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"Rory McIlroy continued to battle driving woes during a topsy-turvy front nine of his second round at the British Open on Friday as 2023 champion Brian Harman moved into the lead at Royal Portrush. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 13:10:11 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"#BREAKING Syrian presidency pledges force to halt violence in south"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 20:20:45 UTC 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements

"VIDEO: Top Holy Land clerics visit Gaza City after deadly church strike Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem visit Gaza City after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church provoking international condemnation"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:40:35 UTC 2.4M followers, 9939 engagements

"Beverage giant Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its US production President Donald Trump announced Wednesday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 22:44:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements

"VIDEO: Tajikistan's apricot farmers grapple with climate change. Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia's vital fruit harvest. This is one of the world's most exposed regions to the effects of climate change and its poor rural farming communities are particularly vulnerable"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 07:17:29 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements

"Humanoid robot says not aiming to 'replace human artists'. Unveiling a new portrait of King Charles this week artist Ai-Da described what inspired the layered and complex piece and insisted it had no plans to replace humans"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 07:58:57 UTC 2.4M followers, 9026 engagements

"VIDEO: How Bulgarian prisoners make cheese to earn an early release In southern Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains inmates from Smolyan prison produce various types of cheese and yoghurt. From tending to herds of sheep and cows to packaging the "Guerzovitsa" white cheese they are involved throughout the entire process"
@AFP on X 2025-07-11 13:01:21 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"Tourist coins pose giant problem at Northern Ireland's Giant Causeway"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 05:36:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 19.9K engagements

"Delay in fully opening Egypts Grand Museum puts tourism hopes on hold"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 07:46:23 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"VIDEO: UAE musical road plays Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Beethoven's Ninth Symphony can be heard as vehicles move along a 750-metre-long musical road stretch in the UAE emirate of Fujairah. When driving over the rumble strips on the tarmac the vibrations produce a melody"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 15:40:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 19.5K engagements

"VIDEO: Lava escapes from a fissure during the eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023. Broadcaster RUV reports that the nearby fishing village of Grindavik has been evacuated as well as the Blue Lagoon Iceland's famed tourist spot"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 01:37:25 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.4K engagements

"Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and other company board members settled a shareholder lawsuit on Thursday concerning decisions made in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 15:16:19 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements

"#BREAKING Netanyahu told Trump strike on Gaza church 'a mistake': White House"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 18:23:50 UTC 2.4M followers, 339.9K engagements

"England midfielder Jordan Henderson joined Premier League side Brentford on a free transfer on Tuesday following his exit from Dutch side Ajax ➡ #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 11:41:21 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Faced with US heat waves Native American Navajo fight for electricity. Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat. It will be a luxury in the vast Native American reservation the largest in the United States where more than 10000 families are still without electricity and therefore air conditioning"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 07:03:48 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4000 years old opens doors to tourists. A 3800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilization -- one of the oldest in the world -- has opened its doors to visitors in Peru after eight years of study and restoration work. Located in the Supe valley archaeologists believe Penico could hold insights into why the Caral civilization -- which flourished between 3000 and 1800 BC -- faded"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 04:54:20 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements

"An accord between France and New Caledonia creating a state within a state and hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as "historic" hit immediate fierce criticism in the Pacific territory on Sunday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 13:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements

"Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is facing an investigation regarding the presence of a group of people with dwarfism as entertainers at his 18th birthday party last weekend Spain's Ministry of Social Rights told AFP on Tuesday ➡ #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 12:45:14 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements

"VIDEO: Druze families gather at the demarcation line in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights hoping to cross into Syrian territory after days of deadly sectarian violence in the Druze heartland province of Sweida in southern Syria"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 04:36:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements

"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a chronic but benign vein condition after seeking medical examination for swollen legs the White House said"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 19:15:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 20.4K engagements

"Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide didn't have 'client list': US government memo"
@AFP on X 2025-07-08 08:15:18 UTC 2.4M followers, XXX engagements

"Young Barcelona star Lamine Yamal has inherited the club's number XX shirt previously worn by all-time great Lionel Messi"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 17:33:12 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements

"VIDEO: Britain's royal swan counter feels 'positive' as Thames population holds steady The Swan Marker to Britain's King Charles III says he and his team are happy to have discovered no decrease in the swan population along the River Thames during their annual count known as swan upping following "a downward spiral" in recent years"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 14:41:03 UTC 2.4M followers, 9701 engagements

"A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight killing at least XX people authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 10:10:19 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Syrian leader vows accountability for those who 'abused our Druze people' slams Israel's 'wide-scale targeting' of civilian and government sites"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 02:19:40 UTC 2.4M followers, 23.9K engagements

"Cristiana Girelli shot Italy into the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Wednesday with a brace including a last-gasp winner in the Azzurre's historic 2-1 triumph over Norway"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 21:45:57 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements

"Apple TV+'s dark sci-fi office drama "Severance" on Tuesday led the contenders for the Emmy Awards television's version of the Oscars with a whopping XX nominations"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 17:21:38 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.5K engagements

"Lee Westwood said the fact Royal Portrush was the host course inspired him to enter qualifying for this week's British Open after firing an impressive first-round XX on Thursday ➡ #AFPSport #TheOpen"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 14:29:06 UTC 2.4M followers, 8897 engagements

"VIDEO: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on Syrian capital. Smoke rises from the damaged Syrian defence ministry headquarters in Damascus after Israeli strikes. The Israeli army launched a new round of strikes after warning Damascus against targeting the Druze community"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 00:33:50 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements

"France and Equatorial Guinea to cross swords Tuesday at top UN court in a long-running dispute over a luxury Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 07:01:53 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements

"Unveiling a new portrait of King Charles this week artist Ai-Da described what inspired the layered and complex piece and insisted it had no plans to replace humans"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 12:00:48 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements

"Activists marching to Gaza say were stopped in Libya Egypt"
@AFP on X 2025-06-14 17:30:08 UTC 2.4M followers, 212.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for lacklustre emissions targets"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 05:58:51 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements

