Oil prices surge 3% as Trump threatens Iran with another ‘Epic Fury’ attack

Global crude oil prices surged on Saturday after United States President Donald Trump threatened Iran with another “Epic Fury” military operation. A market survey on Saturday morning showed that Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate, WTI, rose by 3.82 per cent and 3.14 per cent to $116 per barrel and $103 per barrel, respectively. DAILY POST reports that Trump said on Friday that the US might carry out another military operation against Iran. “We may do another little Epic Fury,” Trump told a rally in Florida, US. His remarks countered his earlier comments that the war in Iran might end soon, which had led to a short-lived easing of oil prices before the latest surge. DAILY POST recalls...