A deal signed in Pakistan days before the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and India's military response to it, Operation Sindoor, has reportedly come under scrutiny both in New Delhi and Washington over links to Donald Trump's family.

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

The president had previously suggested he floated trade incentives as a means to secure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan—a claim New Delhi has dismissed.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he was ready to engage in peace talks with India, days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended their worst military conflict in nearly three decades.

Joined by some of his favorite celebrities, President Donald Trump gave a speech to troops in Qatar, where he teased a military pay raise and took credit for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Podcast host Theo Von,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed a Kashmiri waiter asked her to thank US President Donald Trump for the India-Pakistan ceasefire.

The International Atomic Energy Agency should take charge of Pakistan's nuclear weapons, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended their worst military conflict in nearly three decades.