Istanbul (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 17:12:52 | First Gaza flotilla activists deported by Israel arrive in Istanbul: AFP
Geneva (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 17:02:32 | UN rights chief 'deplores' execution of two more men in Iran
Moscow (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 16:56:34 | Kremlin says US Castro indictment 'borders on violence'
Istanbul (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 16:48:51 | Turkey court suspends leadership of main opposition party
Paris (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 16:25:02 | Air France crash families welcome appeal court convictions
The Hague (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 16:24:22 | Top UN court says right to strike protected in key labour treaty
London (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 15:25:24 | Oil market risks 'red zone' by summer, IEA chief warns
Paris (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 15:06:57 | IMF cuts France 2026 growth forecast to 0.7%
Jerusalem (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 14:47:32 | Israel says deported 'all foreign activists' from Gaza-bound flotilla
Auburn Hills (AFP) | 21/05/2026 - 14:40:04 | Stellantis says to invest 60 bn euros over five years
It is with deep shock and sadness that AFP learned of the tragic death of Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui – killed during a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near the Afghan border with Pakistan.
A highly respected and admired journalist, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Danish was well known to many AFP staff – both in India where has was based and also across the agency’s wider network.
Jeff Pachoud won the Grand Prix as well as first prize for his black and white “best of “ selection from the Tour De France. His entry was called “My Tour”.
After being released from the Istanbul police headquarters, award-winning photogapher Bulent Kilic said he had filed a "violent arrest" complaint against the police who pinned him to the ground and pushed their legs into his neck and back during the arrest. AFP management protested against the 'violent arrest' of Kilic "while he was only doing his job as a journalist". The Turkish branch of campaign group Reporters Without Borders also condemned his arrest.
Shanghai-based photographer Hector Retamal won first prize in the Excellence in Photography category at the 2021 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) awards announced Thursday, while Beijing-based video journalist Leo Ramirez was runner-up in the Excellence in Video Reporting category.
Agence France-Presse has renewed its partnership with La Gacilly Photo Festival. For this 18th edition, entitled PLEIN NORD, taking place from July 1 to October 31, two AFP photographers, Olivier Morin and Jonathan Näckstrand, will exhibit their Nordic collections on environmental themes.
AFP scored a world scoop by publishing a new and very concerning draft report from UN climate experts. The report serves as the international reference document to measure how the planet is warming.
For its 3rd edition, the AFP Africa Scholarship has been awarded to two students from the CESTI Dakar and ISTC Polytechnique Abidjan journalism institutes.
Two students have won the first ever AFP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) scholarship for French-language journalism students.
Held at the Centro Cultural Penedo da Saudade, the exhibition brings together 41 of AFP's top images of events that have recently shaken the US: the storming of the Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters, the Black Lives Matter protests, and the siege at the Michigan statehouse amongst others. Featuring images from 21 photographers, it is one of eight large-format present at the photojournalism festival, which will culminate with the Estação Imagem Award.
"AFP stands in solidarity with all the media whose offices were destroyed in Gaza," said AFP Chairman Fabrice Fries. "All parties involved in the conflict need to respect the media's freedom to report on events."
"We are profoundly shocked the offices of media organisations would be targeted in this way," said AFP's Global News Director Phil Chetwynd.
