Oil climbs to near six-week high as conflict threatens key routes

Oil prices ‌rose to their highest in almost six weeks on concerns about disruptions to Middle Eastern supply routes because of escalating hostilities between the US and Iran and threats to shipping by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen.

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