Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US steps up warnings to Guatemalan officials about interference in country's election
Juanmonino/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With Guatemalan authorities appearing to ramp up their interference in the country's presidential election, including last week's raids of the election tribunal of...
Jul 26, 2023
Wildfires that killed at least 34 in Algeria are now 80% extinguished, officials say
Juanmonino/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Wildfires that have killed at least 34 people in northern Algeria over the past several days are now almost entirely under control, officials said. As of Tuesday aft...
Jul 26, 2023
As wildfires sweep through Greece, resident returns home to find it 'all gone, totally gone'
Spyros Bakalis/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- As wildfire flames crept toward Zena Katsaros' home in Kiotari, a village in Rhodes, on Friday, she fled with her bathing suit and a few other items. She...
Jul 26, 2023
Trevor Reed, American freed from Russia, expected to make full recovery from injuries fighting in Ukraine
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia before being released in a prisoner swap, has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, according t...
Jul 25, 2023
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
