Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
It may be too late to prevent significant melting on West Antarctic ice shelf that includes 'Doomsday Glacier': Study
Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Melting in West Antarctica, a region which includes the "Doomsday Glacier" that threatens the globe with severe sea level rise, could be inevitable in the f...
Oct 23, 2023
Russia taking heavy losses as it wages new offensive in Ukraine
Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia appears to be suffering severe losses as it wages its new offensive in eastern Ukraine, amid some of the bloodiest fighting in months, accor...
Oct 23, 2023
Family of American hostages freed by Hamas speak out: 'It is not the end'
Chicago-area residents Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, after being freed from Gaza and arriving in Israel, Oct. 20, 2023. -- Israeli PM Office(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Ayelet a...
Oct 23, 2023
Progressives call for ceasefire: 'Vengeance is not a foreign policy doctrine'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON -- House progressive Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley on Friday repeated their calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following the Hamas t...
Oct 21, 2023
Two American hostages held since Hamas attack on Israel released: IDF
Courtesy Raanan Family(WASHINGTON) -- The long nightmare in captivity for two of the hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly surprise attack on Israel has ended, Israeli authorities said. The Israel...
Oct 20, 2023
Doxxing campaign against pro-Palestinian college students ramps up
A truck driving around Harvard's campus identifies people who signed onto a controversial letter supporting Palestinians in the wake of an attack by Hamas. -- ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The man leading the...
Oct 20, 2023
US Navy destroyer in Red Sea shoots down cruise missiles potentially headed toward Israel: Pentagon
ABC News/Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) -- The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backe...
Oct 20, 2023
Reward offered after body of man missing for nine years found in freezer of wine bar
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Police in London are offering a “substantial reward” for information regarding the death of a man whose body was found in the basement freezer of a dis...
Oct 20, 2023
Israeli child with autism found dead with grandmother at Gaza border; 3 family members still missing
Courtesy Galit Dan(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- An Israeli woman received an unthinkably tragic update on the fate of her daughter, who has autism, and her elderly mother 12 days after they were taken by...
Oct 19, 2023
State Department issues 'worldwide caution' alert amid Israel-Hamas war
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. citizens traveling abroad are urged to "exercise increased caution" in light of the heightened global tensions spurred ...
Oct 19, 2023