[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @AFP AFP News Agency AFP News Agency posts on X about hamas, israel, donald trump, gaza the most. They currently have XXXXXXXXXXX followers and 4070 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +5.40% - X Month XXXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXXX +20% - X Year XXXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/posts_active)  - X Week XXX -XXXX% - X Month XXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXX -XXXX% ### Followers: XXXXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX -X% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +0.37% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) #7365 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #2682 [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) #6275 [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [formula 1](/list/formula-1) XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [hamas](/topic/hamas) #276, [israel](/topic/israel) #2629, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #1274, [gaza](/topic/gaza) #315, [pakistan](/topic/pakistan) #1296, [madagascar](/topic/madagascar) #69, [prize](/topic/prize) #1398, [has been](/topic/has-been) 0.25%, [china](/topic/china) 0.22%, [president donald](/topic/president-donald) #582 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@jame96727](/creator/undefined) [@worldhelptohelp](/creator/undefined) [@armyrecognition](/creator/undefined) [@a_rockas](/creator/undefined) [@mbs2030_mbs](/creator/undefined) [@dannyctkemp](/creator/undefined) [@kuwaittimesnews](/creator/undefined) [@bdwatch2024](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@aya_isk](/creator/undefined) [@abscbnnews](/creator/undefined) [@hunteralaa3566](/creator/undefined) [@beiyis](/creator/undefined) [@cm_williams16](/creator/undefined) [@worldnews3361](/creator/undefined) [@qaza62](/creator/undefined) [@aijennx](/creator/undefined) [@philippinestar](/creator/undefined) [@maggydonaldson](/creator/undefined) [@getish_desta](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)](/topic/advanced-micro-devices) [Artificial Intelligence (AI4)](/topic/$ai4) [Frontline Ltd. (FRO)](/topic/$fro) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::380648579/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "#BREAKING Madagascar army minister accepts officer chosen by mutinied unit as head of armed forces" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977392561921626581) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T15:14Z 2.4M followers, 45.4K engagements "Gaza City begins rubble cleanup. Bulldozers clear rubble in Gaza City following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. "The municipality of Gaza City immediately started working on its top priority for this period which is to open roads" says mayor of Gaza City Yahya Al-Sarraj adding "we urgently need construction materials especially cement approximately one thousand tons"" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978289438951191021) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T02:38Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements "VIDEO: Ukraine's frontline troops shoot balloons to help fight drones Brightly coloured helium balloons in hand Ukrainian soldiers take part in creative anti-drone target practice" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976955937895465064) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T10:20Z 2.4M followers, 20.8K engagements "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is determined to ensure that Hamas hands back the remains of hostages still in Gaza adding that the fight "is not over yet". ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978784250632548768) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T11:25Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements "#UPDATE Madagascar's armed forces minister on Sunday recognised as the new head of the army an officer chosen by a military contingent siding with protesters demanding the departure of PresidentAndry Rajoelina ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977401372640530481) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements "Japan's ruling coalition has collapsed as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance putting in peril Sanae Takaichi's bid to become the country's first woman prime minister. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976601108383433049) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 249.6K engagements "VIDEO: Idea of preparing for World Cup with Brazil 'was beautiful' says Ancelotti The prospect of preparing for the 2026 World Cup with Brazil "was beautiful" says Carlo Ancelotti. The former Real Madrid manager took over the Brazilian national team in May and is now waiting to find out his side's group stage opponents at next year's tournament" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979120248646181070) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 4829 engagements "#UPDATE Israel declared victory on Sunday in its war with Hamas as the militant group prepared to release its surviving hostages a key step in Donald Trump's Gaza plan hours before he hosts a peace summit in Egypt" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977460512481841543) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements "Japanese and Allied forces waged a savage campaign across the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1945 in which tens of thousands were killed. They left behind countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976669067097391264) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T15:20Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements "Israel said the last XX surviving hostages returned home on Monday after two years in captivity in Gaza as US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from Israeli lawmakers after brokering a ceasefire with Hamas ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977690468965077068) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T10:58Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements "Italy working hard to prevent extra US tariffs on pasta. The United States' Department of Commerce is planning to impose duties of over XX% on pasta from January 2026 on top of the XX% already in place" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975103545100681365) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T07:39Z 2.4M followers, 255.6K engagements "VIDEO: UK polar ship prepares for Antarctica trip Crew members and researchers on board the UK polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough prepare the vessel for its upcoming trip to Antarctica" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978395470993998260) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements "#BREAKING Joel Mokyr (US-Israel) Philippe Aghion (France) and Peter Howitt (Canada) win economics Nobel prize for work on technology's impact on sustained growth" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977675889312678302) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 26.5K engagements "A Canadian theme park said it will have no choice but to euthanize XX beluga whales if the federal government does not provide emergency funding by the end of Tuesday. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975534086966952018) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-07T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 167.7K engagements "Like other EU nations Belgium has increasingly experienced medicine shortages that vex pharmacists exasperate patients and risk overloading public health services. by @UmbertoBacchi" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977426538481037448) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T17:30Z 2.4M followers, 14.8K engagements "VIDEO: Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner says Maduro can still leave power peacefully Opposition figurehead Maria Corina Machado hopes to leverage her Nobel Prize win along with mounting pressure from the US to oust a government that has been in power for more than a quarter of a century under President Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978111417757598146) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T14:51Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements "VIDEO: Southern Tunisia residents demand dismantling of phosphate plant Hundreds marched in the city of Gabes to demand the dismantling of a phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents. "Dismantling of the chemical group" "We want to live" and "Gabes is a victim of pollution and injustice" protesters chanted as they approached the plant" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977313970743648743) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T10:02Z 2.4M followers, 15.1K engagements "Afghans return home to rubble and heartbreak as a fragile truce with Pakistan takes hold after a week of deadly clashes with many worrying what comes next if the fighting resumes" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978918368561500504) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T20:18Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements "US Treasury secretary accuses China of seeking to harm the global economy after Beijing slapped sweeping new export controls on rare earths" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978162135751405993) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T18:13Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements "Pakistan PM says 'ball in Afghan Taliban's court' for permanent ceasefire" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/16/pakistan-pm-says-ball-in-afghan-talibans-court-for-permanent-ceasefire) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T14:10Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements "Major media outlets reject Pentagon reporting rules US and international news outlets including AFP The New York Times AP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978258553795195158) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T00:36Z 2.4M followers, 43.6K engagements "North Korea's Kim kneels before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine decorates survivors" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1958759846594957330) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-08-22T05:15Z 2.4M followers, 602.6K engagements "#BREAKING Trump says to slap further XXX percent tariffs on China" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976754144233902140) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T20:58Z 2.4M followers, 38.2K engagements "California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots defying a push from the White House to leave such technology unchecked" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977811579128394161) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T19:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements "Cape Verde's capital Praia erupted in celebration on Monday after the tiny archipelago nation qualified for the World Cup for the first time" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977952693537669186) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T04:20Z 2.4M followers, 18.1K engagements "VIDEO: Thai influencer blasts spooky sounds into Cambodia The sounds of people screaming and eerie music echo across the Cambodian-Thai border as a land dispute between the two southeast Asian neighbours simmers. The stunt was carried out by Thai nationalist influencer Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet known as Gun Jompalang on social media" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977006289633869890) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 46.5K engagements "US indicts Cambodian tycoon over $15billion crypto scam empire" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2025/Oct/15/us-indicts-cambodian-tycoon-over-15billion-crypto-scam-empire) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T17:10Z 208.1M followers, X engagements "US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels a summit is necessary with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976679155438649820) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 17.1K engagements "OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975259764214071468) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T18:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements "#BREAKING Elite Madagascar military unit says taking power after president impeached" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978091624333775257) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T13:32Z 2.4M followers, 24.8K engagements "Thousands of supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gather at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi ahead of a state funeral service" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979088144285794795) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T07:32Z 2.4M followers, 7881 engagements "World number XXX Valentin Vacherot on Sunday beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win the Shanghai Masters 4-6 6-3 6-3 and become the lowest-ranked champion in the history of ATP 1000 events ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977349539309727755) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T12:24Z 2.4M followers, 16.8K engagements "🏅 The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai considered by many as Hungary's most important living author whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy. The Swedish Academy honoured him "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that in the midst of apocalyptic terror reaffirms the power of art." 📸 Adrian Dennis" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976245206337925349) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T11:15Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements "Turkey sends disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza. Hamas says the bodies of XX hostages are still unaccounted for and believed to be buried under the ruins alongside an untold number of Palestinians" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978981723481293039) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T00:29Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements "Cameroonians voted Sunday in an election expected to return 92-year-old Paul Biya the world's oldest serving head of state to office after XX years in power" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977471837853426115) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T20:30Z 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements "Hamas handed over the first seven of XX surviving Israeli hostages to Red Cross representatives in Gaza on Monday. The move sparked cheers of joy in Tel Aviv where a huge crowd gathered to support hostage families" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977624338934145137) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T06:35Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements "At least XX people are dead following heavy rains in Mexico with others having to resort to creative solutions to get to dry land" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976788584721186840) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements "General Motors has announced it will book a $XXX billion hit in electric vehicle investments following US policy changes slowing adoption of the climate-friendly vehicles in its home market. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978065763769389375) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T11:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements "'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers. Swiss start-up FinalSpark's co-founder Fred Jordan tells AFP he believes computer processors using human brain cells will one day replace the silicon chips powering the artificial intelligence boom" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979094604612850158) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T07:58Z 2.4M followers, 7707 engagements "The US Supreme Court hears a case involving Black voters on Wednesday that could have lasting repercussions on whether Democrats or Republicans control the House of Representatives. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978390400663453947) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements "VIDEO: Hope and hardship along China's 'Great Green Wall' Across the deserts of Inner Mongolia China has been carrying out a colossal greening project for decades. Over XX million hectares of the desert have been transformed into forest so far" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976618718496202930) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T12:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements "Military officers who seized power in Madagascar say their leader will be sworn in as the country's new president on Friday. The poor Indian Ocean nation was plunged into its worst political upheaval in years after an elite military unit took power moments after parliament voted to impeach the president" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978695076051091616) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T05:30Z 2.4M followers, 20.6K engagements "Robert Badinter the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981 entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday just hours after his grave was vandalised" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976357168346693814) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T18:40Z 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements "Trump's fresh tariffs on imported wood furniture and kitchen cabinets take effect a development likely to fuel US building costs and pile pressure on homebuyers" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977962790817009737) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T05:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements "Press exit. AFPs Brendan Smialowski photographs reporters carrying their belongings from the Pentagon in Washington DC after US and international news outlets including The New York Times AP AFP and Fox News declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules and were stripped of their press access credentials" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978685190848274923) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T04:51Z 2.4M followers, 39K engagements "Iran says Trump's call for peace 'at odds' with US actions" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/14/iran-says-trumps-call-for-peace-at-odds-with-us-actions) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T07:55Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements "New French government named: presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977466494239047825) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T20:08Z 2.4M followers, 48.8K engagements "McIlroy lets 'big dog' sleep to shoot three-under on Delhi debut" [X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/golf-in-uae/mcilroy-lets-big-dog-sleep-to-shoot-three-under-on-delhi-debut-1.500309929) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T10:45Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements "Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of XX during a health visit to India local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the east African nation. