Tag: AFP
AFP: In Syria, rebels say they are closing in on the capital | News in brief
15:46•Updated 15:50 In Syria, the rebels say they have begun to besiege the capital Damascus, news agency AFP reports. – Our troops have started the last phase of the siege…
AFP: Clashes started again at the Parliament House in Georgia | News in brief
The news agency AFP reports that flames are pouring out of the window of the parliament building. In Georgia, pro-EU demonstrators and the police have again clashed violently in front…
AFP: Lithuania expels three Chinese diplomats | News in brief
Relations between the two countries are weighed down by Lithuania’s rapprochement with Taiwan and the suspected involvement of Chinese ships in cable damage in the Baltic Sea. Lithuania expels three…
AFP: The United States submitted a ceasefire proposal to Lebanon | News in brief
Israel has not taken a position on the proposal. The Lebanese government has received a cease-fire proposal from the United States, which aims at a ceasefire between Israel and the…
AFP: Boeing reached settlement and avoids civil lawsuit | News in brief
The aircraft manufacturer Boeing is avoiding the civil lawsuit that threatened the company, which was supposed to start on Tuesday, reports news agency AFP. According to several AFP sources, the…
AFP source: Israel carried out attacks on the border of Lebanon and Syria | News in brief
According to a source close to Hezbollah, Israel carried out three strikes on a convoy of trucks traveling from Syria to Lebanon. Israel has struck a convoy of trucks on…
“On the Earth”, “On the Wire”: when AFP makes podcasts
For several years, AFP has been producing podcasts. In the middle of COP28, the France-Presse agency is highlighting its thematic series entitled On the Earth, which addresses solutions to the…
AFP journalist killed in Ukraine: “the world has a debt”, according to Washington
“Our hearts go out to the family of Arman Soldin, who lost his life today on the front line of the war in Ukraine, and to his colleagues at AFP,”…
A reporter from the news agency AFP, 32, has died in eastern Ukraine in a shootout
Arman Soldin was working with other journalists near Bahmut when the group was caught in the middle of the attack. The other members of the group survived without injury. Reporter…
The deputy speaker of the EU Parliament, Eva Kaili, was arrested in a corruption investigation, an AFP source says
According to the source, the arrest is related to the arrests made earlier on Friday. The Belgian police reportedly arrested the vice-speaker of the EU Parliament Eva Kailin. According to…