Politics

Israel says it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister in third assassination in two days

Israel's Defense Forces said Wednesday that Iran's intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, had been killed in a "targeted strike" in Tehran.

AI, crypto industries dump millions into Illinois primaries to mixed results

Illinois' early primary shows the limits of the AI and cryptocurrency industries' spending power on shaping Congress.

Cuba partially restores power as President Díaz-Canel vows ‘unyielding resistance’ to U.S. oil blockade

The communist-run island nation is thought to be facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union amid a U.S. oil blockade.

Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story

Emanuel Fabian says his routine report became focus of wager with $23m at stake on online prediction platform

‘Put him on trial’: pro-Kremlin loyalist turns on Putin in rare outburst

Ilya Remeslo sends Telegram post titled ‘Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin’ to his 90,000 followers

Middle East crisis live: Israel strike on Iranian gas field reportedly coordinated with US; Iran’s president warns of ‘uncontrollable consequences’ for further attacks

Israel’s strike against Iran’s South Pars gas field was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration, the American news website Axios reported, citing two senior Israeli officials.