Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Seventeen missionaries, including five children, kidnapped in Haiti, ministry says
Pawel Gaul/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A Haitian gang has been blamed for kidnapping a group at a Haitian airport that included 17 missionaries, five of them children, according to officials. Nineteen people ...
Oct 18, 2021
What to know about the escalating tensions between China and Taiwan
samxmeg/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Since the beginning of October, Beijing has sent more than 150 military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense zone in an attempt to intimidate the Taiwanese government. ...
Oct 18, 2021
Young Afghan woman, separated from family in US, pleads for help getting out
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- "I'm in danger," the daughter cried to her father from thousands of miles away in Afghanistan. "We cannot go outside with friends. Before, we were going outside to ...
Oct 16, 2021
Massive asteroids will whiz past Earth in coming weeks, including 1 nearly size of Empire State Building
xtockImages/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Several massive asteroids are expected to whiz close to Earth in the coming weeks, including one nearly the size of the Empire State Building. Two are expected to soar ...
Oct 16, 2021
UK MP David Amess stabbed multiple times
Zoe Norfolk/Getty Images(ESSEX, England) -- David Amess, a conservative British member of Parliament, was stabbed multiple times during a visit to Essex Friday, officials said. The motive behind the a...
Oct 15, 2021
Trapped in the woods: Belarus accused of using migrants as weapons
yorkfoto/iStock(LIPSK, Poland) -- It was pitch black as the activists entered the forest. Even with headlamps and torches, their beams shone only small windows into the darkness, illuminating the trun...
Oct 15, 2021
Several casualties reported amidst gun battles in Beirut following blast protest
KeithBinns/iStock(BEIRUT) -- Casualties have been reported after hours of gun battles in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, following calls led by Hezbollah and their allies to remove the judge leading t...
Oct 14, 2021
Prince William criticizes space tourism race, says focus should be on saving Earth
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- As Prince William prepares to deliver his Earthshot Prize to people saving the planet, he aimed some criticism at billionaires sending people to space. "We need...
Oct 14, 2021
Biden embraces Trump accords, but struggles with his withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal amid growing threat
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- There have been major differences between the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on foreign policy -- not least over the Iran nucle...
Oct 14, 2021
US pushes diplomacy, prepares sanctions as Ethiopia launches new offensive in brutal war, risking famine
beyhanyazar/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly a month after President Joe Biden created a new U.S. sanctions authority and threatened to impose economic penalties on Ethiopian leaders unless they halted a ...
Oct 14, 2021