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978380449220096020) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T08:40Z 2.4M followers, 9898 engagements "VIDEO: Trump met with standing ovation heckling at Israeli parliament US President Donald Trump was largely warmly received but his speech was briefly interrupted by two left-wing lawmakers. Both were expelled from parliament after raising protest signs denouncing Trump's support for the war in Gaza. Trump's speech came as the last XX surviving Israeli hostages were freed under a ceasefire he helped broker #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977757018699055403) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T15:23Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements "Seychelles' opposition leader Patrick Herminie wins the presidential run-off electoral commission results show after a race dominated by environmental and economic concerns" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977196483910025577) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T02:15Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements "Noman derails South Africa to 216-6 in first Pakistan Test" [X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/icc/noman-derails-south-africa-to-216-6-in-first-pakistan-test-1.500304960) [@gulf_news](/creator/x/gulf_news) 2025-10-13T13:01Z 1.5M followers, XXX engagements "Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and OpenAI announced a multi-year partnership on Monday to develop AI data centers that the chipmaker said would bring in tens of billions of dollars in new revenue over the next five years ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975191835887714764) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T13:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements "A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday triggering tsunami warnings in the Asian nation as well as neighbouring Indonesia and Palau" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976503589716554053) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T04:22Z 2.4M followers, 17.9K engagements "#BREAKING Trump departs for Israel and Egypt saying his Middle East trip will be "very special"" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977476829649777048) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T20:49Z 2.4M followers, 28.5K engagements "VIDEO: Madagascar military unit says seizes power after president impeached An elite military unit said it had taken power after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978127962311385574) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T15:57Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements "Key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan were closed after fierce clashes erupted overnight following Taliban accusations that Islamabad had carried out air strikes this week officials say" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977284438578151475) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T08:05Z 2.4M followers, 43.9K engagements "The Czech football federation (FACR) announced the sacking of national team coach Ivan Hasek on Wednesday following a humiliating 2-1 defeat in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978445261027299371) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T12:58Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements "Greece's parliament has approved a government-backed bill allowing people to work 13-hour days despite fierce objections from trade unions and opposition parties. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978795582324969486) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements "Pig butchering" scams targeted. US indicts Chen Zhi a UK-Cambodian businessman accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia where trafficked workers carried out cryptocurrency fraud schemes that netted billions of dollars" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978358459633410538) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T07:13Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements "WW2 explosives under the surface in the Solomon Islands. AFP Infographic map showing areas in the Solomon Islands where unexploded ordnance has been destroyed by police since 2011" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976557808226029611) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T07:57Z 2.4M followers, 9636 engagements "VIDEO: Israelis cheer in Tel Aviv amid hostage-prisoner exchange "It's so exciting and overwhelming that it's finally happening" says Shelly Bar Nir as a crowd gathers in the city's Hostages' Square. Hamas has handed over the XX surviving Israeli hostages under a ceasefire agreement US President Donald Trump helped to broker under which Israel is due to release nearly 2000 prisoners" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977746518804156517) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T14:41Z 2.4M followers, 15.4K engagements "#BREAKING China said on Tuesday it is ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional XXX percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977910133297418303) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T01:31Z 2.4M followers, 48.3K engagements "Qatar qualifies for its first World Cup on merit while 2034 tournament hosts Saudi Arabia advance to a third consecutive finals" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978233242416304379) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, XXX engagements "VIDEO: Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating fires As the small developing nation recovers from a summer of devastating wildfires locals and experts are eyeing a long road back to save its shrinking forests from intensifying disasters" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978022975807905961) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 9476 engagements "#BREAKING Israel expects all hostages held in Gaza to be freed early Monday all surviving captives to be released simultaneously: PM's office" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977370193601925409) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T13:46Z 2.4M followers, 79.5K engagements "One dead dozens injured in Peru anti-crime protests. Youth-led demonstrations brought thousands of Peruvians frustrated by the authorities' failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis onto the streets in Lima and several other cities" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978727972191322552) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T07:41Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements "Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces second week. The White House says plans are being finalized for the firing of thousands of federal workers" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975008042606325898) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T01:19Z 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements "At least one man was killed in violence at a rally in Peru's capital says President Jose Jeri whose accession days ago has failed to stamp out angry protests against the country's political class. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978747835743891909) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 10K engagements "I would call Gianni the head of FIFA who's phenomenal and I would say let's move it to another location. And he would do that." Trump says FIFA chief would back moving World Cup games out of Democratic-run US cities" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978276004180156442) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T01:45Z 2.4M followers, 16.4K engagements "Lewis Moody a pivotal member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team revealed on Monday he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975131253297881126) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T09:29Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements "A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pause the planned mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown after the White House said it expected to fire 10000 workers. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978780470876803431) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements "#BREAKING Hamas says alive hostages to be exchanged for nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners within XX hours of deal implementation" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976078339556180299) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T00:12Z 2.4M followers, 219.9K engagements "VIDEO As Mexico's Navy begins cleanup efforts in Poza Rica some residents of the town blanketed in mud after rains and landslides killed dozens across Mexico worry the scale of the disaster requires more help. 'Nothing can be salvaged' says resident Francisco Martinez 📹" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978503109543424299) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T16:47Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements "UK activist Tommy Robinson who organised a huge far-right march in London last month returned to court for refusing to divulge his telephone pin number to counter-terrorism police in 2024" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977879524126630337) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T23:30Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements "Standing near the lifeless body of her sister Rosalia Ortega says she is grateful to have found her in the river of mud that suddenly swept away her house as torrential rains pounded the Mexican mountain town of Huauchinango" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977483161689817194) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T21:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.5K engagements "#BREAKING US Congress committee says investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centers" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977902719420551269) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T01:02Z 2.4M followers, 21.7K engagements "Grammy-winning musician D'Angelo has died at the age of XX after "a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer" his family told US media. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978400494939709754) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 9074 engagements "Britain's Prince Andrew behaved as if having sex with the then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was his "birthright" according to allegations in her posthumous memoir. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978770456606855509) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 16.7K engagements ""Tron: Ares" the latest installment in the Disney sci-fi franchise debuted atop the North American box office industry estimates showed Sunday but analysts said its $XXXX million haul was disappointing given its huge budget" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977437863101993464) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T18:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.2K engagements "AFPs Nhac Nguyen in Vietnam photographs a vendor waiting for customers at a shop selling Mid-Autumn Festival decorations and goods in Hanoi's Old Quarter" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975099853014192387) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T07:24Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements "VIDEO: Argentina's Milei plays rock star as Argentina's economy crashes Argentine President Javier Milei headlines a concert in Buenos Aires to mark the release of a book he hopes will revive his sagging fortunes" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975883873600020650) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-08T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 1.6M engagements "#BREAKING Pakistan carried out 'precision strikes' in Kabul: Pakistani security source" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978453956318630118) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T13:32Z 2.4M followers, 53.5K engagements "Former US president Joe Biden is undergoing radiation and hormone therapy to fight prostate cancer that was revealed in May a spokesperson said Saturday. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977028940272194026) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 16.2K engagements "An elite military unit told AFP it has taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation. "We have taken power" Colonel Michael Randrianirina head of the CAPSAT military unit told AFP after reading out a statement at a government building in the capital. The unit will set up a committee composed of officers from the army gendarmerie and national police he said. The" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978104902745215069) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T14:25Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements "US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977845549299556494) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T21:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements "French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accused rival political forces of fuelling instability by undermining newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu whose government faces immediate threats of censure ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977752286169329752) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T15:04Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements "Gold prices broke $4000 for the first time Wednesday. Investors piled into the safe haven due to worries over the US government shutdown and concerns that a tech-fuelled rally may have gone too far fanning talk of an asset bubble" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975784180261724204) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-08T04:43Z 2.4M followers, 14.5K engagements "Voting began in Cameroon on Sunday as it held presidential elections which 92-year-old Paul Biya the world's oldest serving head of state is expected to win extending his already 43-year grip on power ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977342995541225519) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T11:58Z 2.4M followers, 19.5K engagements "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House on Friday seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president readies for a fresh summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979105929766347132) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T08:43Z 2.4M followers, 7589 engagements "Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978464898972577997) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T14:16Z 2.4M followers, 59.9K engagements "Trio wins economics Nobel for showing how technological innovation drives sustained growth" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/13/trio-wins-economics-nobel-for-showing-how-technological-innovation-drives-sustained-growth) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T12:06Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements "Rare woman yakuza on path to redemption in Japan. A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld she now spends her days helping other retired gangsters reintegrate into society" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978732648437522838) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T08:00Z 2.4M followers, 32.6K engagements "Germany wants EU to scrap its planned 2035 deadline for ending combustion-engine vehicle sales. Volkswagen BMW and Mercedes-Benz are struggling to build up competitive electric vehicle businesses against Chinese rivals like BYD" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975460249424240786) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-07T07:16Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements "Australian airline Qantas says data from XXX million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year has been shared online. Disney Google IKEA Toyota McDonald's and fellow airlines Air France and KLM are also reported to have had data stolen" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977546190725042590) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T01:25Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements "Tuesday was a busy one in World Cup qualifying with a half-dozen teams booking their spots to the 2026 tournament co-hosted by Canada the United States and Mexico 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978233240906305562) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements "#BREAKING Team of XXX US troops to 'oversee' Gaza truce: US officials" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976410169245675673) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T22:11Z 2.4M followers, 70.7K engagements "🏅 Infographic grouping Nobel Peace Prize laureates by reasons for their award since 1901 using categories created by AFP from official text accompanying each prize" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976611192870199456) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T11:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "VIDEO: Why has the 'One Piece' flag become a Gen Z protest symbol A cartoon skull and crossbones from the cult manga series has been seen among crowds of protesting youngsters from Asia to Africa to Latin America and Europe. The emblem has become the flag of Gen Z anti-establishment demonstrations #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975214573259997285) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements "Police clash with protesters in the northern Italian city of Udine during a football World Cup qualifier being played between Italy and Israel. Earlier in the day thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in the city to show their anger at the hosting of a match they believe should not be played with the Gaza ceasefire deal signed on Monday October XX doing little to dampen the resolve of those on the streets" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978332272014103011) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T05:29Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements "Catholics in Chicago Pope Leo's hometown are torn over President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978245937777754531) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T23:46Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements "Germany's online influencers are facing a tax evasion crackdown that has left them screaming OMG" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976453534137585723) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T01:03Z 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements "#BREAKING Hamass armed wing on Monday published a list of XX surviving hostages held in Gaza who are expected to be freed as part of a deal reached with Israel. The hostages named by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on its Telegram channel are among XX captives -- both living and deceased -- held by Palestinian militants in Gaza" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977589590652264458) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T04:17Z 2.4M followers, 24.5K engagements "#UPDATE Israel will begin releasing Palestinian prisoners once it has confirmation that all hostages held in Gaza and set to be released on Monday have arrived in the country a spokeswoman for the prime minister said ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977386530688704617) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T14:51Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least XX people in Mexico this week and left behind a trail of destruction local authorities across the country said. