Oil prices rose above $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time in seven weeks, reviving concerns about global energy supply disruptions and a fresh inflationary shock just as major central banks prepare to make key interest-rate decisions later this month.

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, as Iran and the U.S. hit tankers in the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began,

A mood of nervous caution hung over U.S. markets on Tuesday, as flaring hostilities in the Middle East pushed oil to a six-week high and Brent crude futures close to $100 a barrel, while the Japanese ...

Markets reacted after the US military reported striking five Iranian tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship and after attacks by an Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group ignite...

Iran said it targeted a U.S. base in Jordan with a series of missiles overnight after the U.S. military struck five Iranian oil tankers amid renewed hostilities in the region.

U.S. military forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on Tuesday, Sept. 8, officials said.