Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
With Putin 'stalling' peace talks, NATO minister says US has 'powerful leverage'
Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Contributor/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- On NATO's eastern edge, leaders of the Baltic nations have long considered themselves more awake to the threat from Moscow ...
Aug 28, 2025
Kyiv hit by 'massive' Russian missile, drone attack, officials say, with 19 killed
Rescuers work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian missile on August 28, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kyiv and other parts of Ukrai...
Aug 28, 2025
Pope calls for an end to violence in Gaza, supports churches that will not evacuate
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly General Audience at the Paul VI Hall on August 20, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.Photo by Mario Tomassetti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)(VATICAN CITY) --...
Aug 27, 2025
Despite a famine determination in Gaza, delivering desperately needed aid remains elusive, experts say
Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel's blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organiz...
Aug 27, 2025
Time capsule sealed by Princess Diana in London opened up after 34 years
Diana, Princess Of Wales.(Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- A time capsule that was laid by Princess Diana in 1991 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London has bee...
Aug 27, 2025
Denmark summons US envoy over alleged influence operations in Greenland
The Flag of Greenland, known nationally as "Erfalasorput", flies above homes on March 28, 2025 in Nuuk, Greenland.(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- The top U.S. diplomat in Denmark was...
Aug 27, 2025
London's 'wet wipe island' gets bulldozed in historic Thames clean-up operation
Heavy machinery is tearing through what locals are calling “Wet Wipe Island,” an 820-foot shoreline of flushed bathroom debris that has transformed a stretch of London’s Thames River...
Aug 27, 2025
Last churches in Gaza City say they will not evacuate despite Israeli incursion
Smoke rises after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza, on August 22, 2025. Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The last remaining churches in Gaza wi...
Aug 26, 2025
Painting stolen by Nazis during WWII believed discovered in Argentine real estate listing
A photograph of the painting "Portrait of a Lady," by Italian artist Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands(LONDON) -- An 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis dur...
Aug 26, 2025
Australia accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks, says Iran's ambassador will be expelled
Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Australian officials on Tuesday said they would expel Iran's ambassador after accusing Tehran of directing antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne last year.A...
Aug 26, 2025