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  "id": 832077,
  "title": "Oil steadies after US threatens to blockade Iran indefinitely",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/oil-steadies-after-us-threatens-to-blockade-iran-indefinitely-832077",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:50:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434782/oil-steadies-after-us-threatens-to-blockade-iran-indefinitely"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "PERTH: Oil prices inched higher on Friday after the US threatened to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, reviving crude supply concerns, after prices fell in the previous session on a weaker global demand outlook. Brent futures rose 9 cents, or 0.1%, to $87.16 a barrel by 0130 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 4 cents to $81.29 a barrel. The two benchmarks…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}