Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
What to know about the Iranian kamikaze drones Russia is using to attack Ukraine
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A wave of kamikaze drones struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, killing at least four and wounding several others, after one blew ...
Oct 18, 2022
Female athlete represents Iran without hijab at overseas climbing competition
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A female athlete from Iran did not wear a hijab at an international competition over the weekend in open defiance of her country's mandate, amid fierce protests agai...
Oct 17, 2022
BTS to serve in South Korean military amid heated debate over their exemption
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- After a heated debate in South Korea on whether to change laws to exempt members of K-pop band BTS from serving their mandatory military duty, their ...
Oct 17, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: No regrets starting war, Putin tells soldiers' mothers
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle...
Oct 17, 2022
Historic Communist Party congress to meet in China, set agenda for next five years
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- In Beijing this Sunday, China’s most consequential political gathering in a generation will open: the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party...
Oct 14, 2022
Climate activists throw soup on Vincent van Gogh painting to protest oil
Martin Pope/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Climate protesters threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting Friday to protest the extraction and use of fossil fuels. Members of Just Stop Oil,...
Oct 14, 2022
Venezuelans who enter US illegally at southern border points of entry will be returned to Mexico: DHS
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Venezuelans who enter the U.S. illegally at ports of entry along the southern border will be returned to Mexico under the authority of Title 42, a p...
Oct 14, 2022
Two Americans captured in Ukraine by Russian forces detail their time imprisoned in 'black site'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh were captured by Russians in Ukraine over the summer and later held in a "black site" for a month, where the two Alabama men said they endured dai...
Oct 13, 2022
How quickly will Ukraine get the advanced air defenses it needs?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United States and other countries are pledging to beef up Ukraine's air defenses following this week's deadly cruise missile strikes that struck Ukraine's ...
Oct 13, 2022
NASA releases new images of 'fingerprint-like' dust rings from Webb telescope
NASA(NEW YORK) -- NASA on Wednesday, released a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope of dust rings, with a "fingerprint-like pattern," caused by two stars closely interacting with each other....
Oct 13, 2022