{"id":40024,"date":"2026-07-20T07:59:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40024"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:59:04","slug":"brent-oil-tops-90-as-us-iran-expand-strikes-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/brent-oil-tops-90-as-us-iran-expand-strikes-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent oil tops $90 as US, Iran expand strikes in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Brent oil prices rose 2% to more than $90 per barrel on Monday, \u200cas escalating United States (US) and Iran hostilities in the Middle East restricted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Brent crude futures climbed $2.09, or 2.37%, to $90.19, touching the highest since June 11, extending gains after rising 15.9% last week, its biggest weekly gain since \u200bApril.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $84.20 a barrel, up $1.71, or 2.07%, the loftiest since June 12. \u200bFront-month prices gained 15.5% last week, the largest weekly ascent since early March.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Middle \u2060East conflict escalated over the weekend with the US conducting a ninth straight night of attacks against Iran, while \u200bUS allies Kuwait and Bahrain reported more Iranian strikes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The US and Iran continue to exchange strikes, which are proving to be deadly for both sides.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15962,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-40024","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Brent oil prices rose 2% to more than $90 per barrel","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40025,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40024\/revisions\/40025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}