Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Runway warning lights were broken at time of Japan Airlines plane fire, report shows
Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images(TOKYO) -- The warning lights that tell pilots whether a runway is clear were not working at the Haneda Airport the night a Japan Airlines plane caught fire after...
Jan 03, 2024
South Korean opposition leader in ICU after attack at press conference, party officials say
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea’s Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-Myung is hospitalized in an intensive care unit after going through surgery for inter...
Jan 03, 2024
'Loud explosions' in Kyiv as Russia again strikes capital, US ambassador says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia launched an attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities early Tuesday, continuing its escalated large-scale attacks on residential areas, local offic...
Jan 02, 2024
Aftershocks rattle Japan as death toll rises after powerful earthquake
Firefighters inspect collapsed wooden houses in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2024, a day after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in the prefecture in the afternoon. (K...
Jan 02, 2024
South Korean opposition leader stabbed, rushed to hospital
Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea enters Seoul Plaza, the memorial site for 2022 Itaewon disaster victims, during a memorial event of the first anniversary on Oct. 29, 2023 in Seo...
Jan 02, 2024
Japan Airlines plane bursts into flames at Tokyo airport with 379 people on board, all escape
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Jan. 2, 2024. (STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)(TOKYO) -- A Japan Airlines plane was...
Jan 02, 2024
In a surprise move, Queen of Denmark says in New Year's speech that she will abdicate her throne
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark gives a New Year's speech from Christian IX's Palace, Amalienborg Castle, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 31, 2023, announcing her upcoming abdication. (KELD NAVNTOFT/Rit...
Jan 01, 2024
Exclusive: US to bring back aircraft carrier from eastern Mediterranean
U.S. Navy photo by Mass communication Specialist 2nd Class Malachi Lakey(WASHINGTON) -- The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was sent...
Jan 01, 2024
4 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Japan, triggering tsunami warning
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images(TOKYO and LONDON) -- At least four people have died after a powerful earthquake struck Japan's west coast on Monday afternoon, officials said. An earthquake with a prelimin...
Jan 01, 2024
Israel-Gaza live updates: UN's top court won't throw out genocide case against Israel
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/...
Jan 01, 2024