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977021412570206421) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu weathered two confidence motions on Thursday just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978788021202715031) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T11:40Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements "A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed XX people including children an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975678771861577972) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-07T21:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements "VIDEO: All surviving Israeli hostages released from Gaza Hamas has handed over the last XX surviving Israeli hostages under a ceasefire agreement. In Tel Aviv a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families erupted in joy as news broke of the first releases though the pain for the loss of those who had not survived was palpable #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977721758145753311) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T13:03Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements "Four Gaza hostage bodies handed to Red Cross: army" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/13/four-gaza-hostage-bodies-handed-to-red-cross-army) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T17:48Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements "🔬 Covid-19 infection causes changes to sperm in mice that may increase anxiety in their offspring a study released Saturday said suggesting the pandemic's possibly long-lasting effects on future generations. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976960979087790331) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T10:40Z 2.4M followers, 30.6K engagements "More than XXX South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country file landmark lawsuit 📸 A building slated for demolition that was once called a "monkey house" a clinic for sex workers hired to serve US soldiers" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1965318402760659252) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-09T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 4.3M engagements "Jaguar with gunshot wounds rescued from river in Brazil. A wounded jaguar reportedly injured by gunfire is rescued by Brazilian military police and members of SEPET the Animal Protection Secretariat for the Amazonas in the waters of Rio Negro Brazil" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975811100458283509) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-08T06:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements "Thousands of Palestinians erupted with joy in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis as Red Cross buses brought back nearly 1700 former prisoners ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977788928108441821) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T17:30Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements "Trump says he will meet again with Putinin Budapest and at a date to be determinedafter making 'great progress' in a call with the Russian leader a day before Ukraine's Zelensky visits the White House" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978890961716494524) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T18:29Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements "VIDEO: Gazans return to levelled homes as Israeli army pulls back "We're going back to our areas full of wounds and sorrow" says a Gazan walking with his children as hundreds of displaced return to the ruins of their homes in Khan Yunis" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976926218206208198) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T08:21Z 2.4M followers, 17K engagements "VIDEO: North Korean refugees remember families left behind North Koreans who fled to South Korea's Gyodong Island during the Korean war in the 1950s still pine for relatives and they perform funeral rites during the autumn harvest festival" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978375290482196894) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T08:20Z 2.4M followers, 9527 engagements "#BREAKING Trump says 'looking at' strikes on land against Venezuela cartels" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978554258086592840) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T20:11Z 2.4M followers, 44.9K engagements "Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with the committee chair calling her "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times." Here's the moment she received the call:" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976721895442588076) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T18:50Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements "Chicago is a key target in US President Donald Trump's pledge to carry out the largest deportation campaign in the country's history. Clashes have broken out between protesters and law enforcement at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility just outside the city" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976799909388145033) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "#UPDATE A mutinied army unit declared on Sunday that it was taking control of all of Madagascar's military forces as President Andry Rajoelina said an "attempt to seize power illegally" was under way ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977320843509162153) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements "AFP's Yuri Cortez photographs demonstrators clashing with riot police during a rally commemorating the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1973949505474036020) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-03T03:13Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements "North Korea showed off its "most powerful" intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade attended by top officials from Russia and China Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976950959818391853) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements "Peru's new government said a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979109041688191052) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T08:55Z 2.4M followers, 5213 engagements "Israelis gather in Tel Aviv ahead of scheduled prisoner-hostage swap. Dozens of Israelis gather in the middle of the night at the Tel Aviv plaza known as the Hostages' Square ahead of the scheduled prisoners-hostages swap due in the morning" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977591659555692999) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T04:26Z 2.4M followers, 18.8K engagements "AFPs Juan Barreto photographs members of the Bolivarian National Militia taking part in military training in La Guaira Venezuela. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has called for bolstering the cash-strapped country's defenses in response to US military deployment off its coast. Fearing invasion thousands of Venezuelans have joined a civilian militia" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976107914927411535) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T02:10Z 2.4M followers, 54.8K engagements "#BREAKING China accuses US of 'double standards' over new tariffs threat" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977199908945117600) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T02:29Z 2.4M followers, 45.1K engagements "'A ghost town': Palestinians erect makeshift shelters amid the rubble of Gaza City. Since the signing of a ceasefire deal on October XX many displaced Gazans have trekked back to their hometowns hoping to find something still intact. Like many Ahmad Al-Abbasi was disappointed by what he found. "It's become a ghost town" he says" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979013071013032107) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T02:34Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements "WWII bombs litter Solomon Islands. Countless unexploded bombs still lie scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. Of the 50000 bombs found and destroyed in the past XX years well over two-thirds were of American origin. A further XX% were Japanese" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976555830716625358) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T07:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements "Tadej Pogacar delivers trademark 75km breakaway to win the European road race title in France adding the stars jersey to the world title he won a week ago and his fourth Tour de France triumph in July. 📷 AFP/Jeff Pachoud" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1974885042083295270) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-05T17:11Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements "Ace Frehley the original lead guitarist for US glam rock group KISS has died aged XX. The guitar wizard died at home surrounded by family following a recent fall. In 1973 Frehley was a founding member of KISS alongside bass guitarist Gene Simmons lead singer Paul Stanley and drummer Peter Criss. The band posted to social media calling Frehley "an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier." 📷 Don Emmert" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979088992650801616) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 7805 engagements "Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger -- who led the country through major economic reforms in the 1990s and was known for his integrity -- has died at age 90" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978597242865901700) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T23:01Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements "Israel was expected to allow Gaza's sole border crossing to the outside world to reopen Wednesday to allow aid into the devastated territory as part of a US-backed ceasefire deal. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978433184996921516) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements "A disparate crowd of politicians businessmen activists and citizens gathered at a Madagascar military barracks Thursday in hopes of an audience with the island's new strongman Colonel Michael Randrianirina" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978901003941355907) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T19:09Z 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements "The US admiral responsible for overseeing controversial strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean said Thursday he will retire just a year into his tenure" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978948315959197892) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T22:17Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements "VIDEO: One dead dozens injured in Peru anti-crime protests At least one man has been killed and dozens have been injured after police clashed with protesters in Lima. Youth-led demonstrations have brought thousands frustrated by the authorities' failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis onto the streets #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978805262375866588) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T12:48Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements "🏀 The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns met in a sold-out pre-season game in Macau on Friday as fans cheered the NBA's return to China after a six-year absence sparked by a pro-democracy tweet. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976631914762056059) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T12:52Z 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements "VIDEO: Ethiopia's traditional dress weaving craft under threat Ethiopian dressmakers who produce the East African nation's popular long white 'habesha kemis' dresses by hand are pessimistic about the future of this centuries-old trade amidst economic woes and competition from cheaper factory-produced dresses" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978783022439657590) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements "AFP investigating Lidia Thorpes burn down Parliament House comments" [X Link](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/afp-investigating-lidia-thorpe-s-burn-down-parliament-house-comments-20251013-p5n24s.html) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T08:25Z 208.1M followers, 6858 engagements "VIDEO: Thousands gather in Antananarivo as Rajoelina dissolves parliament Thousands gather in the popular May XX Square in front of City Hall in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo as President Andry Rajoelina dissolves the national assembly pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation's spiralling political crisis" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978062446909632823) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T11:36Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements "Trump says PM Modi promised that India will stop buying Russian oil" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/16/trump-says-pm-modi-promised-that-india-will-stop-buying-russian-oil) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T03:45Z 208.1M followers, 1132 engagements "#UPDATE US President Donald Trump said Saturday he had issued an order for the military to be paid next week despite the ongoing government shutdown during which many civil servants are working without salaries. by @robin__legrand" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977124548719133084) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T21:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "#BREAKING Madagascar mutinied army unit says all military forces under its command" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977297495358083518) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T08:57Z 2.4M followers, 35.4K engagements "A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on Thursday after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978723502422127078) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T07:23Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements "#BREAKING Israel army says preparing to pull back troops in Gaza as part of deal" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976173020306686057) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-09T06:28Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements "Floods sweep central Mexico Floods caused by torrential rains have killed over XX people in Mexico in recent days and left behind a trail of destruction" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977572015335756247) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T03:08Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements "VIDEO: With less than five percent of the Democratic Republic of Congo's roads tarmacked many locals resort to poorly maintained "river buses" to get to school market or work in the fields" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977800250934132926) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T18:15Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements "VIDEO: North Korean refugees remember families left behind North Koreans who fled to South Korea's Gyodong Island during the Korean war in the 1950s still pine for relatives and they perform funeral rites during the autumn harvest festival" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978737678037516625) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T08:20Z 2.4M followers, 9616 engagements "AFP statement on Pentagon press acess:" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978177080081719689) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T19:12Z 2.4M followers, 49K engagements "VIDEO: Import-reliant Gabon gets taste for local beef Gabon is highly reliant on food imports but a movement is growing to champion local produce and develop a greater degree of food self-sufficiency" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976603619085713852) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 9774 engagements "The US Supreme Court appears poised to restrict the use of race to draw electoral districts in a case that could cement Republican control over the House of Representatives -- potentially even by next year's crucial midterm vote" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978544243271483490) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T19:31Z 2.4M followers, 29K engagements "Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink. They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever an AFP investigation reveals" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977919802787115015) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T02:10Z 2.4M followers, 41.5K engagements "Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of