Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US Navy sinks 3 Houthi boats attacking merchant ship in Red Sea, US says
KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Navy helicopters returned fire and and sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea on Sunday, after U.S. warships responded to a distress ...
Dec 31, 2023
Russia launches drone assault after accusing Ukraine of deadly attack within Russia
belterz/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Dozens of Russian drones targeted civilian and military targets in Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of a deadly strike on...
Dec 31, 2023
US shoots down Houthi drone, ballistic missile in Red Sea
KeithBinns/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A United States Navy ship in the Red Sea shot down a ballistic missile and a drone on Thursday night, officials confirmed to ABC News. The USS Mason shot down one ...
Dec 29, 2023
Waves of Russian missiles strike civilian targets across Ukraine in deadly overnight attack
OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images(KYIV and LONDON) -- Russia's military struck cities across Ukraine overnight, sending waves of missiles and drones in an hourslong attack that Ukrainian official...
Dec 29, 2023
Palestinian children find some moments of joy at Gaza shelter school
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rawan, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl, said she is fearful living in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. But she can find moments to be a kid again and cheer on o...
Dec 28, 2023
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny located in Siberian penal colony, spokeswoman says
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been located in a remote penal colony in Siberia after his lawyers and associates have been unable to contac...
Dec 26, 2023
US carries out airstrikes against militants in Iraq following morning attack on Erbil Air Base
CT757fan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. military forces carried out multiple airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah -- an Iraqi paramilitary group also known as the Hezbollah Brigad...
Dec 26, 2023
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny located in Siberian penal colony, spokeswoman says
ABC News(MOSCOW) -- Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been located in a remote penal colony in Siberia after his lawyers and associates have been unable to contact him for nearly thr...
Dec 25, 2023
Suspect arrested in alleged theft of Banksy stop sign in London
Banksy unveiled a new piece of art work in Peckham, south east London. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- A suspect is in custody after a London stop sign that apparently fea...
Dec 23, 2023
No 'functional' hospitals in northern Gaza, just nine left in south: WHO
A young Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes arrives to be treated at Nasser Medical Hospital, Dec. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- There are no more f...
Dec 23, 2023