Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
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
National security trial begins for Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul
In this file photo, pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is escorted into a Correctional Services van outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb. 1, 2021. -- AFP via Getty Images(HONG KONG)...
Dec 18, 2023
3 Israeli hostages killed by IDF troops in 'unbearable tragedy' identified
Nancy Brown/Getty Images(GAZA) -- The Israel Defense Forces said they mistakenly killed three hostages during combat this week in Shejaiya, Gaza, spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a press briefing F...
Dec 16, 2023
Cardinal sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican's financial 'trial of the century'
SimpleImages/Getty Images(ROME) -- The Vatican city court on Saturday sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once touted as a possible papal contender, to 5 1/2 years in prison for mismanaging a V...
Dec 16, 2023
Prince Harry wins phone hacking court case
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex leaves from the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on March 27, 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images, FILE)(LONDON) -- A U.K. judge on F...
Dec 15, 2023
Houthi ballistic missile fired at container ship near Bab el Mandeb strait
JeanUrsula/Getty Images(WASHINGTON)-- The U.S. military accused the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen of having fired a ballistic missile at a container ship in the Red Sea Thursday in the late...
Dec 15, 2023
National security adviser Jake Sullivan urges Israel to lower intensity of military campaign in Gaza
GPO - Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- National security adviser Jake Sullivan touched down in Israel on Thursday with a blunt message from the Biden administration imploring the Israeli...
Dec 14, 2023
Tanzanian national taken hostage by Hamas confirmed dead
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A Tanzanian national who had been missing since being taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 has been confirmed dead, Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ...
Dec 14, 2023
Ukrainian troops unable to respond to Russian attacks, says lawmaker
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Ukrainian military’s ammunition stocks are now running so low that units are unable to respond to Russian attacks, according to a prominent member of...
Dec 14, 2023
Damage epicenter shifts to Khan Yunis as Israel-Hamas fighting moves south, data shows
Palestinians check the damage following Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (...
Dec 14, 2023
