Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US troops in Eastern Europe learning drone tactics from war in Ukraine
Soldiers from 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Skynet team walking through the area of operations during Combined Resolve 25-1at Hohenfels Training Area on Feb. 5, 2025. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Air...
Feb 25, 2025
WHO calls for mental health, trauma care and rehabilitation in Ukraine as war with Russia hits 3rd year
Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The World Health Organization warned Monday that the Ukrainian health care system is facing "unprecedented challenges...
Feb 24, 2025
Russia, Ukraine exchange major drone attacks on invasion anniversary
Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia launched 185 attack drones into Ukraine in an overnight attack coinciding with the third anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its n...
Feb 24, 2025
Germany to move toward 'independence' from US, new leader says
Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Before the final votes in Germany's election were even counted, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, who is s...
Feb 24, 2025
Trump-Putin pressure puts Zelenskyy in focus on Russia war anniversary, insiders say
Oleksi Liskonih/Getty Images(LONDON) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law early on Feb. 24, 2022, under Kyiv skies still tinged black by the smoke from Russian missile strikes.Th...
Feb 24, 2025
Zelenskyy 'proud' of Ukraine as country marks 3rd anniversary of Russia's war
Mert Gokhankoc/ dia images via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for the "absolute heroism" of Ukrainians over three years defending against Russi...
Feb 24, 2025
Pope Francis' condition shows 'slight improvement': Vatican
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image(ROME and LONDON) -- Pope Francis' "critical clinical condition" has shown a "slight improvement," the Vatican said on Monday, as the 88-year-old pontiff rema...
Feb 24, 2025
Pope Francis rested overnight in hospital, Vatican says in short update
ABC NewsROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis rested overnight in the hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday."The night passed peacefully. The Pope rested," the Holy See said in a short statement.The 88-year-...
Feb 23, 2025
Hamas releases all 6 hostages as planned in latest exchange
Newly-released Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov gestures as he arrives in a vehicle at Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre in Petah Tikva in central Israel on February 22, 2025. Three more Isr...
Feb 22, 2025
Pope not fully recovered, condition not life-threatening, doctors say
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Pope Francis has not yet fully recovered from illness, but he is not in danger of losing his life, doctors from Gemelli Hospital said during...
Feb 21, 2025