Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Amid Israel-Hamas conflict, Biden begins diplomatic visit with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Joe Biden said he was “deeply saddened and outraged” by the deadly ...
Oct 18, 2023
'Nightmare': Family of Hamas hostage Mia Schem reacts to video of her pleading for help
Ilia yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A hostage video released by Hamas terrorists of 21-year-old Israeli woman Mia Schem left her family relieved that after 10 days of knowin...
Oct 18, 2023
How the US military's moves, including 2,000 Marines, will play into the Israel-Gaza conflict
Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The recent U.S. military moves related to the Israel-Gaza conflict have raised questions about the American mission. Here's why they're a...
Oct 17, 2023
Rafah crossing: Why are people, aid stuck at Egypt-Gaza border?
Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people are seeking refuge at the Rafah crossing at the border of Egypt as Israeli retaliatory airstrikes continue to pummel Gaza, while tons ...
Oct 17, 2023
Ukraine uses US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles for first time in attack on Russian airbases
South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine has used U.S.-supplied ATAMCS long-range missiles for the first time in its war against Russia, hitting two Russian airbases in...
Oct 17, 2023
Hundreds killed in strike on Gaza hospital: Gaza Health Ministry
Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- At least 500 people have been killed in a strike on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the middle of Gaza City, according to the Gaza Health Minis...
Oct 17, 2023
'Specter of death' hangs over Gaza as aid group wait for access, UN official says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The "specter of death" is hanging over Gaza amid an impasse over humanitarian access into the blockaded strip and Israel's "total siege" of Gaza, which has cut off t...
Oct 17, 2023
Gaza conditions worsen following Israeli onslaught after Hamas attack
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Israel has unleashed hundreds of airstrikes into Gaza, a 140-square-mile strip of land home to roughly two million people, after the militant group Hamas lau...
Oct 17, 2023
Authorities believe gunman in Brussels shooting was inspired by ISIS
Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Authorities suspect the Tunisian man, accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels Monday night, was likely inspired b...
Oct 17, 2023
Huge turnout in Poland's decisive elections, highest since 1919
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images(WARSAW, Poland) -- From 7 a.m. onward Sunday, ballot boxes in Poland started filling up so fast that spare ones had to be dusted off and more ballots needed to be printed. No...
Oct 16, 2023