16+ hour, 20+ min ago   (419+ words) Published on September 14, 2026 at 00:03 Quiet enough to hear a pin drop. Then, thunderous applause and shrieks of joy erupted at the Swedish Social Democrats election party on Sunday as supporters celebrated the far-right's predicted drop in support from early counting....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (770+ words) Published on September 13, 2026 at 13:07 Donald Trump turned his focus Sunday to golf and promoting his business interests, as he wraps up a two-day visit to Ireland during which his off-the-cuff diplomacy has caused another stir. The US president caught his…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (317+ words) Published on September 13, 2026 at 04:04 More than 280 people were arrested in Chile during demonstrations commemorating victims of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, the government said Saturday. This year was the first since the end of Pinochet's brutal 1973-1990 rule that Chile did not…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (644+ words) Published on September 13, 2026 at 14:50 Sweden voted Sunday in a tightly contested general election that could either bring the far right into government for the first time or return the left-wing opposition to power. Conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told AFP…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (672+ words) Published on September 13, 2026 at 08:45 The bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of a resort area on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (615+ words) Published on September 13, 2026 at 09:32 Sweden began voting Sunday in a general election after a tight race that will see either the far-right enter government for the first time or the left-wing opposition reclaim power. Opposition leader Magdalena Andersson of the…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (391+ words) Published on September 10, 2026 at 06:29 South Korea's president has ruled out even considering to extend his constitutionally-capped one term in office, a spokesman said Thursday, after the leader and some allies had floated a reform. President Lee Jae Myung's critics noted…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (71+ words) Published on September 9, 2026 at 10:56 A woman reads the names of victims at the One World Trade Center building while visiting the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, United States. Get in touch to discover how AFP's content, services and…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (617+ words) Published on September 8, 2026 at 19:32 Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a bombshell report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (489+ words) Published on September 7, 2026 at 17:53 A Colombian soldier in the French Foreign Legion who was taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia escaped his captors after a four-day trek on foot through rebel-held territory, a military source told AFP on Monday. Jose…...