Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US ambassador to China and high level diplomat in East Asia targeted in recent cyberattack: sources
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, and the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink’s email ac...
Jul 21, 2023
ABC News Exclusive: Inside the US ballistic missile submarine in South Korea
The USS Kentucky, a U.S. nuclear-armed submarine, pulls into port in Busan, South Korea, July 18, 2023. -- U.S. Navy(BUSAN, South Korea) -- This week's arrival of a nuclear-capable U.S. Navy submarine...
Jul 20, 2023
US military emails sent to Mali because of common typo
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A small spelling error has resulted in thousands of emails intended for the U.S. military being sent instead to Mali, an issue that Pentagon officials said they've ...
Jul 20, 2023
Wildfires rage amid heat wave in Greece, prompting evacuations and call for European support
Milos Bicanski/Getty Images(LONDON) -- As wildfires swept through the forests of Rhodes on Wednesday, Greek officials warned people in three nearby villages that they should begin to evacuate. The bla...
Jul 20, 2023
'Stay indoors': Lion on the loose in Berlin prompts urgent citywide search
Alexander Nolting / EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A lion is loose in Berlin, prompting authorities in Germany to send emergency alerts to thousands of people in Berlin warning them to stay indoors. Th...
Jul 20, 2023
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US approves additional $400M military aid package
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. ...
Jul 20, 2023
2 killed in New Zealand construction site shooting, suspect also dead: Police
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(AUKLAND, New Zealand) -- Two people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a construction site in Auckland, New Zealand, police said. The suspected shooter was also...
Jul 19, 2023
European heat wave breaking records with little relief in sight
Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images(ROME) -- The intense heat gripping Europe won’t end soon and according to the European Space Agency bulletin, it has only just begun. The prolonged...
Jul 19, 2023
Six dead as Kenya rocked by nationwide anti-government protests over gas tax, Amnesty says
Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Kenya was bracing for days of anti-government protests led by the government's political opposition over a contentious new finance bill and the rising cost of...
Jul 19, 2023
What we know about Travis King, the American soldier detained in North Korea
Chung Sung-jun/Getty Images(LONDON) -- An American soldier who had just been released from a South Korean detention facility fled across the border to North Korea where he was taken into custody ...
Jul 19, 2023
