Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reportedly anticipating his own "martyrdom" as tensions escalate with the United States and the threat of a possible military strike looms. Inside the inner circle of Iran’s leadership, Khamenei has entrusted Ali Larijani, former nuclear envoy and influential strategist, with the central role of crisis management, steering the regime through its most critical hour. As Iran faces the aftermath of a 12-day conflict with Israel, Larijani emerges as the key channel for diplomatic engagement with President Donald Trump, while simultaneously overseeing wartime command and the regime`s national survival strategy. The reshuffling includes former Revolutionary Guards commanders taking critical positions, ensuring succession planning, leadership protection and continuity amid looming threats of US and Israeli strikes. WATCH 

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, widely known as El Mencho and the supreme leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, has been killed following a high-risk military operation in Jalisco. The cartel chief, who carried a $15 million US bounty and was among the world’s most wanted criminals, was fatally wounded during an intense clash with Mexican special forces and later died while being transported to the capital. The reign of one of the world’s most feared drug lords has come to a dramatic end. El Mencho’s death marks the fall of a man who built CJNG into one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal empires in the world. From cocaine and methamphetamine to fentanyl trafficking, his cartel became a dominant force in global narcotics supply chains. WATCH