00:00Here are the top world news headlines for today, Thursday, August 20, 2026.
00:06Middle East and US-Iran tensions
00:09Trump says no talks planned with Iran, Tehran says Strait of Hormuz still shut.
00:15UAE suspends all trade, financial activity with Iran until further notice.
00:21Saudi Arabia resumes oil loadings, sales from inside Strait of Hormuz.
00:27Israel admits its troops killed five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza, opens criminal probe.
00:33Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians at Gaza police station, menics say.
00:39Qatar pushes for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire plan.
00:44US sanctions International Criminal Court's president,
00:47official ICC condemns it as a threat to rule of law 76 FD 7391 D08 E9772.
00:56US Politics
00:58Trump approval falls to 33%, lowest of his presidency, poll 80% of Americans think US involvement in
01:06Iran will go on for an extended period.
01:09Asterisk Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington's streets.
01:13They seldom stop crime asterisk.
01:17Trump the builder carves his legacy in stone as pressures mount.
01:20CNN defends reporter following personal attacks by Trump, White House 7391 B00C7A8.
01:30Ukraine and Europe
01:31New Ukrainian defense minister takes office as ousted predecessor calls for wartime elections.
01:39Russia hits steel plant in new strikes on Ukraine 6761794C.
01:44Other notable stories.
01:47Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country's history,
01:53case fatality ratio climbs to 46%.
01:56Search for Indonesia quake victims underway on Independence Day,
02:01death toll reaches 53 with nearly 1,600 aftershocks.
02:06Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain, media reports say.
02:10Lebanon hands Assad-era general to Syria in first such transfer since Assad's fall.
02:16In China, rocket launches fuel tourism and space-age Dream 794CDF3CF98779B6.
02:25Want me to dive deeper into any of these, like the Iran-slash-Hormuz situation,
02:30Gaza ceasefire talks, or the US politics updates?
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