Israeli DM Says All of South Lebanon Will Be Occupied, Villages Leveled ‘In Accordance With Gaza’

Saudi Coalition Intercepts Drone Headed Toward Mecca Update(2145ET): Drone attack on Mecca from unknown location being reported overnight, though the Saudi coalition has been prompted to blame Yemen's Shia Houthis: Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation have condemned what they described as a “heinous” Houthi attack targeting Mecca. A Houthi official, however, rejected Saudi Arabia’s account that its forces had shot down a drone heading toward the holy city, calling the report “a worn-out lie.”- AFP And emerging reporting via Al Jazeera: The Saudi-led coalition spokesperson, Turki al-Maliki, said Royal Saudi Air...

Feds Charge Sinaloa's Governor, Senator, Mayor, & Other Top Officials With Running A Narco-State Submitted by The Bureau's Sam Cooper, Federal prosecutors in New York have charged ten current and former senior Mexican government officials — among them the sitting governor of Sinaloa, a sitting federal senator, the mayor of the state capital, and the state’s former secretary of public security — with conspiring to protect the Sinaloa Cartel’s most powerful faction in exchange for millions of dollars in drug money, in what may be the most sweeping corruption indictment ever...

Paris Deputy Mayor Blames US Air Conditioning For French Heat Wave The peasantry is not allowed to have creature comforts, otherwise, they might start thinking like free men.  So, let them eat cake (and fight each other over the last few box fans).   As we covered last week, over 1.2 million tourists have traveled to each US city hosting a World Cup game, and the resulting culture shock has gone viral across social media.  Notably, European visitors have been surprised by American infrastructure, hospitality and, strangely, air conditioning.  Apparently, European media and...