Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Inside Ukraine's efforts to bring an 'army of drones' to war against Russia
ABC News(LONDON) -- Ukraine is training thousands of drone pilots and ramping up its production of unmanned aircraft to bring an "army of drones" to the front lines of its counteroffensive against Rus...
Sep 14, 2023
UN envoy warns Sudan conflict risks turning into 'full-scale war' as fighting intensifies
P A Thompson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has warned the conflict risks "morphing into a full-blown civil war" as fighting intensifies. Announcing his...
Sep 14, 2023
Tensions rise on Italy's Lampedusa island amid migrant influx, posing headache for Meloni’s government
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (LONDON) -- Tensions are rising quickly in Lampedusa -- a small Italian island located off the coast of Sicily -- after local officials said around 6,700 migrants arrived t...
Sep 14, 2023
American caver Mark Dickey speaks out about rescue from Turkish cave
Piccell/Getty Images(LONDON) -- American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was "pretty close to fading" after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern ...
Sep 14, 2023
Record-breaking wildfires have occurred all over the Northern Hemisphere during 2023, new report finds
Brais Seara/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Boreal forests in regions all over the world have been experiencing the worst wildfires in recorded history in 2023, according to new research. Record-breaking wi...
Sep 14, 2023
Flood death toll in eastern Libya reaches 5,300 with many more missing, officials say
Abdullah Mohammed Bonja/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll from devastating floods in eastern Libya has reached 5,300, a local health official said Wednesday. The number of...
Sep 13, 2023
Pennsylvania fugitive Danelo Cavalcante has eluded authorities in Brazil for years
Mark Makela/Getty Images(FIGUEIROPÓLIS, Brazil) -- A convicted murderer who had eluded capture since escaping from a Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago is accused of committing ...
Sep 13, 2023
North Korea launches possible ballistic missile: Japan's Ministry of Defense
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- North Korea launched a possible ballistic missile on Wednesday, Japan's Ministry of Defense said in a tweet. The missile launch comes as North Korea's leader K...
Sep 13, 2023
Luxury cruise ship pulled free days after getting stuck off Greenland's coast, authorities say
FILE photo -- Alison Wright/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people has been pulled free days after it got stuck off the coast of Greenland, authorities said. The Joint Arctic...
Sep 13, 2023
Imprisoned Iranian activist hospitalized as hunger strike reaches 13th day, lawyer says
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Iranian human rights activist Bahareh Hedayat is experiencing dire health issues 13 days into her hunger strike in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, making...
Sep 12, 2023