Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
North Korea stonewalls US on status of detained soldier
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the week since U.S. Army Private 2nd Class Travis King crossed into North Korea, American officials have been unable to extract even the most basic informat...
Jul 25, 2023
Russian fighter jet damages US Reaper drone with flare over Syria: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Russian fighter jet fired flares directly at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria on Sunday, damaging its propeller, according to U.S. Air Forces Central...
Jul 25, 2023
Dozens dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Algeria
Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 34 people have died and thousands more have been forced to evacuate as authorities battle raging wildfires in Northern Algeria, Alge...
Jul 25, 2023
Weather off the coast of Acapulco hinders efforts to find missing Baltimore man
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Weather conditions are keeping the Mexican Navy from approaching the capsized sailboat of a U.S. citizen who was reported missing on July 21, officials told AB...
Jul 25, 2023
Love endures for soldier who lost both arms, sight during war
Alina and Andriy Smolensky(KYIV, Ukraine) -- EDITOR'S NOTE: Readers may find some images disturbing. Andriy and Alina Smolensky were just 22 years old when they were introduced by a mutual friend at a...
Jul 24, 2023
Iranian woman defying hijab law says there's 'no turning back' despite 'morality police' resuming patrols
Jose Antonio Caravaca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Iran's "morality police," are again patrolling the streets to enforce the country’s compulsory hijab law, nearly a year after widespread protests ...
Jul 24, 2023
Israel approves divisive judicial overhaul, weakening court's power amid pro-democracy protests
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved the key part of a divisive judicial overhaul plan pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Part of the plan -- which was pro...
Jul 24, 2023
After weekend of wildfire evacuations, Greece expects hot and dry conditions to continue
George Pachantouris/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Mass evacuations continued over the weekend in Rhodes, the popular tourist destination, as wildfires swept toward other villages, cities and tourist destina...
Jul 24, 2023
Sending F-16s to Ukraine in fight against Russia would take 'months and months': Blinken
Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday cautioned that deliveries of the F-16s that Ukraine has long sought in its fight against Russia c...
Jul 23, 2023
Search for 'lioness' near Berlin called off as authorities believe animal is actually a wild boar
Jordan Cary / 500px/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A massive search for an elusive animal initially thought to be a lioness on the loose near Germany's capital was called off Friday after authorities found n...
Jul 21, 2023
