Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Electronic wolves with glowing red eyes watch over Japanese landscapes
Ohta Seiki(TOKYO) -- Amid the tranquil landscapes of Japan, where the haunting howls of real wolves fell silent in the echoes of the past, an eerily familiar sound now resounds. "You're not getting aw...
Oct 31, 2023
Israeli defense minister talks Hamas, expanded ground operations and Iran: 'Not looking for bigger wars'
JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant believes his country has "no other choice" but to defend itself and that Hamas underestimated j...
Oct 30, 2023
US still pushing to free Hamas' hostages as Israel expands ground assault in Gaza: Sullivan
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Freeing the American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel expands its ground assault in the territory in an effort to defeat Hamas in the wake...
Oct 29, 2023
US troops targeted again in Iraq after retribution airstrikes
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Fewer than 12 hours after U.S. airstrikes hit two facilities in Syria used by Iran and its proxies to launch attacks on American troops in the region, a one-way suicide drone tar...
Oct 27, 2023
US strikes back at Iranian-backed groups that attacked troops in Iraq and Syria: Pentagon
Digital Vision./Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. military aircraft have carried out strikes in eastern Syria against facilities associated with Iranian-backed militant groups believed to be responsibl...
Oct 27, 2023
State Department struggles to explain why American citizens still can’t exit Gaza
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When Abood Okal, a 36-year-old American father trapped in Gaza, received word from U.S. State Department officials informing him the Rafah crossing into E...
Oct 26, 2023
Chinese fighter jet nearly collides with American B-52 bomber over South China Sea: US officials
yorkfoto/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Chinese fighter pilot nearly crashed into an American B-52 bomber over the South China Sea during a nighttime intercept on Tuesday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacifi...
Oct 26, 2023
Dueling Russia and US resolutions on Israel-Hamas war fail to advance in UN
View Press/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Dueling resolutions on the Israel-Hamas war put forth to the U.N. Security Council by Russia and the U.S. both failed on Wednesday, illustrating the cha...
Oct 26, 2023
Biden says he 'did not demand' Israel delay ground incursion due to hostages
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday he "did not demand" Israel delay a ground incursion of Gaza in an effort to protect hostages and keep humanitarian a...
Oct 25, 2023
US not ruling out retaliation against Iran-backed groups after attacks on soldiers in Middle East
U.S. Navy/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. retains the ability to defend itself and hasn't ruled out retaliatory operations after the Pentagon said American forces were attacked by Iran-backe...
Oct 25, 2023
