Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Iranian vice president to become acting president until election, supreme leader says
People bring flowers to the Iranian embassy to pay tribute to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Moscow on May 20, 2024. The placard with a Raisi portrait...
May 20, 2024
US troops to leave Niger by mid-September: Officials
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- All of the remaining U.S. troops based in Niger will leave the country no later than mid-September, according to U.S. officials and a joint statement from ...
May 19, 2024
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is dead following a helicopter crash, Iranian state media said Monday morning.The I...
May 19, 2024
Inside Gaza's mental health crisis impacting civilians, aid workers: 'Catastrophic'
Getty Images - STOCK(GAZA) -- A "catastrophic" mental health crisis has unfolded in Gaza, affecting both civilians and humanitarian workers, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to internation...
May 17, 2024
Why climate migration in Brazil has become a global crisis
Mario Tama/Getty Images(BRAZIL) -- "It is absolutely, absurdly, extraordinarily serious what is happening in Rio Grande do Sul right now -- and unfortunately, it will get worse," Brazilian state gover...
May 17, 2024
Rwanda genocide tribunal comes to end after almost three decades
JonGorr/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has officially concluded after 29 years, the Office of the Prosecutor has announced.It comes as the las...
May 16, 2024
Slovakian prime minister's condition stabilizes after assassination attempt
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico walks during the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on April 18, 2024. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Slovakian Pri...
May 16, 2024
US soldier detained in Russia 'admitted guilt,' state media reports
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier detained in Russia, has "admitted guilt" on a charge of theft, according to TASS, a state-owned news service.Black was said to be "...
May 16, 2024
American woman charged after ammunition found in baggage in Turks and Caicos: Police
Turks and Caicos officers stand outside a police station. (ABC News/Nightline)(NEW YORK) -- Police in Turks and Caicos have charged an American woman with ammunition possession -- a crime that carries...
May 16, 2024
Wildfire smoke could impact US again as Canada braces for another fiery summer
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With numerous wildfires burning across Canada, including about 40 that remain out of control, meteorologists said conditions are stacking up f...
May 15, 2024