Buriram (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 02:04:50 | Polling opens in Thai general election
Washington (AFP) | 08/02/2026 - 00:21:13 | Washington Post CEO out amid outrage over job cuts
Tokyo (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 23:06:08 | Polls open in Japan lower house election
Seoul (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 22:28:25 | N. Korea to hold party congress in late February: KCNA
Jerusalem (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 19:16:39 | Netanyahu to discuss Iran talks with Trump in Washington Wednesday: PM's office
Washington (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:50:40 | Top Trump Iran negotiator says visits US aircraft carrier in Middle East
Paris (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:33:32 | French ex-minister offers resignation from Paris cultural hub over Epstein links: letter
Lisbon (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 18:25:53 | Emergency worker dies in Portugal storm: authorities
Nuuk (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 17:47:21 | Denmark better placed on Greenland with US but 'not out of the crisis': FM
Paris (AFP) | 07/02/2026 - 15:35:35 | French ex-minister Lang calls Epstein-linked allegations 'baseless'
The Newseum, in partnership with AFP, will display the very best of the global news agency’s photo coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Finergic Solutions Pte Ltd, a boutique wealth consulting firm headquartered in Singapore. The transaction is expected to close by April 30, 2026. Founded in 2019, Finergic focuses on core banking and wealth management transformation and has a strong, well-established global presence. The addition of Finergic’s niche capabilities, combined with the scale of HCLTech, is expected to...
AFP Dhaka photographer Munir uz Zaman has been honoured at an Asian media awards ceremony for a "heart-wrenching" series of images of penniless Rohingya refugees striving in vain to flee communal bloodshed in Myanmar.
Yasuyoshi Chiba
AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba was awarded first prize in the “People in the News” category of the prestigious World Press Photo 2012 awards for his series of photographs on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. Yasuyoshi Chiba was working in Nairobi in March 2011 when he was called to Japan to cover the catastrophe in his native country.
Shanghai, China | March 28-29
Two AFP photographers have been awarded at NPPA Annual Awards for their pictures in the categories "Politics", "Politics Story" and "Breaking News Story".
MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab will be holding the final award ceremony and conference for the 12th edition of ‘Arab Startup Competition’ on March 29 in Beirut Lebanon. The competition brings 67 teams from the Arab world to compete in three main tracks, for a grand sum prize of USD 160,000.
