Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Blinken talks high-stakes NATO summit and path to membership for Sweden, Ukraine
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that NATO is "stronger," "bigger" and "more united than it's ever been" with Sweden now close to becoming the alliance's 32nd ...
Jul 11, 2023
Six dead in helicopter crash near Mount Everest
AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Six people, including a Nepalese pilot, were killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest on Tuesday, local officials said. Five tourists -- all Mexican nati...
Jul 11, 2023
Islamic State leader killed while on motorcycle by US drones Russia had 'harassed': Officials
United States Air Force(NEW YORK) -- Three MQ-9 Reaper drones that the U.S. military said had been "harassed" by Russian fighter jets over Syria on Friday were the same drones that later carried out a...
Jul 10, 2023
Pope Francis names 21 cardinals, including clergymen from Hong Kong, US
Buena Vista Images/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) -- Pope Francis announced Sunday he's elevating 21 clergymen from around the world to become cardinals in a ceremony later this year. The pope made the an...
Jul 10, 2023
Hospital in Haiti suspends treatment after armed men storm facility, forcibly remove gunshot victim
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly two dozen armed men stormed a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in the Tabarre section of Port-...
Jul 07, 2023
Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded four days in a row
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For four days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest temperature ever recorde...
Jul 07, 2023
Zelenskyy to ABC: Russia could sabotage nuclear power plant to halt Ukrainian advances
Yuriy Boyko/ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia could stage an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to halt Ukrainian advances on the battlefield, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in a ...
Jul 06, 2023
Princeton University graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov held captive in Iraq by Iran-linked Shiite militia
CT757fan/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Princeton University graduate student is being held captive by an Iran-linked Shiite militia in Iraq where she was conducting field research for her Ph.D. in politic...
Jul 06, 2023
What we know about the situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian officials have heightened warnings in recent days that Russia plans to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant -- the largest nuclear pla...
Jul 06, 2023
President Zelenskyy says Ukrainian counteroffensive is 'advancing' but 'we want to do it faster'
Yuriy Boyko/ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive has allowed their forces to take the "initiative" in the war against Russian invaders but "we want to do it faster," President...
Jul 06, 2023
