Top world news stories as of February 13, 2026, include a U.S. Marine declared dead after falling overboard from the USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean, a massive sinkhole in Shanghai swallowing a road and part of a building, and ongoing developments at the Winter Games in Milan Cortina.[1]

U.S. Domestic and Military News

  • The FBI released new clues in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, including images of a masked man with a specific backpack type seen on her doorbell camera; the reward for information leading to her or her captor has doubled to $100,000 on day 12 of the search.[1]
  • ICE’s major immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota concluded after over 4,000 arrests, including violent criminals, but involved fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens—a mother of three, Renee Good, and ICU nurse Alex Preddy—plus clashes with protesters and battering rams used on doors; border czar Tom Homan called it a success.[1]
  • A U.S. Marine was declared dead following a multi-day search after falling overboard from the USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean.[1]
  • President Trump rescinded the government’s power to regulate climate by repealing the scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, labeling it a “giant scam.”[1]
  • A partial U.S. government shutdown looms over Department of Homeland Security funding disputes tied to Trump’s immigration policies, with Democrats demanding changes.[1]

International News

  • A massive sinkhole in Shanghai swallowed a road and part of a building.[1]
  • The Munich Security Conference opened in Germany, spotlighting trans-Atlantic tensions; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke first, with attendees including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and a large U.S. Congress delegation; organizers noted a “significant crisis of confidence” in U.S.-Europe relations amid Trump’s recent tariff threats on allies like Denmark over Greenland.[3]
  • Latest updates from the Winter Games in Milan Cortina were highlighted, alongside a profile of U.S. Olympic gold medalist skier Alex Hall.[1]

Other Notable Events

  • A Good Samaritan rescued a mother and three children from an overturned vehicle in a Florida canal.[1]
  • China’s Foreign Ministry held its regular press conference, though specifics were not detailed in reports.[5]

These stories draw primarily from ABC World News Tonight’s February 13 broadcast and related security updates; coverage reflects U.S.-centric sources with global highlights.[1][3]