Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
'Horror' in Gaza is 'incomprehensible,' says US doctor who treated patients there
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Aqsa Durrani, an American physician who has been providing humanitarian work around the world for over 15 years, said amid the harrowing scenes of death and destruction in Ga...
Aug 21, 2025
Israel begins attack on Gaza City, calling up to 60,000 reservists
IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip's northern borders, Israel. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Israel has begun the "first stages of the attack on Gaza City" on...
Aug 20, 2025
South Africa accuses 6 of massive rhino horn trafficking scheme involving nearly 1,000 horns
: Trimmed rhino horns are seen in the back of a pick-up truck after being weighed, measured and marked, at the ranch of rhino breeder John Hume, on October 16, 2017 in the North West Province of South...
Aug 20, 2025
NATO aircraft scrambled amid overnight Russian drone strikes on Ukraine
Andriy Mikheev/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Two German fighter jets were scrambled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border on Tuesday night in response to a...
Aug 20, 2025
Russia launches largest attack of August on Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukraine's air force reported a major Russian attack on Monday night and into Tuesday morning -- the largest overnight barrage for weeks, coming while Ukrainian ...
Aug 19, 2025
More than 350 killed in monsoon flooding in Pakistan, emergency officials say
Muhammad Reza/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Over 350 people have died in a 72 hour period in Pakistan due to monsoon flooding, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority reported, bringin...
Aug 18, 2025
Russian drone strike on Ukraine apartments kills several before Trump-Zelenskyy meet
Pierre Crom/Getty Images(LONDON) -- At least seven people, including two children, were killed by a Russian drone strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday night, according to loc...
Aug 18, 2025
Trump says Zelenskyy can end Russia war 'almost immediately' before White House meet
Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday teased what he said would be a "big day" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
Aug 18, 2025
Russia ceasefire refusal 'complicates' talks, Zelenskyy says before White House visit
Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued refusal to accept a ceasefire is "complicating" efforts to reach a peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymy...
Aug 17, 2025
2 easyJet planes clip wings at Manchester Airport in UK
An EasyJet Airbus A320 comes in to land as another EasyJet Airbus A320 waits on the taxiway at London Southend Airport on July 28, 2025 in Southend, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)(LONDON...
Aug 15, 2025