Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Ukrainian officials work to keep up troop mobilization as war's second winter sets in
A Ukrainian soldier holds his position at the front line near the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka, Donetsk region, on Dec. 14, 2023. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)(KYIV, Ukraine)...
Dec 20, 2023
Palestinians flee villages as settler violence surges in West Bank amid war
ABC News(KHIRBET ZANUTAH, West Bank) -- A Palestinian village school had been ransacked and a dozen houses nearby were abandoned. In some, a few belongings remained: a mattress and children's shoes. T...
Dec 20, 2023
US launches international task force to counter Houthi attacks
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is responding to the escalating crisis in the Red Sea by announcing Tuesday it has launched an international task force for maritime s...
Dec 19, 2023
Kim Jong Un's daughter tags along to missile launch, again raising questions about succession plans
TV news at Seoul's Yongsan Railway Station shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) and his daughter (2nd from L, front row), believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, posing for a photo with scientists and en...
Dec 19, 2023
US announces international task force to protect ships in Red Sea from Houthi strikes
KeithBinns/Getty Images(AMMAN, Jordan) -- The Pentagon on Monday announced the establishment of a multinational naval task force to protect commercial ships from Houthi missile and drone attacks in th...
Dec 19, 2023
Iceland volcano eruption, earthquakes weaken, but scientists warn of lurking danger
A view of lava after a volcano eruption located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 kilometers northeast of Grindavik town of Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland on Dec. 19, 2023. (ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Ana...
Dec 19, 2023
Girl, 12, killed at Gaza hospital weeks after she said, 'I only want ... the war to end'
Defense for Children International(NEW YORK) -- A 12-year-old girl has died in an apparent strike at a Gaza hospital weeks after she said in an interview that she only wanted "the war to end." A tank ...
Dec 19, 2023
Pope Francis approves allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples
Pope Francis leaves after an audience to the participants of the live nativity scene of Santa Maria Maggiore, on December 16, 2023 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO/Getty Images (NEW YORK...
Dec 18, 2023
Egypt's President El-Sisi wins third term with 89.6% of vote
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on Dec. 10, 2023, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi casting his vote in the presidential election at Mustafa Yousry Emmera School in C...
Dec 18, 2023
North Korea tests long-range ballistic missile capable of reaching US, Japanese prime minister says
People sit near a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2023. -- Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images(N...
Dec 18, 2023
