Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ukrainian children who fled Russia's invasion transform Ukrainian school in Canada
Yuriy ZaliznyakVANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Matviy, a 6-year-old boy, has been attending a school named Ridne Slovo, which means "native word" in Ukrainian, for two years and primarily focusing on r...
Nov 24, 2024
Russia to continue testing, start mass producing new 'Oreshnik' missile: Putin
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Russia will continue testing and start mass producing the new "Oreshnik" missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was us...
Nov 22, 2024
‘Suspicious package’ found outside US embassy in London
U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States Embassy in London on Friday morning, police sai...
Nov 22, 2024
Icelandic volcano previously dormant for 800 years erupting again
ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Anadolu via Getty ImageA once long-dormant volcano in Iceland is erupting again and impacting activity in a populated region nearby.The volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula in...
Nov 21, 2024
In Pakistan, Afghan journalists face deportation and yearslong waits for humanitarian visas
Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON )-- As Jahanzeb Wesa fled toward the Pakistani border in the middle of the night, he wondered if his career defending human rights would help protect ...
Nov 21, 2024
Ukraine says Russia hit it with ICBM, Zelenskyy says Putin is 'terrified'
Ukraine State Emergency Service/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON and KYIV) -- Russia on Thursday launched what officials in Kyiv said was an intercontinental ballistic missile toward southeaste...
Nov 21, 2024
Russia claims it shot down US-made ATACMS missiles and issues nuclear threat
Russian President Valdimir Putin; Photo credit: Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it defeated a Ukrainian ATACMS attack in the wes...
Nov 19, 2024
Investigation into possible sabotage underway after 2 underwater cables cut in Baltic Sea
Stefan Sauer/picture alliance via Getty Images(LONDON) -- An initial investigation into possible sabotage has been launched by four NATO countries -- Finland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania -- after tw...
Nov 19, 2024
Russia says Ukraine's use of Western rockets could prompt nuclear response
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is pictured on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2024. (Maxim Shemetov via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov tol...
Nov 19, 2024
Injured Gaza teen arrives in US for medical treatment after arm amputations
KATU(PORTLAND, Or.) -- A teenager who was seriously injured in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war has arrived in the United States for treatment.Diaa Al-Haqq, 15, was injured when an alleged Israeli missi...
Nov 18, 2024