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title: "Oil prices rise amid Trump's comments and attacks on Saudi Arabia"
description: "Most outlets led with the increase in oil prices, noting the rise in both Brent and WTI benchmarks. The Express Tribune highlighted the impact of Trump's comments on Russian diesel and attacks on Saudi Arabia, providing specific price changes and timing. The Business Recorder also attributed the price rise to the attacks on Saudi Arabia and mentioned Trump's remarks, though it framed the increase as nearly USD2 and focused on the broader market dynamics."
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# Oil prices rise amid Trump's comments and attacks on Saudi Arabia

business · updated 13 Oct 2026, 5:59 AM PKT · 12–13 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the increase in oil prices, noting the rise in both Brent and WTI benchmarks. The Express Tribune highlighted the impact of Trump's comments on Russian diesel and attacks on Saudi Arabia, providing specific price changes and timing. The Business Recorder also attributed the price rise to the attacks on Saudi Arabia and mentioned Trump's remarks, though it framed the increase as nearly USD2 and focused on the broader market dynamics.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Oil prices rise by nearly USD2](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443931/oil-prices-rise-by-nearly-usd2) · 13 Oct 2026, 5:59 AM PKT
  > NEW YORK/LONDON: Oil prices rose by nearly USD2 a barrel on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia outweighed the prospect of increased supplies, even as US President Donald Trump hailed fresh Russian diesel exports and a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire on energy targets. Brent crude futures settled up USD1.93, or 1.8 percent, at USD106.65 a barrel, the highest since September 15. US West Texas Intermediat...
- **The Express Tribune** — [Oil prices fluctuate on Trump's Russian diesel comments, attacks on Saudi](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2634418/oil-prices-fluctuate-on-trumps-russian-diesel-comments-attacks-on-saudi) · 12 Oct 2026, 9:57 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Brent rose 69 cents or 0.7%, to $105.41 a barrel by 2:23pm PKT; US WTI was at $92.42 a barrel, up 57 cents, ​or 0.6%.

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