https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:37:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/1002/1593737-trump-iran/US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will be "hit very hard" if it is found to be linked to a pilot's attack on a flydubai flight to Israel.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:42:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/1002/1593737-trump-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593579-israel-plane-flydubai/Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will get to the "root" of the co-pilot who engaged ⁠in a foiled attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:33:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593579-israel-plane-flydubai/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593433-iran-voters/Iran has said it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald ⁠Trump said he had rejected it.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:46:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593433-iran-voters/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593453-pilot-fight/Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that one of the pilots of a flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv had planned to crash it and kill its mostly Israeli passengers, who stopped a "major disaster".Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593453-pilot-fight/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0930/1593560-gaza-israel-attacks/Israeli attacks have killed at least seven Palestinians in two separate attacks in Gaza, the territory's health officials said.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:20:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0930/1593560-gaza-israel-attacks/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593502-pilot-tried-crash-israel-flight/A passenger who was on board a plane that was diverted after a co-pilot reportedly attacked the pilot and tried to crash the plane has said the plane was "pretty much out of control" when the stabbing took place over Jordan on the flydubai flight's path from Dubai to Tel Aviv.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:58:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593502-pilot-tried-crash-israel-flight/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593552-what-happened-flyubai-plane/A plane heading to Tel Aviv from Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after one of the pilots allegedly tried to crash the plane and kill everyone onboard.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:00:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593552-what-happened-flyubai-plane/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0929/1593288-us-iran/US President Donald ⁠Trump has said he has offered Iran nothing to end the war, rejecting media reports that cited US officials saying he was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen funds for "concrete" steps regarding Iran's nuclear programme.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:04:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0929/1593288-us-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0929/1593309-israel-gaza/Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli fire today killed at least six people, including a Hamas commander, confirming an earlier report from the Israeli military.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:36:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0929/1593309-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0927/1593085-iran-us-world/Iran insisted that only diplomacy can solve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0927/1593085-iran-us-world/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0925/1592911-saudi-arabia-houthis/Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to discuss help for Saudi Arabia as it faces attacks by Yemen's Houthis, while Iraq further curtailed Iranian flights ⁠in line with US pressure.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:24:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0925/1592911-saudi-arabia-houthis/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0923/1592691-iran-us-talks/The first shuttle talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly between the US and Iran for months raised hopes that the adversaries could make progress towards ending the war.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:47:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0923/1592691-iran-us-talks/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0923/1592698-gaza-israel-board-of-peace/The US-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, €2.15 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:24:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0923/1592698-gaza-israel-board-of-peace/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0922/1592449-middle-east/Saudi Arabia has restarted operations at its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later today, three sources briefed on the matter said.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:25:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0922/1592449-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0922/1592575-taoiseach-israeli-football/The Taoiseach has said the Israel Football Association's criticisms of Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson are "unacceptable".Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:15:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0922/1592575-taoiseach-israeli-football/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0921/1592343-israel-strikes-gaza/Gaza health officials said Israeli fire killed three people, including a woman and a child, and injured several others across the Palestinian territory.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:38:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0921/1592343-israel-strikes-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0921/1592389-gaza-children-return-school/Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to in-person teaching ⁠for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, and with uniforms, notebooks and pens unaffordable for many families.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:38:45 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0921/1592389-gaza-children-return-school/Gazahttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0921/1592409-mcentee-new-york-israel/The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said the EU's credibility "is gone" regarding its response to the actions of the Israeli government in the occupied Palestinian territories.Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:57:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0921/1592409-mcentee-new-york-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0920/1592251-iran-us-war/Iran and the United States exchanged new threats, with US President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it did not make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:38:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0920/1592251-iran-us-war/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0920/1592230-houthis-saudi-conflict/The Houthis have said Saudi Arabia launched 28 strikes in several areas of Yemen in the past 24 hours, as the group and the country's Saudi-backed government clash in the revived civil war.Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:30:15 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0920/1592230-houthis-saudi-conflict/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0919/1592210-gaza-israel/Palestinian health officials have said Israeli fire killed at least four people in the Gaza, including a 10-year-old girl and the son of a top government official.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:14:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0919/1592210-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0919/1592186-saudi-arabia-houthis/The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis has claimed that the group fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh at dawn before it was intercepted and destroyed, after residents reported blasts in the Saudi capital.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 13:12:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0919/1592186-saudi-arabia-houthis/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0918/1592040-middle-east-conflict/Iran's Revolutionary Guards have said they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA, as a British maritime agency also reported an attack.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:02:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0918/1592040-middle-east-conflict/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0917/1591942-houthi-yemen-saudi-arabia/Saudi Arabia ⁠and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threatst o global oil supplies.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:26:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0917/1591942-houthi-yemen-saudi-arabia/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0916/1591774-israel-gaza/Gaza authorities have said that 12 children were among the 21 people killed when an apartment building collapsed due to damage sustained in earlier Israeli strikes.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:29:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0916/1591774-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0916/1591709-saudi-arabia/Yemen's Houthis have rejected as a "lie" a Saudi statement that it had shot down a drone heading towards Islam's holy city of Mecca, which attracts millions of pilgrims each year.