Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Hands off my hijab': French Muslims rail against ban on religious garb in soccer
Lorado/ iStock(LONDON) -- Hawa Doucouré and her teammates on the Les Hijabeuses soccer team have a simple message to send while playing the game they love: "Hands off my hijab." It's a message ...
Aug 12, 2021
Kabul could soon fall to Taliban: US military
omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As the Taliban sweeps across Afghanistan and claims at least nine provincial capitals in just days, a new U.S. military analysis warns that the country's capital, Ka...
Aug 12, 2021
Iran facing its deadliest coronavirus surge after banning import on US vaccines
da-kuk/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Eight months after Iran banned imports of any vaccines developed in the United States or the United Kingdom, the country is in the grips of its deadliest coronavirus surge y...
Aug 12, 2021
Israel to require U.S. travelers to self-quarantine for seven days
chameleonseye/iStock(JERUSALEM) -- Beginning Wednesday, all travelers from the United States arriving in Israel will be required to quarantine for seven days, regardless of their vaccination status. I...
Aug 11, 2021
California man arrested in connection with the deaths of his two young children, authorities say
Cesar Okada/iStock(TIJUANA, Mexico) -- A California man has been charged with the murder of his two young children in Mexico, authorities said. Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, of Santa Barbara, California...
Aug 11, 2021
Biden sends envoy in urgent effort to stop Taliban offensive in Afghanistan
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden's envoy for Afghanistan will meet with the Taliban's political leadership this week to urge them "to stop their military offensive and to nego...
Aug 10, 2021
Fires continue to rip through Greek island as residents, other countries jump in to help
Wassilios Aswestopoulos/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greek residents waited out the wildfires through the night on Sunday, after being evacuated on a ferry off the coast of Pefki, a town in ...
Aug 10, 2021
Alleged Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for sexual abuse
Mark Richards - WPA Pool / Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled ...
Aug 09, 2021
'Unequivocal' that human influence has warmed the planet, UN climate panel finds
ksteffens/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A United Nations climate panel has confirmed -- in its strongest language ever -- that the impacts of human-caused climate change are severe and widespread, and that whil...
Aug 09, 2021
4,600-year-old pharaoh's boat makes 48-hour journey to new museum
Hatem Maher/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A 4,600-year-old intact wooden boat bearing the name of Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh, Khufu, was transported to a new museum about 7 kilometers away from Cair...
Aug 07, 2021