Oil prices in the U.S. and the rest of the world were diverging Friday. That’s unusual, but the bigger picture is that prices are significantly higher than they were a week ago. West Texas Intermediate futures,

Oil prices fell on Friday, but remained on course for a third consecutive weekly rise, after the White House delayed a decision on U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict. Brent crude futures fell $1.

Oil prices are leaping, and stocks are falling on worries that Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could escalate further and damage the flow of crude around the world, along with