Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Environmental protesters spray 'orange powder paint' on Britain's Stonehenge
Nukorn Plainpan/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Environmental protesters sprayed an orange substance across part of Britain's Stonehenge on Wednesday afternoon.British environmental activist group Just Stop O...
Jun 19, 2024
Russia and North Korea solidify partnership, vowing mutual assistance against 'aggression'
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attend a welcoming ceremony on June 19, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Contributor/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Russian Pres...
Jun 19, 2024
US soldier sentenced to Russian penal colony, local media reports
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony, a national news age...
Jun 19, 2024
Nearly 150 killed in DRC since beginning of June as violence escalates
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Almost 150 civilians have been killed since the beginning of June in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities announced.It comes following a spike in atta...
Jun 18, 2024
Vladimir Putin arrives in North Korea, greeted by Kim Jong Un at airport
Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived on a state visit to Pyongyang, and was met at the airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.In the histor...
Jun 18, 2024
Indian man extradited to US in connection with alleged plot to assassinate Sikh separatist
Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- An Indian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges he directed a plot to kill a critic of the Indian government in New York City.Nikhil Gupta...
Jun 17, 2024
Putin to visit Kim in North Korea on diplomatic trip, Kremlin says
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on an official state visit beginning on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Monday.Putin's trip, w...
Jun 17, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's trial to begin June 26, Russian court says
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia, according to the Sverdlo...
Jun 17, 2024
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports
U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black, who was detained on suspicion of theft, appears in court in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia, on June 6, 2024. -- Pavel Korolyov/AFP via Getty Images(VLADIVO...
Jun 17, 2024
Israel right-wing settlers question delivery of aid to Gazans, peace activists advocate for passage of aid trucks
A Palestinian boy sits in a truck of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Many Palestinians have sought refuge in a United Nations-run s...
Jun 17, 2024