东京，10月29日：基准美国原油期货周四下跌约1美元，回吐了前一天部分涨幅，交易员权衡中东冲突升级可能进一步扰乱地区能源供应的风险。
TOKYO, Oct 29 : Benchmark US crude futures fell around $1 on Thursday, paring some of the previous day's gains, as traders weighed the risk that escalating Middle East conflict could further disrupt regional energy supplies.
美国西德克萨斯中质原油（WTI）期货下跌92美分，即0.9%，报每桶101.86美元，盘中曾跌至101.75美元。周三该期货上涨了3%。
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 92 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $101.86, after dropping as low as $101.75 a barrel. They had risen 3 per cent on Wednesday.
政府军称，也门胡塞武装周三袭击了亚丁机场，此前该伊朗支持的组织在贫困国家因卷入中东冲突而战事激烈之际，警告人们撤离该机场。
Yemen's Houthis attacked Aden airport on Wednesday, government forces said, after the Iran-aligned group warned people to evacuate it as fighting surged in the impoverished country ensnared in the Middle East conflict.
周二，胡塞武装称他们用导弹袭击了沙特阿拉伯最大的炼油厂，因为他们加大了对仅次于美国的世界第二大原油生产国的打击力度。沙特当局没有立即证实对这座日产能55万桶设施的袭击。
On Tuesday, the Houthis said they hit Saudi Arabia's biggest oil refinery with a missile, as they stepped up strikes against the world's second-largest crude producer after the US. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the strike on the 550,000-barrel-per-day facility.
一位知情官员称，卡塔尔调解人已向伊朗提交了一份结束与美国和以色列战争的新草案协议，但一位伊朗高级官员仅将其描述为不可接受的想法，并不构成正式提议。
Qatari mediators have presented Iran with a new draft deal to end the war with the US and Israel, an official briefed on the negotiations said, but a senior Iranian official described them only as unacceptable ideas that did not amount to an offer.