Iran Rejects US Proposal To End War, Lays Out Its Own Conditions: Iranian Media

Not So Fast: Virginia Judge Blocks Redistricting Referendum Update (1835ET): A Virginia judge ruled on Wednesday that the state’s redistricting referendum approved by voters a day earlier was invalid, nullifying the election results. "Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People’s vote," said Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, adding that the state would appeal.  As American Greatness notes further, Tazewell County Judge Jack Hurley Jr. ruled that the referendum was likely unconstitutional as it violated procedural requirements in the Virginia Constitution, including the timing of the vote and the...

Iran Destroyed 20% Of Pentagon's MQ-9 Reaper Drone Fleet: Report Via Middle East Eye Iran has destroyed $1bn worth of MQ-9 Reaper Drones, or roughly 20 percent of the US's pre-war inventory of the sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg on Friday. The report said that many of the drones were downed by Iran in flight, but that others had been destroyed on the ground when Iran targeted US military bases in the Gulf. via AFP The MQ-9 is both a surveillance drone and capable of carrying a payload, typically Hellfire missiles...

Lebanese Army Officers Among 9 Killed In Israeli Airstrike On South Lebanon In a rare, major development related to the Israel-Hezbollah war, fresh Saturday Israeli airstrikes on Southern Lebanon on Saturday took out a group of Lebanese Army forces. What's more is that several officers were reported killed: "Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal," The Associated Press reports. Via Reuters "An airstrike on the road linking...