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Majid Khademi, Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Intel Chief, Killed In US-Israel Strikes

Majid Khademi, Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Intel Chief, Killed In US-Israel Strikes

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14 Killed, Dozens Injured In Israeli Airstrikes On Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes kill 14 and injure dozens in Lebanon including near Beirut hospital.

Polymarket criticized over ‘disgusting’ bets on fate of pilots on US jet shot by Iran

US congressman decried bets on when two crew members on the F-15 jet shot down by Iranian forces would be rescuedAfter strong criticism from a federal lawmaker, the online betting platform Polymarket stopped accepting wagers on when US warplane crew members who were shot down in Iran might be rescued. It promised to investigate how the market materialized.The criticism came from Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democratic representative who earned two bronze star medals serving with the United States marine corps in Iraq from 2003 to 2008 and published an X post describing Polymarket’s acceptance of bets on the downed pilots’ fate as “DISGUSTING”. Continue reading...

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Iran, US Receive Draft Proposal For 45-Day Ceasefire, Hormuz Reopening

The proposal comes from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish mediators working to halt the fighting, the two officials said.

Pakistan Says It Will Repay $3.5 Billion In Matured Loan Deposits To UAE

Last week, authorities scrapped a blanket fuel subsidy and raised diesel and petrol prices for the first time in nearly a month to help government coffers weather a spike in oil costs arising from the war in the Middle East.