FILE: Bab Oilfield, UAE - 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of oil facilities, pipelines

FILE: Kuwait - Aug 7, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of oil drilling rig in operation

FILE: Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of workers at oil refinery

FILE: Japan - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of oil storage tanks along sea

FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Nov 5, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of signs of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Exchange Group (JPX), JPX staff working

FILE: Seoul, ROK - September 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of signs of Korea Exchange

FILE: Seoul, ROK - Aug 5, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of traders at stock exchange, screens showing information

FILE: Mumbai, India - Nov 17, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of office building, sculpture, signs of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

Oil prices climbed sharply while Asian stocks sold off on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hit Iran "extremely hard over the next two to three weeks."

As concerns over geopolitical uncertainty intensify on Thursday, Brent crude jumped 6.9 percent to 108.15 U.S. dollars per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures rising over 5 percent to 105.3 U.S. dollars per barrel.

Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday following Trump's Wednesday remarks.

Japan's Nikkei 225 was down 2.4 percent to 52,463.27. The TOPIX index fell 1.6 pct to 3,611.67.

South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 4.5 percent to 5,234.05.

India's Sensex and Nifty 50 futures lost around 2 percent.