Israel’s leader and President Trump appeared to bet they can persevere, but other world leaders warned of unintended outcomes in a volatile region.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the deployment of military assets, including jets, to the Middle East for contingency support amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran. , UK News - Tim

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said.

Instead of Ukraine and Donald Trump's tariff war, the main subject of discussion for world leaders will be the Middle East.

Rising tensions with Iran and fears of an Israeli strike prompted the U.S. to move some of its nonmilitary personnel out of the region.

Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with Israel even as it has developed strong economic and military ties with Iran.

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers will arrive in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit shadowed by a widening war in the Middle East, and U.S.

Iran has been battling an acute energy crisis for months because of gas shortages, and repairing any damage would both be costly and take significant time.