Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Trump's threats to pull aid if Egypt, Jordan don't accept Palestinians could lead to new alliances, experts say
Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Despite President Donald Trump's push for the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza -- a move that, if carried out, would be a vi...
Feb 14, 2025
Pope hospitalized for 'necessary tests' as bronchitis treatment continues
Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON and ROME) -- Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis treatment, the Vatican sa...
Feb 14, 2025
Germany protests 'regrettable' Trump 'concessions' to Putin on Ukraine
(mashabuba/Getty Images)LONDON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bluntly protested against the U.S. and Russia negotiating over Ukraine's head, after President Donald Trump unilaterally annou...
Feb 13, 2025
30 injured in 'suspected' vehicle attack in Munich, police say
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Munich police said at least 30 people, including several children, were injured after a "vehicle drove into a group of people" in the center of the city on Thur...
Feb 13, 2025
Journalist among those freed from Belarus
(WASHINGTON) -- Belarusian journalist Andrei Kuznechyk was released from prison on Wednesday after serving more than three years in prison, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.Kuznechyk, who ...
Feb 12, 2025
Egypt to offer Trump Gaza reconstruction plan without Palestinian displacement
Ron Sachs/Pool via Bloomberg(LONDON) -- Egypt plans to "present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction" of the Gaza Strip that does not require the displacement of Palestinians, the countr...
Feb 12, 2025
Many Palestinian doctors are either dead, jailed or displaced, US doctors tell UN
Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON and NEW YORK) -- Many Palestinian doctors who worked in the Gaza Strip are either dead, have fled the territory or are in prison, U.S. doctors told the ...
Feb 12, 2025
Palestinians hope to return to Gaza, West Bank, while some Israelis want annexation
Mohammad Mansour/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank since its victory in the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestinians hope that one day both territories will bec...
Feb 12, 2025
Full Ukrainian liberation from Russia 'unrealistic,' Hegseth tells allies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(LONDON and THE PENTAGON) -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared at his first meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Wednesday to tell allies that the liberat...
Feb 12, 2025
US to swap Marc Fogel for Russian cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik: Official
Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The United States is preparing to return cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik to Russian custody as part of an exchange for American Marc Fogel,...
Feb 12, 2025