XX in India local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978365809786310824) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T07:42Z 2.4M followers, 31.7K engagements "A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores island erupted sending volcanic materials XX kilometres (6.2 miles) above its 1584-metre-high peak the national volcanology agency said. There was no immediate word of any casualties or damage" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978369735117914146) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T07:57Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements "VIDEO: Jaguar with apparent gunshot wounds saved from Brazilian river Military police and animal protection agents rescued the animal from the Rio Negro a tributary of the Amazon after creating a makeshift float for it to hold onto to keep its head above water #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975948291683553652) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-08T15:35Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements "#BREAKING France's new PM resigns hours after cabinet unveiled says presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975105618827526561) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T07:47Z 2.4M followers, 72.7K engagements "#BREAKING Peru to impose state of emergency in Lima after wave of violence says government" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979030559771795954) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T03:43Z 2.4M followers, 24.5K engagements "France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday backed the suspension of an unpopular 2023 pensions reform in a key move to bolster his cabinet's survival and draw his country out of political crisis ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978121161704644910) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T15:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements "AFP's Timothy A. Clary photographs participants at the 2025 Comic Con in New York City. The four-day event is the largest comics and pop culture event on the East Coast" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976513162569458066) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T05:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements "VIDEO: Joy as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners Several buses carrying prisoners released by Israel have arrived in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel is set to release around 2000 detainees in exchange for all remaining hostages seized by Hamas on X October 2023 #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977718664989176142) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T12:50Z 2.4M followers, 18.7K engagements "VIDEO: Bavarian police join counter-terror drills amid rising drone threats Dozens of Bavarian police officers take part in a counter-terrorism exercise involving police and armed forces amid growing concern over drone threats across Europe" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976664522325623082) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T15:02Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements "Mohammed Kudus scored as Ghana beat Comoros 1-0 in Accra on Sunday to win Group I and become the fifth African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup after Algeria Egypt Morocco and Tunisia" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977509591408939497) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.9K engagements "Deepfake political scam ads surge on Meta platforms watchdog says. The Tech Transparency Project identified XX scam advertisers that collectively spent $XX million on Facebook and Instagram often targeting seniors with scams promoting fake stimulus checks and healthcare payments" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1973653633293054253) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-02T07:37Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements "Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as smoke billows during Israeli strikes in Gaza City" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1967358951189872709) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-14T22:45Z 2.4M followers, 721K engagements "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like in "the Middle East" during a phone call Saturday saying if Trump could stop one war "others can be stopped as well". ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977039002021629979) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 25.8K engagements "VIDEO: 'Even Hamas' is ready to stop fighting but not the Kremlin Zelensky says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of being unwilling to halt its war saying that "even Hamas. is ready at some point to stop the fighting" but not "the Kremlin and Putin"" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977326653333246043) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T10:53Z 2.4M followers, 16.1K engagements "#UPDATE Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday that they killed dozens of each other's troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977380988264267978) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T14:29Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "#UPDATE An elite military unit that backed youth-led anti-government street protests said on Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978116082046255141) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements "#BREAKING Trump threatens to 'go in and kill' Hamas if Gaza killings continue" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978878525005300152) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T17:39Z 2.4M followers, 29.2K engagements "Madagascar's embattled President Andry Rajoelina said he was sheltering in a "safe place" following an attempt on his life ignoring calls to resign after spiralling unrest that has forced him into hiding ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977868198637687202) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T22:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements "Hamas tightens grip on Gaza's ruined cities carrying out executions in the street even as US President Donald Trump vows the Palestinian group will be disarmed "quickly and perhaps violently."" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978202652279529641) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T20:54Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements "🖼 🎨 They come from a world of underground even subversive art but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976606147286122829) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements "#BREAKING Trump issues order to pay military as government shutdown drags on" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977071918554767462) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T18:00Z 2.4M followers, 31.7K engagements "#UPDATE The Taliban government in Afghanistan said on Sunday its forces killed "58 Pakistani troops" in border clashes that erupted between the neighbouring countries overnight while nine Taliban troops were also killed ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977303226115354981) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 43.1K engagements "🏅 LIVE: Nobel Peace Prize is announced The Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced in Oslo by the Norwegian Nobel Committee" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976570853153247446) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T08:49Z 2.4M followers, 15.6K engagements "#BREAKING Pakistan military says XX of its troops more than XXX on Afghan side killed in border clashes" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977334339596849582) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T11:23Z 2.4M followers, 25.9K engagements "🐶 🍷 After a long day patrolling the neighbourhood or protecting the house pets in New Zealand have a new way to unwind -- non-alcoholic wine. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978058214605226253) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements "Hamas is set to release all surviving hostages on Monday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. US President Donald Trump heads to the region for a peace summit having declared the war "over"" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977561446885032121) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T02:26Z 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements "Soldiers joined thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Madagascar on Saturday calling on security forces to "refuse orders to shoot" and condemning police action to quell over two weeks of protests that have rocked the Indian Ocean island" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977086801840951732) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T19:00Z 2.4M followers, 63.9K engagements "McIlroy says remember Ryder Cup for win not US fan abuse" [X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/golf-in-uae/mcilroy-says-remember-ryder-cup-for-win-not-us-fan-abuse-1.500308423) [@gulf_news](/creator/x/gulf_news) 2025-10-15T12:10Z 1.5M followers, XXX engagements "With more than XX percent of Cameroonians living below the poverty line over half the central African country's young people dream of emigrating -- and businesses helping them leave are thriving" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977162302010065015) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements "#BREAKING Netanyahu hopes return of hostages from Gaza will 'bring hearts together'" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977431742379167996) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T17:50Z 2.4M followers, 34K engagements "#UPDATE China accused the United States of "double standards" after President Donald Trump threatened an additional XXX percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977229554440978796) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T04:27Z 2.4M followers, 16.9K engagements "Noman stars as Pakistan win first South Africa Test by XX runs" [X Link](https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/icc/noman-stars-as-pakistan-win-first-south-africa-test-by-93-runs-1.500308119) [@gulf_news](/creator/x/gulf_news) 2025-10-15T09:39Z 1.5M followers, XX engagements "A paramilitary drone strike has killed at least XX people at a displacement shelter in the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan a local activist group said. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976945879656399235) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements "Harry Kane scores twice as England thrash Latvia 5-0 and secure World Cup qualification while Portugal are forced to wait after being held by Hungary" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978233244332990918) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 9152 engagements "French human rights group files a legal complaint against Airbnb and accusing them of promoting "occupation tourism" by listing accommodation in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979058779640533434) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T05:35Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements "Mercedes' George Russell won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris as McLaren clinched the Formula One constructors' championship ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1974847050337468442) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-05T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 16.5K engagements "Not nothing not enough: is the Paris Climate Agreement working Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement major polluters are wavering on action and doubts remain whether it can survive in an era of fracturing global alliances and economic uncertainty" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977638181060088072) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T07:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements "Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Mondayalongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza AFP journalists saw" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975339033166553323) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements "#BREAKING Trump Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday: Egypt" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977114349945995455) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T20:49Z 2.4M followers, 16.7K engagements "A 48-hour ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan is holding officials on both sides say after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978757828492808290) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 10K engagements "VIDEO: Indonesia volcano erupts belching ash into night sky A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978415775892300224) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements "VIDEO: Living hostages returned to Israel as Palestinian detainees released The last XX living hostages held by Hamas have now returned to Israel. Their return is part of a ceasefire agreement which has also seen the release of 2000 Palestinian prisoners" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978385358090895842) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 9252 engagements "The White House has lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US President Donald Trump. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976629378852225032) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T12:42Z 2.4M followers, 121.6K engagements "Clashes break out near the Congress headquarters in Peru's Lima during an anti-government protest leaving multiple police officers injured according to authorities. The protest was organised less than a week after Jose Jeri's new government was installed" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978665143027298768) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T03:31Z 2.4M followers, 18.3K engagements "Soul musician D'Angelo dies at the age of XX after battling pancreatic cancer. The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978191579413442707) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T20:10Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back in a Tel Aviv court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his long-running corruption trial which opened in May 2020. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978413048562905097) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K 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 🏎" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1938282027226186009) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-06-26T17:03Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements "With a peace deal proving slow to take effect M23 armed group consolidates its hold on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975094875365220482) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T07:04Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements "#BREAKING Trump says Modi promised that India will stop buying Russian oil" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978565583672136067) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T20:56Z 2.4M followers, 23.8K engagements "'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan. One in four households in Pakistan a country of XXX million people employs a child as a domestic worker mostly girls aged XX to XX according to a 2022 report by the International Labor Organization" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977943231925989726) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T03:43Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements "Faulty engineering blamed for catastrophic implosion of Titanic sub. "Because OceanGate did not adequately test the Titan the company was unaware of the pressure vessel's actual strength and durability says US National Transportation Safety Board" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978647569480688040) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T02:21Z 2.4M followers, 15.4K engagements "US President Donald Trump says he "will decide what I think is right" on a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978030599311860112) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T09:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements "VIDEO: Palestinians erect makeshift shelters in Gaza City. Since the signing of a ceasefire deal on October XX many displaced Gazans have trekked back to their hometowns hoping to find something still intact. Like many Ahmad Al-Abbasi was disappointed by what he found. "It's become a ghost town" he says" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1979110275820159269) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-17T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 5433 engagements "Hamas security forces were tightening their grip on Gaza's ruined cities on Tuesday even as global support mounted for a US-backed deal that would see them disarmed ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978124146283368922) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T15:42Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements "Gazans in Khan Yunis collect aid parcels as ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977535505408381016) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T00:42Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements "The International Monetary Fund lifts its outlook for global growth this year flagging a milder-than-expected economic hit from President Donald Trump's tariff policies while warning of risks ahead" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978223288351629701) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T22:16Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements "VIDEO: Israel-Hamas ceasefire: What does the agreement say Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages following intense pressure from US President Donald Trump. What exactly does this agreement entail #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976654070673797554) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T14:20Z 2.4M followers, 17.5K engagements "#BREAKING Madagascar president says in 'safe place' after attempt on life" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977830936650899547) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T20:16Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements "Trump to attend signing of Thailand-Cambodia 'peace deal'" [X Link](https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/Oct/14/trump-to-attend-signing-of-thailand-cambodia-peace-deal) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T06:55Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements "Cape Verde beat Eswatini 3-0 to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup booking their place in football's global showpiece for the very first time ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977822900120911985) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements "⛳ Rory McIlroy said he wanted to "shift the narrative" away from abusive United States Ryder Cup fans and instead focus on his European team's famous victory. