Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Trump's 'Golden Dome' risks weaponization of space, China says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry accused President Donald Trump of undermining "global strategic balance and stability" by pushing ahead on his "Golden Dome" missi...
May 21, 2025
Trump said only he could get Putin to make a Ukraine peace deal. It hasn't happened.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump, on the 2024 campaign trail, repeatedly promised voters he personally could end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day in office --...
May 21, 2025
Gaza ceasefire talks have not led anywhere, Qatari PM says
Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images(DOHA, QATAR) -- The recent Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar have not led anywhere yet, the Qatari prime minister said Tuesday, citing a "fundamental gap" between th...
May 21, 2025
Judge orders Trump administration to maintain 'custody and control' of any migrants deported to South Sudan
Veronica Gabriela Cardenas-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge is probing whether the Trump administration deported migrants to South Sudan on Tuesday in violation of an earlier order bar...
May 21, 2025
Doctor details Gaza famine: 'We're not asking for miracles. We're asking for food'
Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images(GAZA STRIP) -- After almost three months of a total aid blockade in Gaza and intensified attacks from Israel, children are suffering the most severe consequences,...
May 21, 2025
Iran leader casts doubt on US nuclear talks, saying Tehran won't stop enrichment
Iranian Leader Press Office/ Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed doubt about his country's nuclear negotiations with the United States, saying he does n...
May 20, 2025
Russia attacks Ukraine with drones as Trump lauds Putin phone call
Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia launched more than 100 drones into Ukraine following the conclusion of a phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's air force s...
May 20, 2025
Evidence of 30-foot ancient sea monster found in Mississippi
James Starnes(STARKVILLE, MS) -- Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator.They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said...
May 20, 2025
Family of Hamas hostage Edan Alexander recall dramatic Gaza release
Israeli Defense Forces / IDF / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Edan Alexander -- the American-Israeli hostage freed from Gaza last week -- was "weak and exhausted" upon his dramatic releas...
May 19, 2025
Pope Leo XIV to lead inaugural mass Sunday, thousands expected to gather
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) -- Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church, will lead his inaugural mass on Sunday, according to the Vatican.Th...
May 17, 2025