Oil prices bounced back after the US launched fresh strikes against Iran after a US Apache helicopter was downed, posing a threat to the fragile truce between the countries. Brent crude climbed as much as 2% to above $93 per barrel,

“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” CENTCOM wrote in a post on X.

President Donald Trump earlier accused Iran of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.

The strikes were described as a 'proportional response' by US officials

Jordan intercepted five missiles aimed at an area hosting a major airbase near Azraq while Kuwait and Bahrain said their air defences were engaging incoming fire. The attacks followed US strikes on

US President Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran's missile attacks to avoid jeopardising ongoing peace negotiations.

By Ahmed Elimam, Jana Choukeir and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz,

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