World leaders on April 8 broadly welcomed a cease-fire between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, describing it as a step back from the brink after nearly 40 days of conflict, while urging sustained diplomacy to turn the fragile truce into a lasting settlement.
The two-week cease-fire, announced late Tuesday following mediation led by Pakistan and backed by regional actors, pauses a cycle of escalating strikes that had threatened to spiral into a wider regional war and disrupt global energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
