Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Canada investigating 'credible allegations' linked to Sikh leader's death, expels Indian diplomat
Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images(OTTAWA, Canada) -- Canadian national security agencies are investigating "credible allegations" that “agents of the government of India”...
Sep 19, 2023
Plane carrying five Americans freed from Iran lands in US
Handout(TEHRAN, Iran) -- The plane carrying five American citizens freed as part of a deal between the U.S. and Iran has now landed back home in the United States. "They just landed on U.S. Soil early...
Sep 18, 2023
World's largest food program is in 'desperate situation' and running out of money as quickly as October
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.N. World Food Program (WFP), the largest anti-hunger initiative around the globe, is grappling with the worst funding shortage in its 60-year history and "we are in ...
Sep 17, 2023
Iranian authorities detain Mahsa Amini's father on 1-year anniversary of her death
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(TEHRAN) -- Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody last year, as he left his home to visit his ...
Sep 16, 2023
Collapse of 2 dams in Libya floods leads to probe
Hamza Al Ahmar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(DERNA, Libya) -- Libya's chief prosecutor announced Friday he has ordered an investigation into the collapse of two overwhelmed dams during the cata...
Sep 16, 2023
Russian-backed mercenary squad Wagner Group designated as terrorist organization by UK officials
OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Members of the Wagner Group, a private military company with ties to the Russian government, are now subject to prosecution by British authorities after t...
Sep 15, 2023
American XL Bully dogs to be banned in the UK following string of attacks
darrenirwin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- American XL Bully dogs could be banned in the U.K. by the end of the year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday. There have been a string of attacks invol...
Sep 15, 2023
350 migrants found 'crowded and dehydrated' in trailer in Mexico, authorities say
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY and LONDON) -- Hundreds of migrants from Central and South America were found "crowded and dehydrated" in the back of a tractor-trailer in southeastern Mexico o...
Sep 15, 2023
Libya flooding deaths top 11,000 as thousands reported missing
Hamza Al Ahmar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll from devastating floods in eastern Libya has surpassed 11,000, according to the Libyan Red Crescent, as rescuers work to unders...
Sep 15, 2023
Most casualties in Libya floods could have been avoided: World Meteorological Organization chief
Hamza Al Ahmar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Most of the casualties in the devastating Libya floods could have been avoided if the divided country had a functioning meteorological service...
Sep 14, 2023