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• April 06, 2026

  Amid Slew Of Threats, Trump Extends Deadline For Iran To Open Strait Of Hormuz

  US President Donald Trump repeated his threat to strike Iranian infrastructure hard if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, using explosive language hours after announcing that US forces rescued the missing crew member from a downed F-15 fighter jet.

• April 05, 2026

  Explosives Found Near Key Gas Pipeline To Hungary, Serbia Says

  Serbian military and police officers have found a cache of highly powerful explosives not far from a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Turkey to Hungary, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 5.

• April 05, 2026

  Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Facilities, Says At Least 1 Civilian Killed In Russian Strikes

  Ukraine has kept up its attacks on Russian oil export and production infrastructure, hitting facilities in two regions, while widespread Russian drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least one civilian overnight and fighting persisted at the front, officials said.

• April 05, 2026

  Trump Vows 'Hell' If Iran Doesn't Open Strait Of Hormuz By April 7

  As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.

• April 05, 2026

  Trump Ramps Up Threat To Iran After Announcing Rescue Of Missing F-15 Crew Member

  US President Donald Trump repeated his threat to strike Iranian infrastructure hard on if Tehran it does not open the Strait of Hormuz, using explosive language hours after announcing that US forces rescued the second crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet in a high-risk mission.

• April 04, 2026

  Even Top US Jets Face Risks: F-15 Incident Highlights Complex Airspace Over Iran

  WASHINGTON -- A reported incident involving a US F-15 over Iran is drawing renewed scrutiny to the risks American aircraft face when operating in heavily defended airspace, underscoring a broader reality: Even one of the world’s most successful fighter jets is not immune in contested environments.

• April 04, 2026

  Trump Gives Tehran 48 Hours To Make Deal, Open Strait Or Face 'Hell'

  US President Donald Trump on April 4 told the Iranian regime that “time is running out” and that it must make a peace deal or open the crucial Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face “hell,” renewing an earlier threat in which he vowed to send Iran “back to the stone ages.”

• April 04, 2026

  Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of 'Easter Escalation' After Deadly Overnight Strikes

  Marking the 1,500th day of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a massive wave of air strikes across Ukraine during the night of April 3–4.

• April 04, 2026

  US Search For Missing Crew Member Continues, As Strike Reported Near Iran Nuclear Plant

  Rescue teams continue to search early on April 4 for a US crew member missing after their fighter jet was brought down over Iran, one of two American forces planes reportedly knocked out of the sky in the region a day earlier.

• April 03, 2026

  Downed Jet: What To Know About The F-15E Strike Eagle

  The F-15E Strike Eagle, which US officials say was shot down over Iran on April 3, is one of the US military’s most advanced dual-role fighter aircraft, designed to carry out both air-to-air combat and deep strike missions against ground targets.

• April 03, 2026

  One Crew Member Rescued After American Jet Shot Down In Iran, US Official Tells RFE/RL

  A US crew member has been rescued by American forces after a jet fighter was shot down over Iran, a US official told RFE/RL, and the search is ongoing for a second, in the first known loss of an American plane to hostile fire since the war began.

• April 03, 2026

  In Photos: Week Five Of The Iran War

  Shuttered factories in India and a key US military aircraft destroyed in Saudi Arabia feature in RFE/RL's roundup of photos of the fifth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

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