China, Turkey and Kremlin push halt-and-talk line

AFP-carried live updates reported China urging an immediate halt to Middle East military operations, Turkey's Hakan Fidan calling for the U.S. and Iran to halt attacks and resume negotiations, and the Kremlin calling for restraint and a return to the negotiating table.

Why this matters. The diplomacy lane is no longer only Qatar and Pakistan. Beijing, Ankara, and Moscow are all trying to frame the strike cycle as a global-economy and escalation problem before the next retaliation window opens.