Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane: US official
Issa Tazhenbayev/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- There are early indications that a Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan,...
Dec 26, 2024
Christmas blackouts in Ukraine after 'massive' Russian strike
Rescuers of the State Emergency Service work to put out a fire in a private house after a drone strike in Kharkiv, on December 25, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK/AF...
Dec 25, 2024
Dozens dead as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP via Getty Images)(LOND...
Dec 25, 2024
Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger killed in avalanche
Millo Moravski/agence Zoom/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was tragically killed in an avalanche on Monday, according to the Swiss-Ski federation.Hediger, 26, got caug...
Dec 24, 2024
Hanna Katzir, Israeli hostage survivor who spent 49 days in captivity, has died
Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Hanna Katzir, an Israeli hostage survivor who was released last year after 49 days of captivity in Gaza, has died, officia...
Dec 24, 2024
Just 1 hospital providing humanitarian services in northern Gaza, say health officials
AFP via Getty Images(BEIT LAHIA, Gaza) - Health officials in Gaza say there is only one hospital remaining that is providing humanitarian aid services in the northern part of the strip amid the o...
Dec 24, 2024
Middle East live updates: Israeli forces strike Houthi targets in Yemen, IDF says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON)-- Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance acros...
Dec 23, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow ...
Dec 23, 2024
2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Military
The USS Gettysburg on June 29, 2010. Via Chris Jackson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was mistakenly shot down ear...
Dec 22, 2024
Russian airports disrupted after 'massive' overnight drone exchange with Ukraine
Samoilov/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Two Russian airports were put under flight restrictions early Saturday after authorities alleged an attack by Ukrainian drones, according to state-run news agenc...
Dec 21, 2024