Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Amid Israel-Hamas war, scarce supplies and disease outbreaks threaten thousands of civilian lives in Gaza: Experts
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has led to scarce access to food, water, sanitation and medical supplies in overcrowded shelters and facil...
Nov 18, 2023
Across a border, lives upended by the war in Gaza
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- As the Israel-Hamas war continues with no end in sight, the lives of millions have been upended and their plans and dreams have been abruptly pl...
Nov 18, 2023
Zelenskyy warns that supply of vital artillery ammunition to Ukraine has 'really slowed down'
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a rare admission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has gone public about the reduction in the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine, telling reporter...
Nov 17, 2023
Two 12-year-old boys charged with the murder of a 19-year-old man
mbbirdy/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Two 12-year-old boys have been arrested and charged with murder following the death of 19-year-old Shawn Seesahi earlier this week, police have said. Seesahai was found...
Nov 17, 2023
Israel-Hamas war is 'deadliest conflict for journalists' since at least 1992, CPJ says
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was standing near the Lebanon-Israeli border on Oct. 13, a Friday afternoon six days into the current conflict in Israel, doin...
Nov 16, 2023
China says Biden's 'dictator' rhetoric is 'extremely wrong' following leaders' San Francisco meeting
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- The highly-anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping has been overshadowed by Biden's comments calling Xi a ...
Nov 16, 2023
Girl, 12, charged with murder in stabbing death of 37-year-old woman
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A 12-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a 37-year-old woman to death, police said. In the early hours of Thursday mo...
Nov 16, 2023
Haitian gang leader accused of helping kidnap, kill Americans added to FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The leader of a Haitian gang that allegedly kidnapped 16 U.S. citizens and killed one in another incident has been put on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives lis...
Nov 16, 2023
US Navy shoots down drone from Yemen headed toward warship, officials say
James Foehl/U.S. Navy(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone headed toward the ship on Wednesday that had been launched from Yemen, according to two U.S. offic...
Nov 15, 2023
Volcanic eruption remains highly likely in Iceland amid 'constant' seismic activity, officials say
Emin Yogurtcuoglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(REYKJAVIK, Iceland) -- There remains a "significant likelihood" of a volcanic eruption in the coming days in southwestern Iceland, the country's ...
Nov 15, 2023