Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Migrants stranded at Belarus border in new standoff with Polish police
iStock/AndreyPopov(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of migrants moved to a crossing point on the border between Belarus and Poland on Monday, encouraged by Belarusian security forces in what Poland's government ...
Nov 15, 2021
Relief for Afghan pilots flown out of Tajikistan by US
Juanmonino/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Around 150 former Afghan Air Force pilots and personnel, who were trapped in Tajikistan for months after fleeing Afghanistan, have been airlifted by the United States ou...
Nov 15, 2021
Queen Elizabeth misses Remembrance Sunday Service due to sprained back
iweta0077/iStock(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth II canceled a planned public appearance Sunday after spraining her back. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the queen "has decided this morning with gre...
Nov 15, 2021
COP26 updates: Countries officially adopt Glasgow Climate Pact
iStock/chonticha wat(GLASGOW, Scotland) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts ar...
Nov 12, 2021
Russia may be 'looking to move further' into Ukraine, its foreign minister warns
Erhoman/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As it again masses troops and equipment on the border with Ukraine, the Russian government is "looking for the opportunity to move further" into Ukrainian territory, the ...
Nov 12, 2021
Every US citizen who wants out of Afghanistan offered departure, State Department says
christophe_cerisier/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The State Department has arranged a means out of Afghanistan for the last remaining U.S. citizens who are seeking help departing, a senior State Department of...
Nov 12, 2021
Former US Marine detained by Russia goes on hunger strike to protest treatment
Rattankun Thongbun/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Trevor Reed, the 30-year-old former Marine who has been detained on what his family says are trumped up charges in Russia for over two years, has gone on hunger ...
Nov 09, 2021
Standoff ensues after Belarus escorts 1,000 migrants to border with Poland
iStock/AndreyPopov(WARSAW, Poland) -- An extraordinary standoff is taking place on the border between Poland and Belarus, after Belarusian authorities escorted hundreds of migrants up to it, in a dram...
Nov 08, 2021
France returning 26 looted treasures back to Benin
iStock(PARIS) -- Twenty-six looted royal treasures will return to their country of origin this week after nearly 130 years of French ownership, as debate continues over repatriating artifacts. Th...
Nov 08, 2021
Afghan woman's trek to escape Kabul with her daughter -- and her plea to help family stuck behind
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- "Everything bad that you think of was there," Sarina told ABC News in a video call, wiping away tears. "I was feeling like, 'I'm gonna die. Why?'" She said she came t...
Nov 08, 2021