Emmanuel Gonce appointed Chief Information Officer at AFP
AFP announces the appointment of Emmanuel Gonce as Chief Information Officer (CIO). He will take up his position on June 8.
Tehran (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 03:46:11 | Air defences activated in Tehran, explosions heard in north, west Iran: reports
Seoul (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 03:06:57 | South Korea central bank raises interest rates to 2.75 percent
Tokyo (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 02:57:24 | Asia stocks tumble on tech worries, Mideast war
Kuwait City (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 01:24:26 | Kuwait intercepts drones from Iran, Bahrain sounds sirens
Kyiv (AFP) | 16/07/2026 - 00:07:39 | Blasts heard in Kyiv during ballistic missile alert: AFP
Washington (AFP) | 15/07/2026 - 23:04:56 | US aircraft fired on ship that tried to break Iran ports blockade: US military
Washington (AFP) | 15/07/2026 - 21:21:17 | US forces launch new wave of strikes against Iran: US military
Tehran (AFP) | 15/07/2026 - 21:16:52 | Iran summons UK ambassador to protest Revolutionary Guards ban: state media
Kyiv (AFP) | 15/07/2026 - 20:43:21 | Ukraine's defence minister resigns as part of reshuffle
Erbil (AFP) | 15/07/2026 - 20:11:42 | Blasts heard near US consulate in Iraq's Erbil: AFP journalists
AFP announces the appointment of Emmanuel Gonce as Chief Information Officer (CIO). He will take up his position on June 8.
Agence France-Presse (AFP), with the support of the L'Oréal Group, announces the launch of a new photography exhibition and dialogue series, “Unbounded Voices”, showcasing the lives of different women across the Balkans. Opening on May 19, 2026, at the French Institute in Belgrade, the exhibition aims to capture the everyday realities of women from Tirana to Banja Luka.
The 2026 Marai Photo Grant winners have been announced.
Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found.
AFP’s board approved the 2025 accounts at its meeting of April 16, 2026.
Loïc Venance and Valéry Hache have been honoured at the 2026 edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, organised by the International Sports Press Association.
The famous photojournalism competition has announced the regional winners of its 2026 edition. AFP photographer Luis Tato has been recognised in the Stories category for Africa for his coverage of Madagascar's protests.
April 2 is the International Fact-Checking Day, a celebration to acknowledge the tireless work done by organisations across the world to promote information integrity and fight disinformation and manipulation, in a time of mounting pressures.

Spectee and AFP have entered a partnership to bring Spectee’s crisis-related user generated content (UGC) to AFP’s global customer base.