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Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot

Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait after US president says regime will face ‘all hell’ Search for missing US crew member of downed fighter jet enters second day A former director of the United… Grouped from 7 articles across 3 sources.

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The GuardianApr 5, 2026, 3:39 AM

Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot

Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait after US president says regime will face ‘all hell’ Search for missing US crew member of downed fighter jet enters second day A former director of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has urged Gulf nations to prevent Donald Trump from turning the region into “a ball of fire”, after the US president’s latest threat to Tehran. Mohamed El-Baradei , who led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1997 to 2009, also tagged UN and European Union accounts, as well as French president Emmanuel Macron, in his posts online. Continue reading...

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Al JazeeraApr 4, 2026, 4:35 PM

Trump says Iran has 48 hours to make deal as search for US pilot continues

Trump does not reference a downed US jet in his post but points to a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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The Straits TimesApr 4, 2026, 12:15 PM

Iran leaves door open for peace talks as hunt for missing US pilot continues

The war entered its sixth week with scant prospect of peace talks in sight.

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Al JazeeraApr 3, 2026, 3:43 PM

Iran says it downed two US jets as search for one pilot continues

Trump says downing of F-15 will not affect talks as Iranian forces say they also struck an A-10 aircraft near Hormuz.

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Al JazeeraApr 3, 2026, 3:11 PM

Iran release videos of US aircraft searching for pilots shot down in Iran

Iran's media is screening videos said to show US aircraft searching for the pilots of a US fighter jet shot down in Iran

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The Straits TimesApr 3, 2026, 8:50 PM

Downed jets raise new perils for Trump as Tehran hunts for missing US pilot

Stakes are raised for the US in a conflict with low public support and no sign of an imminent end.

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Al JazeeraApr 3, 2026, 3:18 PM

Trump says with more time, US can ‘take the oil’ in Iran

Despite weeks long Iranian blockade on Strait of Hormuz, US president claims Washington can 'easily' reopen waterway.

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