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;Resize=(620)) The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose to about $79 US on Wednesday following the resumption of strikes in the Middle East. Major U.S. indexes also followed global markets on a downward trajectory.
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In the cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to two of Shiite Islam's holiest sites, hundreds of thousands attended commemorations for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who extended Iran's influence in Iraq.
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;Resize=(620)) Donald Trump said ?an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was "over" after Tehran carried ?out new attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf, as the president said the U.S. would likely engage in additional strikes on Wednesday night.
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New videos appear to show the aftermath of U.S. retaliatory strikes in Iran that were launched in response to attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. NBC News' Courtney Kube has more on where the strikes are landing and what this could mean for both the U.S. and Iran.
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