Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Heat wave in Russia brings record-breaking temperatures north of Arctic Circle
Macky_CH/iStock(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) -- You may think of Russia -- especially the northern areas from St. Petersburg to Moscow and into Siberia -- as one of the coldest places on Earth, but that wa...
Jun 23, 2021
Afghan translators, contractors fear for their lives amid Taliban offensives, US withdrawal
KeithBinns/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- "Abdul" says he fears for his life, his wife's and his three children's, but that is exactly why he is speaking out. "I am fighting for my family and for other...
Jun 23, 2021
Blinken meeting European allies to brief on Putin summit, rally to counter China
Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Fresh from accompanying President Joe Biden on his first overseas trip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Europe for his first vis...
Jun 23, 2021
US fighter jets called to flight as precaution against Russian bombers near Hawaii
RyanFletcher/iStock(NEW YORK) -- American fighter jets were twice in flight over Hawaii earlier this month as a precaution against Russian bombers training in the region, ABC News has learned. A U.S. ...
Jun 23, 2021
In Ethiopian civil war, famine and sexual violence shatter Tigray region
omersukrugoksu/iStock(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) -- Voting was underway in Ethiopia Monday as Tigray, the northernmost regional state of the country, is torn apart by civil war and famine. Eritrean troops...
Jun 22, 2021
Australia pushes back against U.N committee's draft recommendation to label Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'
superjoseph/iStock(SYDNEY) -- Australian plans to challenge a draft recommendation from the United Nations World Heritage Committee that the Great Barrier Reef be identified as "in danger." The U.N. E...
Jun 22, 2021
UN report finds increasing violence and need for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw
omersukrugoksu/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- The United Nations paints a grim portrait of life in Afghanistan in a new situation report, highlighting increased violence and the spread of COVID-19 as t...
Jun 22, 2021
Princes William, Harry had 'explosive argument' over Meghan bullying allegations, new book claims
iStock/marcin_libera(LONDON) -- An "explosive argument" between Princes William and Harry led to William initiating the split of their households and the ultimate breakup of the so-called "Fab 4," a n...
Jun 21, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily could close by the weekend, staff are told
iStock/Kim Vermaat(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong’s last remaining opposition paper Apple Daily may be forced to shutter its operations and publish its last edition as soon as this Friday if it is unab...
Jun 21, 2021
Afghanistan's president will visit Biden at the White House on Friday
shaadjutt/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. military drawdown from Afghanistan continues, the White House announced that the Afghan president and chairman of the High Council for National Re...
Jun 20, 2021