DUBAI: Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight. Iran hit a container ship off the coast of Dubai, caused a blaze near Bahrain’s international airport, targeted a major Saudi oil field with a drone attack and forced Iraq to halt operations at all the country’s oil terminals after an attack on its port of Basra on the Arabian Gulf.

RIYADH: Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel on March 9 for the first time since 2022 as conflict between the US-Israel alliance and Iran continued, but analysts believe more…

A projectile has hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, setting the vessel ablaze and forcing the crew to abandon the vessel, the British military said.