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Here are the *top world news headlines for today, Thursday August 13, 2026*:  *Middle East & US-Iran tensions* - *US Navy disables cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz* - A US MH-60 helicopter fired Hellfire missiles into a vessel trying to break the Iran blockade. Oil prices rose and insurers hiked Gulf rates as the Pentagon prepares for a prolonged operation - *US says it redirected 59 ships in Iran blockade* and claims "full control" of the Strait - *Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US* - *US, Iran ‘close on some sort of arrangement’ on Hormuz* - Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said after meetings in Tehran - *Red Sea attack kills 4 crew, 2 rescuers; US strikes ship in Gulf of Oman* f29090379f097391c573  *US Politics & Security* - *Senate confirms Todd Blanche as US Attorney General* in narrow overnight vote. He’s Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer - *White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, Trump announces* - *Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump* - US president reportedly switched planes in Turkey amid security concerns - *Two US Army soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash* f2909037c4fe73918637  *Asia-Pacific* - *Taiwan holds anti-blockade naval drill* during war games as China steps up maritime pressure - *Colombia earthquake death toll rises to 265*. Rescue operations continue in the coffee-growing region - *Russian strike kills 7 at Ukraine steel plant* - Kyiv says Moscow used North Korean missiles ccac9037904f7391  *Human Rights & Other* - *Half of Afghan women rarely leave home* as Taliban restrictions deepen, UN Women says. 2.4m Afghan girls barred from secondary school since 2021 - *UK, France and 30 other countries condemn Iran executions* - *Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain* - *Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel* 739185129037b4c6  Want me to dive deeper into any of these, like the Iran-US situation or the Colombia earthquake updates?

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00:00Here are the top world news headlines for today, Thursday, August 13, 2026.

00:06Middle East and U.S.-Iran tensions

00:09U.S. Navy disables cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. MH-60 helicopter fired

00:15Hellfire missiles into a vessel trying to break the Iran blockade.

00:19Oil prices rose and insurers hiked gulf rates as the Pentagon prepares for a prolonged operation.

00:26U.S. says it redirected 59 ships in Iran blockade and claims full control of the Strait.

00:33Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with U.S.

00:38U.S.-Iran close on some sort of arrangement on Hormuz, Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja

00:43Asif said after meetings in Tehran. Red Sea attack kills four crew, two rescuers,

00:50U.S. strikes ship in Gulf of Oman F-29090379 F-097391 C-573

00:59U.S. politics and security

01:02Senate confirms Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General in narrow overnight vote.

01:08He's Trump's former criminal defense lawyer.

01:11White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt leaving role, Trump announces.

01:17Credible missile threat led to secret aircraft switch for Trump.

01:20U.S. President reportedly switched planes in Turkey amid security concerns.

01:25Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash F-2909037 C-4 F-73918637

01:36Asia Pacific

01:38Taiwan holds anti-blockade naval drill during war games as China steps up maritime pressure.

01:45Columbia earthquake death toll rises to 2.65

01:49Rescue operations continue in the coffee-growing region

01:53Russian strike kills seven at Ukraine's steel plant,

01:56Kiev says Moscow used North Korean missiles CCAC-9037904 F-7391

02:03Human rights and other

02:06Half of Afghan women rarely leave home as Taliban restrictions deepen, UN women says.

02:122.4M Afghan girls barred from secondary school since 2021

02:18UK, France and 30 other countries condemn Iran executions

02:22Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain

02:28Houthis kill six in attack on vessel 739185129037 B-4C-6

02:37Want me to dive deeper into any of these, like the Iran-US situation or the Columbia earthquake updates?

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