The United States launched a second round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations, and Iran responded with strikes targeting Bahrain,

Oil prices rose Thursday afternoon as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions heightened fears of supply disruptions in the Middle East.

The new U.S. assault across multiple Iranian cities came as efforts to negotiate an end the war again appeared stuck, with Iran insisting it would maintain its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz

We’re going to hit them again hard today,” Trump told reporters at the White House hours after the US said it struck Iranian military sites.

Oil futures were moderately higher after the U.S. conducted retaliatory strikes against Iran for the downing of an Apache helicopter, while President Trump warned Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal and will have to “pay the price.

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President Trump said the US will resume attacks on Iran, citing slow progress on negotiations for a deal to end the war and the downing of a US Army helicopter.

Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on ⁠Tuesday ⁠killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry ⁠said, and minutes later ordered the evacuation of the entire city for the first time.