Asian stocks tumbled on Friday as oil prices rose and bond yields held near multi-year highs, with the Middle East crisis stoking supply fears and hotter-than-expected US inflation fuelling rate hike bets.

Oil prices jumped slightly over 1% on Wednesday to near the $100 mark and stocks struggled as a fresh flare-up in the Middle East crisis renewed supply...

Brent crude is at its highest level since late June. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.