Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Blinken meets with Abbas amid heightened Palestinian tensions with Israel
Palestinian Presidency/ Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(RAMALLAH, West Bank) -- Wrapping up a visit to the Middle East amid cascading violence between Israelis and Palestinians, Secretary of S...
Jan 31, 2023
Saudi death penalty use has almost doubled under rule of Mohammed bin Salman: Report
Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The use of the death penalty under the rule of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his father, King Salman, has almost dou...
Jan 31, 2023
Commander says Western tanks will give Ukraine battlefield 'advantage'
ABC News(DONETSK REGION, Eastern Ukraine) -- Eagerly awaiting the arrival of state-of-the-art tanks from Western allies, Ukrainian tank commander Ihor Levchenko told ABC News he's confident that compa...
Jan 31, 2023
Blinken visits Israel amid heightened tensions with Palestinians
Debbie Hill/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a potentially high stakes visit to Israel on Monday as the Biden administration seeks to deepen collaboratio...
Jan 31, 2023
Search for tiger on the loose in South Africa
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) -- South African authorities were attempting to capture a young tiger on the loose in a Johannesburg suburb on Monday. The 9-month-old female tiger was captured on surv...
Jan 30, 2023
Suicide bomber detonates inside mosque in Pakistan, killing and wounding hundreds
KeithBinns/Getty Images(ISLAMABAD) -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing and wounding hundreds of worshippers, officials said. The blast ...
Jan 30, 2023
French bakers under pressure as food, energy costs rise
Philippe Ramakers / EyeEm/Getty Images(PARIS) -- About 5,000 French bakers and other artisans in energy-guzzling fields, including butchery, dry-cleaning and carpentry, from all over the country march...
Jan 30, 2023
Who rightfully owns a country's artifacts? Greece's fight over Parthenon marbles sparks debate
Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images(LONDON) --The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the "Elgin Marbles" or "Parthenon Marbles" were taken from Greece in the early 19th century and have been displ...
Jan 29, 2023
7 killed in shooting at Jerusalem synagogue, suspect dead
Oren Ziv/picture alliance via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Seven Israelis have been killed in a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem's Neve Yaakov neighborhood, according to Jerusalem District Police Co...
Jan 27, 2023
Top Islamic State leader killed in U.S. raid in Somalia, officials say
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A risky military ground raid by U.S. special operations forces on a cave complex in northern Somalia on Wednesday night killed Bilal al-Sudani, a top leader and ...
Jan 26, 2023
