On May 10, 2025, India and Pakistan agreed to a 'full and immediate ceasefire' that involved mediation or involvement by the United States under the Trump administration.
May 10, 2025
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A negotiated ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan in May 2025 with U.S. involvement.
The May 2025 ceasefire between India and Pakistan followed weeks of escalating cross-border fighting that were described as the heaviest in decades.
May 10, 2025
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temporal
Characterization of the level of cross-border fighting preceding the May 2025 ceasefire.
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report covering 2020–2024 found that Saudi Arabia accounted for 12% of all U.S. weapons exports between 2020 and 2024, followed by Ukraine at 9.3% and Japan at 8.8%.
December 31, 2024
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Share of U.S. weapons exports by destination over the 2020–2024 period, per SIPRI
Pakistan's last known nuclear explosive test was in 1998.
January 01, 1998
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Most-recent publicly known nuclear explosive test attributed to Pakistan.
The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all atomic test explosions; the United States is among almost 180 nations that have signed the CTBT, while Pakistan is not a signatory and Pakistan's government states it has observed a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing since 1998.
January 01, 1998
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policy
CTBT content and stated signatory/status information, and Pakistan's declared testing moratorium.