Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Why cheetahs will be especially vulnerable to climate change, according to new research
Anup Shah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Even the fastest animal in the world can't outrun the effects of climate change, according to experts. Cheetah populations are especially vulnerable to rising tempe...
Nov 08, 2023
Britain's 'loneliest' sheep rescued from remote Scottish cliff
Nigel Hicks/Getty Images (LONDON) -- Britain's so-called "loneliest sheep" has been rescued after being stranded for at least two years at the foot of a remote cliff in the Scottish highlands. Fiona t...
Nov 07, 2023
Why women, children are disproportionately impacted by the conflict in Gaza: Experts
Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Women and children in Gaza are bearing the brunt of the Israel-Hamas war, according to United Nations agencies and experts. More than 10,000 people have...
Nov 07, 2023
ABC's Muir presses Netanyahu on whether he takes responsibility for Oct. 7 intelligence failures
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In an exclusive interview with ABC News' World News Tonight anchor David Muir, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged he bears some responsibility for the intelli...
Nov 07, 2023
Four charged after fully functional solid gold toilet called 'America' stolen from Winston Churchill's birthplace
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Four people have been charged after a fully-functional solid gold toilet worth nearly $6 million was stolen from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime M...
Nov 07, 2023
Netanyahu to ABC's Muir: 'No cease-fire' without release of hostages
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again rejected the idea of a cease-fire in Gaza unless hostages are released, speaking in an exclusive interview with ABC News ...
Nov 06, 2023
Hostage situation shuts down major airport in Germany for 18 hours
ABC News(HAMBURG) -- One of Germany's largest airports was shut down for more than 18 hours after a man believed to be armed and holding his 4-year-old child hostage drove a vehicle through a security...
Nov 05, 2023
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Nepal: USGS
John Elk III/Getty Images(NEPAL) -- A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Nepal just before midnight on Friday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.6 magnitude quake had a depth of 17.9 kilometer...
Nov 04, 2023
Some families of US citizens say they face being separated when exiting Gaza
MOHAMMED ABED / Contributor/Getty Images(GAZA) -- Moments after President Joe Biden announced the Rafah crossing would open for "wounded Palestinians and for foreign nationals to exit Gaza," hundreds ...
Nov 04, 2023
Family of US hostages believed to be taken during Israeli kibbutz massacre plead for release
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The family of an American-Israeli couple believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7 is recounting the agonizing details of what they know from...
Nov 03, 2023