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978428157431541766) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T11:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements "Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976638904355766417) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T13:20Z 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements "🏅 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1976594935475282030) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-10T10:25Z 2.4M followers, 28.3K engagements "South Africa Ivory Coast and Senegal all win to claim the last three automatic places reserved for Africa. They join Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Morocco Senegal and Tunisia" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978233246233121277) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 8982 engagements "VIDEO: Gaza aid flotilla activists denounce treatment by Israel Activists who were sailing aboard vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive at Madrid-Barajas Airport on October X. Dozens of the activists are being deported from Israel after being intercepted in international waters. Many said they suffered abuse and degrading treatment while detained. The flotilla had been aiming to get past an Israeli blockade to deliver aid to Gaza where the UN says famine has taken hold #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975186970159526358) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T13:10Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements "Tens of thousands of mourners in Kenya fled in panic when security forces fired gunshots and teargas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga whose body was repatriated from India on Thursday ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978836422787227698) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T14:52Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements "VIDEO: Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court as man appeals rape conviction Frenchwoman Pelicot whose ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while drugged arrived in court in the southern city of Nimes to applause for an appeal trial triggered by the bid of one man who said he "never intended" to rape her #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1975229642517663869) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-06T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 43.1K engagements "VIDEO: Abu Dhabi launches virtual marriage app Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using a government app -- without even setting foot in the emirate. For $XXX users can complete online forms submit all the necessary documents book someone to officiate and even organise a virtual ceremony in as little as XX hours #AFPVertical" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978440216827265170) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T12:37Z 2.4M followers, 17.2K engagements "US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh set to be attended by world leaders including the head of the UN ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977367503899693510) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T13:35Z 2.4M followers, 20.4K engagements "Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers listand was one of three in the top XX playing in Saudi Arabia" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978959141159997926) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-16T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 8416 engagements ""With or without negotiation he will leave power" Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado tells AFP in an interview from hiding" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977931506329723182) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T02:56Z 2.4M followers, 17.3K engagements "An ailing Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday by world number XXX Valentin Vacherot who will face his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in a surprise all-family final. 📷@hectorretamal" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977052826246562096) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T16:45Z 2.4M followers, 16.1K engagements "#BREAKING Israel says one body returned by Hamas not former hostage" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978389347985400095) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T09:15Z 2.4M followers, 26.1K engagements "VIDEO: Albania's new AI-generated minister makes first address to parliament The world's first AI government minister defended her role as "not here to replace people but to help them". 'Diella' was appointed by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1968700801305477550) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-18T15:37Z 2.4M followers, 466.4K engagements "#UPDATE The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr France's Philippe Aghion and Canada's Peter Howitt for work on technology's impact on sustained economic growth ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977693114706928106) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-13T11:09Z 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements "Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday officials on both sides of the frontier said as clashes entered their second week. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978408091411456221) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements "🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP @AP @nytimes and @FoxNews have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials. AFP's statement" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1978476097542008933) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-15T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 26.8K engagements "Anthony Albanese phone number leak: AFP demands US website remove PM's contact details" [X Link](https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/prime-minister-s-phone-number-published-on-us-website-20251014-p5n2ae.html) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-14T00:09Z 208.1M followers, 10.8K engagements "Residents of China's capital city have expressed indifference and defiance when asked by AFP about the latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose blistering new tariffs on the country. ➡" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977026440253079952) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-11T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements "VIDEO: A massive military parade begins in Beijing attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin with the two guests of honour flanking Chinese President Xi Jinping. Soldiers march in ranks with tanks and missile systems on display for the showpiece extravaganza marking XX years since the end of World War II" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1963095509289103481) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-09-03T04:23Z 2.4M followers, 244.9K engagements "The Philippines says a Chinese ship deliberately rammed one of its government vessels though Beijing blamed Manila for the incident in the South China Sea" [X Link](https://x.com/AFP/status/1977271240097435782) [@AFP](/creator/x/AFP) 2025-10-12T07:12Z 2.4M followers, 15.8K engagements
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"#BREAKING Madagascar army minister accepts officer chosen by mutinied unit as head of armed forces"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T15:14Z 2.4M followers, 45.4K engagements
"Gaza City begins rubble cleanup. Bulldozers clear rubble in Gaza City following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. "The municipality of Gaza City immediately started working on its top priority for this period which is to open roads" says mayor of Gaza City Yahya Al-Sarraj adding "we urgently need construction materials especially cement approximately one thousand tons""
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T02:38Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements
"VIDEO: Ukraine's frontline troops shoot balloons to help fight drones Brightly coloured helium balloons in hand Ukrainian soldiers take part in creative anti-drone target practice"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T10:20Z 2.4M followers, 20.8K engagements
"Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is determined to ensure that Hamas hands back the remains of hostages still in Gaza adding that the fight "is not over yet". ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T11:25Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements
"#UPDATE Madagascar's armed forces minister on Sunday recognised as the new head of the army an officer chosen by a military contingent siding with protesters demanding the departure of PresidentAndry Rajoelina ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Japan's ruling coalition has collapsed as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance putting in peril Sanae Takaichi's bid to become the country's first woman prime minister. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 249.6K engagements
"VIDEO: Idea of preparing for World Cup with Brazil 'was beautiful' says Ancelotti The prospect of preparing for the 2026 World Cup with Brazil "was beautiful" says Carlo Ancelotti. The former Real Madrid manager took over the Brazilian national team in May and is now waiting to find out his side's group stage opponents at next year's tournament"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 4829 engagements
"#UPDATE Israel declared victory on Sunday in its war with Hamas as the militant group prepared to release its surviving hostages a key step in Donald Trump's Gaza plan hours before he hosts a peace summit in Egypt"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements
"Japanese and Allied forces waged a savage campaign across the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1945 in which tens of thousands were killed. They left behind countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T15:20Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements
"Israel said the last XX surviving hostages returned home on Monday after two years in captivity in Gaza as US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from Israeli lawmakers after brokering a ceasefire with Hamas ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T10:58Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements
"Italy working hard to prevent extra US tariffs on pasta. The United States' Department of Commerce is planning to impose duties of over XX% on pasta from January 2026 on top of the XX% already in place"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T07:39Z 2.4M followers, 255.6K engagements
"VIDEO: UK polar ship prepares for Antarctica trip Crew members and researchers on board the UK polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough prepare the vessel for its upcoming trip to Antarctica"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements
"#BREAKING Joel Mokyr (US-Israel) Philippe Aghion (France) and Peter Howitt (Canada) win economics Nobel prize for work on technology's impact on sustained growth"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 26.5K engagements
"A Canadian theme park said it will have no choice but to euthanize XX beluga whales if the federal government does not provide emergency funding by the end of Tuesday. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-07T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 167.7K engagements
"Like other EU nations Belgium has increasingly experienced medicine shortages that vex pharmacists exasperate patients and risk overloading public health services. by @UmbertoBacchi"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T17:30Z 2.4M followers, 14.8K engagements
"VIDEO: Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner says Maduro can still leave power peacefully Opposition figurehead Maria Corina Machado hopes to leverage her Nobel Prize win along with mounting pressure from the US to oust a government that has been in power for more than a quarter of a century under President Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T14:51Z 2.4M followers, 13.2K engagements
"VIDEO: Southern Tunisia residents demand dismantling of phosphate plant Hundreds marched in the city of Gabes to demand the dismantling of a phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents. "Dismantling of the chemical group" "We want to live" and "Gabes is a victim of pollution and injustice" protesters chanted as they approached the plant"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T10:02Z 2.4M followers, 15.1K engagements
"Afghans return home to rubble and heartbreak as a fragile truce with Pakistan takes hold after a week of deadly clashes with many worrying what comes next if the fighting resumes"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T20:18Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements
"US Treasury secretary accuses China of seeking to harm the global economy after Beijing slapped sweeping new export controls on rare earths"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T18:13Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements
"Pakistan PM says 'ball in Afghan Taliban's court' for permanent ceasefire"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T14:10Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements
"Major media outlets reject Pentagon reporting rules US and international news outlets including AFP The New York Times AP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T00:36Z 2.4M followers, 43.6K engagements
"North Korea's Kim kneels before portraits of soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine decorates survivors"
X Link @AFP 2025-08-22T05:15Z 2.4M followers, 602.6K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump says to slap further XXX percent tariffs on China"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T20:58Z 2.4M followers, 38.2K engagements
"California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intelligence chatbots defying a push from the White House to leave such technology unchecked"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T19:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements
"Cape Verde's capital Praia erupted in celebration on Monday after the tiny archipelago nation qualified for the World Cup for the first time"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T04:20Z 2.4M followers, 18.1K engagements
"VIDEO: Thai influencer blasts spooky sounds into Cambodia The sounds of people screaming and eerie music echo across the Cambodian-Thai border as a land dispute between the two southeast Asian neighbours simmers. The stunt was carried out by Thai nationalist influencer Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet known as Gun Jompalang on social media"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T13:40Z 2.4M followers, 46.5K engagements
"US indicts Cambodian tycoon over $15billion crypto scam empire"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T17:10Z 208.1M followers, X engagements
"US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels a summit is necessary with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 17.1K engagements
"OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T18:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements
"#BREAKING Elite Madagascar military unit says taking power after president impeached"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T13:32Z 2.4M followers, 24.8K engagements
"Thousands of supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gather at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi ahead of a state funeral service"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T07:32Z 2.4M followers, 7881 engagements
"World number XXX Valentin Vacherot on Sunday beat his cousin Arthur Rinderknech to win the Shanghai Masters 4-6 6-3 6-3 and become the lowest-ranked champion in the history of ATP 1000 events ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T12:24Z 2.4M followers, 16.8K engagements
"🏅 The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai considered by many as Hungary's most important living author whose works explore themes of postmodern dystopia and melancholy. The Swedish Academy honoured him "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that in the midst of apocalyptic terror reaffirms the power of art." 📸 Adrian Dennis"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T11:15Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements
"Turkey sends disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza. Hamas says the bodies of XX hostages are still unaccounted for and believed to be buried under the ruins alongside an untold number of Palestinians"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T00:29Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements
"Cameroonians voted Sunday in an election expected to return 92-year-old Paul Biya the world's oldest serving head of state to office after XX years in power"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T20:30Z 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements
"Hamas handed over the first seven of XX surviving Israeli hostages to Red Cross representatives in Gaza on Monday. The move sparked cheers of joy in Tel Aviv where a huge crowd gathered to support hostage families"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T06:35Z 2.4M followers, 15.2K engagements
"At least XX people are dead following heavy rains in Mexico with others having to resort to creative solutions to get to dry land"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements
"General Motors has announced it will book a $XXX billion hit in electric vehicle investments following US policy changes slowing adoption of the climate-friendly vehicles in its home market. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T11:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements
