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Oil prices jumped after the United States and Iran exchanged fire for a second day, heightening fears that the two countries could slide back into open conflict.
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Analysts saw little prospect of either President Trump or Tehran backing down after days of exchanging fire.
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Iran said it launched the attacks in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan in response to U.S. strikes that it claimed effectively rendered the April ceasefire "meaningless."
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Protesters in Northern Ireland set small fires and hurled bricks and bottles at the police during a second night of violence over a stabbing in Belfast. The incident sparked anti-immigrant violence.
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The attacks, which strained a two-month cease-fire between Iran and the United States, were the latest jolt to energy markets.
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