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:22:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0916/1591709-saudi-arabia/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0915/1591559-houthi-saudi-world/Iran's security chief has rejected any talks with the United States after President Donald Trump said he was open to resuming discussions on the Middle East war.Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:23:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0915/1591559-houthi-saudi-world/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0914/1591431-iran-gulf-talks-delayed/Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter today with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Gulf powers, while attacks around ⁠the region's two most important oil transit routes deepened concern over global energy supplies.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:50:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0914/1591431-iran-gulf-talks-delayed/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0914/1591508-israel-lebanon/Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 13 people including six children, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the deadliest days of Israeli bombardment in recent weeks.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:33:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0914/1591508-israel-lebanon/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0913/1591336-iran-war/New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf have tested nerves in the Middle East.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:00:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0913/1591336-iran-war/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0912/1591257-yemen-saudi-world/Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:35:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0912/1591257-yemen-saudi-world/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0917/1591867-iran-school-strikes-un/A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:24:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0917/1591867-iran-school-strikes-un/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0912/1591255-lebanon-israel-world/Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has visited the country's south, in a surprise trip to a city close to a strategic Hezbollah position recently captured and blown up by Israel.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:57:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0912/1591255-lebanon-israel-world/Lebanonhttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0912/1591247-britain-west-bank-sanctions/It was forthright, it was clear, it was unequivocal - ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is being carried out in the West Bank by Israel. The formal position of the UK government now is that the occupation of the West Bank is illegal, and must end, writes Sean Whelan.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 06:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0912/1591247-britain-west-bank-sanctions/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0912/1591297-brics-summit/The BRICS group of nations has unanimously adopted a joint declaration, expressing "deep concern" over the war in the Middle East and urged maximum restraint, advocating for a "multilateral approach" that respects national viewpoints.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:21:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0912/1591297-brics-summit/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0911/1591165-israel-hezbollah-lebanon/Israel has said it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, with a 4.1 magnitude tremor recorded in the area.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:57:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0911/1591165-israel-hezbollah-lebanon/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0911/1591170-mideast-yemen-houthis/Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have seized control of the country's entire Red Sea coast, a military official from the internationally recognised government said, consolidating the group's control of the vital waterway.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:35:45 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0911/1591170-mideast-yemen-houthis/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0911/1591118-world-oil-prices/Oil prices fell today but remained on course for a weekly gain of more than 8% while US diesel prices hit a record high as attacks along Middle East shipping routes stoked concerns about prolonged supply disruptions.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:06:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0911/1591118-world-oil-prices/Businesshttps://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0911/1591110-trump-911-analysis/Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to be a 'president of peace,' pledging to avoid the prolonged conflicts that defined America's post-9/11 foreign policy. Yet with his war with Iran, the US finds itself facing many of the same challenges that plagued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0911/1591110-trump-911-analysis/Analysis and Commenthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0910/1590991-gaza-israeli-attack/An Israeli attack in Gaza has killed a family of four including two children, Palestinian hospital and security sources said.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:52:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0910/1590991-gaza-israeli-attack/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0910/1591087-iran-houthis-mideast/Iran-aligned Houthis have seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after midterm elections.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:29:49 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0910/1591087-iran-houthis-mideast/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0909/1590828-middle-east-iran/Iran has said that it has targeted more than a dozen ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the United States sank five Iranian oil tankers.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:36:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0909/1590828-middle-east-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0909/1590840-world-oil-prices/Brent crude futures breached $100 a barrel today for the first time since July 24 as escalating attacks in the Middle East, including on tankers, stifled hopes of a normalisation of oil shipping in the region.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:36:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0909/1590840-world-oil-prices/Businesshttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0909/1590857-west-bank-uk/Britain had to "stand for something", Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the UK parliament in a defence of his government's decision to block imports from Israeli settlements ⁠in the occupied West Bank.Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:14:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0909/1590857-west-bank-uk/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590725-israel-netanyahu/Israeli opposition leaders have called Prime Minister Mr Netanyahu unfit to serve after a report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:53:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590725-israel-netanyahu/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0908/1590748-houthis-attack-saudi-cities-/Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis have attacked four cities in the south of US ally Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:11:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0908/1590748-houthis-attack-saudi-cities-/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0908/1590809-mep-israel-ban/A Government MEP has said the coalition should "take another step" and "ban the advertising of services from illegal Israeli settlements" after Britain announced sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:34:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0908/1590809-mep-israel-ban/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0908/1590678-middle-east-iran/Iran has threatened the United States with "economic warfare" and said it had fired an advanced missile at US warships, underscoring the risks of further escalation in the war only days after both sides traded blows again.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:27:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0908/1590678-middle-east-iran/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590704-uk-israel-sanctions/Israel will close Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem, accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, after the UK announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has confirmed.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:07:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0908/1590704-uk-israel-sanctions/Israelhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0907/1590523-middle-east/Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed ⁠at least 12 people including two children today, Lebanon's health ministry said, in one of the deadliest days of Israeli bombardment in recent weeks.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:28:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0907/1590523-middle-east/Middle East