Pope Leo XIV Thursday hailed the work of news agencies as a bulwark in an increasingly "post-truth" world, and warned of the dangers of relying on artificial intelligence for information. "The world needs free, rigorous and objective information," he told ...

The BBC and three international news agencies have released a short film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza. The film, launched by the corporation with Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters, is narrated by veteran BBC journalist David Dimbleby.

Argentine President Javier Milei hailed his party’s runaway victory in the country’s midterm elections as a national “turning point”, as the stock market surged and he vowed to charge ahead with his agenda of shrinking the state and deregulating the economy.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Targeted by several authoritarian governments, Agence France-Presse – one of the three leading global news agencies – has found itself struggling financially in the face of a fragile media sector,