Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Families of Israeli hostages desperately seek their return
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For three Israelis who have been waiting two months for the safe return of their families from Hamas captivity, this year's Hannukah celebrations have been anything but joyful. H...
Dec 13, 2023
Crypto fans eye El Salvador as the 'next Singapore' amid sharp reforms, but concerns remain
An attendee wearing a Bitcoin necklace during the Adopting Bitcoin 2023 Summit in San Salvador, El Salvador, Nov. 7, 2023. (Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- El Salvador says it...
Dec 13, 2023
Twenty-two killed as suicide bomber attacks Pakistan police and military station
KeithBinns/Getty Images(ISLAMABAD) -- At least 22 people were killed and more than 30 were injured when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a security forces compound in Pakistan on Tuesday, local ...
Dec 12, 2023
Kremlin doesn't know location of jailed opposition leader Navalny, spokesperson says
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via a video link from his penal colony during court hearings over the extremism criminal case against him at the Russia's Supreme Co...
Dec 12, 2023
Houthi missile strikes merchant ship in Red Sea: US official
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A merchant vessel sailing in the southern Red Sea was struck by a land-based cruise missile fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen, according to a U.S. official. U.S...
Dec 12, 2023
Delta flight carrying 270 diverted to remote Canadian town
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A Delta Air Lines flight carrying 270 people was diverted to a remote Canadian town for nearly 24 hours due to a problem with the plane's de-icing equipment, accor...
Dec 12, 2023
Gaza health system is 'completely collapsing,' international organizations say
Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua via Getty Images(GAZA) -- The health care system in Gaza is "completely collapsing" with overcrowded hospitals and few medical supplies amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according ...
Dec 11, 2023
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny missing after being removed from prison, spokeswoman says
belterz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's team says they don't know where he is after the prison camp where he was being held told them he's no longer there, ...
Dec 11, 2023
Some besieged Gazans say they face 'no future' there, want to leave for good
ABC NewsFor the people of Gaza, there's a common exhaustion that many express -- exhausted by the war, of living in such dire conditions, by the death that surrounds them. "We are tired of this living...
Dec 10, 2023
Gaza residents say 'there's nowhere left to go' amid Israel's relentless bombing
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images(GAZA) -- Muhammad Alyan said he and his family were forced to flee the northern Gaza Strip last month, heeding evacuation orders by the Israeli military. He sa...
Dec 09, 2023