Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Woman arrested after police say 4-year-old child who 'drowned' in pool actually died before
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A 46-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with murder after a 4-year-old child reportedly drowned in a backyard pool following a two-year investigation int...
Dec 08, 2023
Justice Department announces war crimes charges against four Russian-affiliated soldiers for torturing American citizen
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In an historic move, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is unsealing war crimes charges against four Russia-affiliated military personnel with dist...
Dec 07, 2023
Biden calls reports of Hamas' sexual violence against Israeli women 'appalling'
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesEditor's note: This report contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has blamed Hamas' refusal to release civilian female ho...
Dec 07, 2023
Israeli defense minister predicts 2 more months of war, then 'mop up'
200mm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Irael's war with Hamas in the neighboring Gaza Strip is expected to continue at its current intensity for two more months, followed by what Israeli Defense Minister Yoa...
Dec 06, 2023
Eighty-eight dead after military drone mistakenly strikes festival in Nigeria's Kaduna state, local officials say
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Nigerian Army mistakenly killed at least 88 people in a military drone strike on a religious festival in the country's Kaduna State, local officials said. Of...
Dec 06, 2023
Former US ambassador Manuel Rocha indicted on charges he allegedly spied for Cuba for 40 years
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal grand jury returned a 15-count indictment against former U.S. ambassador and accused Cuban spy Manuel Rocha on Tuesday, charging him with a ra...
Dec 06, 2023
Invasive flower threatens livelihoods of farmers, fishermen in war-torn Syria
Abdul Razzaq Al-Shami/ABC News(IDLIB, Syria) -- The Orontes River in northwestern Syria has long been a lifeline for farmers, including 50-year-old Bahjat al-Bakru, who have used it to irrigate their ...
Dec 06, 2023
Hospitals in southern Gaza are at 'breaking point,' international organizations say
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hospitals in central and southern Gaza are at a "breaking point" and struggling to care for the influx of patients amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Doctors Witho...
Dec 05, 2023
Israel-Gaza live updates: Tunnels of Hamas' general headquarters destroyed, IDF says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed...
Dec 05, 2023
'It’s worse than before the truce': Strikes in Gaza resume at intensified pace, Palestinians say
Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After seven days without bombardments, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke up to the familiar sound of airstrikes in the early morning of Dec. 1. "The war...
Dec 05, 2023