Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

South Korean investigators seek to arrest President Yoon over martial law declaration
South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images(SEOUL) -- South Korean investigators are seeking an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law, accordi...
Leah Sarnoff and Will Gretsky, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

Middle East live updates: Israel intercepts missile and drone fired from Yemen
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the...
David Brennan, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

Biden announces $2.5 billion in Ukraine defense assistance
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States would offer almost $2.5 billion in defense assistance to Ukraine, a move that will bring an "imm...
Fritz Farrow and Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

World leaders mourn Jimmy Carter, celebrate 'noble' legacy
Bettmann via Getty Images(LONDON) -- World leaders have offered their condolences after the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100.Carter died in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon...
David Brennan and Will Gretsky, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

2 survivors recovering as South Korean officials probe Jeju Air plane crash
Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL and LONDON) -- The two survivors of South Korea's deadliest plane crash in decades were recovering at separate hospitals in Seoul on Monday, as investigato...
Joohee Cho and Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

Keanu Reeves' stolen Rolex and other luxury watches recovered in Chile: Police
Dave Benett/Getty Images for House of Suntory(SANTIAGO, CHILE) -- Three luxury watches, including a Rolex worth about $9,000, that were stolen from actor Keanu Reeves' Los Angeles home have been disco...
Aicha El Hammar Castano and Will Gretsky, ABC News Dec 30, 2024

179 dead, 2 rescued after plane crashes while landing in South Korea
ABC NewsAll 181 passengers and crew aboard a passenger jet that crashed upon landing in South Korea on Sunday morning are presumed dead except for two people rescued from the wreckage, authorities sai...
Sam Sweeney, Hakyung Kate Lee, Joohee Cho, Jack Moore, and Kevin Shalvey Dec 29, 2024

Mexico developing app for migrants to send alert if about to be detained in the US
Jose Luis Torales/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to inform family members and local consulates if they think they are about to be ...
Anne Laurent and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Dec 27, 2024

Survivors of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash report hearing bangs, explosions during flight
Issa Tazhenbayev/AFP via Getty Images(KAZAKHSTAN) -- Survivors of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan reported hearing thuds and explosions from outside the aircraft during the fl...
Dragana Jovanovic, Ines de la Cuetara, Ellie Kaufman, and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Dec 27, 2024

US citizen sentenced to 15 years by Moscow court on espionage charges, Russian media says
Contributor/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- An American citizen, Evgeny "Eugene" Spector, was sentenced to 15 years in a high-security prison by the Moscow City Court on espionage charges on Dec. 24, reported...
Anastasia Bagaeva, ABC News Dec 27, 2024
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