"VIDEO: Man who saved six from Paris apartment fire to be honoured Fousseynou Cisse stepped out onto the edge of the roof of his apartment building to help a family of six escape a fire. He will be decorated by the Paris police chief for his act of bravery #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-08 15:10:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 13K engagements

"Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 14:10:37 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"AFP's Ulises Ruiz photographs the damage caused by flash flooding due to heavy rains in Zapopan Jalisco state Mexico. At least one minor died and dozens of homes and streets were flooded after heavy rains hit"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 02:46:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"Spreading Grand Canyon fire destroys historic lodge"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 01:16:06 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"Hundreds of television and radio stations across the United States risk seeing their resources evaporate after President Donald Trump prevailed in scrapping federal funding for public broadcasting. by @A_Bambino"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 23:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements

"The United States said early Saturday that it had negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Syria's government as new clashes erupted in Syria's Druze heartland following violence that prompted massive Israeli strikes"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 01:15:36 UTC 2.4M followers, 11K engagements

"The WHO is calling on more countries to accept and treat patients from the Gaza Strip after the medical evacuation of a group of XX people -- mostly children -- to Jordan. More than 10000 others in Gaza still need medical evacuation the WHO chief says"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 19:29:03 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements

""Harry Potter" stars Emma Watson and Zoe Wanamaker have each been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding in separate incidents"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 14:30:40 UTC 2.4M followers, 20.5K engagements

"Thousands of Afghans who worked with the UK government and their families were brought to Britain in a secret programme after a 2022 data breach put their lives at risk a minister revealed on Tuesday ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 14:10:08 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"King Charles III hosted a lavish banquet at Windsor Castle as French President Emmanuel Macron began a formal visit to Britain. Attendees included UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and music icons Elton John and Mick Jagger 📸"
@AFP on X 2025-07-08 23:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 108.8K engagements

"France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday proposed cutting two public holidays as part of a 2026 budget proposal to slash overall spending while also increasing defence expenses ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 15:59:49 UTC 2.4M followers, 8569 engagements

"Iranian authorities carried out on Saturday a public execution of a man convicted of raping and murdering a young girl the judiciary said. The victim's family had been involved in the legal proceedings and requested the public execution. Full story:"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 12:00:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 19.6K engagements

"Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro must wear an electronic monitoring device as he awaits a verdict in his trial on charges of plotting a coup a Supreme Court judge ruled Friday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 14:30:13 UTC 2.4M followers, 25.3K engagements

"France has formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal leaving Paris with no permanent camps in either west or central Africa"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 11:10:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 22.6K engagements

"VIDEO: Rescue dogs help guard ancient Mexican pyramid Cachimba like many of the dogs living in Chichen Itza is one of the furry guardians of the majestic Mayan city in southeastern Mexico"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 15:02:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements

"Leo XIV has not long been pope yet the American head of the Catholic Church already receives XXX kilogrammes of letters a day faithfully sorted by the Italian post office"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 13:30:38 UTC 2.4M followers, 13K engagements

"Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia's vital fruit harvest"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 23:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements

"VIDEO: Dutch coastal village turns to tech to find lost fishermen In Urk a fishing village in the northern Netherlands advances in DNA technology and artificial intelligence are giving families of missing trawlermen long-awaited answers and the chance to mourn properly"
@AFP on X 2025-07-11 12:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump says Mexico EU to face XX% tariff from Aug 1"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 12:59:20 UTC 2.4M followers, 46.4K engagements

"As passengers wilted in a packed Madrid metro one traveller defied the summer heat by snapping open her handheld fan -- a quintessential Spanish accessory enjoying undimmed popularity"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 18:42:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Lava flows during volcanic eruption in Iceland Lava escapes from a fissure during the eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 10:00:42 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Faced with US heat waves Native American Navajo fight for electricity Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation where more than 10000 families are still without electricity and therefore air conditioning"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 12:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements

"#BREAKING Elon Musk says he has created new US political party"
@AFP on X 2025-07-05 19:55:57 UTC 2.4M followers, 448.1K engagements

"Hong Kong's second-richest man Lee Shau-kee has died aged XX the property tycoon's firm Henderson Land Developmentannounced Monday"
@AFP on X 2025-03-17 19:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 9976 engagements

"US tech giant Nvidia will resume sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China after Washington pledged to remove licensing curbs"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 07:34:35 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"Trinidad and Tobago votes in parliamentary elections that will determine whether Prime Minister Stuart Young stays in power as the twin-island Caribbean nation battles an economic slump and a rise in gang violence"
@AFP on X 2025-04-25 22:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Tourist coins pose 'Giant' problem at famous Northern Ireland site. Visitors are being urged to stop leaving coins in cracks at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland to prevent damage to the stones at the world-famous tourist site. Thousands of coins have been wedged into joints by tourists in the past decades "as a token of their love or luck" says Cliff Henry the site's Nature Engagement Officer"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 03:12:37 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements

"Iran unleashed a missile barrage on Israeli cities on Monday after Israeli strikes deep inside the Islamic republic leaving streets in ruins and the death toll in Israel climbing by XX amid a spiralling air war ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-06-16 11:13:33 UTC 2.4M followers, 25K engagements

"VIDEO: Tajikistan's apricot farmers grapple with climate change Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia's vital fruit harvest"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 11:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 9618 engagements

"#BREAKING Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz to win first Wimbledon ##AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 18:25:56 UTC 2.4M followers, 43.1K engagements

"'A trap' - Asylum seekers arrested after attending US courts. In gloomy corridors outside a Manhattan courtroom masked agents target and arrest migrants attending mandatory hearings -- part of US President Donald Trump's escalating immigration crackdown"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 05:31:10 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"AFPs Charly Triballeau photographs a 54-pound Martian meteorite named NWA 16788 the largest known piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth. The Martian meteorite will be auctioned off by Sotheby's New York on July 16"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 00:33:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements

"Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet have reached home after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the United States"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:20:09 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"VIDEO: Disappearing wild salmon spark concern among Norwegian anglers Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline a victim of fish farming and climate change"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 15:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 9616 engagements

"#BREAKING At least three people were killed and more than 1000 evacuated on Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains an official says with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 07:24:27 UTC 2.4M followers, 17.9K engagements

"#BREAKING Clashes between tribal and Druze factions at entrance to Syria's Sweida: AFP"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 17:59:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 36K engagements

"UPDATE Trump threatens to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged letter written by him to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 02:01:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements

"VIDEO: Oasis return reminds world of when Manchester ruled the airwaves The return of the prodigal Oasis brothers to Manchester -- on the second leg of their highly-anticipated reunion tour -- rekindles memories of a time in the 1990s when the city was a cultural epicentre"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 12:20:30 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements

"President Donald Trump attempted Friday to control the storm triggered by a bombshell report on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein ordering the Justice Department to seek the release of testimony from the prosecution of the late alleged sex-trafficker-to-the-famous"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 14:40:21 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"The X account of Sesame Street's Elmo a beloved children's TV character shared antisemitic and anti-Donald Trump posts after being hacked. The nonprofit behind the show says an unidentified hacker was responsible and that the account has been secured"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 17:07:23 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"VIDEO: Rising ocean threatens survival of Sierra Leone islands The inhabitants of Nyangai in the Turtle Islands have made virtually no contribution to global warming yet their survival is being threatened by rising Atlantic waters and coastal erosion #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-09 14:14:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"Three people died Friday at a police training facility in Los Angeles the US government said with media reports saying there had been an accidental explosion"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 19:00:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 106.6K engagements

"VIDEO: Rescue dogs help guard ancient Mexican pyramid. Cachimba like many of the dogs living in Chichen Itza is one of the furry guardians of the majestic Mayan city. Some of the dogs arrived badly injured sick or malnourished at the site of the Kukulkan pyramid. Maria Guadalupe Espinosa director of the archaeological site says they now receive food vaccinations and "a lot of love""
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 00:51:59 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Japan's World Barber Classic tries to bring back business Hundreds of rowdy spectators many heavily tattooed roar at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing -- except the contestants were not athletes but barbers. The event was the World Barber Classic where a dozen contestants show off their hairdressing skills"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 08:31:25 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its Ukraine war within XX days or face massive new economic sanctions as he laid out plans for new infusions of weaponry for Kyiv via NATO"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 20:50:04 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements

"Lost German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found alive but "ravaged by mosquitoes" on Friday XX days after going missing in remote bushland in Western Australia"
@AFP on X 2025-07-11 13:50:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.3K engagements

"'Epstein files' explained: Why Trump is under pressure"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 12:50:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 11K engagements

"Hong Kong court hears appeals by democracy campaigners jailed for subversion last year"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 07:28:25 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements

"The Indonesian government's plans to issue new history books have sparked fears that mention of deadly riots in 1998 targeting mostly ethnic Chinese in the country will be scrubbed from the text:"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 02:36:04 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements

"Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Tuesday he wanted to reduce the number of public holidays in France as part of a bid to tackle what he called the "curse" of his country's debt"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 17:54:09 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.6K engagements

"Liverpool manager Arne Slot paid tribute to Diogo Jota in an interview released on Sunday saying the Portugal forward was a "champion" in everything he did. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 15:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements

"#UPDATE South Korea typically experiences monsoon rains in July but three areas in the country's South Chungcheong province this week saw some of the heaviest hourly downpours on record official weather data showed"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 09:09:42 UTC 2.4M followers, 9798 engagements

"The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria -- perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairy tale castles -- has been named a World Heritage site the UN cultural agency announced on Saturday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 20:00:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Syrian security forces begin deploying in Sweida province: ministry"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 07:05:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 51.5K engagements

"VIDEO: 🎵 Unreleased Beyonce music stolen from car in Atlanta Computer drives containing unreleased music by US superstar Beyonce and plans related to her concerts were stolen last week in Atlanta police said with a suspect still at large"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 13:24:25 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"Belgium's Tomorrowland one of the world's largest electronic music festivals opened its doors as planned on Friday after the event was thrown into doubt by a fire that destroyed its main stage"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 17:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"The United States' destruction of a warehouse worth of emergency food that had spoiled has drawn outrage but lawmakers and aid workers say it is only one effect of President Donald Trump's abrupt slashing of foreign assistance"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 00:00:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 9262 engagements

"More than XX suspected members of the Islamic State group have been arrested across Ethiopia state media said claiming they intended to carry out a "terror mission" ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 11:14:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements

"#UPDATE Over XXX people people have been killed in southern Syria's Sweida province a war monitor said on Thursday giving an updated toll after several days of clashes that triggered the deployment of government forces ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 14:05:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements

"Liverpool are considering a blockbuster XXX million ($160 million) bid for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak despite the Magpies' desire to hold onto the Sweden star according to reports on Wednesday ➡ #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 11:56:33 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements

"An Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church killed two people on Thursday the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said as Israel said it "never targets" religious sites and regretted any harm to civilians"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 12:06:10 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements

"VIDEO: UK to lower voting age to XX in general elections The British government has said it would allow 16-year-olds to vote in general elections a landmark change giving the UK one of the lowest voting ages worldwide. #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 09:40:34 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements

"Israel launched strikes on Tuesday against Syrian government forces in the Druze-majority region of Sweida saying it was acting to protect the religious minority ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 11:56:10 UTC 2.4M followers, 23.5K engagements

"VIDEO: Two Brazilian nuns Sister Marizele and Sister Marisa have gone viral on social media after their energetic beatboxing and dancing during a religious program in Goiania in the Central-West region of Brazil. The sisters are members of the Copiosa Redencao congregation"
@AFP on X 2025-05-31 09:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements

"German customs officers discover 1500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as cookies"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 02:31:42 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements

