Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

Ines de la Cuetara/ABC News(EL ARISH, Egypt) -- Those who were too weak to walk boarded the plane in wheelchairs and stretchers. Some had already been receiving treatment in Egypt; others arrived stra...

Andriy Zholob(LVIV, Ukraine) -- After 21 months serving as a commander of the Ukrainian forces' medical company А4350, Andriy Zholob, a 43-year-old senior lieutenant, has returned home to Lviv.H...

Tim Graham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Access to clean and safe water is the "great connector" of our world and critical in promoting peace, according to the 2024 United Nations World Water Development ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (not pictured) following a meeting between the U.S. top diplomat and Arab envo...

Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL-AVIV, Israel) -- Displaced Gazans at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza were reportedly being told to evacuate immediately Thursday, as Israel's raid on t...

Police officers stand guard outside the London Clinic after the UK's Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton underwent planned surgery in London, United Kingdom on January 18, 2024. Princess of Wales will s...

pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Humanitarian organizations are sounding alarm over the crisis in Sudan, warning the conflict has created "one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory."Spea...

A woman and her daughter sit at a nutritional stabilization center in Gaza in March, in a photo supplied by MedGlobal. (MedGlobal)(UNITED NATIONS) -- At the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, fou...

Palestinians receive food rations at a donation point at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 2, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestin...

pawel.gaul/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for "an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages," Secretary of State Ant...