Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ukraine taking heavy casualties 10 weeks into its counteroffensive
Artem Hvozdkov/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- There is mounting evidence that Ukraine has been taking heavy casualties in its counteroffensive, which began roughly ten weeks ago. ABC News spoke with t...
Aug 17, 2023
Iran arrests women's rights activists ahead of 'Woman, Life, Freedom' anniversary
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 11 women's rights activists were arrested by security forces in Iran in the northern province of Gilan Wednesday, according to the Human Rig...
Aug 17, 2023
US sanctions four Russians allegedly involved in poisoning of Alexey Navalny
Contributor/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. on Thursday sanctioned four Russians they say were involved in the 2020 poisoning of Alexey Navalny, the country's most well-known opposition leader. T...
Aug 17, 2023
Dozens presumed dead after boat carrying migrants sinks near Cabo Verde off the coast of Senegal
pop_jop/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sixty-three people are presumed dead after a boat carrying about 100 people from Senegal sank near Cabo Verde, an island about 600 kilometers west of Senegal in the A...
Aug 17, 2023
Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction
The Ocean Cleanup(NEW YORK) -- Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental eng...
Aug 16, 2023
Blinken speaks to Paul Whelan, American wrongfully detained by Moscow, sources confirm
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the phone with Paul Whelan, a wrongfully imprisoned American citizen who has been jailed by Moscow since 201...
Aug 16, 2023
Disappearing glaciers will give way to emerging, 'novel' ecosystems, new research finds
Jean-Baptiste Bosson(NEW YORK) -- Scientists are beginning to better understand the consequences of melting glaciers on humans, species of all kinds and the ecosystem in which they live. Glaciers...
Aug 16, 2023
American detained nearly two years in Russia gets additional trial delay
Courtesy Carol Barnes(NEW YORK) -- David Barnes, an American who has been incarcerated in Russia since the beginning of 2022, will have to wait another three weeks before he returns to a Moscow courtr...
Aug 16, 2023
North Korea claims US soldier seeks refuge after becoming 'disillusioned' with America
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- North Korea on Wednesday said the U.S. army private who crossed the border in July had "expressed his willingness to seek refuge" in the secretive country afte...
Aug 16, 2023
Dozens killed in gas station explosion in Russia, local officials say
Russian Emergency Ministry/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gas station in the Russian town of Makhachkala, in the southern region of Dagestan, exploded on Tuesday evening, killing at least 35...
Aug 15, 2023