TOKYO/BEIJING: Oil prices turned lower on Thursday as traders took profits while assessing the risks from a new wave of US strikes on Iranian military installations that stoked fears of renewed full-scale conflict and supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. The US struck Iran’s coastal defences and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports, while Tehran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports, saying it was engaged in an “existential war” with America.

Oil prices climbed to their highest level in four weeks on Tuesday after the United States reinstated a naval blockade on Iran and intensified military strikes, while Tehran…

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose nearly 3 percent on Tuesday to their highest in four weeks, as the US reimposed its naval blockade of Iran while the two countries stepped up attacks…

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July 16 : Oil prices eased on Thursday as traders weighed escalating tensions between the United States and Iran and the risks to oil supplies moving through the Strait of…

TOKYO/BEIJING, July 16 : Oil prices turned lower on Thursday as traders took profits and evaluated the risks from a new wave of U.S. strikes on Iranian military installations,…

TOKYO, July 16 : Oil prices rose for a fourth straight day on Thursday after a new wave of U.S. strikes on Iranian military installations fuelled fears of renewed full-scale…

TOKYO/BEIJING: Oil prices turned lower on Thursday as traders took profits while assessing the risks from a new wave of US strikes on Iranian military installations that stoked…