CENTCOM: US Military’s First Kamikaze Drone Unit Is Ready for Potential Attacks on Iran

French Budget Rejections Fuel Debt Crisis Fears As Yield Spread Over Germany Hits 15-Year High French government bonds sold off earlier today, pushing 10-year yields above 5% as budget concerns and social unrest sent the country's borrowing premium over Germany to its highest since 2011. The French 10-year yield climbed to 5.11%, its highest since 2002, while the spread over equivalent German debt widened to 174 basis points, according to Bloomberg data. Separately, across the Atlantic, the 10-year US Treasury yield declined to 5.07% as EU equities weakened and US stock futures...

Israeli forces continue to operate militarily in southwestern Syria, though exactly what they are attempting to accomplish is increasingly uncertain, with raids into Quneitra and Daraa Governorates involving ill-defined investigations of random homes or people. The weekend operation was near the town of Jamleh, and saw Israeli troops enter Syria to capture a group of […]

Iran FM Warns American Bases Are Legitimate Targets, Cites 'No Tangible Progress' In Talks At a moment it's become more than clear that the US and Iran are not anywhere closer to the negotiating table, and after they've shown little progress after a week of clashes - as one Friday morning Bloomberg headline reads, Tehran has again putting US bases in the region on notice, while admitting "no tangible progress" in negotiations on ending the conflict. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in fresh remarks has said that "standing against the world's...