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• UPDATE 1-China signals veto in standoff with U.S. over Afghanistan U.N. mission -diplomats

  16-09-2019 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  China and the United States are deadlocked over a U.N. Security Council resolution to extend the world body's political mission in Afghanistan, with Beijing signaling it will cast a veto because there is no reference to its global Belt and Road infrastructure project, diplomats said on Monday.A planned vote on Monday by the 15-member Security Council to renew the mission, known as UNAMA, was delayed to Tuesday to allow for further negotiations.
  
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• Wisconsin man accused of making THC cartridges charged

  16-09-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  A Wisconsin man suspected of running an illegal operation to manufacture vaping cartridges flew to California last month to get THC oil in bulk to fill thousands of cartridges to sell, prosecutors said Monday in charging documents.Authorities in Kenosha, Wisconsin, arrested 20-year-old Tyler Huffhines on Sept. 5 after parents tipped off police when they saw their teenage son with one of the cartridges.Prosecutors say Huffhines employed 10 people to fill the cartridges with THC oil at a condo he
  
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• Get a job: Tequila Works is hiring a Senior Producer

  16-09-2019 23:51
  The Senior Producer is vital to oversee the pipeline, scheduling, asset managing, build processes, and QA of the whole game....
  
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• Dog Shot, Killed During Virginia Beach Home Burglary

  16-09-2019 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  Police in Virginia Beach are investigating after a dog was shot and killed during a burglary attempt at a home in the city around 4 a.m.
  
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• The Latest: GOP stands by Kavanaugh, rips NY Times

  16-09-2019 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  The chairman of the Senate committee that hosted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings is ripping The New York Times for publishing "unsubstantiated" allegations.Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Monday said the paper's publication of a new, uninvestigated allegation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh is a "shameful" and "irresponsible" move that undermines the paper's credibility.
  
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• Kojima details the subtly social gameplay of Death Stranding

  16-09-2019 23:33
  Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding is, at his own admission, a tough game to explain. ...
  
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• Detroit mayor wants to wipe out residential blight with bonds

  16-09-2019 23:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan unveiled a plan on Monday to sell up to $250 million of bonds to tackle the city's remaining blighted and abandoned houses over the next five years.If approved by the Detroit City Council, a bond measure would be placed on the March ballot, marking the first vote by residents on bonds since the city exited municipal bankruptcy in 2014.Proceeds from the 30-year bonds, along with annual appropriations from the city's budget, would be used to accelerate the demolition of 1
  
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• Conservative group known for hardball tactics leads charge in Kavanaugh defense

  16-09-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  A conservative group that has aided the confirmation of President Trump’s judicial nominees is now leading the GOP's charge against the most recent allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
  
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• U.S. House panel launches investigation of transportation chief Chao

  16-09-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Monday demanded documents from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao as part of a new investigation into whether she has used her office to benefit a shipping company owned by her family.Leaders of the Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee said in a letter to Chao they were troubled by media reports she may have used her role in the Trump administration to boost Foremost Group, a shipping company founded by her father.The committee requested copi
  
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• FiveThirtyEight breaks down latest Dem. presidential candidate poll

  16-09-2019 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  FiveThirtyEight elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich explains the latest polls for the Democratic presidential candidates following the ABC News primary debate in Houston.
  
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• California homeowner scares off masked men who kicked in door

  16-09-2019 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Two masked-man kicked in the front door of a Pleasanton home in an attempted home-invasion -- and it was all caught on surveillance video.
  
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• Warren Goes After Trump’s Sister in Anti-Corruption Push

  16-09-2019 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  Brian Snyder/ReutersSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is adding some new proposals to her anti-corruption plan, this time with one particularly provocative target: President Trump’s sister. In a Medium post published Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat proposes closing the loophole that “allows federal judges to escape investigations for misconduct by stepping down from their post.” In outlining the idea, Warren specifically references a case involving Trump’s sister
  
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• IGN’s Hellbound: Episode 3 of an Early Look at Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus

  16-09-2019 22:01
  Dungeons & Dragon's newest adventure, Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus, is out tomorrow, and we here at IGN have been eager to explore more of Faerun's most dangerous city (and, of course, the infernal planes it leads to) since it was first revealed a D&D Live 2019.
  We invited Dungeons & Dragons Game Designer Kate Welch and D&D artist Tyler Jacobson (who did the cover art for Avernus) to show myself, Casey DeFreitas and Brandin Tyrrel what it takes to survive a trip to Avernus
  
