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Iran says it struck a US-owned cargo ship in northern part of the Gulf

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Brent crude spikes back over $100 per barrel as Iranian strikes continue to target commercial ships in the region

Hockey star, whose trans father gunned down family, scores game-winning goal — sending team to championship

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Oil prices surge, America dashes hopes for a Kurdish uprising, and David Hockney opens a new exhibition

Trump demands NY AG James turn over all communications with Michael Cohen after the ex-fixer claimed he was ‘coerced’

⚡ The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil jumped above $100 as the Iran war shows no signs of subsiding.