Here are five of the biggest stories this morning
NEW YORK — Oil prices rose on Wednesday after the Houthis attacked Saudi Aramco's headquarters and Iran said it was deploying new tactics to target ships and keep oil prices high. Brent crude futures were up 87 cents, or 0.82 percent, at $106.56 a barrel by 1:25 p.m. ET (1725 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $1.46, or 1.55 percent, to $95.60, touching a three-week high. Attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and strikes between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-allied Houthis are driving up oil prices, said Phil Flynn, senior analyst with the Price Futures Group. "We're seeing a lot of fear trade today," he added. Iranian officials declined to provide details of the new strategy to target ships, but one said Iran had started using different offensive tactics about 10 days ago. Gulf oil flows excluding Iran surged in September to more than 81 percent of prewar levels, data showed, led by a recovery in Saudi exports. Iranian exports fell to zero owing to a U.S. blockade. "More crude reaching international markets does not necessarily mean more oil is being produced," Saxo
The report found that components seized by Yemeni authorities could be used to produce a version of Iran's Kheibar Shekan precision-guided missile.
The top court's directions stem from petitions seeking the safe return and accounting of stranded citizens who were fraudulently deployed to front-line positions
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"It's painful when President Trump chooses one side, not our side," the Ukrainian president said.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Wednesday expressed his support for President Trump’s recent push for an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but also slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s apparent betrayal of the claimed ceasefire. “President Trump did the right thing by trying to force an energy ceasefire. You have to *try*. But...
Guardiola returns to the Etihad for the first time as Man City play their first home game since they were found guilty of almost all of the club’s breaches of Premier League financial rules
Russia struck a number of energy facilities in Ukraine overnight
Doue, Dembele and Vitinha struck for the back-to-back Champions League winners, in the first time City had conceded three first-half goals at home since 2015
Sean Combs was taken back to Fort Dix federal prison hours after his hospitalization, according to reports
The cost-saving change is part of an ongoing effort to slim down the 69-year-old National Health Interview Survey
Lawyers for a Ukrainian ex-military officer accused of leading the bombing of Russia's Nord Stream pipeline in September 2022 argued at the start of his trial in Germany on Wednesday that "an aggressor's infrastructure" may have been a lawful target. FRANCE 24's Juliette Brown reports.