"VIDEO: Argentina's 140th 'stolen grandchild' is identified The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo activist group celebrate the finding of "Grandchild No. 140." in Buenos Aires. Nearly five decades after he was born in a dictatorship-era detention center and snatched from his mother the man becomes the 140th person identified as one of Argentina's hundreds of "stolen grandchildren.""
@AFP on X 2025-07-09 10:00:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 9845 engagements

"VIDEO: Sirens ring out in Cyprus to mark the anniversary of the July XX 1974 coup backed by Greece's then-military junta against Archbishop Makarios the president of Cyprus. Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus in response to the coup against the government led by a military dictatorship in Athens. Cyprus has since been divided between the Greek-speaking UN-recognised republic in the south and the Turkish Cypriot north which unilaterally declared independence in 1983"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 03:45:59 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements

"It's 9:00 am and Marseille city contractors armed with long tongs were picking up syringes on the central Belsunce Square near the busy Old Port. The scene plays out daily illustrating the massive drug problem in France's second-biggest city"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 16:41:12 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"UPDATE A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula weather authorities said the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023. Live video feeds showed lava spewing out of a fissure in the ground"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 07:16:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on Wednesday following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a US call for government forces to leave the majority-Druze southern city"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 21:10:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 13K engagements

"A domestic tourist climbed over a fence and jumped into a section of the world-famous display of China's Terracotta Army damaging two ancient clay warriors authorities said Saturday"
@AFP on X 2025-05-31 08:50:11 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.5K engagements

"VIDEO: Germany's Neuschwanstein castle becomes UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles has been named a World Heritage site according to the UN cultural agency. Neuschwanstein combines an idealised medieval exterior with architectural techniques considered cutting-edge at the time"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 03:13:27 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements

"VIDEO: Neuschwanstein castle becomes UNESCO World Heritage Site The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles has been named a World Heritage site according to the UN cultural agency"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 13:40:32 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements

"British author Philippa Langley who helped unearth King Richard III's body from a carpark in 2012 has claimed that the two young princes who mysteriously disappeared from the Tower of London in the 15th century -- far from being killed -- actually survived"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 12:50:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 9829 engagements

"VIDEO: South Korea battles 'lovebug' invasion K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 11:40:35 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements

"The EU has adopted a sweeping new package of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war looking to pile more pressure on the Kremlin by lowering a price cap for Moscow's oil exports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 12:30:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"VIDEO: Syrian forces enter Druze city after deadly clashes Violent clashes have erupted in southern Syria's Druze-majority city of Sweida as government forces entered aiming to end clashes with Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly XXX people #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 10:27:34 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Armed gang attacks Kenyan Human Rights Commission An armed gang attacks the headquarters of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission as it hosts a press conference calling for an end to state violence ahead of "Saba Saba Day" an annual commemoration of pro-democracy protests in the 1990s"
@AFP on X 2025-07-07 11:30:42 UTC 2.4M followers, 107.2K engagements

"#BREAKING Secretary of State Marco Rubio says XX Americans freed in Venezuela in deal involving El Salvador"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 19:58:30 UTC 2.4M followers, 28.2K engagements

"A 20-year-old French prisoner who escaped last week in the luggage of his fellow inmate when he was released was arrested on Monday near the eastern city of Lyon prosecutors said ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 11:48:27 UTC 2.4M followers, 17.6K engagements

"VIDEO: Italian post office sorts hundreds of letters arriving for new pope every day. In a vast hangar near Rome's Fiumicino airport piles of letters addressed to Pope Leo XIV are being sorted sent by faithful all over the world to the head of the Catholic Church"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 08:20:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"Misbehaving monks: Sex scandal shakes Thai Buddhist faithful. Thai police this week arrested a woman accused of bedding at least XX monks in violation of their vows of celibacy before blackmailing them with thousands of secretly taken photos of their trysts"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 07:45:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 19.4K engagements

"McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are free to continue racing each other as hard as always despite their crash at the Canadian Grand Prix this month world championship leader Piastri said Thursday #AFPsports 🏎"
@AFP on X 2025-06-26 17:03:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements

"Two of the most senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church provoking international condemnation"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 11:30:29 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements

"Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters outside Sweida Friday a day after government troops withdrew from the Druze-majority city the warring parties and a monitoring group said"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 12:00:35 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements

"#BREAKING Israel urges Syria to 'leave the Druze in Sweida alone' and withdraw its forces"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 07:36:38 UTC 2.4M followers, 29.3K engagements

"'Princes in the tower' murder probe clears King Richard III. British author Philippa Langley who helped unearth Richard's body from a carpark in 2012 has claimed that the princes -- far from being killed -- actually survived"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 07:03:10 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements

"VIDEO: NYC subway station floods as heavy rain sweeps US northeast Heavy rain flooded a New York City subway station as a slow-moving storm prompted flash flood warnings across a wide swathe of the eastern US seaboard #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 11:26:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.8K engagements

"A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on alegal cannabis farm in California his family said on Saturday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 10:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements

"Astronomers say they have observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star for the first time revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 15:20:26 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump says Putin talking 'a lot of bullshit' on Ukraine"
@AFP on X 2025-07-08 16:25:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 90K engagements

"President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had struck a trade pact with Indonesia resulting in significant purchase commitments from the Southeast Asian country following negotiations to avoid steeper US tariffs"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 19:59:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements

"Small Christian village in the West Bank blames Israeli settlers for a spate of recent attacks"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 01:45:31 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Iran says no nuclear talks if US insists it abandon enrichment: state media"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 16:43:20 UTC 2.4M followers, 34.1K engagements

"#BREAKING XX people killed in 24-hours of heavy monsoon rain in Pakistan says government"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 07:16:19 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.4K engagements

"A leading humanitarian group criticised Greece after its government announced it would pause for three months all asylum hearings for people arriving in boats from North Africa to deter a migration surge from Libya ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 19:00:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the world's highest concentrations of primates -- landed a spot Sunday on the UN cultural agency's World Heritage list"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 13:00:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements

