Oil prices traded mixed as optimism grew that Iran may restart negotiations with the U.S. and Israel, easing tensions over the conflict that has disrupted the Strait of Hormuz.
Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya.
A new pattern of deceptive activity by some vessels around the critical waterway suggests the new American blockade is changing how some ships linked to Iran are behaving.
