Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Taliban kills suspected ISIS-K mastermind of Kabul airport bombing: US officials
Yagi Studio/Getty Images(AFGHANISTAN) -- The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 17...
Apr 25, 2023
As Sudan cease-fire announced, some Americans still struggling to escape
State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/ Public Domain(WASHINGTON) -- After intense negotiations, the Sudanese Armed Forces & Rapid Support Forces had agreed to implement a 72-hour cease-fire...
Apr 25, 2023
Sudan conflict sparks mass exodus of foreigners as locals remain trapped in crossfire
kdow/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Fighting in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals has triggered a mass exodus of foreigners, while locals struggle to escape. As of Tuesday evening, one America...
Apr 24, 2023
US embassy staff in Sudan evacuated in 'fast and clean' operation amid fighting
ABC News(KHARTOUM, Sudan) -- Under pitch black conditions and amid fighting, U.S. military forces, including the Navy's elite SEAL Team Six, swooped into war-torn Sudan and evacuated the American emba...
Apr 23, 2023
'We are holding on': Scars of war visible near the front in eastern Ukraine
ABC News(KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE) -- Alina Ivanchenko and her 9-year-old daughter, Zlata, waited as long as they could before leaving the city of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine. Preparing to leave ...
Apr 23, 2023
Thieves steal $14.8 million in gold, goods from Toronto airport
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(TORONTO) -- Authorities are looking for about $14.77 million (20 million Canadian dollars) worth of gold and other high-value goods that were stolen from a holding cargo fac...
Apr 21, 2023
'Extinct' lion spotted in Chad's Sena Oura National Park after almost 20 years
Wildlife Conservation Society/Government of Chad(LONDON) -- A lion has been spotted in Chad's Sena Oura National Park for the first time in almost two decades. A team of conservationists from the Chad...
Apr 21, 2023
Newly released photo shows Queen Elizabeth II with her grandkids, great-grandkids
Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Members of Britain's royal family are honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 97th birthday. Prince William and Kate, the pri...
Apr 21, 2023
Struggle for clean water in rural Mexico spotlights daily burden often taken on by women
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- High in the hills of the San Juan Tlacotenco Forest, the worth of water is revealed as nearby villagers make the arduous journey to the Zacasonapan Spring. For generations, the p...
Apr 21, 2023
Sudan fighting persists on Eid holiday despite 72-hour cease-fire announcement
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Deadly clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to two rival generals appeared to continue Friday, despite both sides agreeing to a three-day truce on humanitarian grou...
Apr 21, 2023