US Official: US-Israeli Bombing Campaign Has Left a More Hardened and Resilient Iran

Gunfire Erupts Inside Philippine Senate As Former 'Drug War' Enforcer Evades International Arrest Warrant At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, a campaign that left more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers dead in operations. Reuters reports that it is unclear who fired the burst of shots inside the...

"Lot Of Questions On Structure:" Goldman Reacts To Old Bay Maker's Bid For Unilever Food Unit Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Unilever Plc was in early talks to sell its food business - a move that would end its competition with major packaged-food rivals, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Kraft Heinz. By Friday morning, Unilever stated in a press release that, despite "media speculation regarding a potential transaction involving its Foods business," it had, in fact, received an "inbound offer" for the unit from Hunt Valley, Maryland-based McCormick & Company. "Unilever confirms...

Pentagon Email Seeks Ways To Suspend Spain From NATO, Brussels Says Not Possible Washington is eyeing how to pressure Spain out of the NATO alliance, after the Spanish government has taken firm anti-Israel positions, as well as come out strongly against Trump's Iran war, even disallowing some base and logistics access to the US armed forces. An internal Pentagon email lays out options for the United States to punish NATO allies it says failed to support US operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the US stance on United Kingdom sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, a...