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• Ex-PM Cameron says Johnson believed Brexit would be 'crushed'

  16-09-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Former prime minister David Cameron, who quit after calling Britain's EU membership referendum in 2016 -- said Boris Johnson had told him he was sure Brexit would be "crushed like a toad".Cameron has broken a long spell of silence that followed his resignation to promote a tell-all book about who said what as Britain approached the historic vote."He thought that the Brexit vote would be lost but he didn't want to give up the chance of being on the romantic, patriotic nationalistic side of Brexit
  
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• Qatar announces new residency scheme for investors

  16-09-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Qatar announced Monday it will grant residency to foreign investors for the first time, state media reported, the latest in a series of measures designed to diversify the economy.Foreigners investing an unspecified level of "non-Qatari capital" in the economy will be eligible for renewable five-year residency permits, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported.Real estate developers active in Qatar's property market will also be eligible for the scheme, under the new law.
  
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• First Details for Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers' Nier Automata Raid Revealed

  16-09-2019 21:44
  Square Enix has revealed the first details about Patch 5.1. The upcoming patch will include the release of the first Shadowbringers 24-Player Alliance Raid based on Nier: Automata.
  In a new Letter from the Producer livestream, Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida revealed the first details about the upcoming Patch 5.1 update, Titled Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty. The update will include the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse alliance raid, which is a collaboration beween Final Fantasy 14 and the Nier
  
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• Trump says Iran appears to be culprit for Saudi oil attacks

  16-09-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it looked like Iran was responsible for attacks over the weekend on Saudi Arabian oil plants, but he was in no rush to respond and was still trying to find out who was behind the strikes.Several U.S. cabinet officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, have blamed Tehran for the attacks, which cut 5% of world crude oil production.Iran has denied blame, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying the
  
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• US soldier killed in Afghanistan after failed peace talks

  16-09-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  A US Special Forces soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Monday morning, according to a statement from Department of Defence officials.The soldier is the 17th American service member to die during combat operations in 2019, already marking this year’s death toll as the highest since 2014.
  
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• California Bans State-Sponsored Travel to Iowa over Refusal to Provide Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Reassignment Surgeries

  16-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  California added an eleventh state to its travel blacklist on Friday, banning state-sponsored travel to Iowa over that state's refusal to cover gender-transition surgeries under its Medicaid program.California attorney general Xavier Becerra announced the decision to add Iowa to the travel-ban list, which takes effect October 4 and means public employees and college students will not be able to travel to Iowa on the taxpayer's dime.In May, Iowa governor Kim Reynolds signed a law blocking Medicai
  
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• A new image of a mysterious object careening toward our solar system strongly suggests it's the first comet from another star system

  16-09-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  C/2019 Q4 is likely the first comet ever detected that came from another star system. Our clearest image of it shows its dust cloud and gas tail.
  
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• Saudi Aramco attacks: What we know so far

  16-09-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  * Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group, which is battling a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, claimed responsibility for the attacks on Saturday on sites run by state-owned Saudi Aramco.* U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ruled out Yemeni involvement and accused Iran of leading the attacks.* U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States, which is embroiled in a row with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, was "locked and loaded" for a potential response.
  
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• Judge Refuses to Scrap Plea Deal That Protected Jeffrey Epstein’s Co-Conspirators

  16-09-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyA federal judge refused to scrap the controversial plea deal that granted immunity to Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators, seven months after ruling that it had violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act.Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra ruled that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami under Alexander Acosta—who later became President Trump's labor secretary—broke the law in 2007 when it devised Epstein’s secr
  
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• Boy Scout leader sang naked in front of kids, and organization failed to investigate: Lawsuit

  16-09-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A Boy Scout leader who was accused of singing naked in front of several young boys was not investigated by his troop despite multiple complaints.
  
