Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
What to know about the deadly escape of French prisoner 'The Fly'
LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A manhunt involving hundreds of law enforcement officers continued Wednesday for a fugitive prisoner dubbed "The Fly" and accomplices wielding machine guns ...
May 15, 2024
Slovakian prime minister in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt
Tomas Tkacik/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in the abdomen in an assassination attempt outside a government building in the town of...
May 15, 2024
US to send additional $2 billion in Ukraine aid, Blinken says
pop_jop/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States will provide an additional $2 billion in aid to Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday during a press conference in Kyiv with Ukr...
May 15, 2024
Deadly clashes intensify in El Fasher, Darfur, amid international calls for end to Sudan civil war
Newly arrived refugees from Darfur in Sudan sit on a vehicle before being taken to a new camp on April 24, 2024 in Adre, Chad. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Fighting between the Sudanese Army ...
May 15, 2024
Flood-stricken Brazil continues to battle rising river levels, 149 confirmed dead
Destroyed houses, damaged cars, branches, and debris are seen in Cruzeiro do Sul following the devastating floods that hit the region in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 14, 2024. (Nelson Almeida/...
May 15, 2024
Temperatures measured during summer 2023 'unparalleled' to past 2,000 years, researchers say
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A closer look at tree rings is adding to the growing list of evidence that shows unprecedented temperatures measured on Earth over the past year.The sum...
May 15, 2024
Protesters in Israel arrested after attacking Gaza aid trucks
Anas Zeyad Fteha/Anadolu via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Multiple people have been arrested in connection with an attack Monday on an aid convoy headed toward Gaza, according to Israeli officials.Israe...
May 14, 2024
Pod of killer whales attacks and sinks 50-foot yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
STOCK/ Serge MELESAN / 500px / Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, officials confirmed to ABC News.Two peo...
May 14, 2024
Wars propel global displacements to record high of 75.9 million in 2023, monitor says
Newly arrive refugees stand outside their makeshift shelter as a sand storm approaches on April 21, 2024 in Adre, Chad. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- A record 75.9 million people were displace...
May 14, 2024
Ukraine says 30,000 Russian soldiers attacking amid border offensive in Kharkiv region
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine said it is battling 30,000 Russian soldiers at the border near Kharkiv, as thousands of civilians have been evacuated due to heavy fighti...
May 14, 2024