Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Single suicide bomber killed US troops and Afghans in ISIS-K attack at Kabul airport, Pentagon finds
Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport last August that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was the result of a single e...
Feb 04, 2022
Rescuers scramble to save Moroccan boy trapped in well for three days
-/AFP via Getty Images(CAIRO) -- Rescuers intensified their efforts on Friday to recover a five-year-old boy trapped in a 32-meter-deep well in a Northern Moroccan province for almost three days in a ...
Feb 04, 2022
Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years on the throne: Seven memorable moments
The Print Collector/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth will set yet another milestone on Feb. 6, when she becomes the first British monarch to reach a Platinum Jubilee -- 70 years on the throne. ...
Feb 04, 2022
Free speech concerns for Olympic athletes voiced after China warns of 'punishment'
Michael Macdonald / EyeEm / Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Human rights groups and U.S. officials are concerned about the safety of Olympic athletes in China if they speak out on political issues at the ...
Feb 03, 2022
Scientists demand new investigation of COVID-19 origins ahead of Beijing Olympics
Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images(BEIJING) -- With the Beijing Olympics set to begin, a group of international scientists is once more calling for a "comprehensive international investigation" i...
Feb 03, 2022
US says Russia planning video of fake Ukrainian attack with corpses, mourners to justify invasion
benstevens/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The United States said Thursday it had intelligence that showed Russia is planning to create a video depicting a fake Ukrainian attack, that it could release in ...
Feb 03, 2022
Activists say Olympic diplomatic boycotts 'simply not enough,' call for further action against China
Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With the open ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games Friday, the movement to boycott the event has been intensifying with a rising nu...
Feb 03, 2022
Biden details US raid in Syria that killed ISIS leader
Izzeddin Kasim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday, in remarks from the White House, gave details to the nation about a dramatic U.S. raid overnight in Syria...
Feb 03, 2022
Afghanistan's women’s rights activists tested Taliban in Oslo, but expect few advancements
STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/NTB/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- “Pick up the phone right now, call Kabul and ask the girls to be released immediately,” Hoda Khamosh, an Afghanistan woman’s r...
Feb 03, 2022
Biden orders US troop deployments to reassure NATO allies amid Russia standoff
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Image(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. troop deployments to reassure NATO allies amid the standoff with Russia over Ukraine. Pentagon press ...
Feb 02, 2022