AFP: Two journalists arrested by the Libyan army
AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
Beirut (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 09:34:24 | Lebanon state media reports Israeli strike on south
Kuwait City (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 08:55:55 | Kuwait condemns new Iranian attack on its territory
Tehran (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 08:54:32 | Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression
Paris (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 08:37:27 | France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave: health agency
Nairobi (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 08:35:03 | Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
Manama (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 08:31:59 | Bahrain says targeted by Iranian missiles, drones
Jerusalem (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 07:19:35 | Israel army says killed 'armed terrorists' in southern Syria
Caracas (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 06:33:29 | 11-year-old boy rescued three days after Venezuela quakes: president
(AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 06:01:47 | Air raid siren sounded for a second time in Bahrain: Interior Ministry
Tehran (AFP) | 28/06/2026 - 03:26:06 | Iran Guards say strikes against Kuwait, Bahrain in retaliation for US attack
AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
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Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.
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