Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Virgin Australia flight makes emergency landing after 'possible' bird strike in New Zealand
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(INVERCARGILL, New Zealand) -- A Virgin Australia flight made an emergency landing in New Zealand after a "possible bird strike," the airline said in a statement.Flight VA 148 f...
Jun 17, 2024
Virgin Australia flight makes emergency landing after ‘possible’ bird strike in New Zealand
Jenny Evans/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Virgin Australia flight made an emergency landing in New Zealand after a "possible bird strike," the airline said in a statement.Flight VA 148 from Queenstown to ...
Jun 17, 2024
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports
Getty Images - STOCK(RUSSIA) -- U.S. Army service member Gordon Black, who has been detained in Russia since early May, pleaded partially guilty to charges of theft during the second hearing of his on...
Jun 17, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's trial to begin June 26, Russian court says
Getty Images - STOCK(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 Sverdlovsk Regional...
Jun 17, 2024
Body of American tourist found on scenic Greek island, latest in a string of missing or dead foreigners
Getty Images - STOCK(GREECE) -- An American tourist was found dead Sunday on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki, the latest in a series of foreign tourists found dead or reported missin...
Jun 16, 2024
Top ISIS leader in Somalia was target of US airstrike
Getty Images - STOCK(SOMALIA) -- A United States military airstrike in Somalia targeted the top Islamic State leader in late May, but it remains unclear if the leader was killed in the airstrike, acco...
Jun 16, 2024
Harris, Zelenskyy join world leaders to discuss peace plan in Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(SWITZERLAND) -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke warmly about the recent Ukrainian-American security agreement before a bilat...
Jun 15, 2024
Selling books amid bombs: How a woman is bringing hope to war-torn Gaza through reading
ABC(GAZA) -- In Deir Al-Balah, a city in the Gaza Strip, Marwa Al-Hasanat has found a way to bring some joy to her community amid the destruction and hardship of war in the form of a roadside bookstor...
Jun 15, 2024
Blinded after Russia invaded, a Ukrainian commander dedicates himself to helping others losing their eyesight
ABC(LVIV, Ukraine) -- Col. Oleh Avtomeenko was wounded while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region, on the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion in late February 2022, and lost his eye...
Jun 15, 2024
US humanitarian aid pier off Gaza to halt shipments for third time in a month
Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. military is once again suspending operations of its pier off Gaza, temporarily moving the floating structure to an Israeli port to ride out high seas and rou...
Jun 15, 2024