Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Judge rules in Prince Harry, Elton John's lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A judge in the United Kingdom issued a ruling Friday in Prince Harry's lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Ltd., the publisher of the Daily Mail, The Mail...
Nov 10, 2023
'Catastrophe looming' in Gaza as hospitals appear close to collapse, doctor says
Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A doctor inside Gaza has warned the health sector is on the brink of total collapse. "We've reached the point where the fuel is running out everywhere. A...
Nov 09, 2023
With record-breaking temperatures in October, Earth caps off its hottest 12-month period on record, report finds
SimpleImages/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The planet has capped off its hottest 12-month span on record now that temperatures in the month of October have surpassed previous records throughout history. G...
Nov 09, 2023
French authorities say they are investigating possible foreign link to Star of David graffiti
Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images(PARIS) -- Officials in France said they are investigating a possible Russian link to a spate of potentially antisemitic graffiti that appeared on buildings in Par...
Nov 09, 2023
US Reaper drone shot down near Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi militants, defense official says
KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was downed in international airspace near Yemen on Wednesday, according to a U.S. defense official. "We can confirm that a U.S. military...
Nov 09, 2023
US launches 2nd round of airstrikes on Iran-backed groups it says attacked American troops
Nik Oiko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military on Wednesday said American warplanes struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that officials said was ...
Nov 08, 2023
White House says Israel should not reoccupy Gaza, after Netanyahu remarks
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Tuesday repeated its opposition to an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News' World News Tonight anchor D...
Nov 08, 2023
Father thought daughter was killed by Hamas, learns she's being held hostage
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For more than three weeks, Tom Hand thought his 8-year-old daughter, Emily, was dead following Hamas' surprise terrorist attack on Israel. Given the alternat...
Nov 08, 2023
South Korea fights off unprecedented bedbug infestation
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korean authorities have been desperately detecting and exterminating bedbugs for the last two weeks, as a major disinfection of transportation ...
Nov 08, 2023
US diplomatic push continues as Netanyahu considers pauses
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken's high-profile visit to the Middle East to push for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war may have yielded no immediate results, but Ame...
Nov 08, 2023