Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio

Israel extends road to now traverse Gaza, satellite imagery shows
Geraint Rowland Photography/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Gaza road being extended and expanded for use by the Israeli military now runs across the full width of the Gaza Strip from east to west, satellit...
Victoria Beaule and Dana Savir, ABC News Mar 11, 2024

Bitcoin soars to record high following UK approval of crypto asset
Chesnot/Getty Images(UNITED KINGDOM) -- Bitcoin soared to a record high of more than $72,000 on Monday after a financial regulator in the United Kingdom gave the green light to a c...
Max Zahn, ABC News Mar 11, 2024

LATAM plane has 'technical problem' during flight, leading to 'strong movement'
FILE photo -- Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(SYDNEY) -- A LATAM Airlines Group plane had a "technical problem" during a flight, causing what the airline des...
Karson Yiu and Kevin Shalvey, ABC News Mar 11, 2024

US military evacuates some US Embassy personnel in Haiti, bolsters security amid ongoing violence
ABC NewsU.S. military crews have airlifted nonessential U.S. Embassy personnel in Haiti out of harm's way amid a surge of gang-related violence against the government, according to a statement Sunday ...
Luis Martinez, Bill Hutchinson, and Shannon Crawford Mar 10, 2024

Thousands of Turkish women defy ban to protest for equal rights
ABC News(ISTANBUL) -- Thousands of women took to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, to mark International Women's Day Friday despite a ban by the government, demanding equality and change of laws to pro...
Somayeh Malekian, Maggie Rulli, and Engin Bas, ABC News Mar 09, 2024

Five children killed in humanitarian aid airdrop, Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images(GAZA) -- Five children were allegedly killed in the Gaza Strip by a humanitarian aid airdrop from an unidentified foreign country on Friday, the Hamas-run Ga...
Nasser Atta, Meredith Deliso, and Samy Zayara, ABC News Mar 08, 2024

EU opens maritime corridor in attempt to deliver more aid to Gaza
Daniel Day/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The European Union announced on Friday the launch of the Cyprus Maritime Corridor, a naval route facilitated by Europe's most southeastern island, Cyprus, to del...
Camilla Alcini, ABC News Mar 08, 2024

Bandits kidnap dozens of school children in Nigeria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped over 100 school children in Kuriga, north-western Nigeria, oaccording to officials.The bandits are reported to have storm...
Emma Ogao and James Bwala, ABC News Mar 08, 2024

Sweden officially joins NATO after delayed process, ending longstanding military neutrality
Alfie/Getty(NEW YORK) -- Sweden's arduous path to joining the NATO alliance came to a successful close Thursday, as the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister deposited the country's "instrument ...
Shannon K. Crawford and Jesse Convertino Mar 07, 2024

Red panda discovered in luggage during Bangkok airport bust
Thailand Customs Dept./Facebook(LONDON) -- A red panda was among 87 animals seized by Thai customs agents after they were discovered in checked luggage at Thailand’s main international airport.T...
Emma Ogao, ABC News Mar 07, 2024
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