Oil price today: Brent crude stays above $90 as Middle East standoff intensifies

Amidst a backdrop of fresh US sanctions on Iran, oil prices held firm as investors calculated the implications. The atmosphere grew tense after an oil tanker encountered damage near Oman's shores. With the US tightening its sanctions to curtail Iran's financial resources, analysts remarked that economic pressures allay

Dirty Monkeys’ war comedy-drama “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” held onto the No. 1 position at the mainland China box office during the Aug. 21–23 weekend, taking in RMB298.8 million ($43.9 million) in its second weekend of release, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Directed by Wen Muye (“Dying to Survive”