https://www.rte.ie/news/world/en-ieRTÉ 2025-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:23:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0624/1519794-israel-iran/Iran is assessing damage to its nuclear industry and arrangements had been made for its restoration, Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said, according to Mehr news, after a series of Israeli and US strikes targeted Iran's main nuclear facilities.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0624/1519794-israel-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0624/1519997-middle-east-conflict/Follow live developments as US President Donald Trump announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:27:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0624/1519997-middle-east-conflict/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0624/1520000-us-weather/A potentially life-threatening heat wave has enveloped parts of the eastern United States impacting nearly 160 million people, with temperatures expected to climb to 40C (104F) in the New York metropolitan area.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:38:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0624/1520000-us-weather/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0624/1520002-oil-slumps-as-iran-israel-ceasefire-goes-into-effect/Oil prices extended losses to hit a two-week low today after Israel agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal for a ceasefire with Iran, alleviating worries over supply disruptions in the Middle East.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:11:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0624/1520002-oil-slumps-as-iran-israel-ceasefire-goes-into-effect/Businesshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0624/1520036-israel-gaza/The UN human rights office has said that the "weaponisation" of food for civilians in Gaza constitutes a war crime, in its strongest remarks yet on a new model of aid distribution run by a US- and Israeli-backed organisation.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:45:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0624/1520036-israel-gaza/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0624/1520012-nato-summit-seeks-to-keep-trump-happy-alliance-united/NATO leaders will seek to lock in US President Donald Trump's commitment to their alliance with a summit pledge to boost defence spending, as they gather in The Hague with global tensions soaring over Iran.Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:14:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0624/1520012-nato-summit-seeks-to-keep-trump-happy-alliance-united/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519802-syria-church-attack/Authorities in Syria have made a number of arrests after an attack on a church in which the health ministry said that 25 people were killed and 63 injured.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 02:17:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519802-syria-church-attack/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519805-eu-meeting-brussels/The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said she will address the EU's finding that Israel is in breach of the human rights obligations enshrined in the EU-Israel Association Agreement with the Israeli authorities.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:45:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519805-eu-meeting-brussels/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2025/0623/1519803-ukraine-russia/Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new defence co-production initiative during a short visit by Mr Zelensky to London to discuss his country's defence against Russia.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:34:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2025/0623/1519803-ukraine-russia/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519921-greece-wildfires/Greece has put the island of Chios under a state of emergency because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:37:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0623/1519921-greece-wildfires/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/0623/1519816-uk-violin-appeal/Police in London are appealing for information after a £150,000 (€175k) violin was stolen from a pub in Islington.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:53:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/0623/1519816-uk-violin-appeal/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/environment/2025/0623/1519892-greenpeace-joins-protests-over-bezoss-venice-wedding/Greenpeace has added its voice to protests against this week's celebrity wedding in Venice between American tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Laura Sanchez.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:41:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/environment/2025/0623/1519892-greenpeace-joins-protests-over-bezoss-venice-wedding/Environmenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0623/1519813-middle-east/Look back on live developments in the Middle East after Iran responded to the US attack on its nuclear sites.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:50:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0623/1519813-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0623/1519887-iran-leader-succession/Senior clerics in Iran are accelerating the hunt for a successor to Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following increased Israeli strikes.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:47:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0623/1519887-iran-leader-succession/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519909-renowned-italian-sculptor-pomodoro-dies-aged-98/Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, renowned for his huge bronze spheres, including one at TCD, has died a day before his 99th birthday.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:34:37 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519909-renowned-italian-sculptor-pomodoro-dies-aged-98/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519797-un-security-council/The UN Security Council met yesterday to discuss US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan proposed the 15-member body adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:30:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0623/1519797-un-security-council/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0623/1519916-straitofhormuz-explainer/The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic waterway for seaborne oil that has long been used by Iran as a geopolitical bargaining chip.Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:58:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0623/1519916-straitofhormuz-explainer/News Headlineshttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519722-iran-ireland/Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has said that 15 Irish citizens who were seeking to leave Israel have been evacuated.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:07:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519722-iran-ireland/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519728-gaza-israel-middle-east/The Israeli military said that it had recovered the bodies of three hostages in Gaza more than 20 months after they were abducted by Hamas militants.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:25:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519728-gaza-israel-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519726-ukraine/Around 10,000 Russian soldiers are fighting in Russia's Kursk region, about 90 sq km of which is controlled by Ukraine, Ukraine's top military commander said.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:17:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0622/1519726-ukraine/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0622/1519713-trump-iran/On Thursday, US President Donald Trump said he would make his mind up on attacking Iran within two weeks. In fact it took just two days.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:54:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0622/1519713-trump-iran/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519709-us-iran-attack/Iran said its knowledge in the nuclear field "cannot be destroyed" after the United States carried out a series of attacks on three of its main nuclear facilities in Iran.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 01:23:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519709-us-iran-attack/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519716-reaction-us-strikes-iran/The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tonight following the US strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, said Guyana, which holds the body's rotating chair for June.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:27:40 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519716-reaction-us-strikes-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519725-us-iran-what-we-know/The United States has carried out strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "very successful attack" and that all American planes were safely on the way home.Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:18:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0622/1519725-us-iran-what-we-know/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519688-brazil-hot-air-balloon/At least eight people died after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers, including the pilot, crashed in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, state officials said.