Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Disease catastrophe' looms in Sudan as health conditions deteriorate, medics warn
A Sudanese officer speaks to civilians recruited by the army as they take part in a military training in the Kassinger area of Sudan's Northern State on August 9, 2023. -- AFP via Getty Images(LONDON)...
Aug 11, 2023
Who are the detained American citizens released from prison in Iran?
Neda Sharghi via Twitter(WASHINGTON) -- Five American citizens considered to be unjustly detained have all been moved into house arrest in Iran after previously being imprisoned there, U.S. officials ...
Aug 10, 2023
Iran moves toward freeing five American citizens who had been imprisoned, in rare deal
Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After months of quiet negotiations, Iran and the U.S. have reached an agreement that would see five American citizens considered to be unjustly detain...
Aug 10, 2023
US expresses 'growing concern' for safety of Niger's president amid apparent coup
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace on Feb. 16, 2023 in Paris. -- Chesnot/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- There is "growing concern" for the safety of Niger's democratically electe...
Aug 10, 2023
Presidential candidate assassinated in Ecuador after alleging links between gangs and officials
RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images(QUITO, Ecuador) -- Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate in Ecuador, whose campaign highlighted alleged connections between gangs and government officia...
Aug 10, 2023
Scientists discover new species of miniature ancient whale that lived about 41 million years ago
Courtesy of Hesham Sallam(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have identified a new species of ancient miniature whale, which is now thought to be the smallest known basilosaurid to ever exist. Remnants from the ...
Aug 10, 2023
41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast, survivors tell Red Cross
Valeria Ferraro/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LAMPEDUSA, Italy) -- Forty-one people are presumed to have died in a shipwreck close to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday, survivors told t...
Aug 09, 2023
American woman, child freed after being kidnapped in Haiti last month
KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti) -- American woman Alix Dorsainvil and her young child have been freed and are safe after being kidnapped in Haiti roughly two weeks ago, according to a s...
Aug 09, 2023
11 dead after fire at vacation home for people with disabilities in France: Report
FILE -- Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Eleven people are dead after a fire engulfed a vacation home in eastern France on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. The blaze broke out arou...
Aug 09, 2023
Georgia mom accused of plotting to kill her husband in the Bahamas released on bail
ABC News(NASSAU, Bahamas) -- A Georgia mom accused of plotting to kill her estranged husband while vacationing in the Bahamas was released on $100,000 bail on Wednesday. Lindsay Shiver, a 36-year...
Aug 08, 2023