Hong Kong, April 7, 2026 (AFP) - Oil prices rally, stocks edge up after Trump's latest Iran threat

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Oil prices rose Tuesday while equities edged up tentatively as investors assessed Donald Trump's latest deadline for Iran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz or be "decimated". As the Middle East war entered its sixth week, the US president warned Tehran that its civilian infrastructure would be destroyed if it did not let ships through the waterway, through which a fifth of global crude and gas passes. The remarks came as he and the Islamic......

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