Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Woman pulled alive out of Myanmar earthquake rubble after 91 hours: Officials
Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images(MANDALAY CITY, MYANMAR) -- A 63-year-old woman was pulled alive from under the rubble Tuesday about 91 hours after Myanmar was struck by a devastating, 7.7 magnitu...
Apr 01, 2025
Russia launches no strike drones into Ukraine for first time since December
Hnat Holyk/Gwara Media/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia launched no long-range strike drones into Ukraine on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, Ukraine's air force said, ma...
Apr 01, 2025
US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel continue to work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, Thailand, which fell after a 7.7 m...
Apr 01, 2025
Scientists discover 'legless, headless wonder' that predated the dinosaurs
A 444 million-year-old specimen of a primitive marine anthropod was fossilized “inside-out,” with its muscles and guts preseserved in ancient sediment, scientists say. (University of Leice...
Apr 01, 2025
3 missing US soldiers found dead in Lithuania, search continues for 4th soldier
US Army(PABRADĖ, Lithuania) -- Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a training mission near Pabradė, Lithuania, last week were found dead on Monday, but the search is...
Mar 31, 2025
Desperate search for survivors continues in Bangkok high-rise collapse from 7.7 quake
Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images(BANGKOK) -- A desperate search for survivors continued Sunday -- from a collapsed high-rise building that was under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, to the rubble of anci...
Mar 31, 2025
Zelenskyy urges 'tough' Russia measures after Trump shows frustration with Putin
Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further "tough measures" against Russia to push President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire agreeme...
Mar 31, 2025
Iran rejects Trump's request for direct nuclear negotiations, state media reports
(LONDON) -- Tehran has rejected direct negotiations with the United States in regarding its nuclear program, responding to a letter from President Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sai...
Mar 30, 2025
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime for 'deliberate' strike on hospital
Sofiia Bobok/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukraine has accused Russia of committing a war crime after a Russian drone struck a military hospital in Kharkiv overnight.Ukraine's General Staff said...
Mar 30, 2025
US embassy in Syria tells Americans to leave, warns of 'potential imminent attacks'
Aleppo, Halab, Syria. ( Holger Leue/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- The American embassy in Syria has warned all U.S. citizens to leave the country due to "the increased possibility of attacks" during the Ei...
Mar 29, 2025