Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Israel-Gaza live updates: Harris to meet with Israeli war Cabinet member on Monday
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip.The confl...
Feb 20, 2024
Patients evacuated from Nasser Hospital, Gaza's second-largest, as WHO says it has stopped 'functioning' amid attacks
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Patients are being evacuated from Gaza's second-largest hospital, which has been under attack from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops, amid the ongoing Israel-Hama...
Feb 19, 2024
Strike expected to shut down the Eiffel Tower as workers protest monument's management
spreephoto.de/Getty Images(PARIS) -- The Eiffel Tower is expected to be closed to visitors on Monday as workers plan a one-day strike to demand that Paris City Hall officials immediately review the fi...
Feb 19, 2024
Navalny's widow vows to continue husband's opposition to Putin
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference, on the day Alexei Navalny's death was announced by the prison service of the Yamalo-Nene...
Feb 19, 2024
Alexei Navalny's allies accuse Russian authorities of deliberately withholding his body
Alex McBride/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are demanding that Russian authorities release his body to his mother and lawyer, claiming it is being deli...
Feb 17, 2024
1st Ukrainian city falls since the US became deadlocked in sending more military aid
Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images(AVDIIVKA, Ukraine) -- On the same day Alexey Navalny was declared dead in a Russian prison, Vladimir Putin was able to rack up another victory of sorts as U...
Feb 17, 2024
Alexei Navalny, vocal critic of Vladimir Putin, dies in prison: Russian government
MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Vladimir Putin -- often considered to be a vocal and prominent thorn in the side...
Feb 16, 2024
Israeli families desperate to get hostages home protest to demand action: 'We have no time'
ABC News(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Some families of Israeli hostages say they have reached their breaking point and have begun to take extreme measures to express their frustration more than fou...
Feb 15, 2024
Fears grow in Gazan city of Rafah ahead of potential Israel ground operation
Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL AVIV and LONDON) -- Before war erupted between Israel and Hamas in October, the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was home to around 250,000 people. Now...
Feb 15, 2024
Over 200 dead as thousands flee and violence flares in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
AUBIN MUKONI/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least 200 people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee following a sharp uptick of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (...
Feb 15, 2024