Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Australia pushes back against U.N committee's draft recommendation to label Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'
superjoseph/iStock(SYDNEY) -- Australian plans to challenge a draft recommendation from the United Nations World Heritage Committee that the Great Barrier Reef be identified as "in danger." The U.N. E...
Jun 22, 2021
UN report finds increasing violence and need for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw
omersukrugoksu/iStock(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- The United Nations paints a grim portrait of life in Afghanistan in a new situation report, highlighting increased violence and the spread of COVID-19 as t...
Jun 22, 2021
Princes William, Harry had 'explosive argument' over Meghan bullying allegations, new book claims
iStock/marcin_libera(NEW YORK) -- An "explosive argument" between Princes William and Harry led to William initiating the split of their households and the ultimate breakup of the so-called "Fab 4," a...
Jun 21, 2021
Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily could close by the weekend, staff are told
iStock/Kim Vermaat(HONG KONG) -- Hong Kong’s last remaining opposition paper Apple Daily may be forced to shutter its operations and publish its last edition as soon as this Friday if it is unab...
Jun 21, 2021
Afghanistan's president will visit Biden at the White House on Friday
shaadjutt/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As the U.S. military drawdown from Afghanistan continues, the White House announced that the Afghan president and chairman of the High Council for National Re...
Jun 20, 2021
North Korea attempted to hack South Korea's nuclear think tank, lawmaker says
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) -- A North Korean hacker group allegedly broke into South Korea's nuclear research center last month, marking the latest in a series of cyberattack attempts...
Jun 19, 2021
Young princess fights for her claim to the (abolished) throne of Italy
ABC News Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News (ROME) -- Italy may have abolished its monarchy 75 years ago, but having no real power hasn't stopped its royal family from feuding. Direct descendants of Italy's...
Jun 19, 2021
US woman who was former Marine found dead in Russia; suspect arrested on murder charges
Macky_CH/iStock(MOSCOW) -- An American woman studying in Russia, who went missing four days ago, has been found dead and a man has been arrested on suspicion of her murder, Russian police said Saturda...
Jun 19, 2021
'A soldier': New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi comes to power with clear hard-line agenda
Majid Saeedi/Getty Images(TEHRAN) -- The conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, the 61-year old new president-elect of Iran, heralds from a remote village in the northeast of the country, and after Friday...
Jun 19, 2021
North Korea to keep doors open for dialogue with Biden
API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- In his first official reaction to the Biden administration, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his government to get ready for "both dialogue ...
Jun 18, 2021
