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• Hickenlooper denounces Sanders' democratic socialism vision

  13-06-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper on Thursday attacked rival Bernie Sanders' vision of an America remade under democratic socialism and chastised others in the 2020 race for not repudiating that political philosophy.The former Colorado governor said Sanders was "wrong" to call for policies such as "Medicare for All" that would dramatically increase public spending and government involvement in Americans' daily lives."The Democratic field has not only failed to oppose Sen. Sande
  
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• Sarah Sanders to Resign as White House Press Secretary, Trump Says

  13-06-2019 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  “Our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas,” President Donald Trump said Thursday in a tweet.Speaking at a White House event later Thursday, Sanders said it was the “honor of a lifetime” to serve in the Trump administration.
  
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• Trump announces exit of 'warrior' spokeswoman Sarah Sanders

  13-06-2019 23:24 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump on Thursday made the surprise announcement of the departure of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who has been widely criticized for her performance in the White House.Trump announced her exit in a tweet and did not name a replacement."After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas," Trump he said, adding that he hoped she would run for governor of her state.
  
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• The Yellow Part of Jupiter's Watery Moon? That's Table Salt, NASA Says

  13-06-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Europa is absolutely covered with the stuff.
  
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• New leak says Google built three different Pixel 4 prototypes before settling on a design

  13-06-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Remember those gorgeous Pixel 4 renders that showed us a phone featuring a dual-lens hole-punch display on the front, a la Samsung's Galaxy S10? It turns out that was a real Pixel 4 design prototype, according to a brand new report, although it's not what Google landed on for the final design. Also, remember that rumor that said Google had three distinct design teams working on the Pixel 4? Apparently, that's true too.The news comes from YouTube channel Front Page Tech, which has delivered plent
  
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• Fox’s Judge Napolitano: Seems Trump ‘Is Prepared to Commit a Felony to Get Re-Elected’

  13-06-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox NewsReacting to President Trump saying he would accept foreign intel on a political opponent if offered, and that he doesn’t feel it’s necessary to contact the FBI, Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on Thursday said he worries the president is “prepared to commit a felony.”Napolitano was asked by Fox News anchor Shep Smith if there was any “gray area” or “wiggle room” when it comes to campaigns legally receiving “di
  
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• Kamala Harris Runs for Queen

  13-06-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  I’m going to let you in on a secret about the 2020 presidential contest: Unless unforeseen circumstances lead to a true wave election, the legislative stakes will be extremely low. The odds are heavily stacked against Democrats’ retaking the Senate, and that means that even if a Democrat wins the White House, there will be no Medicare for All, no free college, and no “democratic socialism.” Democratic candidates are racing to the legislative left for the sake of programs
  
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• Venezuelans flock to Peru before new entry requirements

  13-06-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan citizens were rushing to enter Peru Thursday less than two days before it imposes new entry requirements on migrants fleeing the crisis-wracked South American nation.Long lines of people carrying blankets and suitcases had formed at a border post in northern Peru, while humanitarian groups set up activities for their children under a white tent.Gen. Raul Alfaro, the police chief for the Tumbes region, said 4,000 Venezuelans entered Peru's northern border on Wednesday, doubling the nor
  
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• Trump's 'warrior,' press secretary Sarah Sanders, is leaving the White House

  13-06-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump announced on Thursday that his press secretary, Sarah Sanders, will be leaving the White House at the end of the month.Sanders served as the face of the Trump presidency since the departure of her predecessor, Sean Spicer, in mid-2017.“After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas,” Trump wrote on Twitter, adding, “She is a very special person with ext
  
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• Broadcom sees chip demand slowing down, shares fall 8%

  13-06-2019 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Shares of the San Jose, California-based company fell 8% to $258.75 in extended trading and the remarks dragged down stocks of other chipmakers, including Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Skyworks Solutions."It is clear that the U.S.-China trade conflict including the Huawei export ban is creating economic and political uncertainty and reducing visibility," Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said on a conference call with analysts.
  
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• California Rep. Hunter's wife may have flipped on him in corruption case

  13-06-2019 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  When Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was indicted in August 2018 on 60 criminal counts alleging that he spent more than $250,000 in campaign donations on luxury trips, tequila shots, Costco shopping sprees and other personal items, his first reaction was to blame his wife.
  
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• Jury: Man held stepdaughter for 19 years, fathered her 9 children

  13-06-2019 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  A 64-year-old man accused of abducting his stepdaughter and holding her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere while fathering her nine children has been found guilty of kidnapping and other charges.
  
