Iran and Israel continued to trade missile strikes as the conflict between the two countries entered a fourth day.Israel’s airstrikes on nuclear sites early Friday escalated tensions in the Middle East,

Trump does not intend to sign the document in Canada alongside his Canadian and European counterparts at the G7 summit in Alberta.

Speaking to pilgrims at the end of a special Jubilee audience June 14, the pope expressed deep concern over the “seriously deteriorating” situation in the Middle East, warning of the consequences of further escalation. “I want to strongly renew an appeal to responsibility and reason,” he said.

Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia's Vladimir Putin could help.

KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Leaders from the Group of Seven nations begin annual talks on Monday amid wars in Ukraine and the Middle East that add to global economic uncertainty, as host Canada tries to avoid a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Jennings, who has been in Israel during the violence, cited an excerpt from a Times of Israel report on X and strongly endorsed intervention from Trump.

Pope Leo XIV called for “responsibility and reason” in the conflict between Israel and Iran. “No one should ever threaten the existence of another,” he wrote on X. “It is the duty of all countries to support the cause of peace,

Walz said, "Iran has to retaliate, in their mind," and the "Middle East is back on fire in a way ... that China might be the world leader on peace negotiations, saying sarcastically, "Well ...

Trump swept into office hoping to be a peacemaker. Five months in, a new conflict is roiling the Middle East, with no end in sight to the war in Ukraine.