Trump who has been looking to be seen as a peace broker and found it elusive in the Ukraine war and Gaza took credit and said his administration had averted a “nuclear war” through trade leverage and diplomatic pressure.

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he will work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir.

Civilian airports were reopened and stocks jumped in both nations, signs of confidence that the agreement to halt the most alarming fighting in decades was holding.