Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Prince William addresses Caribbean tour controversy, colonialism in new speech
John Sibley - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince William is speaking out about the protests he and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge faced during their tour of the Caribbean. William addres...
Jun 23, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine granted candidate status for EU membership
Scott Peterson/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 the no...
Jun 22, 2022
At least 1,000 dead, 1,500 injured in earthquake in Afghanistan
KeithBinns/ Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1,500 others have been injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, according to the country's stat...
Jun 22, 2022
Prince William celebrates 40th birthday
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince William, the second in line to Britain's throne, is celebrating his 40th birthday. William's 40th birthday comes just over five months after h...
Jun 22, 2022
2nd American confirmed dead in Ukraine
Johnny Maroun/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. citizen Stephen Zabielski has died in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed to ABC News Tuesday morning. Zabielski was a 52-year-old U.S. Army ve...
Jun 21, 2022
Iranian officers' mysterious deaths probed amid rising tensions with Israel
Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Researchers and military figures associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its nuclear program and its missile-development indust...
Jun 21, 2022
South Korea launches first successful homegrown rocket, starting 'new era' for space program
Korea Aerospace Research Institute via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea successfully launched and put its homegrown space rocket into orbit Tuesday, becoming the seventh nation capable ...
Jun 21, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia stonewalling on missing Americans: State Dept.
SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/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,...
Jun 21, 2022
Ukrainian pilots flew secret aid missions to Azovstal plant during Mariupol siege
YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- It was a dark night when Oleksandr, a 51-year-old pilot, was set to fly to Mariupol. "I have more than 30 years of experience. But this was the mos...
Jun 21, 2022
Ben Stiller meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine on World Refugee Day
Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Hollywood actor and director Ben Stiller heaped praise on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday to mark World Refugee Day as Russia's ...
Jun 20, 2022