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• Migrants rush to enter Mexico ahead of security crackdown demanded by Trump

  13-06-2019 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Central American migrants eager to beat a crackdown by Mexico on its southern border with Guatemala scrambled into the country on Thursday as the government prepared to send thousands of National Guard members to plug gaps in the porous frontier.Mexico has agreed with the United States to demonstrate by late July that it can contain a surge in U.S.-bound migrants, following a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Mexican goods if it failed to do so.
  
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• After a family vacation in Italy, U.S. congressman's wife admits to misusing campaign funds

  13-06-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The wife of a U.S. representative pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges alleging misuse of $250,000 in campaign funds and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors who are also bringing charges against her husband.The move by Margaret Hunter, wife of Republican U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, came after she and her husband entered not guilty pleas in August 2018 that they spent campaign funds on items ranging from a holiday in Italy to Minnie Mouse ear headbands at Disneyland.The plea agre
  
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• REFILE-Migrants rush to enter Mexico ahead of security crackdown demanded by Trump

  13-06-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Central American migrants eager to beat a crackdown by Mexico on its southern border with Guatemala scrambled into the country on Thursday as the government prepared to send thousands of National Guard members to plug gaps in the porous frontier.Mexico has agreed with the United States to demonstrate by late July that it can contain a surge in U.S.-bound migrants, following a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Mexican goods if it failed to do so.
  
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• On Painting Air Force One

  13-06-2019 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  And so it has come to this.Two oil tankers were just attacked in the Gulf of Oman, presumably by Iran. The United States and China are facing off in a confrontation that is about far more than trade. The southern border remains anarchic and uncontrolled.And Congress is asking: “Can I get the icon in cornflower blue?”Here is the situation: The president of these United States gets from place to place in one of two Boeing jets designated “Air Force One” when the president i
  
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• Jury sentences father to death for killing his 5 children

  13-06-2019 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  A South Carolina father who killed his five children with his own hands, then drove around with their bodies for nine days was sentenced to death Thursday.Timothy Jones Jr. showed no emotion as the jury delivered the verdict after less than two hours of deliberation.The same Lexington County jury convicted Jones of five counts of murder last week in the deaths of his children, ages 1 to 8, in their Lexington home in August 2014.
  
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• New Malware Lays P2P Network on Top of IPFS’

  13-06-2019 21:36
  A newly discovered piece of malware uses a peer-to-peer (p2p) network on top of InterPlanetary File System’s (IPFS) p2p network, Anomali’s security researchers report. 
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• Beto O'Rourke attacks 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden

  13-06-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Antjuan Seawright and Lawrence Jones say that Beto O'Rourke has fallen from double digit polling while Joe Biden is still the frontrunner.
  
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• Pompeo blames Iran for attack on tankers in Gulf

  13-06-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  As his secretary of state spoke, President Trump said it is "too soon to even think about making a deal" with Iran.
  
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• REFILE-UPDATE 1-South Carolina man who killed his five children sentenced to death

  13-06-2019 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  A South Carolina jury sentenced a man to death on Thursday after convicting him of murdering his five young children at their mobile home in 2014 before driving their decomposing bodies through several states and dumping them in Alabama.The jurors voted unanimously to give Timothy Jones the death penalty.Jurors considered whether to give Jones the death penalty or life in prison without possibility of parole.
  
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• US blames Iran for attacks on 2 tankers near Persian Gulf

  13-06-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the United States government blames Iran for attacks on two oil tankers near the Persian Gulf, casting it as the latest in a series of "provocative actions" that have sharply raised tensions in the region.A U.S. assessment of Iran's responsibility for the attacks, which forced the evacuation of the crews in international waters, was based in part on intelligence as well as on the expertise needed to carry out the operation, Pompeo told reporters
  
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• Trump: Time not right for diplomacy with Iran

  13-06-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  His comments follow what appeared to be attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.
  