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:51:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519688-brazil-hot-air-balloon/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519667-belarus-tikhanovsky-released/Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky has been released from jail after being pardoned, Belarusian human rights group Viasna has said.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:13:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0621/1519667-belarus-tikhanovsky-released/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0621/1519605-us-vance-la/Republican Vice President JD Vance met troops who have been deployed in Los Angeles to quell protests against immigration raids, as he accused Democratic state and city leaders of encouraging immigrants to cross the US border illegally.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:28:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0621/1519605-us-vance-la/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0621/1519631-pope-leo/Pope Leo has warned politicians of the challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:44:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0621/1519631-pope-leo/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0621/1519610-putins-counter-narratives-reflect-stalled-talks/Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a series of counter-narratives on the war in Ukraine at economic forum in St Peterburg while Russian drones and missiles killed civilians in Kyiv this week. It comes as US-led efforts to broker a ceasefire deal in the three-year war have stalled.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:13:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0621/1519610-putins-counter-narratives-reflect-stalled-talks/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0620/1519595-what-is-the-nuclear-world-order-and-how-did-we-get-here/US and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have reignited the debate over nuclear weapons. But what is the nuclear world order we live in and how did we get here?Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:48:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0620/1519595-what-is-the-nuclear-world-order-and-how-did-we-get-here/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519430-un-children/From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, according to the United Nations.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:11:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519430-un-children/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519432-israel-iran/Iran has said it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States considers whether to get involved in the conflict.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:29:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519432-israel-iran/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519437-eu-israel/A review of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza by the EU has concluded that it is "in breach" of the human rights obligations of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, according to an extract of the report seen by RTÉ News.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:52:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519437-eu-israel/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0620/1519439-ukraine-russia/Russia and Ukraine have exchanged more captured soldiers, the Kremlin has said, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:20:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0620/1519439-ukraine-russia/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0620/1519577-irish-embassy-iran/The Irish embassy in Tehran has temporarily closed in light of escalating clashes between Iran and Israel, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:07:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0620/1519577-irish-embassy-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/0620/1519541-uk-assisted-dying/Assisted dying is a step closer to being made legal in England and Wales after proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons in a historic vote.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:51:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2025/0620/1519541-uk-assisted-dying/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519563-sean-diddy-combs/Sean 'Diddy' Combs's former personal assistant has testified at the hip-hop mogul's sex trafficking trial that he often bought drugs for his boss and set up hotel rooms for sex parties known as "wild king nights."Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:57:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0620/1519563-sean-diddy-combs/UShttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0620/1519451-hurricane-erick/Hurricane Erick killed at least two people as it swept through southern Mexico causing significant damage to coastal communities before weakening to a low-pressure system night, authorities said.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:54:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0620/1519451-hurricane-erick/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0620/1519529-gaza-aid-deaths/Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 43 people today, including 26 who had gathered near an aid distribution centre, the latest in a string of deadly incidents targeting aid seekers in the Palestinian territory.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:58:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0620/1519529-gaza-aid-deaths/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519559-sicily-yacht-salvaged/Salvage workers raised a superyacht that sank off Italy during a pre-dawn storm last year, killing UK tech mogul Mike Lynch and six others.Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:51:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0620/1519559-sicily-yacht-salvaged/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519236-middle-east/Follow live developments as Iran and Israel trade further air attacks while President Donald Trump keeps the world guessing about whether the US will join in.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:37:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519236-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519315-gaza-israel/Gaza's civil defence agency has said Israeli fire killed at least 25 people, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:32:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519315-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0619/1519251-hurricane-erick/Hurricane Erick made landfall on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, today, authorities said, potentially bringing intense rains and life-threatening floods and mudslides.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:46:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0619/1519251-hurricane-erick/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0619/1519235-russia-ukraine/Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky but only during a "final phase" of negotiations on ending the three-year conflict.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:00:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0619/1519235-russia-ukraine/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519403-iran-israel-us/US President Donald Trump is considering whether to join Israel's campaign against Iran's military and nuclear capabilities.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:54:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519403-iran-israel-us/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/weather/2025/0619/1519231-climate-indicators-moving-in-wrong-direction-report/From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists warned.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:50:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/weather/2025/0619/1519231-climate-indicators-moving-in-wrong-direction-report/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519280-eu-israel/Ireland has joined eight other member states in asking the European Commission to examine how goods produced in illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories "can be brought into line with international law."Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:43:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0619/1519280-eu-israel/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519304-hungary-pride-march/Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman has said that he will travel to Hungary to attend the Budapest pride parade on 28 June.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:54:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/0619/1519304-hungary-pride-march/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519234-iran-israel/Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight, as a week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an exit strategy from either side.Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:21:51 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0619/1519234-iran-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0618/1519033-us-airfares/Airfares from Europe to the United States have dropped to rates not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, as travellers from Western Europe lead a pullback in travel to the US that is expected to continue until at least next month.Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:31:06 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0618/1519033-us-airfares/World