Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Thirty-four recruits join Vatican's Swiss Guard, swearing allegiance to Pope Francis
A Swiss Guard recruit holds the Swiss Guard flag as he swears-in during a ceremony for new recruits of the pontifical Swiss Guard at the Vatican, on May 6, 2024. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Imag...
May 07, 2024
Brazil flooding: At least 75 people have died and 103 are missing, authorities say
Ramiro Sanches/Getty Images(PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil) -- Severe flooding in Brazil has left 75 people dead, 103 individuals unaccounted for and multiple families standing on their rooftops hoping to be re...
May 05, 2024
Russian troops operating out of same base in Niger that hosts some US troops, two officials say
pop_jop/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Russian military personnel are operating out of an air base in Niger that is still hosting a small number of American troops, two U.S. officials tell ABC News.One o...
May 03, 2024
US military acknowledges errant drone strike last year killed a civilian, not an al-Qaeda leader
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A targeted U.S. drone strike in northwest Syria one year ago Friday hit and killed a civilian, not the al-Qaeda leader it was looking for, the Pentagon said ...
May 02, 2024
Dozens of tourists evacuated amid flooding in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Authorities in Kenya have rescued dozens of tourists and hotel staff who were left stranded in Kenya's famed Maasai Mara Game ...
May 02, 2024
What to know as China attempts to be first country to return samples from far side of the moon
Photo taken at Beijing Aerospace Control Center BACC in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2020 shows the ascender of Chang'e-5 spacecraft flying above the lunar surface. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via Getty Images)(NEW YORK...
May 02, 2024
Prince William and Kate Middleton's daughter Princess Charlotte celebrates 9th birthday
Princess Charlotte of Wales attends Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on Dec. 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Princess Charlotte,...
May 02, 2024
'Large-scale massacre' looms in Sudan city surrounded by paramilitary forces, US warns
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The U.S. is warning of a looming potential "large scale massacre" in El Fasher, a city in Sudan, as troops from the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and allie...
May 01, 2024
'Every single day, I've watched small children die': American nurse shares heartbreaking work in Gaza
ABC News(JERUSALEM) -- "Every single day, I've watched small children die."Those are the words of Nurse Brenda Maldonado from Washington State, describing to ABC News what she witnessed over the past ...
Apr 30, 2024
The US is in a Cold War with China over Taiwan, expert says
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- National security expert and co-founder of CrowdStrike, Dmitri Alperovitch, discusses rising tensions between the U.S., China, and Taiwan in his book "World on t...
Apr 30, 2024