"'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers. Swiss start-up FinalSpark's co-founder Fred Jordan tells AFP he believes computer processors using human brain cells will one day replace the silicon chips powering the artificial intelligence boom"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T07:58Z 2.4M followers, 7707 engagements
"The US Supreme Court hears a case involving Black voters on Wednesday that could have lasting repercussions on whether Democrats or Republicans control the House of Representatives. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.4K engagements
"VIDEO: Hope and hardship along China's 'Great Green Wall' Across the deserts of Inner Mongolia China has been carrying out a colossal greening project for decades. Over XX million hectares of the desert have been transformed into forest so far"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T12:00Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements
"Military officers who seized power in Madagascar say their leader will be sworn in as the country's new president on Friday. The poor Indian Ocean nation was plunged into its worst political upheaval in years after an elite military unit took power moments after parliament voted to impeach the president"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T05:30Z 2.4M followers, 20.6K engagements
"Robert Badinter the justice minister who ended the death penalty in France in 1981 entered the country's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Thursday just hours after his grave was vandalised"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T18:40Z 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements
"Trump's fresh tariffs on imported wood furniture and kitchen cabinets take effect a development likely to fuel US building costs and pile pressure on homebuyers"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T05:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements
"Press exit. AFPs Brendan Smialowski photographs reporters carrying their belongings from the Pentagon in Washington DC after US and international news outlets including The New York Times AP AFP and Fox News declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules and were stripped of their press access credentials"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T04:51Z 2.4M followers, 39K engagements
"Iran says Trump's call for peace 'at odds' with US actions"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T07:55Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements
"New French government named: presidency"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T20:08Z 2.4M followers, 48.8K engagements
"McIlroy lets 'big dog' sleep to shoot three-under on Delhi debut"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T10:45Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements
"Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of XX during a health visit to India local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the east African nation. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T08:40Z 2.4M followers, 9898 engagements
"VIDEO: Trump met with standing ovation heckling at Israeli parliament US President Donald Trump was largely warmly received but his speech was briefly interrupted by two left-wing lawmakers. Both were expelled from parliament after raising protest signs denouncing Trump's support for the war in Gaza. Trump's speech came as the last XX surviving Israeli hostages were freed under a ceasefire he helped broker #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T15:23Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Seychelles' opposition leader Patrick Herminie wins the presidential run-off electoral commission results show after a race dominated by environmental and economic concerns"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T02:15Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements
"Noman derails South Africa to 216-6 in first Pakistan Test"
X Link @gulf_news 2025-10-13T13:01Z 1.5M followers, XXX engagements
"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and OpenAI announced a multi-year partnership on Monday to develop AI data centers that the chipmaker said would bring in tens of billions of dollars in new revenue over the next five years ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T13:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements
"A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday triggering tsunami warnings in the Asian nation as well as neighbouring Indonesia and Palau"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T04:22Z 2.4M followers, 17.9K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump departs for Israel and Egypt saying his Middle East trip will be "very special""
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T20:49Z 2.4M followers, 28.5K engagements
"VIDEO: Madagascar military unit says seizes power after president impeached An elite military unit said it had taken power after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T15:57Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements
"Key border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan were closed after fierce clashes erupted overnight following Taliban accusations that Islamabad had carried out air strikes this week officials say"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T08:05Z 2.4M followers, 43.9K engagements
"The Czech football federation (FACR) announced the sacking of national team coach Ivan Hasek on Wednesday following a humiliating 2-1 defeat in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T12:58Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements
"Greece's parliament has approved a government-backed bill allowing people to work 13-hour days despite fierce objections from trade unions and opposition parties. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 12K engagements
"Pig butchering" scams targeted. US indicts Chen Zhi a UK-Cambodian businessman accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia where trafficked workers carried out cryptocurrency fraud schemes that netted billions of dollars"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T07:13Z 2.4M followers, 10.1K engagements
"WW2 explosives under the surface in the Solomon Islands. AFP Infographic map showing areas in the Solomon Islands where unexploded ordnance has been destroyed by police since 2011"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T07:57Z 2.4M followers, 9636 engagements
"VIDEO: Israelis cheer in Tel Aviv amid hostage-prisoner exchange "It's so exciting and overwhelming that it's finally happening" says Shelly Bar Nir as a crowd gathers in the city's Hostages' Square. Hamas has handed over the XX surviving Israeli hostages under a ceasefire agreement US President Donald Trump helped to broker under which Israel is due to release nearly 2000 prisoners"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T14:41Z 2.4M followers, 15.4K engagements
"#BREAKING China said on Tuesday it is ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional XXX percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T01:31Z 2.4M followers, 48.3K engagements
"Qatar qualifies for its first World Cup on merit while 2034 tournament hosts Saudi Arabia advance to a third consecutive finals"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, XXX engagements
"VIDEO: Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating fires As the small developing nation recovers from a summer of devastating wildfires locals and experts are eyeing a long road back to save its shrinking forests from intensifying disasters"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 9476 engagements
"#BREAKING Israel expects all hostages held in Gaza to be freed early Monday all surviving captives to be released simultaneously: PM's office"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T13:46Z 2.4M followers, 79.5K engagements
"One dead dozens injured in Peru anti-crime protests. Youth-led demonstrations brought thousands of Peruvians frustrated by the authorities' failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis onto the streets in Lima and several other cities"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T07:41Z 2.4M followers, 10.7K engagements
"Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces second week. The White House says plans are being finalized for the firing of thousands of federal workers"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T01:19Z 2.4M followers, 15.3K engagements
"At least one man was killed in violence at a rally in Peru's capital says President Jose Jeri whose accession days ago has failed to stamp out angry protests against the country's political class. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 10K engagements
"I would call Gianni the head of FIFA who's phenomenal and I would say let's move it to another location. And he would do that." Trump says FIFA chief would back moving World Cup games out of Democratic-run US cities"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T01:45Z 2.4M followers, 16.4K engagements
"Lewis Moody a pivotal member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team revealed on Monday he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T09:29Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements
"A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pause the planned mass layoffs of federal workers during the government shutdown after the White House said it expected to fire 10000 workers. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 11.3K engagements
"#BREAKING Hamas says alive hostages to be exchanged for nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners within XX hours of deal implementation"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T00:12Z 2.4M followers, 219.9K engagements
"VIDEO As Mexico's Navy begins cleanup efforts in Poza Rica some residents of the town blanketed in mud after rains and landslides killed dozens across Mexico worry the scale of the disaster requires more help. 'Nothing can be salvaged' says resident Francisco Martinez 📹"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T16:47Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements
"UK activist Tommy Robinson who organised a huge far-right march in London last month returned to court for refusing to divulge his telephone pin number to counter-terrorism police in 2024"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T23:30Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements
"Standing near the lifeless body of her sister Rosalia Ortega says she is grateful to have found her in the river of mud that suddenly swept away her house as torrential rains pounded the Mexican mountain town of Huauchinango"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T21:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.5K engagements
"#BREAKING US Congress committee says investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centers"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T01:02Z 2.4M followers, 21.7K engagements
"Grammy-winning musician D'Angelo has died at the age of XX after "a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer" his family told US media. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 9074 engagements
"Britain's Prince Andrew behaved as if having sex with the then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was his "birthright" according to allegations in her posthumous memoir. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 16.7K engagements
""Tron: Ares" the latest installment in the Disney sci-fi franchise debuted atop the North American box office industry estimates showed Sunday but analysts said its $XXXX million haul was disappointing given its huge budget"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T18:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.2K engagements
"AFPs Nhac Nguyen in Vietnam photographs a vendor waiting for customers at a shop selling Mid-Autumn Festival decorations and goods in Hanoi's Old Quarter"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T07:24Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements
"VIDEO: Argentina's Milei plays rock star as Argentina's economy crashes Argentine President Javier Milei headlines a concert in Buenos Aires to mark the release of a book he hopes will revive his sagging fortunes"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-08T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 1.6M engagements
"#BREAKING Pakistan carried out 'precision strikes' in Kabul: Pakistani security source"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T13:32Z 2.4M followers, 53.5K engagements
"Former US president Joe Biden is undergoing radiation and hormone therapy to fight prostate cancer that was revealed in May a spokesperson said Saturday. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 16.2K engagements
"An elite military unit told AFP it has taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation. "We have taken power" Colonel Michael Randrianirina head of the CAPSAT military unit told AFP after reading out a statement at a government building in the capital. The unit will set up a committee composed of officers from the army gendarmerie and national police he said. The"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T14:25Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements
"US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T21:15Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements
"French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accused rival political forces of fuelling instability by undermining newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu whose government faces immediate threats of censure ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T15:04Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Gold prices broke $4000 for the first time Wednesday. Investors piled into the safe haven due to worries over the US government shutdown and concerns that a tech-fuelled rally may have gone too far fanning talk of an asset bubble"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-08T04:43Z 2.4M followers, 14.5K engagements
"Voting began in Cameroon on Sunday as it held presidential elections which 92-year-old Paul Biya the world's oldest serving head of state is expected to win extending his already 43-year grip on power ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T11:58Z 2.4M followers, 19.5K engagements
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House on Friday seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president readies for a fresh summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T08:43Z 2.4M followers, 7589 engagements
"Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T14:16Z 2.4M followers, 59.9K engagements
"Trio wins economics Nobel for showing how technological innovation drives sustained growth"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T12:06Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements
"Rare woman yakuza on path to redemption in Japan. A missing fingertip offers a clue to Mako Nishimura's criminal past as one of Japan's few women yakuza. But after clawing her way out of the underworld she now spends her days helping other retired gangsters reintegrate into society"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T08:00Z 2.4M followers, 32.6K engagements
"Germany wants EU to scrap its planned 2035 deadline for ending combustion-engine vehicle sales. Volkswagen BMW and Mercedes-Benz are struggling to build up competitive electric vehicle businesses against Chinese rivals like BYD"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-07T07:16Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements
"Australian airline Qantas says data from XXX million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year has been shared online. Disney Google IKEA Toyota McDonald's and fellow airlines Air France and KLM are also reported to have had data stolen"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T01:25Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements
"Tuesday was a busy one in World Cup qualifying with a half-dozen teams booking their spots to the 2026 tournament co-hosted by Canada the United States and Mexico 🧵"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements
"#BREAKING Team of XXX US troops to 'oversee' Gaza truce: US officials"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T22:11Z 2.4M followers, 70.7K engagements
"🏅 Infographic grouping Nobel Peace Prize laureates by reasons for their award since 1901 using categories created by AFP from official text accompanying each prize"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T11:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"VIDEO: Why has the 'One Piece' flag become a Gen Z protest symbol A cartoon skull and crossbones from the cult manga series has been seen among crowds of protesting youngsters from Asia to Africa to Latin America and Europe. The emblem has become the flag of Gen Z anti-establishment demonstrations #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 15K engagements
"Police clash with protesters in the northern Italian city of Udine during a football World Cup qualifier being played between Italy and Israel. Earlier in the day thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in the city to show their anger at the hosting of a match they believe should not be played with the Gaza ceasefire deal signed on Monday October XX doing little to dampen the resolve of those on the streets"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T05:29Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K engagements
"Catholics in Chicago Pope Leo's hometown are torn over President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented migrants"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T23:46Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements
"Germany's online influencers are facing a tax evasion crackdown that has left them screaming OMG"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T01:03Z 2.4M followers, 14.4K engagements
"#BREAKING Hamass armed wing on Monday published a list of XX surviving hostages held in Gaza who are expected to be freed as part of a deal reached with Israel. The hostages named by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on its Telegram channel are among XX captives -- both living and deceased -- held by Palestinian militants in Gaza"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T04:17Z 2.4M followers, 24.5K engagements
