New attacks in Hormuz and Saudi Arabia test nerves as war’s spread worsens oil disruption

New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves ⁠in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen’s Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime disruption to global energy supplies. Oil traders were expecting prices to rise again when markets reopen on Monday, following the weekend developments that jeopardise supplies from the world’s b