Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia issues warning as European leaders, Zelenskyy speak to Trump from Paris
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry again warned that Moscow will not accept the presence of any Western troops in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal...
Sep 04, 2025
Israel begins ground operation in Gaza City, IDF says
(LONDON) -- Israel has begun its ground operation in Gaza City, Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Tuesday."We are going to increase and enhance the st...
Sep 02, 2025
North Korea's Kim crosses into China to meet Xi, Putin for Beijing military parade
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images(LONDON) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the China-North Korea border by train on Tuesday, the country's state news agency reported, heading to Beijing where h...
Sep 02, 2025
Death toll climbs to over 1,400 after Afghanistan earthquake, official says
Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu via Getty Images(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and LONDON) -- The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which all but destroyed several villages, rose on Tuesday to at l...
Sep 02, 2025
Scale of Russia's long-range attacks on Ukraine eases in August despite major strikes
Pierre Crom/Getty Images(LONDON) -- August saw an easing in the scale of Russia's long-range strike campaign on Ukraine, according to data published by Ukraine's air force and analyzed by ABC News, th...
Sep 02, 2025
Hundreds killed as 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, destroying villages, officials say
USGS(LONDON) -- A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, destroying several villages, killing at least 812 people and injuring scores more, according to local officials.Almost ...
Sep 01, 2025
Israeli officials say they have identified 2nd of two bodies of hostages recovered in Gaza
Hostages and Missing Families Forum(LONDON) -- The second of two remains of hostages recently recovered in Gaza has been identified, the Israel Defense Forces said Saturday.The recovered bodies of the...
Aug 31, 2025
Russia's 'massive strike' on Ukraine overnight kills 1, injures 29, Ukrainian authorities say
Anastasia Potapenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia carried out “a massive strike” on Ukraine overnight, launching 537 drones and 45 ...
Aug 30, 2025
Israeli officials say they have recovered bodies of 2 hostages
People hold posters of Ilan Weiss at the “International Rally - United We Bring Them Home” rally in Hostage Square on May 18th, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty...
Aug 29, 2025
Kyivstar becomes 1st Ukrainian company to join US stock exchange
The Kyivstar signboard visible on the facade of the building on December 15, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Mykola Tys/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Kyivstar -- Ukraine's lead...
Aug 29, 2025