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A pumpjack, used to help lift oil from a well, in the Permian basin near Midland, Texas, U.S. October 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Oil prices fall as markets weigh impact of US strikes on Iran

Brent crude futures fell $1.03, or 1.32%, to $76.99 a barrel by 0749 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 88 cents, or 1.2%, at $72.64 a barrel.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Reuters

Netanyahu urges Trump against Turkish F-35 sale while backing US efforts on Iran

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. Photo: File/Reuters

Hormuz shipping risk raised to severe after tankers hit, reviving US-Iran tensions

Smoke rises from a fire after an explosion, amid reports of explosions by Iranian state media, in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released July 8, 2026. Photo: Social Media/via REUTERS

Iran targets sites in Bahrain, Kuwait after wave of US strikes

Emergency personnel work as smoke and fire rise at the site where explosive devices blew up near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria. Photo: REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar

Bomb attack rocks Damascus during Macron visit

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Iran vows response after US strikes on Sirik leave casualties

The US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has been running for over a month. Photo: Deutsche Welle/US Navy/Planet Pix/ZUMA/picture alliance

US launches new strikes on Iran after reinstating oil sanctions over shipping attacks

Mourners attend a prayer for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, at the Jamkaran Mosque, in Qom, Iran, July 7, 2026. Photo:Reuters

Qatar blames Iran for striking tanker in strait as huge crowds mourn Khamenei

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks with guests during a reception as part of the 35th anniversary of German reunification celebrations for the Day of German Unity at the Congresshalle hall in Saarbruecken, Germany, October 3, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Emmanuel Macron visits Syria, 18 months after Assad's fall

A general view of the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive and tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, July 4, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Hamas dissolves Gaza government, Israel dismisses move as 'stunt'

Smoke rises from a village in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army operates in it as seen from the Israeli side of the border, 23 April 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu

Israeli drone strike reported to kill 4 in Lebanon, testing ceasefire

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's new supreme leader remains out of sight as nation mourns his father

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivers a speech. Photo: Egyptian Presidency via EPA

No normal ties with Israel until Palestinian occupation ends: Egypt