Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
New 6.4 earthquake strikes Turkey as death toll climbs to nearly 47,000
Sameer Al-doumy/AFP via Getty Images(SAMANDAG, Turkey) -- Turkey was hit with another earthquake Monday as a 6.4 earthquake rattled Samandag even as the country is still cleaning up from one of the wo...
Feb 20, 2023
Trial date set in Brianna Ghey murder
Brianna Ghey is shown in this undated photo released by the Cheshire Police. -- Cheshire Police(LIVERPOOL, England) -- Two teens are set to go on trial for the death of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey on Jul...
Feb 20, 2023
'Nonstop shelling': Former US marine fighting in Bakhmut says fighting is 'chaotic'
Courtesy of Troy Offenbecker(KYIV, Ukraine) -- The average lifespan on the frontline of the fierce fighting in the city of Bakhmut is "four hours," according to an American fighting side by side with ...
Feb 20, 2023
Blinken describes confronting China about spy balloon, warns against military support for Russia
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Over an hourlong conversation this weekend, the top diplomats from China and the U.S. zigzagged through an agenda filled with contentious topics, with Secretary of State Antony...
Feb 19, 2023
How regional fault lines led to such a destructive earthquake in Turkey, Syria
ABC News, Middleeasteye(GAZIANTEP, Turkey) -- It was only a matter of time before the region surrounding Turkey and Syria experienced "the big one," according to experts. Tens of thousands of people d...
Feb 19, 2023
Four US service members wounded in helicopter raid that killed ISIS leader in Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Four U.S. service members were wounded by an explosion during a helicopter raid in northeast Syria on Thursday night. A senior ISIS leader was killed in the ...
Feb 17, 2023
Passengers in air for 16 hours forced to return to where they started after JFK electrical fire
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- One of the longest commercial flights in the world did a U-turn over the Pacific Ocean to return to its departure airport over 16 hours late...
Feb 17, 2023
Turkey earthquake: Two men rescued from rubble 261 hours later, official says
Riza Ozel / dia images via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Nearly 11 days after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks rocked southeastern Turkey, two men trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued a...
Feb 17, 2023
First ever images of Antarctica's 'Doomsday glacier' show melting from below
NASA(THWAITES GLACIER, Antarctica) -- Scientists studying one of the most crucial glaciers that's been deteriorating by climate change got a new look at what's going on underneath the surface. In...
Feb 16, 2023
US intercepts Russian bombers off Alaska for two straight days
FILE, photo -- aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. intercepted Russian aircraft flying off Alaska in international airspace as they approached an identi...
Feb 16, 2023
