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• April 07, 2026

  Trump Escalates Pressure On Iran With Threat Of Major Military Action

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

• April 06, 2026

  Trump Issues Stark “One Night” Warning to Iran, Touts Daring Rescue

  US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to wipe out Iran's power plants and bridges if it doesn't reach an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, warning the country could be “taken out in one night.”

• April 06, 2026

  Deadly Strike Hits Odesa; Ukraine Says It Struck Russian Missile Carrier

  At least three people, including a two-year-old, were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine said on April 6. On the same day, Kyiv also said it had hit a Russian missile carrier in an attack on the port of Novorossiisk.

• April 06, 2026

  Hungary's Orban Visits Pipeline As Serbia Pushes Back On Claims Blaming Ukraine For Sabotage

  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traveled to the TurkStream gas pipeline on the Hungarian-Serbian border on April 6, inspecting infrastructure that his government says was the target of a foiled sabotage attempt -- six days before parliamentary elections that polls suggest he may lose.

• April 06, 2026

  Iran Rejects Cease-Fire, Demands Permanent End To War As Trump Deadline Looms

  Iran has reportedly conveyed a 10-point response to US proposals for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a temporary cease-fire and demanding a permanent end to hostilities as US President Donald Trump's deadline for massive strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure entered its final hours.

• 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 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.

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