Oil prices skyrocket, Trump wants Ireland to unify, Russian air strikes kill nine people

Oil prices are set to skyrocket once again amid escalating tension in the Middle East. A Saudi Arabian oil pipeline was shut down yesterday after being struck by drones, and Yemen's Houthis have seized a strategic Red Sea port, further threatening shipping energy routes. Visiting scholar at the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University, Maksim Sonin says while the situation is tense, this fluctuation in price may calm if oil is successfully exported. + Ukrainian officials say Russian air strikes have killed at least nine people, injured dozens and damaged residential buildings and infrastructure across the country. The civilian de…