"VIDEO: Cachimba like many of the dogs living in Chichen Itza is one of the furry guardians of the majestic Mayan city in southeastern Mexico. Some of the dogs arrived badly injured sick or malnourished at the site of the Kukulkan pyramid"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 23:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 9978 engagements

"#BREAKING Russia says foreign minister Lavrov met Kim Jong Un in N. Korea"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 10:14:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 40.5K engagements

"Small fuzzy and baring sharp teeth Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world drawing excited crowds at international stores and adorning the handbags of celebrities such as Rihanna and Cher"
@AFP on X 2025-06-20 16:02:24 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements

"Thai police have arrested a woman accused of bedding at least XX monks in violation of their vows of celibacy before blackmailing them with thousands of secretly taken photos of their trysts"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 10:50:07 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Thousands protest public health cuts in Buenos Aires Thousands of health workers and supporters marched through Buenos Aires on July XX to support the Garrahan Pediatric Hospital amid deepening cuts to Argentina's public care system under President Javier Milei's austerity plan"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:00:34 UTC 2.4M followers, 9123 engagements

"Israel bombed the Syrian army's headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country's Druze minority alone as authorities announced a ceasefire in the community's southern heartland after deadly sectarian clashes"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 16:03:07 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements

"#UPDATE Syria's presidency on Friday pledged to send forces to halt the clashes between Bedouin tribal factions and Druze fighters in Sweida in the south of the country and urged "restraint.""
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 21:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"#BREAKING Nvidia's Huang tells Beijing expo AI is 'transforming every industry' says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for global progress'"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 03:14:57 UTC 2.4M followers, 23.2K engagements

"Rory McIlroy will be roared on in his homeland as the 153rd British Open gets underway at Royal Portrush on Thursday as world number one Scottie Scheffler seeks his first Claret Jug. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 11:40:23 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements

"VIDEO Taiwan is conducting its largest annual military training initiative. The army conducts night drills to transport troops and supplies using the Taipei underground while anti-landing live-fire exercises in Penghu and Matsu regions simulate a sudden Chinese invasion 🎥"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 17:28:26 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements

"Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show" long a staple of late night US television will end in 2026 the CBS network said days after the comedian blasted parent company Paramount's $XX million settlement with President Donald Trump as "a big fat bribe.""
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 16:00:32 UTC 2.4M followers, 9219 engagements

"VIDEO: Bad Bunny brings tourism surge to Puerto Rico The Puerto Rican singer has kicked off his blockbuster residency that's expected to bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the Caribbean island while showcasing its rich culture #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 15:41:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"The northeastern United States was bracing for more heavy rain on Tuesday after flash floods hammered travel stranded vehicles and sparked emergency rescues across the region ➡ Video shows passengers on a New York City subway train as water pours into a station after heavy rains:"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 14:39:07 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements

"Spain reached the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Friday after battling past Switzerland 2-0 as the world champions continued their bid for a first-ever European crown. #AFPSports #WEURO2025"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 23:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements

"#BREAKING Syrian government forces will enter the majority Druze city of Sweida the interior ministry said on Tuesday in an effort to bring an end to deadly clashes with Bedouin tribes"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 06:00:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 29.6K engagements

"Netanyahu blames stray ammunition after Israeli tank fire kills three people at a Catholic church in Gaza. Pope Leo XIV "deeply saddened" by the loss of life at the only Catholic church in Gaza"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 00:31:30 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements

"US Republicans have approved President Donald Trump's plan to cancel $X billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting vowing it was just the start of broader efforts by Congress to slash the federal budget"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 12:10:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 00:30:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 18K engagements

"US President Donald Trump has sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal for at least $XX billion over publication of a bombshell article on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls Jeffrey Epstein"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:30:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 17.3K engagements

"VIDEO: Britain's royal swan counter feels 'positive' as Thames population holds steady The Swan Marker to Britain's King Charles III says he and his team are happy to have discovered no decrease in the swan population along the River Thames during their annual count known as swan upping"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 13:40:34 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Syria president announces 'immediate ceasefire' in Sweida province"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 08:04:39 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements

"North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort a pet project of Kim Jong Un. State media had previously said visits to the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone by Russian tour groups was expected"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 07:58:06 UTC 2.4M followers, 15K engagements

"VIDEO: Afghanistan taxi drivers turn to handmade coolers to beat the heat As temperatures soar in southern Afghanistan taxi drivers in Kandahar have taken to installing handmade cooling systems on their vehicles to beat the heat"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 12:40:33 UTC 2.4M followers, 23.1K engagements

"VIDEO: King Charles Macron laud new 'entente' on French president's state visit King Charles III and Emmanuel Macron both hailed a new era in UK-France relations as the French president began a three-day formal visit to Britain #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-09 13:51:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"A Norwegian lottery company on Monday apologised to 47000 crestfallen gamblers who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery the firm blaming a currency conversion error ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-06-30 14:10:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Royal swan population holds steady. The Swan Marker to Britain's King Charles III says he and his team are happy to have discovered no decrease in the swan population along the River Thames during their annual count known as swan upping following "a downward spiral" in recent years"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 05:30:23 UTC 2.4M followers, 19K engagements

"VIDEO: French army leaves Senegal France hands back its last two military bases in Senegal leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 10:20:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements

"Lee Westwood said the fact Royal Portrush was the host course inspired him to enter qualifying for this week's British Open after firing an impressive first-round XX on Thursday ➡ #AFPSports #TheOpen"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 14:43:34 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements

"Donald Trump experienced the rough side of football as he was briefly booed at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 21:15:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 41K engagements

"Nearly XXX people have died trying to access aid in Gaza since late May with most killed near the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites the UN said Friday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-11 15:20:24 UTC 2.4M followers, 135.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Shops restaurants vandalized in Mexico City anti-gentrification protest Hundreds turned out in the Colonia Roma neighborhood to denounce rising housing prices and the displacement of long-time Mexican residents from areas increasingly populated by foreigners"
@AFP on X 2025-07-05 11:41:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 149.4K engagements

