In Photos: Week Seven Of The Iran War
Fri Apr 17 5:41 am
Prayers for peace, cease-fires, and an ongoing energy crisis dominated the seventh week of the conflict in the Middle East.
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Czechs Demand Explanation After Russia's Medvedev Threatens Europe's Drone Factories
Thu Apr 16 1:46 pm
The Czech Republic demanded an explanation after Russia’s Defense Ministry published a list of companies it claimed are helping produce attack drones for Ukraine and bellicose former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called it “a list of potential targets” for the Russian military.
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Trump: US, Iran Could Meet For Second Round Of Talks, 'Very Close' To Deal
Thu Apr 16 6:28 am
US President Donald Trump said the United States and Iran are "very close" to a deal to end the war and that US and Iranian negotiators could meet for a second round of talks this coming weekend.
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Trump Hints Iran Talks Could Restart In Coming Days
Tue Apr 14 8:32 am
US President Donald Trump suggested that talks with Iran could resume in a day or two, while the US military said that no ships slipped through a naval blockade targeting vessels headed to or from Iranian ports in the first 24 hours of the restrictive measure.
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Veterans Of 1980s 'Tanker War' See Parallels In Current Hormuz Crisis
Mon Apr 13 1:02 pm
The US military said it would begin a blockade of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports following the failure of US-Iranian peace talks on the weekend. Former sailors who navigated tankers through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s told RFE/RL that today’s crisis echoes that conflict four decades ago.
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Hungarian Opposition Leader Magyar Scores Landslide Win To Oust Orban
Sun Apr 12 5:48 pm
Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has scored a landmark election victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ousting US President Donald Trump's closest ally in Europe on promises of rebuilding the country's European Union ties and curbing them with Moscow.
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Ukraine, Russia Report Thousands Of Easter Truce Violations
Sun Apr 12 5:00 am
Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of violating an Orthodox Easter truce, with both sides alleging thousands of attacks and other violations.
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In Photos: Week Six Of The Iran War
Sat Apr 11 4:07 am
Images from the sixth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran and the beginning of a fragile temporary cease-fire.
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Trump Ramps Up Threat To Iran After Announcing Rescue Of Missing F-15 Crew Member
Sun Apr 05 12:18 am
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.
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Trump Gives Tehran 48 Hours To Make Deal, Open Strait Or Face 'Hell'
Sat Apr 04 11:01 am
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.”
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In Photos: Week Five Of The Iran War
Fri Apr 03 9:27 am
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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UN Security Council Delays Vote On Plan To Open Strait Of Hormuz Amid Divisions
Fri Apr 03 9:02 am
Scaled-back resolution seeks to restore shipping without force mandate as Tehran tightens grip on key global oil route.
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