RT News - August 18 2026 (09:00 MSK)

The price of oil shoots up as a vessel is struck in the Strait of Hormuz. As an Islamic Revolutionary Guard corp officer tells RT exclusively that US attempts to control crude prices have failed. Yemen’s Houthis hit a Saudi military landing ship with ballistic missiles in the Red Sea calling it retaliation for Riyadh’s attacks and pressuring it to respond to demands. As Israeli Police step in to take over law enforcement in the West Bank to deal with settler attacks, national security minister Ben Gvir proposes his own solution to the issue.