Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
27 dead after Hurricane Otis makes landfall in Mexico as Category 5 storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least 27 are dead and several others missing after Hurricane Otis came ashore with record ferocity on Mexico's western shore early Wednesday, according to Mexican President An...
Oct 25, 2023
Sudan now one of the 'worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history'
AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- United Nations Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has said half-a-year of war has plunged Sudan into “one of the worst humanitarian nightmar...
Oct 25, 2023
Blinken backs Israel at UNSC but says 'humanitarian pauses must be considered' to protect civilians
State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy(NEW YORK) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday delivered a forceful defense of Israel's military actions but said that "humanitarian pauses must be c...
Oct 25, 2023
Israeli hostage released says she was kept in tunnels under Gaza
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- One of the two hostages released by Hamas on Monday, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifschitz, spoke with reporters from the lobby of the Tel Aviv hospital where she is bein...
Oct 24, 2023
Scientists have discovered an ancient river landscape hidden beneath the East Antarctica Ice Sheet
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Global warming could reveal an ancient river landscape that has been preserved underneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet for millions of years, ...
Oct 24, 2023
Icelandic women striking for gender pay equality
Tetra Images/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including the prime minister, are on Tuesday set to take part in the European nation's first full-day women's strike in 48 y...
Oct 24, 2023
Gazan refugees stranded in West Bank amid deadly raids, rising settler violence
ABC News(RAMALLAH, West Bank) -- Mariam doesn't know when she'll go home. She lives in Gaza, but says she was being treated for cancer in an Israeli hospital when Hamas launched their surprise Oct. 7 ...
Oct 24, 2023
Israel-Gaza live updates: Attack on Gaza's main hospital becomes flashpoint in war
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and...
Oct 24, 2023
Delay in possible Israel ground assault provides troops with better prep: Experts
200mm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With all eyes on the Israel-Hamas war, and Israeli Defense Forces airstrikes happening daily in Gaza, world leaders and others have been anxiously awaiting what some ex...
Oct 24, 2023
Trapped in Gaza for two weeks, hundreds of American citizens still not able to leave
Courtesty of Abood Okal(NEW YORK) -- While extensive, international negotiations have now led to the release of four hostages captured by Hamas, scores of foreign nationals in Gaza, including as many ...
Oct 24, 2023