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• Federal watchdog: White House should sack Trump aide Conway

  13-06-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A US watchdog agency recommended Thursday that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired, saying the close aide to President Donald Trump repeatedly violated a law restricting political activity during her official work.The White House swiftly responded by calling the process "blatantly unfair" and demanding the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) retract its "outrageous" recommendation.In the finding sent to the president, the OSC said Conway has engaged in a pattern of unacceptable conduct,
  
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• The Active Cyber Defense Bill is Back on the Table

  13-06-2019 21:17
  Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., is reintroducing his Active Cyber Defense Bill today. He first floated the idea in March 2017, and published an updated version in May 2017. It was then, and is now, being described as the 'hacking back' bill.
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• Dems assail Trump on being open to foreign election help

  13-06-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump's assertion that he would be open to accepting a foreign power's help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington on Thursday, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments.Trump seemed to dismiss the threat posed by Russia's interference in the 2016 election, one that led to sweeping indictments by special counsel Robert Mueller, and his incendiary remarks come as congressional investigati
  
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• 'Fox & Friends' host Brian Kilmeade attacks Trump for saying he would take foreign intel for 2020

  13-06-2019 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade directly criticized the president Thursday morning for saying he would welcome foreign intel on his political opponents. The rare attack followed President Trump’s candid remarks to “Good Morning America” anchor George Stephanopoulos in which he indicated that he would not immediately alert the FBI to more interference in U.S. politics.
  
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• The Latest: Death sentence for father who killed his 5 kids

  13-06-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury says a South Carolina father should be executed for killing his five children.The jury unanimously agreed on the death penalty Thursday for 37-year-old Timothy Jones Jr. in the slayings of his children, ages 1 to 8, in their Lexington home in August 2014.Although Jones is heading to death row, South Carolina hasn't executed an inmate since 2011.
  
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• Pinterest Is Latest Tech Company Drawn Into U.S. Culture Wars

  13-06-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The anti-abortion organization, Live Action, and conservative activist James O’Keefe allege Pinterest targeted the group for its abortion stance, not for the reasons the company claims.The dust-up is the latest in a wave of conservative complaints of social media bias.
  
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• Memphis riots: Chaos erupts after police shoot and kill 20-year-old black man Brandon Webber

  13-06-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Chaos erupted in a neighbourhood in Memphis, Tennessee after US Marshals shot and killed a young black man. Brandon Webber, 20, was getting into his car when US marshals approached and attempted to take him into custody. Webber was wanted on several felony warrants. When the marshals tried to make their arrest, “he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon,” says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.At that point, &ld
  
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• Pompeo Claims Iran Is Responsible for Oil-Tanker Attacks

  13-06-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Iran is responsible for the oil-tanker attacks that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference hours after the attack.Two oil tankers were attacked within the space of 45 minutes in the Gulf of Oman, off of the coast of Iran, where four oil tankers were similarly attacked last month by Iranian forces.Addressing reporters at the State Department, Pompeo explained that the asses
  
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• Renault's Awesome Alpine A110 Sports Car Now Has a High-Performance Variant

  13-06-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The compelling new A110S model looks a bit meaner and has extra power and a stiffer suspension.
  
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• Cuba travel ban: Disappointed passengers return after being rerouted mid-cruise

  13-06-2019 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of cruise passengers originally headed to Cuba ended up in the Bahamas after a travel ban was announced earlier this week.
  
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• A Hydrogen-Station Fire in Norway Doesn't Mean the Fuel Is Inherently Unsafe

  13-06-2019 20:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Authorities are still investigating what went wrong, but some pro-battery critics are already using the incident as their own fuel.
  
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• 6 paid iPhone apps on sale for free on June 13th

  13-06-2019 20:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Looking to fill your iPhone or iPad with premium apps without having to pay all that money? Well you've come to the right place. We dug through tons of paid apps that went on sale on Thursday to find the six best freebies of the bunch. You'll find them all laid out below, plus there are a few more in yesterday's roundup that are still free downloads today.This post covers paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. BGR is not affiliate
  
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• India Is Going to the Moon in July

  13-06-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The country has ambitious plans for the next decade in space. They all start with Chandrayaan-2.
  
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• House committee subpoenas Flynn, Gates in Russia probe

  13-06-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Thursday the committee is examining "deep counterintelligence concerns" raised in special counsel Robert Mueller's report and "requires speaking directly" with Flynn and Gates, who were important witnesses for Mueller's i
  
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• Democrats: Trump comments give green light to foreign election meddling

  13-06-2019 19:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic lawmakers accused President Donald Trump on Thursday of giving Russia the green light to interfere in the 2020 U.S. presidential race, while a top Republican ally said Trump was wrong to say he would accept political dirt from foreign sources.The uproar followed televised comments in which the U.S. president told ABC News he would be willing to listen to such damaging information about political opponents as he seeks re-election."I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything
  
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• FACTBOX-U.S. companies warn on Trump's tariffs

  13-06-2019 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  A host of U.S. consumer companies have warned that costs related to tariffs on goods imported from China will hit their profits.The United States increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25% from 10% in May.President Donald Trump has also threatened an additional round of tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods that would cover nearly everything imported from China to the United States.
  
