Israel conducted the largest military drill it’s held in years during the first half of this week, according to the AP, which described the exercise as intended a simulated “future war” against Hezbollah.  The four-day war games concluded on Wednesday, and though pre-planned, came just days following the tanker attack incident in the Gulf of Oman… Read More

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, A You-Gov Poll shows some shocking preferences. In the non-news of the day, the Tory leadership challenge is down to 4. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Committed to Brexit A YouGov Poll shows the Tory party wants Brexit even if it would lead to Scotland or Northern Ireland breaking away from… Read More

The United Nations has released a new report focusing on water, sanitation and hygiene around the world. It has found that approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water, 4.2 billion have to go without safe sanitation services and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities. The report also examined the state of open… Read More