International News Archives

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you support a pause in fighting in Gaza?

October 31, 2023 2:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

Many countries have called for humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Gaza to allow aid to get in and foreign citizens to get out.

Gaza population being ‘dehumanized’ UN agency warns as Netanyahu rejects ceasefire calls

October 31, 2023 10:33 AM CNN

CNN By Helen Regan, Artemis Moshtaghian and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — The entire population of Gaza is “being dehumanized,” the chief of the main UN agency operating there told the UN Security Council Monday, as pressure intensified on the besieged strip with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruling out a

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the US give more assistance to Israel and Ukraine?

October 23, 2023 4:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden this past week released proposals requesting more than $105 billion, which will include assistance for Israel and Ukraine, according to reporting from CNN and the Associated Press. Do you think it’s a good idea to give more assistance to Ukraine and Israel? Let us know in the poll and

Israeli-American from Missouri called up from IDF reserves

October 16, 2023 5:46 PM Hannah Falcon

As the Israel-Hamas war wages on this week, more than 300,000 reserve Israeli soldiers were called to fight.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you concerned about the conflict in Israel?

October 9, 2023 2:12 AM ABC 17 News Team

The powder keg blew up over the weekend.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are we doing too much or too little to help Ukraine?

February 27, 2023 3:40 AM ABC 17 News Team

The world marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday.

WATCH: Biden speaks in Poland on anniversary of Ukraine war

February 21, 2023 10:34 AM Matthew Sanders

President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday morning in Warsaw about the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Putin critic Garry Kasparov speaks in Fulton

October 7, 2022 8:52 PM Ryan Shiner

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Westminster College welcomed one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most-outspoken critics to the Churchill Museum. Former world chess champion and Garry Kasparov delivered a lecture at the 39th annual Churchill Conference. Kasparov first became famous for being one of the best chess players in the world, but since retiring from chess in

Japan issues rare alert as North Korea fires missile without warning over main island

October 3, 2022 5:56 PM CNN Newsource

By Yoonjung Seo, Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura, Brad Lendon and Simone McCarthy, CNN Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired a ballistic missile without warning over the country for the first time in five years, in a major and potentially dangerous escalation of recent weapons tests by the Kim

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you worried Putin will use nuclear weapons?

September 28, 2022 5:26 PM ABC 17 News Team

Russian President Vladimir Putin has renewed his threat to use any means necessary to defend Russian territory.

Puerto Rican with Missouri connection describes Fiona’s takedown of power grid

September 19, 2022 2:49 PM Ethan Heinz

Hurricane Fiona has been hammering Puerto Rico for days, cutting power off on the island.

Columbia woman remembers seeing Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation

September 19, 2022 4:03 PM Chris Bryant

On the wall of Nancy Cleaveland’s dining room hangs a portrait of her at 16 years old.

WATCH: Churchill Museum director explains royal items on display in Fulton

September 19, 2022 2:28 PM ABC 17 News Team

Timothy Riley, director and chief curator of America’s Churchill Museum, explains the items related to the Royal Family that are on display at the museum to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s life.

Fulton’s National Churchill Museum hosts ceremony to remember Queen Elizabeth II

September 19, 2022 5:34 AM Ben Fein

America’s National Churchill Museum in Fulton held a ceremony Monday morning to remember Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her funeral.

WATCH LIVE: ABC News coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

September 19, 2022 4:15 AM ABC 17 News Team

Watch live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

Ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II to be held at Westminster College

September 18, 2022 6:17 PM Chris Bryant

In Mid-Missouri, Fulton and Westminster College have a deep connection to not only London but the royal family as well.

WATCH: British professor on effect of Queen Elizabeth II’s death

September 8, 2022 5:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

ABC 17 News spoke Thursday with Lawrence Goldman, a professor at St. Peter’s College at Oxford University, about the effect of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.