Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Mexican drug kingpin wanted in killing of DEA agent captured: Sources
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/Stock(NEW YORK) -- Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro-Quintero, wanted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. anti-narcotics agent, has been detained in Mexico, multiple law enfor...
Jul 15, 2022
Brittney Griner's attorney presents doctor's letter in court, says she had permission to use cannabis
Stacy Revere/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Brittney Griner's attorney presented new evidence on the fourth day of her trial in Russia, where the WNBA star has been detained for nearly five months. Th...
Jul 15, 2022
Tanzania investigates deadly outbreak of mystery disease
Roland Magnusson/EyeEm/Getty Images(DAR ES SAALAM, Tanzania) -- Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and...
Jul 15, 2022
Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi crown prince
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images(JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) -- President Joe Biden on Friday, after a much-criticized meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said he had raised the murder o...
Jul 15, 2022
Demand for artificial limbs surges in Ukraine
Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- One of Ukraine’s leading medical experts on developing prosthetic limbs for amputees says there has been a dramatic surge in d...
Jul 15, 2022
Families of Saudi mass execution fear Biden visit 'legitimizes' Saudi Crown Prince
Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to bring up human rights concerns when he meets with Saudi leaders in Jeddah on Fr...
Jul 15, 2022
Biden dodges questions on Iran's nuclear program as Israel's leader calls for action
Atef Safadi/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- President Biden on Thursday dodged questions about whether he would set a deadline for stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear program followi...
Jul 14, 2022
Skeleton found with cowboy boots identified as man who disappeared decades ago
Essex Police (U.K.)(ESSEX COUNTY, England) -- A skeleton found with a pair of cowboy boots three years ago has been identified as a British man who has been missing for over two decades, and local pol...
Jul 14, 2022
What to know if you're flying to Europe this summer
guvendemir/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As millions have returned to the skies around the world, European airports have struggled to keep up, leading them in some cases to limit the number of daily trave...
Jul 14, 2022
Three more Americans detained in Venezuela since early this year, State Department confirms
James Leynse/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While the Biden administration ramped up outreach to Venezuela in the early months of this year, the Maduro regime imprisoned three Americans who are still beh...
Jul 14, 2022