Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Survivors of 1972 Uruguay plane crash revisit their tale of going to the extremes to live
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- More than 50 years ago, a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew, including a Uruguayan rugby team and some of their friends and family, crashed in the Andes mountains...
May 22, 2023
Ukraine's eastern frontlines shifting ahead of major offensive
Tom Soufi Burridge/ABC News(SLOVYANSK, Ukraine) -- The frontlines in eastern Ukraine are shifting in significant ways, with Russia and Ukraine carrying out offensive operations in and around Bakhmut. ...
May 22, 2023
19 shot, 10 fatally, at car rally less than 100 miles from Mexico-US border
LEREXIS/Getty Images(BAJA, Mexico) -- At least 10 people were killed and nine were wounded when an apparent team of gunmen ambushed a car rally in Baja, Mexico, about 73 miles from the U.S. border, au...
May 21, 2023
Hiroshima survivor's message to Putin: 'You don't know the reality of a nuclear weapon'
ABC News(HIROSHIMA, Japan) -- Nearly eight decades after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 85-year-old Keiko Ogura had this message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: "You don'...
May 20, 2023
Russia may lack reserves to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Western officials said Russia’s forces in Ukraine are so badly depleted that Russia may lack the reserves to effectively respond to a major counteroffens...
May 19, 2023
Hundreds of thousands displaced following historic floods in Somalia
Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Somalia following historic flooding that has left at least 22 people dead and affected more than 460,000 peo...
May 19, 2023
Iran executes three protesters despite international outcry
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Islamic Republic of Iran said it executed three men Friday morning on charges of "waging war against God" and collaboration with terrorist groups. The judiciary'...
May 19, 2023
'I can't imagine returning': How Russia is rebuilding Mariupol into a Russian city
pop_jop/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A year since Russia took control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, plans for reconstruction are under way but former residents aren't convinced. The siege of Mariupol ...
May 19, 2023
Grape juicing banned at Tehran fruit market to halt home winemakers
ABC News(LONDON) -- An Iranian judiciary banned grape juicing at Tehran’s central fruit and vegetable market on Wednesday. Grape juicing refers to the process of making grape juice in Tehran. Re...
May 18, 2023
Group of North Koreans defect, cross border into South Korea
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A group of North Koreans crossed the Northern Limit Line in a fishing boat and South Korea's navy patrol boat located the group, South Korean authorities sai...
May 18, 2023