TASS TASS Russian News Agency TASS (), abbr. TASS () is a major news agency in Russia, founded in 1904. TASS is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide, along with Reuters, the Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP). TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the Government of Russia. Headquartered in Moscow, TASS has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as 68 bureaus around the world. The TASS name comes from the former Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (, "Tyelyegrafnoye
İhlas News Agency İhlas News Agency Ihlas News Agency, Ihlas Haber Ajansı (IHA) is a Turkish news agency which was founded in 1993, and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. IHA is one of the leading video news agencies in the world. According to a BBC survey, IHA is the third biggest news agency worldwide based on criteria such as rapid access to international news, capacity of live footage and the number of technical facilities in foreign countries. It is part of the Turkish conglomerate İhlas Holding. It has 12 studios worldwide, including Berlin, Khartoum, London and Washington. Each day it processes an average of