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Global crude oil prices hit six-month high on Middle East conflict, fears of US strikes on Iran

Brent crude climbs to $116.72 a barrel, its highest close since April, as fears of potential US strikes on Iran and attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure fuel supply concerns.

Residents walk amid debris from their homes after a missile strike in Seina, Taiz, Yemen, Tuesday (20 October 2026). Photo: Collected

Iran reports seven oil tankers damaged in Strait of Hormuz

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir looks on prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

'No enriched nuclear material will leave Iran': Tehran tells Pakistan army chief Asim Munir amid US peace deal deadlock

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi poses with other delegates for a family photo on the day of the 52nd OIC Council of Foreign Ministers opening session, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 17, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis have not answered mediation offer

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir looks on prior to a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to visit Tehran today

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, October 19, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA.

Iran's Araghchi blames US for Strait of Hormuz tensions, calls for diplomacy

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb is pictured in this undated handout photo. Eglin Air Force Base/Handout via REUTERS

US weighs 'mother of all bombs' for potential strikes on Iran, officials say

Fuel tanks were among the first casualties at the Fujairah oil zone, a combination refinery and oil port that the UAE used to skirt Iran's blockade of Hormuz. Iranian munitions have struck Fujairah at least 19 times since the war began; the first strikes caused three days of fires in early March.

Iran's precision strikes picked apart Gulf infrastructure, blunting US war plans

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the State Memorial Ceremony for the three year anniversary of the 7 October, 2023, Hamas attack, in remembrance of Israel Defense Forces and security members who fell in the War of Redemption in the Mt. Herzl Cemetery, Jerusalem, on Monday, 5 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Netanyahu says he is not seeking to attack Iran again before Israel election

US President Donald Trump looks on while walking as he returns to the White House after travelling to Ohio, in Washington, DC, US, October 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Trump says he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran ‘at all’

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi, India, May 15, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers discuss regional tensions: State news agency

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand at the Knesset on the day Trump addresses it, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, 13 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

‘Saving himself with US blood’: Iran tears into Netanyahu, calls him ‘wanted war criminal’

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Trump says 'deal' with Iran not what he wants as US weighs fresh 'massive bombing'