Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Why British PM Rishi Sunak called snap election for July 4, according to expert
Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year t...
May 23, 2024
Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kenyan mountaineer Josh...
May 23, 2024
Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News(NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the...
May 23, 2024
UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing 'insecurity, lack of supplies' amid Israel-Hamas war
Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the ...
May 22, 2024
US says Israel has made 'refinements' to Rafah assault strategy to reduce risks of civilian harm after Biden demands
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Wednesday that Israel has made "refinements" to its military operations in and around Rafah following p...
May 22, 2024
Biden's military pier to deliver aid to Gaza off to slow start
Fogbow(LONDON) -- With the crisis in Gaza worsening, a private humanitarian group staffed with former military and intelligence officials stumbled upon a surprising hurdle in its efforts to help the U...
May 22, 2024
Utah woman describes 'terror' at seeing stepson detained and beaten after DRC coup attempt
ARSENE MPIANA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The family of a U.S. national detained in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a failed coup attempt on Sunday said they were surprised to hear of...
May 22, 2024
Twenty in ICUs after deadly turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight, Bangkok officials say
Officials enter the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images)(HONG ...
May 22, 2024
Israel-Gaza live updates: UN court rules Israel must stop Rafah operation
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict ...
May 22, 2024
Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a press conference at the Pentagon on Oct. 31, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The United States ...
May 22, 2024