AFP signs Video contract with Qatari Channel Al Jazeera
AFP signed a contract this week with the Al Jazeera Media Network Group to deliver its Video Service to Qatari Satellite Television.
Washington (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 19:36:42 | US Navy has not escorted any tankers through Strait of Hormuz: White House
Manama (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 19:31:35 | Explosions heard in Bahrain's Manama: AFP journalists
Tehran (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 19:25:26 | Iran Guards say no US Navy vessel has 'dared' approach Strait of Hormuz
Kyiv (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 19:18:17 | Ukraine hit 'key' Russian military factory in Bryansk strike: Zelensky
Moscow (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 19:00:47 | Ukrainian strike on Russia's border region city kills six: governor
Washington (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 18:58:24 | US energy secretary's post saying US Navy escorted tanker in Strait of Hormuz deleted
Beirut (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 18:46:37 | Hezbollah-affiliated medics say 15 rescuers killed by Israel since March 2
New York (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 18:37:51 | Oil prices fall 15% after US Navy escorts tanker through Hormuz Strait
Tehran (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 18:24:28 | Three explosions rock Tehran in evening: AFP journalists
Berlin (AFP) | 10/03/2026 - 18:23:55 | German union calls Lufthansa pilots strike for Thursday, Friday: statement
AFP signed a contract this week with the Al Jazeera Media Network Group to deliver its Video Service to Qatari Satellite Television.
Sophie Huet is taking over as AFP Global Editor-in-Chief, replacing Phil Chetwynd, who was appointed Global News Director on January 9th 2019. Jean-Luc Bardet succeeds Sophie Huet as Deputy News Director. He will retain his current portfolio as France director. They will take up their new duties on February 4th.
Start date: September 2023 Deadline for applications: April 28, 2023 Location: Tunis Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region
Images of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s funeral broadcast live without interruption from 14.45 GMT by AFP video teams.
AFP has selected Digital Sport Media Group deltatre to provide AFP's clients with Premium Digital Solution for the Olympic Games, starting with the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
AFP editorial and technical crews will be on standby throughout the conclave at the Vatican, to bring subscribers a live broadcast of the election of Benedict XVI's successor and enable them to share the experience in real-time
In January 2016, an international research group involving Agence France-Presse (AFP) started a three year “Innovation Action” to detect fake videos and eliminate them from news reports and protect the reputations of responsible media providers.
Marc Braibant, 57, has been appointed director of the AFP bureau in Montreal, and will take up his duties in August 2013. He was production editor from 2006 to 2011, before becoming one of the persons responsible for design, development and deployment of AFP’s new Iris editorial system.
AFP is launching an annual photography competition to honour Shah Marai, chief photographer in the Kabul bureau, who was killed in a suicide attack on April 30, 2018. This contest also aims to support Afghan photographers.
Emmanuel Hoog, Chairman and Chief Executive of AFP, will ask a meeting of the agency's board of Directors on April 4 to reappoint him when his current term expires on April 15.