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• The Problem for Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats Isn’t That They Lack Guts. It’s That They Lack Imagination.

  13-06-2019 19:27 via news.yahoo.com
  Chip Somodevilla/GettyPassions are high after Donald Trump once again announced that he was happy to receive foreign interference in our elections, so long as that interference helped him, and the heat is back on Nancy Pelosi for her caution on impeachment. I wrote a column last week defending her, and I meant it then and stand by it now. As I wrote, she has a majority to protect, a lot of members from swing districts, and it’s understandable that her instinct is to think first about
  
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• Texas town bans abortion in vote made by five white men

  13-06-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A small town in East Texas outlawed abortion after a council of five men declared the town a “sanctuary city for the unborn”.Waksom, Texas, has a population of just over 2,000 people and borders Louisiana. The town has no abortion clinics. Despite this, the city council, which is comprised of five white men, signed a city ordinance banning abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the pregnant person as reported by the Washington Post. The city council was applaud
  
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• Texas town bans abortion after decision made by five white men

  13-06-2019 19:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A small town in East Texas outlawed abortion after a council of five men declared the town a “sanctuary city for the unborn”.Waksom, Texas, has a population of just over 2,000 people and borders Louisiana. The town has no abortion clinics. Despite this, the city council, which is comprised of five white men, signed a city ordinance banning abortion, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the pregnant person as reported by the Washington Post. The city council was applaud
  
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• The U.S. Is Denying Tesla Tariff Exemptions for China-Made Model 3 Parts

  13-06-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Tesla requested exemptions for the Model 3's touchscreen and computer, which are both made in China.
  
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• Far-right group in EU parliament doubles in strength

  13-06-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The European Parliament's nationalist group will double in strength to 73 deputies in the new 751-seat assembly after last month's elections, MEPs said Thursday.The Identity and Democracy Party, formerly known as the Europe of Nations and Freedom Party, becomes the assembly's fifth biggest bloc, immediately after the Greens."This group is from now on the first nationalist force in the European Parliament," Marine Le Pen, head of the French National Rally (RN), told a news conference in Brussels.
  
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• Trump Should Make a Deal with China Before It’s Too Late

  13-06-2019 19:01 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs of 25 percent on all Chinese goods not currently subject to surcharges means that imports from China might soon become a lot more expensive. But the potential ramifications of a prolonged U.S.-China trade war go far beyond consumer prices. Trump has said that he will make his final decision on extra tariffs after the G20 summit in Osaka, scheduled for June 28–29. What he chooses to do could affect U.S.-China relations in a profound an
  
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• President Trump Invoked Executive Privilege. Here's the History of That Presidential Power

  13-06-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  From George Washington to Richard Nixon to today
  
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• What Ford and Volkswagen's Tie-Up on Trucks (and EVs) Means for the Ranger in America

  13-06-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford and VW formalize an alliance to build pickups and vans, but don’t expect the Amarok to make it to the U.S.
  
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• Trump faces storm after says OK to use foreign intel on opponents

  13-06-2019 18:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump on Thursday reignited the political storm that has threatened to engulf his presidency by insisting he has the right to use dirt provided by foreign governments on political opponents without informing the FBI.In an interview aired late Wednesday by ABC News television, Trump was asked about taking help similar to the research offered by Russian operatives to his 2016 campaign about rival Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Could Iran's Drones Start Sinking Oil Tankers and Start a War?

  13-06-2019 18:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Though Iran’s Great Prophet-9 military exercise ended last month, you can count on Tehran’s military to wring every last drop of bellicosity from the event—such as showing off an apparently armed drone taking a bead on a ship crossing the Strait of Hormuz.(This article by War is Boring originally appeared at War is Boring in 2015.)Iran conducted the exercise during the last week of February, and centered it around the theatrical, Michael Bay-esque destruction of a stationary wo
  
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• What we know about the Gulf tanker attacks

  13-06-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Suspected attacks left two tankers in flames in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, bumping up oil prices and further raising regional tensions triggered by a bitter US-Iran standoff.The ships were struck in the same strategic sea lane where four oil vessels were sabotaged last month in attacks Washington blamed on Tehran.In the early hours of Thursday, two vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean caught fire.
  
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