"#UPDATE Israel will begin releasing Palestinian prisoners once it has confirmation that all hostages held in Gaza and set to be released on Monday have arrived in the country a spokeswoman for the prime minister said ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T14:51Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least XX people in Mexico this week and left behind a trail of destruction local authorities across the country said. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu weathered two confidence motions on Thursday just days after appointing his new government and making a key political concession to stay in power. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T11:40Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements
"A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed XX people including children an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-07T21:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements
"VIDEO: All surviving Israeli hostages released from Gaza Hamas has handed over the last XX surviving Israeli hostages under a ceasefire agreement. In Tel Aviv a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families erupted in joy as news broke of the first releases though the pain for the loss of those who had not survived was palpable #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T13:03Z 2.4M followers, 15.7K engagements
"Four Gaza hostage bodies handed to Red Cross: army"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T17:48Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements
"🔬 Covid-19 infection causes changes to sperm in mice that may increase anxiety in their offspring a study released Saturday said suggesting the pandemic's possibly long-lasting effects on future generations. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T10:40Z 2.4M followers, 30.6K engagements
"More than XXX South Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for US soldiers stationed in the country file landmark lawsuit 📸 A building slated for demolition that was once called a "monkey house" a clinic for sex workers hired to serve US soldiers"
X Link @AFP 2025-09-09T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Jaguar with gunshot wounds rescued from river in Brazil. A wounded jaguar reportedly injured by gunfire is rescued by Brazilian military police and members of SEPET the Animal Protection Secretariat for the Amazonas in the waters of Rio Negro Brazil"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-08T06:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements
"Thousands of Palestinians erupted with joy in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis as Red Cross buses brought back nearly 1700 former prisoners ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T17:30Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements
"Trump says he will meet again with Putinin Budapest and at a date to be determinedafter making 'great progress' in a call with the Russian leader a day before Ukraine's Zelensky visits the White House"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T18:29Z 2.4M followers, 12.6K engagements
"VIDEO: Gazans return to levelled homes as Israeli army pulls back "We're going back to our areas full of wounds and sorrow" says a Gazan walking with his children as hundreds of displaced return to the ruins of their homes in Khan Yunis"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T08:21Z 2.4M followers, 17K engagements
"VIDEO: North Korean refugees remember families left behind North Koreans who fled to South Korea's Gyodong Island during the Korean war in the 1950s still pine for relatives and they perform funeral rites during the autumn harvest festival"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T08:20Z 2.4M followers, 9527 engagements
"#BREAKING Trump says 'looking at' strikes on land against Venezuela cartels"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T20:11Z 2.4M followers, 44.9K engagements
"Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with the committee chair calling her "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times." Here's the moment she received the call:"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T18:50Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements
"Chicago is a key target in US President Donald Trump's pledge to carry out the largest deportation campaign in the country's history. Clashes have broken out between protesters and law enforcement at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility just outside the city"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"#UPDATE A mutinied army unit declared on Sunday that it was taking control of all of Madagascar's military forces as President Andry Rajoelina said an "attempt to seize power illegally" was under way ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements
"AFP's Yuri Cortez photographs demonstrators clashing with riot police during a rally commemorating the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-03T03:13Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements
"North Korea showed off its "most powerful" intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade attended by top officials from Russia and China Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T10:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Peru's new government said a state of emergency will be declared in the capital Lima after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organized crime. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T08:55Z 2.4M followers, 5213 engagements
"Israelis gather in Tel Aviv ahead of scheduled prisoner-hostage swap. Dozens of Israelis gather in the middle of the night at the Tel Aviv plaza known as the Hostages' Square ahead of the scheduled prisoners-hostages swap due in the morning"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T04:26Z 2.4M followers, 18.8K engagements
"AFPs Juan Barreto photographs members of the Bolivarian National Militia taking part in military training in La Guaira Venezuela. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has called for bolstering the cash-strapped country's defenses in response to US military deployment off its coast. Fearing invasion thousands of Venezuelans have joined a civilian militia"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T02:10Z 2.4M followers, 54.8K engagements
"#BREAKING China accuses US of 'double standards' over new tariffs threat"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T02:29Z 2.4M followers, 45.1K engagements
"'A ghost town': Palestinians erect makeshift shelters amid the rubble of Gaza City. Since the signing of a ceasefire deal on October XX many displaced Gazans have trekked back to their hometowns hoping to find something still intact. Like many Ahmad Al-Abbasi was disappointed by what he found. "It's become a ghost town" he says"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T02:34Z 2.4M followers, 10.8K engagements
"WWII bombs litter Solomon Islands. Countless unexploded bombs still lie scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. Of the 50000 bombs found and destroyed in the past XX years well over two-thirds were of American origin. A further XX% were Japanese"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T07:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.9K engagements
"Tadej Pogacar delivers trademark 75km breakaway to win the European road race title in France adding the stars jersey to the world title he won a week ago and his fourth Tour de France triumph in July. 📷 AFP/Jeff Pachoud"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-05T17:11Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements
"Ace Frehley the original lead guitarist for US glam rock group KISS has died aged XX. The guitar wizard died at home surrounded by family following a recent fall. In 1973 Frehley was a founding member of KISS alongside bass guitarist Gene Simmons lead singer Paul Stanley and drummer Peter Criss. The band posted to social media calling Frehley "an essential and irreplaceable rock soldier." 📷 Don Emmert"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T07:36Z 2.4M followers, 7805 engagements
"Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger -- who led the country through major economic reforms in the 1990s and was known for his integrity -- has died at age 90"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T23:01Z 2.4M followers, 10.6K engagements
"Israel was expected to allow Gaza's sole border crossing to the outside world to reopen Wednesday to allow aid into the devastated territory as part of a US-backed ceasefire deal. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T12:10Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements
"A disparate crowd of politicians businessmen activists and citizens gathered at a Madagascar military barracks Thursday in hopes of an audience with the island's new strongman Colonel Michael Randrianirina"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T19:09Z 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements
"The US admiral responsible for overseeing controversial strikes against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean said Thursday he will retire just a year into his tenure"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T22:17Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements
"VIDEO: One dead dozens injured in Peru anti-crime protests At least one man has been killed and dozens have been injured after police clashed with protesters in Lima. Youth-led demonstrations have brought thousands frustrated by the authorities' failure to resolve a worsening crime crisis onto the streets #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T12:48Z 2.4M followers, 11K engagements
"🏀 The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns met in a sold-out pre-season game in Macau on Friday as fans cheered the NBA's return to China after a six-year absence sparked by a pro-democracy tweet. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T12:52Z 2.4M followers, 12.8K engagements
"VIDEO: Ethiopia's traditional dress weaving craft under threat Ethiopian dressmakers who produce the East African nation's popular long white 'habesha kemis' dresses by hand are pessimistic about the future of this centuries-old trade amidst economic woes and competition from cheaper factory-produced dresses"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements
"AFP investigating Lidia Thorpes burn down Parliament House comments"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T08:25Z 208.1M followers, 6858 engagements
"VIDEO: Thousands gather in Antananarivo as Rajoelina dissolves parliament Thousands gather in the popular May XX Square in front of City Hall in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo as President Andry Rajoelina dissolves the national assembly pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation's spiralling political crisis"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T11:36Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements
"Trump says PM Modi promised that India will stop buying Russian oil"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T03:45Z 208.1M followers, 1132 engagements
"#UPDATE US President Donald Trump said Saturday he had issued an order for the military to be paid next week despite the ongoing government shutdown during which many civil servants are working without salaries. by @robin__legrand"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T21:30Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"#BREAKING Madagascar mutinied army unit says all military forces under its command"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T08:57Z 2.4M followers, 35.4K engagements
"A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on Thursday after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T07:23Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements
"#BREAKING Israel army says preparing to pull back troops in Gaza as part of deal"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-09T06:28Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements
"Floods sweep central Mexico Floods caused by torrential rains have killed over XX people in Mexico in recent days and left behind a trail of destruction"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T03:08Z 2.4M followers, 12.9K engagements
"VIDEO: With less than five percent of the Democratic Republic of Congo's roads tarmacked many locals resort to poorly maintained "river buses" to get to school market or work in the fields"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T18:15Z 2.4M followers, 13.3K engagements
"VIDEO: North Korean refugees remember families left behind North Koreans who fled to South Korea's Gyodong Island during the Korean war in the 1950s still pine for relatives and they perform funeral rites during the autumn harvest festival"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T08:20Z 2.4M followers, 9616 engagements
"AFP statement on Pentagon press acess:"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T19:12Z 2.4M followers, 49K engagements
"VIDEO: Import-reliant Gabon gets taste for local beef Gabon is highly reliant on food imports but a movement is growing to champion local produce and develop a greater degree of food self-sufficiency"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 9774 engagements
"The US Supreme Court appears poised to restrict the use of race to draw electoral districts in a case that could cement Republican control over the House of Representatives -- potentially even by next year's crucial midterm vote"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T19:31Z 2.4M followers, 29K engagements
"Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink. They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever an AFP investigation reveals"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T02:10Z 2.4M followers, 41.5K engagements
"Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of XX in India local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T07:42Z 2.4M followers, 31.7K engagements
"A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores island erupted sending volcanic materials XX kilometres (6.2 miles) above its 1584-metre-high peak the national volcanology agency said. There was no immediate word of any casualties or damage"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T07:57Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements
"VIDEO: Jaguar with apparent gunshot wounds saved from Brazilian river Military police and animal protection agents rescued the animal from the Rio Negro a tributary of the Amazon after creating a makeshift float for it to hold onto to keep its head above water #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-08T15:35Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements
"#BREAKING France's new PM resigns hours after cabinet unveiled says presidency"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T07:47Z 2.4M followers, 72.7K engagements
"#BREAKING Peru to impose state of emergency in Lima after wave of violence says government"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T03:43Z 2.4M followers, 24.5K engagements
"France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Tuesday backed the suspension of an unpopular 2023 pensions reform in a key move to bolster his cabinet's survival and draw his country out of political crisis ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T15:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.2K engagements
"AFP's Timothy A. Clary photographs participants at the 2025 Comic Con in New York City. The four-day event is the largest comics and pop culture event on the East Coast"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T05:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements
"VIDEO: Joy as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners Several buses carrying prisoners released by Israel have arrived in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel is set to release around 2000 detainees in exchange for all remaining hostages seized by Hamas on X October 2023 #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T12:50Z 2.4M followers, 18.7K engagements
"VIDEO: Bavarian police join counter-terror drills amid rising drone threats Dozens of Bavarian police officers take part in a counter-terrorism exercise involving police and armed forces amid growing concern over drone threats across Europe"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T15:02Z 2.4M followers, 17.4K engagements
"Mohammed Kudus scored as Ghana beat Comoros 1-0 in Accra on Sunday to win Group I and become the fifth African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup after Algeria Egypt Morocco and Tunisia"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 14.9K engagements
"Deepfake political scam ads surge on Meta platforms watchdog says. The Tech Transparency Project identified XX scam advertisers that collectively spent $XX million on Facebook and Instagram often targeting seniors with scams promoting fake stimulus checks and healthcare payments"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-02T07:37Z 2.4M followers, 14.6K engagements
"Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as smoke billows during Israeli strikes in Gaza City"
X Link @AFP 2025-09-14T22:45Z 2.4M followers, 721K engagements
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to broker peace in Ukraine like in "the Middle East" during a phone call Saturday saying if Trump could stop one war "others can be stopped as well". ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T15:50Z 2.4M followers, 25.8K engagements
"VIDEO: 'Even Hamas' is ready to stop fighting but not the Kremlin Zelensky says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of being unwilling to halt its war saying that "even Hamas. is ready at some point to stop the fighting" but not "the Kremlin and Putin""
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T10:53Z 2.4M followers, 16.1K engagements
"#UPDATE Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Sunday that they killed dozens of each other's troops during a night of heavy border clashes between the two countries ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T14:29Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"#UPDATE An elite military unit that backed youth-led anti-government street protests said on Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T15:10Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump threatens to 'go in and kill' Hamas if Gaza killings continue"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T17:39Z 2.4M followers, 29.2K engagements
"Madagascar's embattled President Andry Rajoelina said he was sheltering in a "safe place" following an attempt on his life ignoring calls to resign after spiralling unrest that has forced him into hiding ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T22:45Z 2.4M followers, 12.7K engagements
"Hamas tightens grip on Gaza's ruined cities carrying out executions in the street even as US President Donald Trump vows the Palestinian group will be disarmed "quickly and perhaps violently.""
