World leaders called for restraint after Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Iran as concerns about the stability of the region mounted.

President Trump's promises of global peace face significant setbacks as Israel attacks Iranian targets, escalating regional tensions and defying Trump's diplomatic efforts. The strikes, a rebuke to Trump's envoy's negotiations,

Israel has gutted Iran's nuclear and military leadership with airstrikes that leave a weakened Tehran with few options to retaliate, including an all-out war that it is neither equipped for nor likely to win,