Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Taliban claim to control most of Afghanistan as US military exit looms
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban has claimed it now controls most of Afghanistan as the United States military withdrawal from the country looms and a day after U.S. President Joe Biden defe...
Jul 09, 2021
What Japan's COVID-19 situation looks like on the cusp of Tokyo Olympics
PinkOmelet/iStock(TOKYO) -- In the latest blow to a delayed and beleaguered Tokyo Olympics, officials on Thursday said a state of emergency had been declared due to COVID-19 and spectators would not b...
Jul 08, 2021
Biden to discuss Afghanistan withdrawal amid increasing instability in region
MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Thursday the drawdown of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan will be completed by August 31, as instability and violence ratchet up in ...
Jul 08, 2021
Ship that blocked Suez Canal set free after settlement agreement
eyewave/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A giant container ship that blocked traffic in Suez Canal for six days earlier this year was finally set free on Wednesday after its owners and insurers reached a settlemen...
Jul 08, 2021
2 US military service members hurt in rocket attack on al-Asad air base
200mm/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed that two U.S. military service members were injured in a rocket attack on al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq earlier Wednesday. The...
Jul 07, 2021
Haiti’s interim prime minister declares he’s in charge after assassination
Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit(LONDON) -- Haitian President Jovenel Moise was killed in an attack at his home before dawn on Wednesday, the country's interim premier said. A group of un...
Jul 07, 2021
Afghan troops flee across border as Taliban make swift gains in alarming offensive
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Hundreds of Afghan troops fled across the country's northern border to safety, as the Taliban continue a swift offensive to seize districts amid the U.S. military with...
Jul 07, 2021
American lawyer jailed in Hong Kong for assaulting police officer
DanHenson1/iStock(HONG KONG) -- American corporate lawyer Samuel Phillip Bickett was given a term of four months and two weeks for assaulting a police officer in Hong Kong during a period of citywide ...
Jul 06, 2021
Pope Francis 'alert and breathing on his own' after colon surgery
iStock/Motortion(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing a planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis, which is an intestinal procedure on the colon. "His Holiness Pope Fran...
Jul 05, 2021
Duchess Kate self-isolating after COVID-19 contact
Karwai Tang/WireImage(LONDON) -- The Duchess of Cambridge is self-isolating at home after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. "Last week The Duchess of Cambridge came in...
Jul 05, 2021
