India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began.

Amid escalating conflict, accusations of continued strikes, and grave concerns that the two countries may engage in a full-out war, India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate cease-fire on Saturday, May 10,

WASHINGTON, DC – Now President Donald Trump’s allies are making a push to cast him as a global peacemaker, claiming credit for the India-Pakistan cessation of hostilities. After trying to broker truces in Ukraine and Gaza which has not made headway for him, this seemed like a victory he can grasp.