Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Friend of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich: 'We need to make sure he feels he's not alone, he's not forgotten'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich felt “slight unease” about reporting in Russia, but believed it was his professional duty to remain in the country t...
Apr 14, 2023
Chechen volunteer fighters back up Ukraine's Russian resistance
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of foreign volunteer fighters are currently fighting on the side of Ukraine to help the country turn back Russia’s invasion. But for one group of those foreign fi...
Apr 13, 2023
Ukraine's spy chief says 'Russia is the only beneficiary' of US intelligence leak
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's most senior military intelligence official is blaming Russia for the massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has dominated headlines in recent days. In his fi...
Apr 13, 2023
US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, accor...
Apr 13, 2023
Archeologists find ancient tomb of temple guard near Giza Pyramids
Fadel Dawod/Getty Images(CAIRO) -- A 3,200-year-old tomb belonging to Panehsy, the guard of the temple of Egyptian deity Amun, has been uncovered in Saqqara necropolis, south of the Egyptian capi...
Apr 12, 2023
Italy plans hefty fines for vandalism to monuments, cultural sites
Elena Popova/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Italy’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to fine vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites up to 60,000 euros (about $65,000). The legislation, ...
Apr 12, 2023
Biden speaks to family of "WSJ" reporter, says detention by Russia is 'totally illegal'
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- President Joe Biden spoke to the family of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who the United States says is being unjustly imprisoned by Russ...
Apr 12, 2023
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's health deteriorating, ambulance called last week: Spokesperson
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The team of Russia's top opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, is a sounding the alarm that his health is seriously deteriorating in prison and that an ambulance w...
Apr 12, 2023
China 'ready to fight' after three days of large-scale military drills around Taiwan
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images(TAIPEI, Taiwan) -- China's military declared it's "ready to fight" after wrapping up three days of combat drills simulating a blockade to "seal off" Taiwan. The larg...
Apr 11, 2023
Biden travels to Ireland and UK to celebrate 25 years of peace -- and his family ties
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will head across the pond on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, that will feature a heav...
Apr 11, 2023