Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
What to know about Turks and Caicos' strict gun laws after US tourists charged with possessing ammunition
ABC(TURKS AND CAICOS) -- The plight of multiple Americans charged with bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos has drawn attention to the islands' strict gun laws.Those convicted under the firearms or...
May 24, 2024
Three US service members treated for injuries related to pier off Gaza: CENTCOM
U.S. Central Command via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three U.S. service members have been treated for injuries related to the U.S.-built pier off Gaza known as JLOTS, or the Joint Logistics Over-the-S...
May 24, 2024
Winemaker discovers approximately 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in cellar
Yannik Merkl(GOBELSBURG, Austria) -- While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection of mammoth ...
May 23, 2024
Why British PM Rishi Sunak called snap election for July 4, according to expert
Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for a snap general election in the United Kingdom on July 4, despite having until January of next year t...
May 23, 2024
Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Kenyan mountaineer Josh...
May 23, 2024
Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News(NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) -- Ukraine's 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the...
May 23, 2024
UNRWA suspends aid to Rafah citing 'insecurity, lack of supplies' amid Israel-Hamas war
Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries in the ...
May 22, 2024
US says Israel has made 'refinements' to Rafah assault strategy to reduce risks of civilian harm after Biden demands
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's national security adviser said Wednesday that Israel has made "refinements" to its military operations in and around Rafah following p...
May 22, 2024
Biden's military pier to deliver aid to Gaza off to slow start
Fogbow(LONDON) -- With the crisis in Gaza worsening, a private humanitarian group staffed with former military and intelligence officials stumbled upon a surprising hurdle in its efforts to help the U...
May 22, 2024
Utah woman describes 'terror' at seeing stepson detained and beaten after DRC coup attempt
ARSENE MPIANA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The family of a U.S. national detained in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a failed coup attempt on Sunday said they were surprised to hear of...
May 22, 2024
