The complaint says the multinational conglomerate Unilever has failed to adhere to its contractual obligations. When Ben & Jerry’s was sold, the companies agreed that the ice cream maker’s independent board would be free to pursue its social mission.

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups.

Among the recommended changes, the Government Accountability Office suggested the services could better align how they evaluate commissioned officers with the overarching goals of their service. Each service has its own officer evaluation system.

Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue has a long history in the Army’s most elite special operations units. And Donahue’s team was among the first to arrive in Europe in connection with a Pentagon push to bolster NATO’s eastern flank amid concerns about Russian aggression in 2022.

Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said, adding that his country’s underground gas storage was full and that it had alternative, non-Russia supplies.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, at least 540 people, including 109 children, have been killed by the army’s airstrikes across the country between January and October this year.

Three daughters of Malcolm X — along with the Malcolm X estate — claim in a $100 millions lawsuit that the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others were aware of and were involved in the 1965 assassination plot and failed to stop the killing. For decades, more questions than answers have arisen over who was to blame for his death.

China is preparing to retaliate against any new tariffs if Donald Trump launches another trade war when he returns to the Oval Office next year, with analysts saying Beijing has had time to develop tools that could prove useful in an economic tit-for-tat.

Hegseth’s attorney denied the allegation. Monterey City officials declined to release a police report describing the incident and instead issued a brief statement about what was alleged to have happened. No charges were filed in the case.

North Korea tested exploding drones designed to crash into targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating mass production of the weapons, state media said Friday.

Protesters opposing a measure allowing Russians to buy property in the Georgian territory of Abkhazia stormed the separatist republic’s parliament building. Russia recognizes Abkhazia as an independent country, but many Abkhazians are concerned the region is a client state of Moscow.

The Philippine delivery of supplies and military personnel to the Second Thomas Shoal was the third such trip that did not lead to any confrontation since July, when both sides signed a rare deal to stop an alarming spike in violent confrontations. It’s the first known agreement of its kind by China.

Hegseth’s recent writings call for reverting the Department of Defense to its pre-1947 name, the Department of War, and claim Islamists plan to “conquer” Europe and America demographically, culturally and politically.

A government spokesman said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “stressed Germany’s unwavering determination to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression for as long as necessary.”

President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.”

As a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei visited Lebanon for talks, Lebanese officials said an American proposal for a cease-fire deal had been passed on to Hezbollah. Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister appeared to urge Iran to convince the militant group to agree to a deal.

A former US Army specialist stationed in Germany is now serving a lengthy prison sentence for purposely ramming into a fellow soldier with his car.

An Air Force officer who became the third woman to be awarded a Silver Star since World War II was among 30 service members recognized this week for battling a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones.

Army Criminal Investigation Division agents and South Korean investigators apprehended 10 people during a sting at Camp Humphreys, according to an investigator.