Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Afghan Air Force pilots trapped in Afghanistan plead for evacuation
Obtained by ABC News(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Around two dozen U.S.-trained former Afghan Air Force pilots are still trapped in Afghanistan and pleading for the United States government to evacuate them...
Dec 18, 2021
Russia makes sweeping demands for security guarantees from US amid Ukraine tensions
mashabuba/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Russia published a list of sweeping new security guarantees it wants from the United States and NATO on Friday -- including a promise not to expand the alliance -...
Dec 17, 2021
Notre Dame restoration kicking off in France
Francois LOCHON/ Getty Images(PARIS) -- After 2 1/2 years of cleaning and consolidating -- and a pandemic that halted French workers for a few months -- the restoration phase of the Notre Dame cathedr...
Dec 17, 2021
Australia mourns 5 'angels' killed in bouncy castle accident
JasonDoiy/iStock(LONDON) -- Australia is coming together as a nation following Thursday’s bouncy castle tragedy in which five children were killed. A gust of wind lifted the castle into the air,...
Dec 17, 2021
Haitian gang releases remaining hostages from US-based missionary group
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The remaining 12 hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group have been released by the Haitian gang that had held them for two months, Haitian authorities an...
Dec 16, 2021
US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating 'brain-control weaponry'
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponiz...
Dec 16, 2021
Queen Elizabeth cancels annual family pre-Christmas lunch amid COVID-19 surge
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth has canceled her annual pre-Christmas celebration for family for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-year-old monarch...
Dec 16, 2021
Four children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle 32 feet into the air in Australia
MCCAIG/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said. Nine children were in the c...
Dec 16, 2021
State Dept. suggests Afghan Fulbright hopefuls seek other options as program stalls
Courtesy of Maryam Jami(WASHINGTON) -- A group of 100 or so potential scholars in the State Department's prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program will have to continue waiting for a final answer ...
Dec 15, 2021
Fire briefly trapped scores of people in Hong Kong skyscraper, injuring 13, authorities say
Chen Xuming/VCG via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Scores of people were trapped in a Hong Kong skyscraper on Wednesday after a major fire broke out, authorities said. Flames ignited at the World Trade Ce...
Dec 15, 2021