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed appointing PM Denys Shmygal as defence minister in a significant political shakeup. Shmygal's 'vast experience will certainly be useful in the position of minister of defence of Ukraine' Zelensky said in his evening address"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 18:42:03 UTC 2.4M followers, 24.7K engagements

"#UPDATE The office of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced an "immediate ceasefire" in Sweida on Saturday as interior ministry forces deployed in the Druze-majority province under a US-brokered deal with Israel. The presidency called on "all parties to fully respect" the truce that came after Israel bombed defence ministry forces which had deployed to the southern province earlier this week to force their withdrawal"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 08:07:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"The day before Bad Bunny kicked off his blockbuster residency that's expected to bring hundreds of millions of dollars to Puerto Rico while showcasing its rich culture he posted a simple message: Shop Local"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 18:13:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"Syrian troops have pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida on orders from the Islamist-led government leaving bodies strewn on the street AFP journalists reported from the provincial capital"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 10:50:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 24.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Cambodia to implement military conscription in 2026 says PM"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 05:51:05 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.4K engagements

"VIDEO: Trump says Ukraine 'shouldn't target Moscow' following FT report The US president also said he had no plans to supply Kyiv with long-range missiles following a report that he had encouraged President Zelensky to hit the Russian capital #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 12:04:56 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements

"#UPDATE Scottie Scheffler ignited his bid for a maiden British Open title by surging through the field to take a one-shot lead after the second round at Royal Portrush on Friday. #AFPSports #BritishOpen"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 20:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"VIDEO: Lithuania works to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede A rehabilitation center is nurturing Baltic grey seals back to health before releasing them into the wild. Climate change pollution and overfishing are leaving the population highly vulnerable #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 11:05:54 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"The riverside city awash with crime. Laos' Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a centre for money laundering trafficking and online finance and romance scams a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of abating warn international authorities and analysts"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 03:48:12 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Death toll from south Syria violence rises to 718: monitor"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 06:05:10 UTC 2.4M followers, 33.1K engagements

"VIDEO: The Swan Marker to Britain's King Charles III says he and his team are happy to have discovered no decrease in the swan population along the River Thames during their annual count known as swan upping following "a downward spiral" in recent years"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 16:29:46 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"#BREAKING DR Congo Rwanda-backed M23 armed group sign ceasefire in Qatar: statement"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:35:06 UTC 2.4M followers, 23.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump threatens 'very severe tariffs' on Russia's trading partners if no Ukraine deal within XX days"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 15:51:39 UTC 2.4M followers, 30.8K engagements

"Syria troops quit Druze heartland after violence leaves over XXX dead. The city of Sweida was desolate on Thursday AFP correspondents on the ground report with shops looted homes burnt and bodies in the streets"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 01:28:39 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.8K engagements

"#UPDATE Jannik Sinner downed Carlos Alcaraz 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 to win his first Wimbledon title gaining sweet revenge for his painful defeat in the French Open final. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 19:44:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 35.6K engagements

"At least XX people were killed in a chaotic crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza on Wednesday with the site's operator blaming "agitators" within the crowd and the territory's civil defence agency attributing the panic to Israeli gunfire"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 15:50:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 9852 engagements

"French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday declared July XX a French day of national commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus a French army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894 in a notorious act of antisemitism. The first would be celebrated in 2026"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 14:00:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"Survivors of Cambodia's four-year genocide on Saturday told AFP they were "thrilled" that three sites of their lives' biggest horror - where the Khmer Rouge regime perpetrated genocide XX years ago - has gained UNESCO recognition. Full story:"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 10:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.5K engagements

"Three days after turning XX Lamine Yamal received the most special gift of all -- Barcelona's iconic number XX shirt. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 18:45:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.5K engagements

"US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine should not target Moscow after the Kremlin charged that a new US plan to supply weapons to Kyiv along with sanctions threats against Russia would delay peace efforts @shauntandon"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 19:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements

"Thomas Frank said he wanted to take Tottenham Hotspur to "new heights" during his first press conference on Friday as the club's manager. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 21:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13K engagements

"Ada Hegerberg is back at the heart of the Norwegian national team as she prepares to face Italy in the quarter-finals of Women's Euro 2025 #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 17:00:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements

"Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show" long a staple of late night US television will end in 2026 the CBS network said Thursday days after the comedian blasted parent company Paramount's $XX million settlement with President Donald Trump as "a big fat bribe""
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 12:40:13 UTC 2.4M followers, 12K engagements

"Rory McIlroy dug deep in his second round to stay in contention for the British Open title on Friday as 2023 champion Brian Harman moved into a one-shot lead at Royal Portrush before driving afternoon rain hit the course. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 15:30:20 UTC 2.4M followers, 20.8K engagements

"Pentagon chief orders withdrawal of 2000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 01:04:44 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"VIDEO: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4000 years old opens doors to tourists A 3800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilization -- one of the oldest in the world -- has opened its doors to visitors in Peru after eight years of study and restoration work"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 14:20:20 UTC 2.4M followers, 15.1K engagements

"The Ferrero Group will acquire US cereal mainstay WK Kellogg for $XXX billion as the Italian food giant expands further in North America the companies announced Thursday"
@AFP on X 2025-07-10 15:50:14 UTC 2.4M followers, 13K engagements

"#UPDATE Syrian government forces entered the majority Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday the interior ministry said aiming to end clashes with Bedouin tribes that have killed nearly XXX people"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 07:24:54 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements

"Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday highlighted the benefits brought by immigrants during a visit to Mauritania days after rare anti-migrant unrest rocked a Spanish town"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 18:56:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements

"Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church provoking international condemnation"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 15:20:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements

"VIDEO: Prince Harry retraces Dianas steps with Angola landmine walk Britain's Prince Harry has returned to Angola to back landmine clearance efforts retracing the steps of his late mother. #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 09:00:38 UTC 2.4M followers, 26.5K engagements

