Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Kim Jong Un's daughter tags along to missile launch, again raising questions about succession plans
TV news at Seoul's Yongsan Railway Station shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) and his daughter (2nd from L, front row), believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, posing for a photo with scientists and en...
Dec 19, 2023
US announces international task force to protect ships in Red Sea from Houthi strikes
KeithBinns/Getty Images(AMMAN, Jordan) -- The Pentagon on Monday announced the establishment of a multinational naval task force to protect commercial ships from Houthi missile and drone attacks in th...
Dec 19, 2023
Iceland volcano eruption, earthquakes weaken, but scientists warn of lurking danger
A view of lava after a volcano eruption located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 kilometers northeast of Grindavik town of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Ana...
Dec 19, 2023
Girl, 12, killed at Gaza hospital weeks after she said, 'I only want ... the war to end'
Defense for Children International(NEW YORK) -- A 12-year-old girl has died in an apparent strike at a Gaza hospital weeks after she said in an interview that she only wanted "the war to end." A tank ...
Dec 19, 2023
Pope Francis approves allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples
Pope Francis leaves after an audience to the participants of the live nativity scene of Santa Maria Maggiore, on December 16, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO/Getty Images (NEW YORK...
Dec 18, 2023
Egypt's President El-Sisi wins third term with 89.6% of vote
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on Dec. 10, 2023, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi casting his vote in the presidential election at Mustafa Yousry Emmera School in C...
Dec 18, 2023
North Korea tests long-range ballistic missile capable of reaching US, Japanese prime minister says
People sit near a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2023. -- Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images(N...
Dec 18, 2023
National security trial begins for Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul
In this file photo, pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted into a Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb. 1, 2021. -- AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG)...
Dec 18, 2023
3 Israeli hostages killed by IDF troops in 'unbearable tragedy' identified
Nancy Brown/Getty Images(GAZA) -- The Israel Defense Forces said they mistakenly killed three hostages during combat this week in Shejaiya, Gaza, spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a press briefing F...
Dec 16, 2023
Cardinal sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican's financial 'trial of the century'
SimpleImages/Getty Images(ROME) -- The Vatican city court on Saturday sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once touted as a possible papal contender, to 5 1/2 years in prison for mismanaging a V...
Dec 16, 2023