Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Spanish Stonehenge' has reemerged amid Europe's sizzling drought
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Spanish "stonehenge" has reemerged amid the country's devastating drought, officials said. The historic marvel, officially called the Dolmen of Gua...
Aug 19, 2022
Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it's expected to get worse, experts say
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Over...
Aug 17, 2022
Worker at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant warns of potential catastrophe
Westend61/Getty Images(ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine) -- As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over attacks on Europe's largest nuclear power plant, a worker there told ABC News he fears not only for the sa...
Aug 17, 2022
Pyongyang fires two cruise missiles as South Korean president marks 100th day in office
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea fired two cruise missiles on Wednesday as South Korea's president marked his 100th day in office. Pyongyang has test-fired its missile sy...
Aug 17, 2022
Former U.S. ambassador is 'optimistic' on Griner, Whelan prisoner exchange
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The saga of WNBA star Brittney Griner continued Monday after her attorneys filed an appeal over her conviction and nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession. The move...
Aug 16, 2022
A fatwa against author Salman Rushdie led to more than 30 years of terror: a timeline
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images(LONDON and CAIRO) -- Since 1989, when the Iranian supreme leader of the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an apostasy fatwa against the Indian-British Salma...
Aug 15, 2022
Afghanistan one year later
Nava Jamshidi/Stringer via Getty Images(KABUL) -- It's exactly one year since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, barring most women from having jobs, and all girls ...
Aug 15, 2022
Meghan Markle to deliver keynote address at One Young World Summit in UK next month
Chris Jackson/Getty Images, FILE(LONDON) -- Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are heading back to Europe in September. The couple, who support several charities, will attend the...
Aug 15, 2022
Norway euthanizes Freya the walrus, who drew crowds to Oslo Fjord
Tor Erik Schrder/NTB/AFP via Getty Images(OSLO, Norway) -- A 1,300-pound walrus that became a popular attraction in Norway in recent weeks was euthanized on Sunday, after officials concluded the marin...
Aug 15, 2022
Iranian official says Salman Rushdie and his fans are to blame for attack
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Iranian government on Monday denied that its officials were responsible for the attack on Salman Rushdie, saying the government hadn’t pre...
Aug 15, 2022