18+ hour, 21+ 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, 5+ 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, 14+ 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, 4+ 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, 9+ 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…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (242+ words) London (AFP) | 12/09/2026 - 14:11:57 | Second crypto billionaire says donated record £36 mn to Reform UK Moscow (AFP) | 12/09/2026 - 14:10:11 | No decision yet on Putin attending G20 in Miami: Kremlin to Russian media Beijing (AFP) | 12/09/2026 - 14:06:47 | China's Xi meets Indian PM Modi in New Delhi: state media New…...

4+ day, 12+ 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…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (619+ words) Published on September 10, 2026 at 01:37 US President Donald Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One was delayed on the tarmac Wednesday after an emergency inflatable slide accidentally deployed, raising fresh questions over the safety of the jet. Trump -- who was preparing to travel…...

5+ day, 8+ 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…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (642+ words) Published on September 8, 2026 at 09:34 China's imports and exports surged in August, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for technology products and ahead of an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. After…...