This is the second time President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone this month.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, focusing on hostilities between Israel and Iran and calling for efforts to bring them to an end.

President Donald Trump started the G7 summit in Canada on a combative note by blasting the removal of Russia from the G8 as a “big mistake” and jabbing at his host’s former prime minister. “The G7 used to be the G8.

President Trump spoke by phone Saturday with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin about the raging conflict in the Middle East, the Kremlin said.

French President Emmanuel Macron, during a visit to Greenland to offer his support to the Arctic island, said on Sunday that Russia lacked the credibility to mediate the crisis between Israel and Iran as U.

French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected the idea proposed by US President Donald Trump that the war criminal and Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be involved in mediation efforts between Israel and Iran.

The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.

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.