Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
US military aircraft crashes off Japan's coast, officials say
CT757fan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight airmen crashed off the Japanese coast at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, U.S. officials said. The crash took place during a "r...
Nov 29, 2023
US warns Israel to fight in a more targeted way in Gaza, officials say
Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is warning Israel to fight in a more targeted way once the pause ends in order to avoid displacing more Palestinians and worsening...
Nov 28, 2023
Virgin Atlantic makes maiden transatlantic flight using 100% green fuel
Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Virgin Boeing 787 took off from London’s Heathrow Airport en route to New York on Tuesday. Virgin Atlantic just became the first airline t...
Nov 28, 2023
Ukrainian forces under intense pressure in key eastern battle
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukrainian forces are under intense pressure around a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian military has made some of its greatest ...
Nov 28, 2023
"WSJ" reporter's pre-trial detention in Russia extended into January
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Moscow court extended on Tuesday the pre-trial detention of a Wall Street Journal reporter accused of spying. Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter in the news...
Nov 28, 2023
Pentagon says Somali pirates likely behind seizure of commercial ship near Yemen
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor A. Elberg/U.S. Navy photo(WASHINGTON) -- Attackers who seized a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden this weekend appear to have been Somali pirates, the ...
Nov 28, 2023
North Korea redeploys troops to surveillance posts along DMZ after withdrawing from military agreement with South Korea
South Korean Defense Ministry(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea has redeployed troops and equipment at the front-line guard posts within the Demilitarized Zone after withdrawing from a military agree...
Nov 27, 2023
Critically endangered Sumatran rhino born at Indonesian sanctuary
Indonesian Ministry of Environment and ForestryA sanctuary in Indonesia is celebrating the birth of a Sumatran rhino, the most threatened species of rhinoceros in the world. The healthy male calf was ...
Nov 26, 2023
'Double joy': Rare elephant twins born in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve
@gilbert_sabinga/Save the Elephants(LONDON) -- An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a rare set of twins, conservation group Save the Elephants has announced. The two baby elephant calves – bo...
Nov 25, 2023
Inside the northern Ukraine training center where units learn to fight Russian drones
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- In a secret location in Northern Ukraine sits one of the country's biggest training centers for mobile air defense units. In the large open-air area, soldiers train to shoot...
Nov 25, 2023