Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia missile strike on Odesa jeopardizes deal to lift grain blockade
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency 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 Be...
Jul 14, 2022
US says drone strike kills ISIS leader in Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. military drone strike in northwest Syria has killed the top ISIS leader in Syria, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. The drone strike is the latest in...
Jul 12, 2022
US tourist falls into Mount Vesuvius after taking selfie
S. Amantini/De Agostini via Getty Images, FILE(NAPLES, Italy) -- An American tourist fell into Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano in Italy, after trespassing to take a selfie, officials said. The 23-ye...
Jul 12, 2022
Crowds line Tokyo streets to mourn former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images(TOKYO) -- Crowds gathered on Tuesday to pay respects and lay flowers near former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's private funeral at Zojoji temple in Tokyo. Abe was sh...
Jul 12, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin clears way to fast-citizenship for Ukrainians
Sergey Bobok/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, to ...
Jul 11, 2022
At least 14 dead, nine injured in South African tavern shooting
Ihsaan Haffejee/AFP via Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- Fourteen people were killed and three others are in a critical condition after unknown gunmen opened fire at a tavern in Soweto, South A...
Jul 11, 2022
Paul Whelan’s brother speaks on his Russian detention, US government response
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The twin brother of Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine detained in Russia on espionage charges, said he had mixed feelings about the responses to the cases involving Trevor Re...
Jul 09, 2022
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gunned down while giving speech
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images(NARA, Japan) -- Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday, hospital officials said. Abe, 67...
Jul 08, 2022
What happens next after Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns amid scandal?
Carl Court/Getty Images(LONDON) -- After more than 50 resignations from government ministers and aides, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday. For a moment on Tuesday ev...
Jul 07, 2022
Giant, meat-eating new dinosaur species discovered in Argentina
Peter Unger/Getty Images, FILE(LONDON) -- A new dinosaur species was discovered by paleontologists on Thursday, who have now named the giant carnivorous dinosaur species Meraxes gigas. The new species...
Jul 07, 2022