AFP wins four awards at the World Press Photo 2019
The 2019 edition of the World Press Photo honours 3 AFP photographers.
Damascus (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 18:00:12 | US envoy says Syria deal, truce a 'pivotal inflection point'
Damascus (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 17:43:53 | Syrian president announces deal with Kurds including truce
Tehran (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 17:05:46 | Iran president says any attack on supreme leader would be declaration of war
Damascus (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 16:34:23 | Sharaa insists on sovereignty over all Syria as forces advance against Kurds
Paris (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 16:17:38 | Monitor says 'some online services' restored in Iran after protest shutdown
Concepción (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 15:57:58 | Wildfires in Chile kill at least 15
Damascus (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 14:47:47 | Syria says 2 civilians killed by Kurdish-led forces in Raqa city
Berlin (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 14:30:40 | Countries threatened by Trump Greenland tariffs 'stand united': statement
Paris (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 14:25:11 | Macron urges Syria 'permanent ceasefire' with Kurds
London (AFP) | 18/01/2026 - 12:30:19 | Irish FM says threatened US tariffs 'completely unacceptable'
The 2019 edition of the World Press Photo honours 3 AFP photographers.
For the second year in a row, Agence France-Presse is teaming up with the city of Cannes to present “Cannes fait le mur”. For the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, this exhibit features 17 larger-than-life photographic portraits of stars displayed on Rue d’Antibes and around the city from 15 May to 30 June 2013.
AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.
YES (Yield Engineering Systems), a leading provider of high-performance process solutions for the semiconductor Advanced Packaging market, today announced that Rezwan Lateef has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lateef previously served as President of YES and has been a key driver of the company’s significant growth, global expansion, and product innovation over the past several years. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/ne...
An AFP team has won a Covering Climate Now award for the video story “Coastal Cities face their mortality on the climate "frontline" by Kelly Macnamara, Robin Simmonds, Antoine Demaison, Florence Goisnard, Sam Jahan, Jan Hennop, Sonia Logre, Giovanna Girardi, and Rachel O’brien.
Re-elected as AFP chairman on October 12, 2008.