LONDON, May 19 : Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with global benchmark Brent crude dropping 1.5 per cent, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had paused a planned attack on Iran to allow for negotiations to end the war in the Middle East. Trump posted on social media on Monday that he was holding off a mil

Oil prices briefly plunged after Iranian reports said that American officials had agreed to suspend sanctions against its crude amid peace talks. | World News

LONDON, May 19 : Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with global benchmark Brent crude dropping 1.5 per cent, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had paused a planned attack on Iran…

Oil prices fell on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said that a planned attack on Iran had been paused to allow talks aimed at ending the Middle East conflict.

Brent futures for July delivery fell $1.98, or 1.8 percent, to $110.12 a barrel