Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Member of local guard at US Embassy in Sudan killed in paramilitary RSF's custody
A picture taken on Oct. 7, 2017 shows a view of the exterior of the US embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. (Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images, FILE)(LONDON) -- A local guard force member who...
Sep 11, 2024
ABC News analysis: 70% of schools in Gaza destroyed or damaged during Israel-Hamas war
Qadira Zourob sits on a mattress outside the tent she lives in, in the courtyard of a school housing displaced people in Khan Younis. (Diaa Ostaz/ABC News)(LONDON) -- -- Qadira Zourob, a 17-year-old i...
Sep 11, 2024
Prince William says Kate Middleton has 'long way to go' after finishing chemotherapy
PHOTO: Prince William, Prince of Wales greets well-wishers on Sept. 10, 2024, in Llanelli, Wales. Prince William, Prince of Wales greets well-wishers while departing from a visit to Swiss Valley Commu...
Sep 11, 2024
'Out of control' fires ravage the Amazon region
The sun sets in Brasilia, Brazil, amid smoke from forest fires in the northern and central western states, on September 9, 2024. (Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Wildfires in the Amazon a...
Sep 10, 2024
Ukraine launches 144 drones in attack over Russia, Moscow says
This photo shows a damaged residential building following a drone attack in Ramenskoye in the Moscow region on September 10, 2024. (Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON and MOSCOW) -- Russia'...
Sep 10, 2024
Man who poured scalding hot liquid on baby boy sparks international manhunt for his arrest
Queensland Police(LONDON) -- A man who allegedly poured scalding hot liquid on a 9-month-old baby boy in Australia has sparked an international manhunt, police said.The ordeal began on Aug. 27 when a ...
Sep 10, 2024
Kate Middleton says she has completed chemotherapy 6 months after announcing cancer diagnosis
Karwai Tang/WireImage, FILE(LONDON) -- Kate, the Princess of Wales, is opening up about her health six months after announcing she had been diagnosed with cancer.Kate, the wife of Prince William and a...
Sep 09, 2024
Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea reaches out to 'peripheries' of Catholic Church
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images(PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea) -- Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the pristine jungles of Papua New Guinea...
Sep 09, 2024
Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being set on fire by former partner
(From L to R) Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru, Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei and Kenya's Selly Chepyego Kaptich compete in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics ...
Sep 05, 2024
Ukraine taps 'intellectual' Andrii Sybiha as foreign minister in Zelenskyy reshuffle
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian lawmakers confirmed Andrii Sybiha as the country's new foreign minister on Thursday, amid a major reshuffle that President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Sep 05, 2024