Oil prices edged closer to $100 a barrel after an escalation in the tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran.
US strikes Iranian oil tankers as Tehran targets American base in Jordan
By Chronicle Newsroom · · Source: BBC News
Oil prices edged closer to $100 a barrel after an escalation in the tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran.

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