Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
North Korea redeploys troops to surveillance posts along DMZ after withdrawing from military agreement with South Korea
South Korean Defense Ministry(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea has redeployed troops and equipment at the front-line guard posts within the Demilitarized Zone after withdrawing from a military agree...
Nov 27, 2023
Critically endangered Sumatran rhino born at Indonesian sanctuary
Indonesian Ministry of Environment and ForestryA sanctuary in Indonesia is celebrating the birth of a Sumatran rhino, the most threatened species of rhinoceros in the world. The healthy male calf was ...
Nov 26, 2023
'Double joy': Rare elephant twins born in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve
@gilbert_sabinga/Save the Elephants(LONDON) -- An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a rare set of twins, conservation group Save the Elephants has announced. The two baby elephant calves – bo...
Nov 25, 2023
Inside the northern Ukraine training center where units learn to fight Russian drones
ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) -- In a secret location in Northern Ukraine sits one of the country's biggest training centers for mobile air defense units. In the large open-air area, soldiers train to shoot...
Nov 25, 2023
Navy ship in Red Sea shoots down more attack drones from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen: CENTCOM
Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hudner shot down several attack drones over the Red Sea that were launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen early Thursday ...
Nov 23, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: What we know about the hostage deal
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a temporary cease-fire in the war-torn Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages. Here's what we know about the deal. The agre...
Nov 22, 2023
US hits Iran-backed militants with fourth round of retaliatory airstrikes
CT757fan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- United States fighter jets struck two sites in Iraq used by Iran-linked militants on Wednesday morning local time, according to U.S. Central Command and defense of...
Nov 22, 2023
Mapping destruction from space shows about half of northern Gaza's buildings are damaged, researchers say
Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Two United States-based researchers analyzing the destruction of northern Gaza using radar waves and satellite imagery from space have compare...
Nov 22, 2023
Hostages freed from Gaza would face treacherous path to safety
Israel Fuguemann/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While Biden administration officials are optimistic that negotiators are on the verge of securing an agreement between Isr...
Nov 21, 2023
US retaliates against Iran-backed militants after ballistic missile strike, officials say
U.S. Air Force(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. military fired back at Iran-backed militants who injured several troops in Iraq early Tuesday morning local time, according to U.S. officials. The militants...
Nov 21, 2023
