Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Paul Whelan's brother says 'don't give up' on him as Russian detainment passes 1,500 days
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia has passed 1,500 days, and his brother David Whelan is urging people not to give up on him. President Joe Biden focused on the domestic a...
Feb 09, 2023
US sanctions alleged Russian ransomware hackers known as Trickbot
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. governmen...
Feb 09, 2023
Erdoğan slammed over poor quake infrastructure preparation, relief efforts
Burak Kara/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the death toll rises in Turkey and Syria following the massive earthquake that struck the region, some are criticizing the efforts by Turkish President Recep Ta...
Feb 09, 2023
Miraculous moments as survivors pulled from earthquake rubble in Turkey, Syria
KYRIAKOS FINAS/SOOC/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rescue efforts are ongoing after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks caused widespread devastation across southeastern Turkey and northe...
Feb 09, 2023
Zelenskyy appeals for new weapons from France, Germany, UK in face-to-face meetings
Didier Lebrun / Photonews via Getty Images(LONDON) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday evening appealed to the leaders of Germany and France for new weapons to aid Ukraine's fight against Ru...
Feb 09, 2023
North Korea shows off ICBMs and Kim Jong Un's daughter during military parade
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea staged a large nighttime military parade on Wednesday possibly showing off its largest number of intercontinental ballistic missiles on o...
Feb 09, 2023
Who are the White Helmets? A group of ordinary Syrians doing the extraordinary
Anas Aldyab/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(LONDON) -- When disaster strikes in war-ravaged Syria and the world watches from afar, a group of ordinary Syrians don their trademark white helmet...
Feb 08, 2023
Chinese surveillance balloon part of massive program over 5 continents: Blinken
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday revealed that the U.S. assesses the alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down over the weekend was part of an ex...
Feb 08, 2023
Two children dead, six injured after city bus slams into Quebec day care
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images(LAVAL, Quebec) -- Two children are dead and six others injured after a city bus crashed into a day care Wednesday in Laval, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal. The driver of th...
Feb 08, 2023
Zelenskyy addresses Parliament in London as UK prepares to increase 'lethal aid,' military training
Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Parliament in London on Wednesday, as the United Kingdom announced plans to increase its deliveri...
Feb 08, 2023