"VIDEO: Belgium conjure up win at quidditch world cup Known officially as quadball since 2022 quidditch was originally inspired by the game played by Harry Potter and his schoolmates in the famed books by J.K. Rowling #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 15:24:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.5K engagements

"Syrian interior ministry forces have begun deploying in Sweida under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 11:20:14 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"VIDEO: Coins pose 'Giant' problem at famous Northern Ireland site Visitors are being urged to stop leaving coins in cracks at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland to prevent damage to the stones at the world-famous tourist site"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 08:21:06 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements

"8 babies born with lower genetic disease risk after IVF technique uses DNA from X people"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 05:24:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Hundreds of rowdy spectators many heavily tattooed roar at a Tokyo arena usually reserved for boxing -- except the contestants were not athletes but barbers. The event was the World Barber Classic where a dozen contestants show off their hairdressing skills"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 19:44:05 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements

"VIDEO: Lake Texcoco overflows into abandoned airport site The partially built airport near Mexico City is now nearly submerged following torrential rains. Construction of the airport once intended to serve the metropolis was halted in 2018 after a public referendum"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 14:04:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 18.7K engagements

"More than XXX people have been killed in days of violence in southern Syria's Sweida province a war monitor said Wednesday raising an earlier toll of XXX dead"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 15:57:35 UTC 2.4M followers, 10K engagements

"US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was not currently planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell but added he was not ruling it out"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 16:34:41 UTC 2.4M followers, 9779 engagements

"Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Justice Department should release all "credible" information from its probe into notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein as he sought to douse a firestorm of criticism from his supporters @frankietaggart"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 21:40:52 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.8K engagements

"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump has sued media magnate Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over the publication of a bombshell report on his friendship with the infamous alleged sex trafficker of underage girls Jeffrey Epstein. by @SebastianAFP"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 22:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12K engagements

"'Joyeux Quatorze Juillet' France is celebrating its national day known as Bastille Day with a choreographed fireworks display Monday night around the Eiffel Tower in Paris 🎉"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 23:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements

"You're a TV star Harry: Potter series to debut in 2027"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 03:06:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12K engagements

"7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Alaska"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 03:22:04 UTC 208.1M followers, XXX engagements

"Donald Trump's administration said it would seek the release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday as the US president sought to dispel lingering political fallout over his team's handling of the late financier's sex trafficking case"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 10:40:13 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"Elon Musk's Grok inks Pentagon deal. Grok has rarely been out of the headlines for its offensive gaffes including spewing Hitler-supporting rhetoric and antisemitic tropes"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 00:29:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Suriname's battle to keep the sea at bay Suriname is South America's smallest country and vulnerable to rising sea levels linked to climate change. The land spit at the tip of the Suriname river estuary is vanishing as erosion gobbles up huge swathes of coastline"
@AFP on X 2025-07-04 14:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements

"VIDEO: Gisele Pelicot awarded France's top civic honour Pelicot who became a feminist icon by publicly testifying over the mass rapes she endured has been named knight of the Legion of Honour. She was among XXX people to receive the award on Sunday #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 15:01:49 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements

"VIDEO: In Los Angeles businesses reel amid immigration raids Business owners in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles say raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency targeting undocumented immigrants are keeping Latino customers away and bringing sales down"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 13:01:26 UTC 2.4M followers, 10K engagements

"Manchester United have reportedly agreed to sign Cameroon winger Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford in a deal worth an initial XX million ($87 million) as Ruben Amorim steps up his overhaul of the team's misfiring attack. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 15:12:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 9775 engagements

"The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 have signed a ceasefire deal to end the fighting that has devastated the country's mineral-rich but conflict-torn east"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 10:40:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"Syria deployed security forces on Monday in the southern province of Sweida after at least XX people were killed in clashes between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters a monitor said ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 10:31:36 UTC 2.4M followers, 37.8K engagements

"#BREAKING Macron says freedom under greatest threat since 1945"
@AFP on X 2025-07-13 17:35:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 73.1K engagements

"UPDATE EU countries on Friday signed off on a new package of sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine including lowering a price cap on Moscow's oil exports. The 18th round of economic punishment against Russia since its 2022 invasion was approved after Slovakia dropped a weeks-long block following talks with Brussels over separate plans to phase out Russian gas imports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 07:22:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements

"A raucous reception will greet Rory McIlroy as the British Open returns to Royal Portrush and Northern Ireland on Thursday for the first time since Shane Lowry's 2019 triumph. #AFPSports"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 12:30:13 UTC 2.4M followers, 9635 engagements

"Good Trouble protests. AFP photographs Chandan Khanna Angela Weiss Saul Loeb Ronaldo Schemidt cover the 'Good Trouble Lives On' national day of action in New York Washington DC. Houston and Miami. Protests took place across the US against the administration of President Donald Trump"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 02:33:55 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements

"#BREAKING France to ban smoking outdoors in most places: minister"
@AFP on X 2025-05-29 16:30:28 UTC 2.4M followers, 4.2M engagements

"#UPDATE The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country's mineral-rich but conflict-torn east"
@AFP on X 2025-07-19 09:35:07 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements

"Unreleased Beyonce music stolen from car in Atlanta"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 04:32:48 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements

"Soft power. K-pop megaband BTS is back from military service and their international fandom -- long known for its progressive activism -- is celebrating by rallying behind a cause: adoptees from South Korea"
@AFP on X 2025-06-17 07:48:47 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Netflix profits surge XX% off higher subscription prices: statement"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 20:45:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 40.2K engagements

"VIDEO: Tourist coins pose giant problem at N. Ireland's famous causeway The Giant's Causeway draws close to one million visitors a year but their habit of wedging coins in cracks between the rocks - to bring love or luck - is damaging the world-famous wonder #AFPVertical"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 11:44:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements

