Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
If Russia takes Mariupol, forces could be freed to fight in east: Pentagon update Day 54
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Here are highlights of wh...
Apr 19, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian forces try to storm steel plant in Mariupol
Victor/Xinhua 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 the...
Apr 19, 2022
China reports first three deaths in Shanghai COVID outbreak, fueling skepticism over official numbers
HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- China has reported its first three deaths linked to the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, as the country battles its worst surge of infections since the ...
Apr 18, 2022
Death toll in South Africa floods rises to 443, with thousands left homeless
Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- The South African National Defense Force has been called up to assist in the clean-up operations on the country’s flood-ra...
Apr 18, 2022
What it takes to prosecute war crimes
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russian forces retreated from northern Ukraine, atrocities were revealed and the U.S. and European countries accused Russia of committing war crimes. L...
Apr 18, 2022
Mariupol besieged but not fallen: Ukrainian PM
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Sunday in an exclusive interview with ABC "This Week" that the besieged city of Mariupol has not yet fallen despite Russian demands th...
Apr 17, 2022
First Muslim religious freedom ambassador lays out US agenda
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Rashad Hussain, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, is the first Muslim-American ever to hold the title, and he told GMA 3 that his appointment...
Apr 15, 2022
Ukrainian mother relives horror of son's execution in Bucha basement
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The images of five bodies found fatally shot in a basement in Bucha, Ukraine, with their hands tied behind their backs, apparently tortured and executed, alert...
Apr 15, 2022
France marks third anniversary of Notre Dame Cathedral fire, with epic restoration underway
BENOIT TESSIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(PARIS) -- Three years after flames engulfed Notre Dame, investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the devastating fire at Paris' most famous cat...
Apr 15, 2022
Prince Harry, Meghan meet with Queen Elizabeth for first time since leaving royal roles
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, on Thursday, a spokesperson for Harry and ...
Apr 15, 2022