Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia fires top commanders over Ukraine war failures
OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to...
May 17, 2022
Biden approves return of US troops for Somalia counterterrorism fight, reversing Trump
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Reversing a decision by predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has approved a Pentagon request to redeploy several hundred American troops to Somalia for ...
May 16, 2022
Sweden to apply to join NATO, joining Finland in ending nonaligned status
HENRIK MONTGOMERY/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Sweden will apply to formally join NATO, following in the footsteps of neighboring Finland, the country's prime minister said, ending l...
May 16, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 'Historic day' as Finland, Sweden say they will apply to NATO
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, ...
May 16, 2022
21-year-old Russian soldier to stand trial in Kyiv for murdering Ukrainian civilian
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The first case against a member of the Russian military is set to go to trial on May 18. 21-year-old Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin is accused of ki...
May 14, 2022
North Korea's Kim remains fixed on military might amid COVID outbreak
Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As North Korea rattles its foreign rivals by escalating shows of firepower, the coronavirus could be attacking the Hermit Kingdom from within. In...
May 13, 2022
Queen Elizabeth makes first public appearance in weeks at horse show
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Queen Elizabeth attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show Friday in her first public appearance since March. The 96-year-old queen, dressed casually in a sweater and ...
May 13, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian troops suffer 'significant' loss in Donbas
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north,...
May 13, 2022
Afghan journalists who fled the Taliban say they're in limbo in Pakistan
Afghan journalists in Pakistan. - Courtesy Fawzia Saidzada(LONDON) -- After eight months of living in hiding and moving between three safe houses in different cities in her native Afghanistan, 32-year...
May 13, 2022
Helsinki's 'underground city' reflects tense position as Russia's neighbor
Swimmers relax in an underground pool in Helsinki, Finland. All buildings above a certain size in Finland are required by law to have their own bunkers. - ABC News(HELSINKI) -- Finland may be world's ...
May 12, 2022
