Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
South Africa riots: At least 117 killed, over 2,000 arrested amid worst violence in decades
omersukrugoksu/iStock(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- At least 117 people have been killed in ongoing riots across South Africa despite the efforts of heavily outnumbered authorities to quell violent unres...
Jul 14, 2021
Wife fears for American snatched from Moscow and taken to Belarus
ONT/ Belarusian state TV(MOSCOW) — Alena Denisavets said she had been looking for her husband for more than a day when she got a text message from a lawyer who she believed was working for Belar...
Jul 13, 2021
First lady Jill Biden to travel to Tokyo for Olympics opening ceremony
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which will be held on July 23, according to th...
Jul 13, 2021
Haitian-born Florida resident arrested as latest suspect in president's assassination
Richard Pierrin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- More than two dozen people, mostly foreigners, have been accused of playing a role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise last week. Now, ...
Jul 12, 2021
Haiti's interim prime minister says president was tortured before being killed, vows justice
Pawel Gaul/iStock(NEW YORK) — Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister of Haiti, said in an interview with ABC News that former President Jovenel Moise was tortured before he was killed and vow...
Jul 11, 2021
COVID-19 rules at the Tokyo Olympics: Spectators banned, vaccination not required
PinkOmelet/iStock(LONDON) -- As the coronavirus pandemic rages on in some parts of the world, the upcoming Summer Olympic Games are set to be unlike any others. The 2020 Summer Olympics were supposed ...
Jul 10, 2021
Haiti requests US send troops following president's assassination
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. will not be sending troops to Haiti, according to a senior administration official, after the Caribbean nation's government requested help to stabilize ...
Jul 09, 2021
Taliban claim to control most of Afghanistan as US military exit looms
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban has claimed it now controls most of Afghanistan as the United States military withdrawal from the country looms and a day after U.S. President Joe Biden defe...
Jul 09, 2021
What Japan's COVID-19 situation looks like on the cusp of Tokyo Olympics
PinkOmelet/iStock(TOKYO) -- In the latest blow to a delayed and beleaguered Tokyo Olympics, officials on Thursday said a state of emergency had been declared due to COVID-19 and spectators would not b...
Jul 08, 2021
Biden to discuss Afghanistan withdrawal amid increasing instability in region
MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Thursday the drawdown of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan will be completed by August 31, as instability and violence ratchet up in ...
Jul 08, 2021