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• A Death Stranding sequel could happen according to Hideo Kojima

  16-09-2019 20:57 via gamesradar.com
  "I think it's better that I keep it going in a sequel," Kojima says
  
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• 'Nobody can stop it': Saudi oil attack signals an escalating crisis

  16-09-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump is letting Riyadh decide about whether to retaliate against Iran – and if that happens, Iranians would likely raise the stakesThis satellite overview shows damage to oil and gas infrastructure from drone attacks at Haradh Gas Plant on 14 September 2019 in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty ImagesThe attack on Saudi oil facilities is the latest, most violent, example of an escalating series of gambits rival powers in the Gulf aimed at achieving their objectives by all measures sho
  
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• Former Ohio judge gets life in prison for killing ex-wife in front of daughters

  16-09-2019 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A former Ohio judge was given life in prison last week over the brutal 2018 stabbing death of his ex-wife and the mother of his children.
  
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• California governor acts to stem 'epidemic' of youth vaping

  16-09-2019 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  California's governor on Monday ordered a public awareness campaign on health risks posed by a "youth epidemic" of vaping, but said he lacked authority to unilaterally ban flavored e-cigarettes that he said were deliberately marketed to children.Governor Gavin Newsom, acting a day after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced such a ban, became the latest politician seeking to crack down on e-cigarettes and other electronic inhaling - or vaping - devices, which have exposed a new generation of
  
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• Arrested Canadian police official had access to foreign intelligence

  16-09-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A senior Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intelligence officer arrested last week for allegedly stealing sensitive documents had access to information from Canada's foreign allies, the RCMP said Monday.Cameron Ortis, who was arrested Thursday, served as the Director General of the RCMP's National Intelligence Coordination Centre and "had access to information the Canadian intelligence community possessed," the RCMP commissioner said in a statement.
  
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• Mexico: 5 shot dead in Tabasco bar amid holiday celebrations

  16-09-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The prosecutor's office in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco said in a statement that the victims were all adult males, three of them brothers.It added that the attack took place in Rio Tinto, outside the state capital of Villahermosa.The federal Department of Security and Citizen Protection had said previously that the shootings happened in Villahermosa.
  
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• China Might Not Actually Be Able to Hold Its South China Sea Bases but That's Not the Point

  16-09-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  What does Bejing plan to do with them?
  
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• GOP 2020 candidate Joe Walsh: 'The Republican Party is a cult'

  16-09-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Republican leaders in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas have all canceled their party's presidential primary.
  
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• Gears 5 Has Biggest First-Party Launch for Xbox Since Halo 4

  16-09-2019 19:43
  With over 3 million players since it was released, Gears 5 had the biggest first-party launch for Xbox since Halo 4, in terms of player count.
  Gears 5 "easily doubled the first week’s debut of Gears of War 4," according to Xbox Wire, making it the "biggest launch week of any Xbox Game Studios title this generation." The 3 million-player count was tracked from the early access launch on September 6 through this past weekend.
  The shooter also set first-party records on PC, becoming the bigge
  
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• Trump lashes out at Kavanaugh accusers as pressure builds for justice's impeachment

  16-09-2019 19:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has tweeted an angry defence of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh over fresh sexual misconduct allegations as pressure to impeach the controversial judge continues to build.At the weekend the New York Times published new accusations suggesting that Mr Kavanaugh exposed himself to a woman during his time at America's prestigious Yale University, and that his genitals were thrust into the woman's hands by his classmates.
  
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• Obama’s team lines up to defend Andrew McCabe in court

  16-09-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  Obama-era national security leaders would testify on behalf of McCabe should he face trial over allegations that he misled officials about leaks to the media.
  
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• Judge's stern barks at dogfighting defendants prompt appeals

  16-09-2019 19:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The judge didn't mince words when it came time to sentence five North Carolina men in an illegal dogfighting operation that involved more than 150 pit bulls."Either the dogs have to be eliminated from the world or the people who fight the dogs or both, but there needs to be an intervention by the law and it's going to start here," U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle said.The men are now using the judge's words to appeal their sentences, arguing that he should have taken himself off the case becau
  
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• IS leader calls on fighters to free detained comrades

  16-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  The leader of the Islamic State group released a new alleged audio recording Monday calling on members of the extremist group to do all they can to free IS detainees and women held in jails and camps.The purported audio by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in which he also said that his group is carrying out attacks in different countries, was his first public statement since April, when the shadowy leader appeared in a video for the first time in five years.With a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, al-Ba
  
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• Canada decides: Trudeau faces heat over handling of China and trade war

  16-09-2019 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  Canada's troubles with China threaten to overshadow Trudeau's trade successes, including two major deals that took effect during his tenure.
  
