{"id":20703,"date":"2026-04-30T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20703"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:04:45","slug":"global-oil-prices-hit-four-year-high-at-126-per-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/30\/global-oil-prices-hit-four-year-high-at-126-per-barrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Global oil prices hit four-year high at $126 per barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Global oil prices have surged to their highest level in four years, reaching $126 per barrel, according to Western media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNN reported on Thursday morning that global markets saw crude oil prices climb to $126 per barrel, while Brent crude oil the international benchmark, rose by 12 percent to $124 per barrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report noted that the spike in oil prices followed Donald Trump, President of the United States, announcing the extension of a ceasefire between Iran and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As global prices rose, fuel costs in the United States also increased, reaching $4.23 per gallon\u2014the highest level in the past 4 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sharp rise comes amid reports that Washington is considering extending a naval blockade on Iran, a move that has drawn strong reactions from Tehran. Iranian officials have warned of potential military retaliation if the blockade continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Global oil prices have surged to their highest level in four years, reaching $126 per barrel, according to Western media reports. CNN reported on Thursday morning that global markets saw crude oil prices climb to $126 per barrel, while Brent crude oil the international benchmark, rose by 12 percent to $124 per barrel. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20705,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20703\/revisions\/20705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}