Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

A cameraman takes footage of the painting 'Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser' (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House i...

K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Western North America has experienced an unprecedented "hot drought" over the last century, according to new res...

Iran International(LONDON) -- Dozens of Iranian women political prisoners went on a hunger strike Thursday in protest of the execution of Iranian protester Mohammad Ghobadlou. The announcement of the ...

pawel.gaul/Getty ImagesAs war rages in Gaza, civilians have repeatedly been told by Israel to go to the city of Deir al-Balah, in the center of the enclave, for safety. The city lies below the Wadi Ga...

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Jan. 24, 2024. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- A South Korean ruling party lawmaker, Bae Hyun-jin, has been rushed to the hospital after an attack in Seoul’s posh Gangnam district Thursday a...

U.S. Coast Guard(NEW YORK) -- The United States Coast Guard rescued 33 people from a sinking vessel in deep water when their boat began taking on water and sinking. The incident occurred on Monday whe...

RapidEye/Getty Images(LONDON) -- South Africa has announced it is set to challenge a New York auction of dozens artifacts and personal items belonging to former South African president and anti-aparth...

belterz/Getty Images(LONDON and KYIV) -- A Russian military aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war was shot down in western Russia's Belgorod region on Wednesday, Russian officials said. The ...

The Iranians call Hamas a "Palestinian liberation group" and say Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are a response to the war in Gaza. (ABC News)(IRAN) -- The chances that flashpoints in the Middle East wi...