AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top prize for Gaza coverage
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
Moscow (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 06:28:42 | Russia shot down nearly 400 Ukrainian drones overnight: military
Seoul (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 06:18:13 | Belarus president begins first North Korea visit: Belarus state media
Vienna (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 05:01:03 | OSCE's 'chaotic' evacuation of staff after Ukraine invasion put some at 'serious risk': leaked internal report
Hanoi (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 04:22:25 | Diesel price more than doubles in Vietnam since Mideast war: ministry
Tehran (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 04:14:49 | Iran Guards say fired missiles at Israel, Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain: state TV
Kuwait City (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 03:11:08 | Kuwait army says air defences responding to missile, drone attacks
Tokyo (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 01:33:43 | Oil prices drop more than 5% after Trump sends peace plan
Seoul (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 01:33:32 | 18.4 million people watched BTS comeback concert: Netflix
Copenhagen (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 01:25:22 | Denmark's outgoing PM Frederiksen says 'ready to serve' as PM again
Beirut (AFP) | 25/03/2026 - 01:22:18 | Lebanon state media says Israeli strikes kill 6 in Sidon area
Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
Torq, the established agentic security operations leader, today announced former Virgin Atlantic CISO John White has joined Torq as Field CISO. Following Torq’s $140M Series D, White shifts from the customer side to the Torq leadership team, propelling global enterprise CISOs to modernize their strategies and adopt true Agentic AI. White is a highly respected security executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience. Prior to Virgin Atlantic, he built and transformed security functi...
Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, has streamlined laboratory testing in OpenGround, the leading cloud-connected geotechnical data management solution. The new OpenGround Labs capability enables seamless transfer of soil and rock sample data from field collection to laboratory testing and reporting, with results delivered directly to engineers. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260204539856/en/Geotechnical labs c...
Boomi™, the leader in AI-driven automation, today announced that the company’s momentum in enterprise integration and agentic AI has reached a defining moment, driven by unmatched scale, independent analyst validation, proven customer outcomes, and ecosystem growth. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide — including over a quarter of the Fortune 500 — Boomi’s continued growth reflects the trust the world’s largest enterprises place in its platform. Today, customers rely on Boomi’s unique run...
OKX, a leading global cryptocurrency platform and onchain technology company, today announced the European launch of the OKX Card, designed to knock down barriers to everyday crypto use. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260128534008/en/Leading global cryptocurrency exchange OKX launches OKX Card in Europe, enabling stablecoin payments anywhere Mastercard is accepted. While most crypto cards require users to manually co...
Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.
STOKR has appointed Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor. Sinha will work directly with STOKR's leadership team on fund tokenization with particular focus on money market fund (MMF) tokenization and on expanding STOKR's institutional presence in the U.S. market. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260323315236/en/Image, Subhankar Sinha A New York-based digital assets executive, Sinha brings deep expertise across blockchain i...
Hydrostor, a leading global long duration energy storage (LDES) developer and operator, and Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Wednesday a strategic technology solutions and equity agreement. Baker Hughes will deepen its relationship with Hydrostor, integrating Baker Hughes’ technology capabilities as part of Hydrostor’s core design offering for its advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) solution. This includes up to 1.4 GW of Baker Hughes equipment orders for Hydros...
AFP announces a partnership with video agency Newsflare, which specialises in collecting, verifying and licensing UGC videos.