Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US moves to seize Russian oligarch's $90 million private jet
Photo courtesy of the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York(NEW YORK) -- Federal prosecutors have moved to seize the $90 million Airbus A319 used as a private jet by a Russi...
Aug 08, 2022
Secretary Blinken to arrive in Congo, Rwanda amid international tensions
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(NAIROBI, Kenya) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is scheduled to meet with officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda this week, ar...
Aug 08, 2022
London museum agrees to return stolen Nigerian artifacts, including Benin bronzes
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A British museum will return 72 artifacts to the Nigerian government that were forcibly taken over a hundred years ago. The Horniman Museum and Gardens agreed to...
Aug 08, 2022
People in Beirut reflect on what they've lost two years after port blasts: Reporter's notebook
Ibtissem Guenfoud/ABC News(BEIRUT, Lebanon) -- An explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon's biggest seaport in 2020 has left deep trauma in the Lebanese psyche. Opera singer Michel...
Aug 06, 2022
Expert explains Russian law behind Brittney Griner sentencing
ABC(NEW YORK) -- Brittney Griner is known for her game on the basketball court, but she's now become embroiled in a much more dangerous game -- a political gambit between Russia and the U.S. Will...
Aug 05, 2022
Ten miners remain trapped underground in flooded tunnel for nearly two days in Mexico
Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ten miners remain trapped underground in a flooded tunnel in northern Mexico on Friday after first becoming trapped nearly two days ago. Mexican o...
Aug 05, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian strikes kill over a dozen civilians in southeast
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus...
Aug 05, 2022
Prince William, Kate, Prince Charles and Camilla wish Meghan Markle happy birthday
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The royal family sent birthday wishes to Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, on Thursday. Prince William and Kate, the duke and duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Cha...
Aug 05, 2022
Little-known species are at even more risk of extinction, scientists say
Stephen Frink/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The species scientists know least about are at an even higher risk of extinction because researchers are unable to tailor conservation efforts to their needs, a...
Aug 04, 2022
Drone strike on al-Qaeda leader renews hostility between US, Taliban
IntelCenter/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is a double-edged sword for President Joe Biden, both bolstering his claim that counterterr...
Aug 04, 2022