"AFPs Dimitar Dilkoff and Thibaud Moritz photograph the firework and drone show at the Eiffel Tower as France celebrates Bastille Day in Paris on July XX 2025"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 01:50:47 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"The US ambassador to Israel on Tuesday demanded an aggressive investigation and consequences after settlers beat to death a Palestinian-American in rare public pressure against the ally by President Donald Trump's administration"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 21:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements

"Indonesia's president has hailed a "new era" of trade relations with the United States after Donald Trump said he would slash tariffs faced by Southeast Asia's biggest economy from XX percent to XX percent"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 14:50:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements

"Donald Trump has long sung the praises of Russia's 'strong leader' Vladimir Putin. With his Monday announcement of new arms for Ukraine via Europe and tariff threats on Russia Trump's bromance with Putin has hit a new low -- but it may not be over"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 23:40:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump diagnosed with vein issue after reporting swollen legs: White House"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 18:00:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 674.8K engagements

"#BREAKING S&P XXX Nasdaq end at records after solid US retail sales data"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 20:03:14 UTC 2.4M followers, 16.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Violent clashes as Syrian government forces enter Sweida city reports AFP correspondent. Prominent Druze spiritual leader calls for fight against government forces"
@AFP on X 2025-07-15 07:59:05 UTC 2.4M followers, 149.1K engagements

"France on Saturday announced a "historic" accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory rocked by deadly separatist violence last year would remain French but be declared a new state"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 15:00:02 UTC 2.4M followers, 12K engagements

"VIDEO After years in a Syrian detention camp housing relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters Ibrahim Darwish was relieved to be allowed to return home to Iraq. But his joy was punctured by the harsh reality that he had to disown his sons accused of being jihadists 🎥"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 23:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements

"VIDEO: Israeli strikes kill XX Gaza civil defence says as truce talks stall Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least XX people including children at a water distribution point as ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas stalled"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 11:25:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements

"#BREAKING Iceland volcano erupts for ninth time since 2023 say meteorologists"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 06:33:29 UTC 2.4M followers, 25.3K engagements

"A French appeals court has ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah who has been imprisoned for XX years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 10:30:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements

"VIDEO The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo group celebrate finding 'Grandchild No. 140' in Buenos Aires. Decades after he was born in a dictatorship-era detention center and snatched from his mother the man was identified as one of Argentina's hundreds of 'stolen grandchildren'"
@AFP on X 2025-07-08 23:20:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements

"Misbehaving monks: Sex scandal shakes Thailand's Buddhist faithful"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 10:55:17 UTC 2.4M followers, XXX engagements

"The labor minister in economically depressed Cuba has resigned amid an uproar over her claim that people rummaging through garbage cans were only pretending to be poor and not truly desperate"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 13:50:19 UTC 2.4M followers, 9497 engagements

"In the last barely functional hospital in Sweida bodies are overflowing from the morgue staff said amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian city for nearly a week"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 18:00:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.1K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump sues Wall Street Journal Rupert Murdoch over Epstein story"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 21:14:49 UTC 2.4M followers, 28.8K engagements

"#UPDATE NvidiaCEO Jensen Huang called China's open-source artificial intelligence a "catalyst for global progress" and hailed the country's innovation in the sector as he addressed an expo in Beijing on Wednesday ➡"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 08:23:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements

"#BREAKING President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States will send Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight off a Russian invasion"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 00:08:25 UTC 2.4M followers, 27.2K engagements

"North Korea has barred foreigners from a newly opened beach resort the country's tourism administration said this week just days after Russia's top diplomat visited the area"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 11:10:18 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements

"The European Union executive on Wednesday proposed a two-trillion-euro long-term budget focused on tackling overseas competition and Russian aggression but it was quickly shot down by Germany the bloc's largest member"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 21:52:24 UTC 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements

"#BREAKING Ukraine says Russia fired XXX drones and missiles overnight"
@AFP on X 2025-07-12 07:39:01 UTC 2.4M followers, 42.3K engagements

"The UK government has said it plans to lower the voting age from XX to XX for general elections after pledging to make the change ahead of last year's polls"
@AFP on X 2025-07-17 11:15:16 UTC 2.4M followers, 30K engagements

"South Korea is set to overhaul its adoption system on Saturday by ending the decades-old practice of outsourcing adoptions to private agencies which has led to widespread allegations of abuse"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 11:50:15 UTC 2.4M followers, 10.2K engagements

"UPDATE Cambodia's military will begin conscripting civilians next year Prime Minister Hun Manet said Monday citing rising tensions with Thailand as the reason for activating a long-dormant mandatory enlistment law. Relations with neighbouring Thailand have been tense since May when a long-standing territorial dispute boiled over"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 06:38:40 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements

"'Epstein files' explained: Why Trump is under pressure"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 02:55:58 UTC 2.4M followers, 14.9K engagements

"A divided US Supreme Court on Monday gave President Donald Trump the green light to resume dismantling the Education Department and conducting mass layoffs at the agency that oversees national education policy"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 21:17:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 13.1K engagements

"Germany said Friday it had deported XX Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 14:50:17 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements

"#BREAKING Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 00:52:04 UTC 2.4M followers, 21.4K engagements

"Major US ice cream makers have announced plans to phase out their use of artificial dyes following pressure from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to eliminate unnecessary additives from the American diet"
@AFP on X 2025-07-16 00:01:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements

"UPDATE Trump says the US will send Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv and hints at new sanctions on Russia once again voicing displeasure with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over Moscow's war in Ukraine"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 02:06:22 UTC 2.4M followers, 26K engagements

"Boos and applause for Trump at Club World Cup final. Trump experienced the agony and the ecstasy of football on Sunday as he was booed even as he joined in some high-spirited celebrations with champions Chelsea"
@AFP on X 2025-07-14 02:35:14 UTC 2.4M followers, 24.3K engagements

"#UPDATE Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday a day after the army withdrew. At least XXX people have been killed since Sunday: NGO"
@AFP on X 2025-07-18 19:30:00 UTC 2.4M followers, 22.7K engagements