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T20:54Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements
"🖼 🎨 They come from a world of underground even subversive art but now US activist Shepard Fairey has joined forces with Britain's Damien Hirst and French street artist Invader with a "joyful" exhibition to show even in dark times there is always hope. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T11:10Z 2.4M followers, 10.9K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump issues order to pay military as government shutdown drags on"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T18:00Z 2.4M followers, 31.7K engagements
"#UPDATE The Taliban government in Afghanistan said on Sunday its forces killed "58 Pakistani troops" in border clashes that erupted between the neighbouring countries overnight while nine Taliban troops were also killed ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T09:20Z 2.4M followers, 43.1K engagements
"🏅 LIVE: Nobel Peace Prize is announced The Nobel Peace Prize is set to be announced in Oslo by the Norwegian Nobel Committee"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T08:49Z 2.4M followers, 15.6K engagements
"#BREAKING Pakistan military says XX of its troops more than XXX on Afghan side killed in border clashes"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T11:23Z 2.4M followers, 25.9K engagements
"🐶 🍷 After a long day patrolling the neighbourhood or protecting the house pets in New Zealand have a new way to unwind -- non-alcoholic wine. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T11:20Z 2.4M followers, 11.7K engagements
"Hamas is set to release all surviving hostages on Monday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. US President Donald Trump heads to the region for a peace summit having declared the war "over""
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T02:26Z 2.4M followers, 16.3K engagements
"Soldiers joined thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Madagascar on Saturday calling on security forces to "refuse orders to shoot" and condemning police action to quell over two weeks of protests that have rocked the Indian Ocean island"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T19:00Z 2.4M followers, 63.9K engagements
"McIlroy says remember Ryder Cup for win not US fan abuse"
X Link @gulf_news 2025-10-15T12:10Z 1.5M followers, XXX engagements
"With more than XX percent of Cameroonians living below the poverty line over half the central African country's young people dream of emigrating -- and businesses helping them leave are thriving"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T00:00Z 2.4M followers, 15.9K engagements
"#BREAKING Netanyahu hopes return of hostages from Gaza will 'bring hearts together'"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T17:50Z 2.4M followers, 34K engagements
"#UPDATE China accused the United States of "double standards" after President Donald Trump threatened an additional XXX percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T04:27Z 2.4M followers, 16.9K engagements
"Noman stars as Pakistan win first South Africa Test by XX runs"
X Link @gulf_news 2025-10-15T09:39Z 1.5M followers, XX engagements
"A paramilitary drone strike has killed at least XX people at a displacement shelter in the besieged city of El-Fasher in western Sudan a local activist group said. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements
"Harry Kane scores twice as England thrash Latvia 5-0 and secure World Cup qualification while Portugal are forced to wait after being held by Hungary"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 9152 engagements
"French human rights group files a legal complaint against Airbnb and accusing them of promoting "occupation tourism" by listing accommodation in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T05:35Z 2.4M followers, 11.2K engagements
"Mercedes' George Russell won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris as McLaren clinched the Formula One constructors' championship ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-05T14:40Z 2.4M followers, 16.5K engagements
"Not nothing not enough: is the Paris Climate Agreement working Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement major polluters are wavering on action and doubts remain whether it can survive in an era of fracturing global alliances and economic uncertainty"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T07:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.3K engagements
"Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Mondayalongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza AFP journalists saw"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T23:15Z 2.4M followers, 14.7K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump Sisi to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday: Egypt"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T20:49Z 2.4M followers, 16.7K engagements
"A 48-hour ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan is holding officials on both sides say after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T09:40Z 2.4M followers, 10K engagements
"VIDEO: Indonesia volcano erupts belching ash into night sky A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T11:00Z 2.4M followers, 10.4K engagements
"VIDEO: Living hostages returned to Israel as Palestinian detainees released The last XX living hostages held by Hamas have now returned to Israel. Their return is part of a ceasefire agreement which has also seen the release of 2000 Palestinian prisoners"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 9252 engagements
"The White House has lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US President Donald Trump. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T12:42Z 2.4M followers, 121.6K engagements
"Clashes break out near the Congress headquarters in Peru's Lima during an anti-government protest leaving multiple police officers injured according to authorities. The protest was organised less than a week after Jose Jeri's new government was installed"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T03:31Z 2.4M followers, 18.3K engagements
"Soul musician D'Angelo dies at the age of XX after battling pancreatic cancer. The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T20:10Z 2.4M followers, 13.8K engagements
"Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back in a Tel Aviv court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his long-running corruption trial which opened in May 2020. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T10:50Z 2.4M followers, 13.4K 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 🏎"
X Link @AFP 2025-06-26T17:03Z 2.4M followers, 13.9K engagements
"With a peace deal proving slow to take effect M23 armed group consolidates its hold on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T07:04Z 2.4M followers, 11.5K engagements
"#BREAKING Trump says Modi promised that India will stop buying Russian oil"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T20:56Z 2.4M followers, 23.8K engagements
"'I know it's immoral': Child workers still common in Pakistan. One in four households in Pakistan a country of XXX million people employs a child as a domestic worker mostly girls aged XX to XX according to a 2022 report by the International Labor Organization"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T03:43Z 2.4M followers, 20.9K engagements
"Faulty engineering blamed for catastrophic implosion of Titanic sub. "Because OceanGate did not adequately test the Titan the company was unaware of the pressure vessel's actual strength and durability says US National Transportation Safety Board"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T02:21Z 2.4M followers, 15.4K engagements
"US President Donald Trump says he "will decide what I think is right" on a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T09:30Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements
"VIDEO: Palestinians erect makeshift shelters in Gaza City. Since the signing of a ceasefire deal on October XX many displaced Gazans have trekked back to their hometowns hoping to find something still intact. Like many Ahmad Al-Abbasi was disappointed by what he found. "It's become a ghost town" he says"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-17T09:00Z 2.4M followers, 5433 engagements
"Hamas security forces were tightening their grip on Gaza's ruined cities on Tuesday even as global support mounted for a US-backed deal that would see them disarmed ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T15:42Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements
"Gazans in Khan Yunis collect aid parcels as ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T00:42Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements
"The International Monetary Fund lifts its outlook for global growth this year flagging a milder-than-expected economic hit from President Donald Trump's tariff policies while warning of risks ahead"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T22:16Z 2.4M followers, 12.4K engagements
"VIDEO: Israel-Hamas ceasefire: What does the agreement say Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages following intense pressure from US President Donald Trump. What exactly does this agreement entail #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T14:20Z 2.4M followers, 17.5K engagements
"#BREAKING Madagascar president says in 'safe place' after attempt on life"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T20:16Z 2.4M followers, 18.6K engagements
"Trump to attend signing of Thailand-Cambodia 'peace deal'"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T06:55Z 208.1M followers, XXX engagements
"Cape Verde beat Eswatini 3-0 to secure a spot at the 2026 World Cup booking their place in football's global showpiece for the very first time ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T19:45Z 2.4M followers, 15.5K engagements
"⛳ Rory McIlroy said he wanted to "shift the narrative" away from abusive United States Ryder Cup fans and instead focus on his European team's famous victory. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T11:50Z 2.4M followers, 11.1K engagements
"Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T13:20Z 2.4M followers, 20.1K engagements
"🏅 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-10T10:25Z 2.4M followers, 28.3K engagements
"South Africa Ivory Coast and Senegal all win to claim the last three automatic places reserved for Africa. They join Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Morocco Senegal and Tunisia"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T22:55Z 2.4M followers, 8982 engagements
"VIDEO: Gaza aid flotilla activists denounce treatment by Israel Activists who were sailing aboard vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive at Madrid-Barajas Airport on October X. Dozens of the activists are being deported from Israel after being intercepted in international waters. Many said they suffered abuse and degrading treatment while detained. The flotilla had been aiming to get past an Israeli blockade to deliver aid to Gaza where the UN says famine has taken hold #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T13:10Z 2.4M followers, 19.1K engagements
"Tens of thousands of mourners in Kenya fled in panic when security forces fired gunshots and teargas in a stadium where they had gathered to see the coffin of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga whose body was repatriated from India on Thursday ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T14:52Z 2.4M followers, 11.8K engagements
"VIDEO: Feminist icon Gisele Pelicot back in court as man appeals rape conviction Frenchwoman Pelicot whose ex-husband recruited dozens of strangers online to sexually assault and rape her while drugged arrived in court in the southern city of Nimes to applause for an appeal trial triggered by the bid of one man who said he "never intended" to rape her #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-06T16:00Z 2.4M followers, 43.1K engagements
"VIDEO: Abu Dhabi launches virtual marriage app Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using a government app -- without even setting foot in the emirate. For $XXX users can complete online forms submit all the necessary documents book someone to officiate and even organise a virtual ceremony in as little as XX hours #AFPVertical"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T12:37Z 2.4M followers, 17.2K engagements
"US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh set to be attended by world leaders including the head of the UN ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T13:35Z 2.4M followers, 20.4K engagements
"Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers listand was one of three in the top XX playing in Saudi Arabia"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-16T23:00Z 2.4M followers, 8416 engagements
""With or without negotiation he will leave power" Nicolas Maduro's time is up but he can still leave power peacefully Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado tells AFP in an interview from hiding"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T02:56Z 2.4M followers, 17.3K engagements
"An ailing Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday by world number XXX Valentin Vacherot who will face his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in a surprise all-family final. 📷@hectorretamal"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T16:45Z 2.4M followers, 16.1K engagements
"#BREAKING Israel says one body returned by Hamas not former hostage"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T09:15Z 2.4M followers, 26.1K engagements
"VIDEO: Albania's new AI-generated minister makes first address to parliament The world's first AI government minister defended her role as "not here to replace people but to help them". 'Diella' was appointed by Prime Minister Edi Rama last week"
X Link @AFP 2025-09-18T15:37Z 2.4M followers, 466.4K engagements
"#UPDATE The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr France's Philippe Aghion and Canada's Peter Howitt for work on technology's impact on sustained economic growth ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-13T11:09Z 2.4M followers, 11.6K engagements
"Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday officials on both sides of the frontier said as clashes entered their second week. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T10:30Z 2.4M followers, 10.3K engagements
"🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP @AP @nytimes and @FoxNews have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials. AFP's statement"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-15T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 26.8K engagements
"Anthony Albanese phone number leak: AFP demands US website remove PM's contact details"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-14T00:09Z 208.1M followers, 10.8K engagements
"Residents of China's capital city have expressed indifference and defiance when asked by AFP about the latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose blistering new tariffs on the country. ➡"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-11T15:00Z 2.4M followers, 13.7K engagements
"VIDEO: A massive military parade begins in Beijing attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin with the two guests of honour flanking Chinese President Xi Jinping. Soldiers march in ranks with tanks and missile systems on display for the showpiece extravaganza marking XX years since the end of World War II"
X Link @AFP 2025-09-03T04:23Z 2.4M followers, 244.9K engagements
"The Philippines says a Chinese ship deliberately rammed one of its government vessels though Beijing blamed Manila for the incident in the South China Sea"
X Link @AFP 2025-10-12T07:12Z 2.4M followers, 15.8K engagements