Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Biden administration to launch regional processing centers for migrants throughout Central and South America
Jeff R Clow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlined plans for reducing the number of migrants at the southern border, ...
Apr 28, 2023
Asian elephants have lost 64% of their suitable habitat, scientists say
Mother and calf elephants inhabit a dry deciduous forests in Sri Lanka. -- Shermin de Silva(NEW YORK) -- Habitats for Asian elephants have decreased by more than 64% across the continent, equating to ...
Apr 27, 2023
Ukrainian officials open more than 100 cases of alleged Russian kidnappings
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukrainian juvenile prosecutors have opened more than 100 criminal proceedings for what they describe as illegal transfers of Ukrainian kids to Russian-occ...
Apr 27, 2023
2nd American dies amid violence in Sudan, 2nd American dies amid violence in Sudan, White House official says
Mohammed Sami / EyeEm/Getty Images(SUDAN) -- A second American has been killed in the violence in Sudan, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby confirmed on Wednesday. While Kirby did not n...
Apr 26, 2023
Remains of Korean War hero identified 73 years later
U.S. Army(WASHINGTON) -- The 73-year-old remains of an American veteran of the Korean War have been identified, the United States and South Korea revealed on Wednesday. The joint announcement fro...
Apr 26, 2023
Dozens dead, hundreds missing in Kenya starvation cult case
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An ongoing investigation into a suspected religious cult in southeastern Kenya whose followers were allegedly told to starve themselves has led to the discover...
Apr 26, 2023
Russian cinemas show Disney movies despite boycott over Ukraine war
Fuse/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At a movie theatre in central Moscow this month, people had come to watch an illicit film. It wasn’t a documentary about the war in Ukraine or political persecutio...
Apr 26, 2023
Iowa woman on her husband's 50-hour journey home to his family from Sudan conflict
Jacy Bunnell Ahmed(NEW YORK) -- Mohamed Ahmed went back to Sudan for the first time in 13 years for his father's funeral earlier this month. He was scheduled to come back to his family in Cedar Rapids...
Apr 26, 2023
Couple's elderly parents who were caught in Sudanese conflict crossfire now in Egypt
Family Handout(NEW YORK) -- Family members of two U.S. citizens who were trapped in Sudan and had to endure major obstacles to leave the country are grateful they're now in Egypt. Imad, a Bay area res...
Apr 26, 2023
Taliban kills suspected ISIS-K mastermind of Kabul airport bombing: US officials
Yagi Studio/Getty Images(AFGHANISTAN) -- The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 17...
Apr 25, 2023
