The US and Iran clashed again overnight, with Kuwait and Bahrain caught in the crossfire of the most serious flare-up since a ceasefire went into effect in early April.
The strikes follow days of rising tension, including over Israeli operations against Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, that threaten to derail US-Iran talks about an interim peace deal. The sides have agreed on a rough framework to extend their truce by two months and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though negotiations over the final details are dragging on.
Oil prices rose amid the latest uptick in fighting, with West Texas ...
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