Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia carries out 'massive' attack across Ukraine
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia carried out a “massive” attack across Ukraine Friday night into Saturday morning, using more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the ...
Sep 20, 2025
Israel begins ground offensive in Gaza City, IDF says
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The Israeli military began a ground offensive in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.The IDF confirmed that the maneuver to occupy Gaz...
Sep 16, 2025
As Trump heads to Europe, Russian drones hit Kyiv and Zelenskyy urges sanctions
Francisco Richart Barbeira/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russia continued its nightly strikes on Ukraine -- including the capital Kyiv -- as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to depart for h...
Sep 16, 2025
North Korea nuclear weapons status 'irreversible,' state says, as US-Japan-South Korea drills begin
VCG/VCG via Getty Images(LONDON) -- North Korean officials on Monday said the country's status as nuclear state "has become irreversible," despite efforts by the West to negotiate an end to the produc...
Sep 15, 2025
Rubio and Netanyahu meet in Israel to discuss Hamas war, Gaza City operation
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 16, 2025. Photo courtesy: Koby Gideon (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- U.S. Secretary of ...
Sep 14, 2025
NATO allies close airspace along Russia, Belarus borders after drone incursions
Polish Prime Minister's Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Latvian Defense Miniter Andris Spruds announced Thursday that the country will become the latest NATO ally to close its air...
Sep 11, 2025
Senior Hamas officials likely survived Israeli strikes on Doha, Israeli sources say
Security footage captures the moment of an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Security Camera/Anadolu via Getty Images)(DOHA, Qatar) -- Israel has i...
Sep 10, 2025
NATO downs Russian drones over Poland after 'unprecedented' aggression
Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK and LONDON) -- Polish airspace was violated by at least 19 Russian drones overnight, the country's prime minister said, in a torrent of activity tha...
Sep 10, 2025
Hamas targets survive Israeli strike in Doha, group says
ABC News(DOHA, Qatar) -- Five members of Hamas and a member of Qatar's Internal Security Force were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on Doha, Qatar, targeting senior Hamas leadership in the co...
Sep 09, 2025
Israeli military issues full evacuation order for all of Gaza City
A boy holds one of the leaflets dropped by the Israeli military in Gaza City, on September 9, 2025, urging evacuation south to al-Mawasi. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)(GAZA, JERUSAL...
Sep 09, 2025