Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
11-year-old girl rescued as sole survivor of shipwreck off Italian coast
John M Lund Photography, Inc./ Getty(ITALY) -- An 11-year-old girl was miraculously rescued after three days of being stranded at sea when a shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island is believed to have ...
Dec 11, 2024
Police raid South Korean presidential office, arrest former defense minister following martial law declaration
Jung Yeon-Je - Pool/Getty Images(SEOUL) -- South Korean police raided South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office as a part of the ongoing investigation into the martial law declaration on Dec...
Dec 11, 2024
US asked Syrian rebels to look for Austin Tice as they empty Assad's prisons
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.S. is communicating with rebel groups inside Syria amid the search for missing American journalist Austin Tice, State De...
Dec 11, 2024
Climate and environment updates: Biden sets ambitious greenhouse gas emissions goal
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drough...
Dec 10, 2024
Assad's infamous Syria prisons empty as rebel leader vows 'just punishment'
Emin Sansar/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani said late Monday that his forces "will not hesitate to hold accountable" alleged war criminals and torturers ...
Dec 10, 2024
South Korean police consider travel ban for President Yoon amid martial law inquiry
Wagner Meier/Getty Images(SEOUL and NEW YORK) -- South Korean police will consider imposing a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol, a senior officer said at a press conference on Monday, local time.A...
Dec 09, 2024
Syria post-Assad power vacuum poses unexpected problems for Middle East, US
Omar Haj Kadour via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The stunning collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime in Syria presents "a moment of historic opportunity," President Joe Biden wrote on X on Sunday, as ...
Dec 09, 2024
World 'surprised' by how quickly Assad's Syria collapsed, Austin says
Ozan Kose via Getty Images(LONDON) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday that the international community was "surprised to see that the opposition forces moved as quickly as they did" in...
Dec 09, 2024
Syria live updates: Israel to remain in Syria beyond buffer zone
Delil Souleiman via Getty Images(DAMASCUS, SYRIA) -- Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the countr...
Dec 09, 2024
South Korea's ruling party lawmakers boycott vote to impeach president
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(SEOUL and LONDON) -- As lawmakers debated a motion to impeach South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of ...
Dec 07, 2024