Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
"Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina to be released from prison, Rwandan government says
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Rwandan government announced Friday that Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the acclaimed 2004 film Hotel Rwanda, will be released from prison nearly three years...
Mar 24, 2023
Harris to discuss 'brutality of slavery' at Cape Coast Castle during weeklong Africa visit
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson(WASHINGTON) -- Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. vice president, on Saturday begins a historic first trip while in office to Africa, with stops schedul...
Mar 24, 2023
Additional attacks on American bases in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. official told ABC News that there were two new attacks late Friday on two U.S. facilities in Deir ez-Zor Province in eastern Syria after another earli...
Mar 24, 2023
How to watch the five-planet alignment: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars
ABC News Photo Illustration(NEW YORK) -- Don't miss your lucky chance to see the stars -- or planets -- align next week. A five-planet alignment of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be vis...
Mar 23, 2023
US speeds up delivery of Abrams tanks, could be in Ukraine by fall
FILE photo -- Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Ukraine will get American Abrams tanks this fall, much sooner than expected, after the Pentagon decided to refurbish existing hulls in its i...
Mar 22, 2023
Large asteroid to safely pass by Earth in once-per-decade moment
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An asteroid between 140 and 310 feet in size will safely pass by Earth on Saturday, according to NASA Asteroid Watch. An asteroid of this size only goes...
Mar 22, 2023
Survivors reel in aftermath of one of Africa’s deadliest cyclones
AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- “Let me tell you, it is a serious situation. It is a tragedy,” says Paul Turnbull, Malawi Country Director of the World Food Programme. He is ...
Mar 22, 2023
Xi departs Putin meeting, after signaling strength in Russia-China alliance
Grigory Sysoyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping departed Moscow on Wednesday after two days of highly symbolic meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, i...
Mar 22, 2023
North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles amid US-South Korea joint drills
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the East Sea Wednesday, the latest show of its military capabilities during the 11-days-long joint ...
Mar 22, 2023
Gun used in kidnapping, killing of Americans in Mexico came from US
Steve Prezant/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A gun used earlier this month by cartel members to kidnap a group of Americans and kill two of them was illegally trafficked from the U.S., according to a crimi...
Mar 21, 2023
