President Trump also announced the truce, saying it had been mediated by the United States, although only Pakistan quickly acknowledged an American role.
After Vice President JD Vance suggested that the conflict between India and Pakistan was not America?s problem, the Trump administration grew concerned that it could spiral out of control.
Far from the missile strikes and drone combat that grabbed the world?s attention, ordinary Kashmiris suffer the heaviest toll of India and Pakistan?s confrontation.
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV?s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.
In a digital age, the front pages of print newspapers can still capture a historic moment as they did on Friday with word-playing headlines, splashy photos and a dose of solemnity.