Washington (AFP) | 19/07/2025 - 01:39:12 | Trump seeks at least $10 billion in defamation suit against Murdoch, WSJ
Washington (AFP) | 19/07/2025 - 01:37:48 | Rubio: US revokes visa for Brazil judge over Bolsonaro 'witch hunt'
Caracas (AFP) | 19/07/2025 - 01:14:58 | Venezuela's Maduro thanks Trump for returning migrants jailed in El Salvador
Maiquetía (AFP) | 19/07/2025 - 01:01:54 | Planes land in Venezuela with migrants freed by El Salvador: AFP
Washington (AFP) | 19/07/2025 - 00:35:50 | Israel, Syria leaders agree on ceasefire: US envoy
Washington (AFP) | 18/07/2025 - 23:20:18 | Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch over Epstein story
Damascus (AFP) | 18/07/2025 - 22:29:53 | Syrian presidency pledges force to halt clashes in south
San Salvador (AFP) | 18/07/2025 - 22:12:30 | El Salvador sending home all detained Venezuelans deported by US: Bukele
Washington (AFP) | 18/07/2025 - 22:06:51 | Rubio says 10 Americans freed in Venezuela in deal involving El Salvador
Maiquetía (AFP) | 18/07/2025 - 21:19:15 | Venezuela to repatriate group of migrants jailed in El Salvador: source
AFP photojournalist Bülent Kiliç received first and third prizes in the category Spot News Single at the annual World Press Photo Awards.
Iraqi and Kurdish female refugees will have the chance to tell their stories thanks to a five-day workshop to be run in Erbil, Iraq, from March 1 to 5 by the AFP Foundation and Chime for Change, the campaign which raises funds and awareness to empower women and girls around the world.
Philippe Massonnet appointed Asia-Pacific director Philippe Massonnet, 56, was Agence France-Presse global news director from 2009 to 2014. He began his career in 1981, working as a freelance journalist in China for the press and television from 1985 to 1989.
ROLE
Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the world's leading news agencies, is looking for dynamic, experienced editors to join its English-language newsdesk at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
The desk produces multimedia stories for AFP’s global audience. While there is a primary focus on the Asia-Pacific, desk editors will also become involved in stories from around the globe at short notice or on dedicated shifts covering other world regions.
THE JOB
The Bangkok and Southeast Asia correspondent is core to our English-language coverage of one of AFP's most dynamic regions, which takes in Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
The regional coverage is extremely diverse, ranging from crime, lifestyle and politics in Thailand to the impact of China's grand plans on environment of its smaller neighbours and the aftermath of the military coup in Myanmar.
THE JOB
The English-language correspondent in Beirut is part of a team of seven text journalists (among them the bureau chief) working in Arabic, English and French.
As well as covering Lebanon and its current devastating economic and political crisis, you will contribute to AFP’s coverage of the conflict in Syria.
The Damascus bureau falls under the responsibility of Beirut and material from the bureau and from stringers across Syria, including in conflict zones, is dealt with by Beirut.
