Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images(DIYARBAKIR, Turkey) -- Rescue efforts are ongoing after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks caused widespread devastation across southeastern Turkey and northern S...

Yildirim/dia images via Getty Images(ALEPPO, Syria) -- The death toll of the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria continues to rise with freezing temperatures, rain and snow making the ...

Burak Kara/Getty Images(DIYARBAKIR, Turkey) -- As the death toll continues to rise in Syria and Turkey following the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake non-profits, nongovernmental organizations and oth...

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday it rejects any effort to reimplement the controversial Trump-era policy known as "remain in Mexic...

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down. - Department of Defense(...

Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As U.S. intelligence agencies continue to investigate the situation around what the Department of Defense is calling a spy balloon from China, th...

Stock-zilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 24 people are dead as dozens of wildfires rage in Chile amid a scorching heat wave, Chilean authorities confirmed to ABC News. The fatalities included tw...

RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 41,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, according to Turkish and ...

pawel.gaul/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- A landmark trial of 47 Hong Kong democracy advocates charged under a national security law began on Monday. The case -- at the core of China's crackdown in Hong K...

Konstantin Yefremov(NEW YORK) -- A senior Russian army lieutenant who fled Russia told ABC News he witnessed his country's troops torture prisoners in Ukraine, including beating and threats to rape th...