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• Judiciary chairman throws cold water on Kavanaugh impeachment

  16-09-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Jerry Nadler says the committee is too busy "impeaching the president" to consider investigating the Supreme Court justice.
  
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• China signals veto in standoff with U.S. over Afghan U.N. mission: diplomats

  16-09-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  China and the United States are deadlocked over a U.N. resolution to extend a mission in Afghanistan, with Beijing signaling it will cast a veto because there is no reference to its Belt and Road project, diplomats said on Monday.A planned vote on Monday by the 15-member Security Council to renew the U.N. mission, known as UNAMA, was delayed to Tuesday to allow for more negotiations.
  
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• New tropical system likely to join Humberto in Atlantic

  16-09-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Forecasters continued to closely monitor a tropical disturbance over the open Atlantic Monday. The system, dubbed 97L, first caught the eye of meteorologists late last week and they caution that further development is expected.AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said the system bears watching for progression to a tropical depression and perhaps even the ninth named storm of the Atlantic season."We expect this feature to become a tropical depression and [it] may go on to become Tropical S
  
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• Middle East Mystery Theater: Who Attacked Saudi Arabia's Oil Supply?

  16-09-2019 19:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The United States doesn't know how to respond to the attack on its ally's oil plant—or who to hold responsible for it.
  
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• Borderlands 3 has major performance issues on every platform

  16-09-2019 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  Xbox One, PS4, and PC players have reported FPS dips and co-op problems
  
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• Almost 50,000 GM workers on strike, auto-maker shares slide

  16-09-2019 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Almost 50,00 US auto workers went on strike Monday in a pay dispute with General Motors, the largest industrial action to hit the car-maker in more than a decade.More than 46,000 workers from 31 plants opted to walk out after talks between the company and the United Auto Workers Union hit an impasse as they tried to negotiate a replacement agreement when the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired."The strike can take a little while longer," Brian Rothenberg, a spokesman for the p
  
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• Suspected Florida Serial Killer Linked to Murders of Four Women: Authorities

  16-09-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeFlorida authorities have arrested a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for the brutal murders of at least four women over the last 14 years.Robert Hayes, 37, was arrested and charged Sunday night with the grisly 2016 murder of 32-year-old Rachel Bey, whose body was found along a highway in Jupiter, Palm Beach County Sheriff Rich Bradshaw announced at a Monday press conference.“We’ve been able to take what we believe is a serial killer
  
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• Is Russia's Crazy Status-6 Nuclear Weapon a Great Idea or a Really Bad One?

  16-09-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
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• Saudi Arabia knows its defences are not up to war with Iran

  16-09-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The smoke rising above above Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil field might seem at first like the justification Riyadh has been waiting for.  If the White House is to be believed, Iran launched an unprovoked attack on the kingdom’s most important oil facilities. Saudi Arabia would be within its rights to strike its Iranian archrivals in response.  In an evening tweet, Donald Trump even appeared to give Saudi Arabia a say in whether the US would attack Iran. “[The US is] waiti
  
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• U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan

  16-09-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said, after the collapse of talks between the United States and Taliban to end the nearly 18-year old war.It said the service member was killed in action but did not provide further details.This brings the number of U.S. service members killed in combat in Afghanistan to 17 this year.
  
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• SEGA Genesis Mini Is Out This Week: Everything You Need to Know

  16-09-2019 18:38
  
  The SEGA Genesis Mini is nearly upon us. With a September 19 release date, there's not much time left before we're all living the 16-bit dream of the early '90s on release day. With 42 games, two controllers, and an AC adapter included in the box, it has everything you need to start reliving SEGA's console glory days. Be sure to check out our SEGA Genesis Mini review to see what we thought of this retro powerhouse.
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• More than half of teens say they're 'afraid' and 'angry' about climate change — and 1 in 4 of them are doing something about it

  16-09-2019 18:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Teenagers in the US are afraid of climate change but are also increasingly participating in activist activity, according to a new poll.
  
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• Trump news – live: President orders 'blind unilateral escalation' in Iran after attack halves Saudi oil production, as he defends Kavanaugh amid impeachment calls

  16-09-2019 18:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has been warned he cannot declare war without congressional support following the bombing of Saudi Arabian oil facilities.The strikes, which destroyed half of the kingdom’s oil production capacity, were claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
  
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