Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Oxfam's Scott Paul describes the deaths of aid workers as a 'failure' everyone shares
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Scott Paul, the associate director for peace and security at Oxfam America, spoke with ABC News Live about the crisis in Gaza and the necessary steps to protect civilians and aid...
Apr 05, 2024
Israel's claims of UNRWA's Hamas ties put agency's future in jeopardy
Aid is given out to refugees in Gaza. -- ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Since the outbreak of the Israeli-Gaza conflict, the United Nations agency representing Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has provided aid to ...
Apr 05, 2024
Israel-Gaza live updates: We 'defeated' Iran, Biden says
Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Iran on Saturday night unleashed a retaliatory strike against Israel, sending a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets...
Apr 04, 2024
'We want the war to end': 12-year-old volunteer paramedic works to save lives in Gaza
Samy Zayara/ABC News(DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA) -- While he'd rather be playing games with his brothers or studying in school, 12-year-old Zakaria Sarsak said he no longer has that option. He, instead, said...
Apr 04, 2024
Botswana president offers 20,000 elephants to Germany amid conservation spat
Elephants walk through one of the dried channel of the wildlife reach Okavango Delta near the Nxaraga village in the outskirt of Maun, on September 28, 2019. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP via Getty Images)(LON...
Apr 04, 2024
Taiwan earthquake death toll climbs to 10, with hundreds still stranded
A landslide blocks a road near Taroko national park following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The death toll from Wed...
Apr 04, 2024
World Central Kitchen calls for independent investigation into killing of aid workers in Gaza
Palestinians check a damaged vehicle after Israeli strikes in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on April 2, 2024. (Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- The foreign-aid organization...
Apr 04, 2024
Bodies of six aid workers killed in Israeli strike transported from Gaza as fallout grows
World Central Kitchen(NEW YORK) -- The bodies of six of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military missile strike this week left Gaza on Wednesday, hospital officials sa...
Apr 04, 2024
King Charles III opens parts of Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle for first time
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images(LONDON) -- King Charles III is giving the public a never-before-seen glimpse into two of the most iconic royal residences, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Castle.Starting this ...
Apr 04, 2024
Pentagon says Israel conducted strike against Iran in Syria
Getty Images - STOCK(SYRIA) -- The Pentagon said Tuesday that Israel was behind the airstrike in Damascus, Syria, that killed seven people, including a top Iranian commander, even though Israel has no...
Apr 02, 2024
