The violent crisis between India and Pakistan is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war.

President Trump said Wednesday he hopes the India and Pakistan's clashes end soon and offered to help mediate between the two sides. The big picture: Tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations over the disputed Kashmir region they both claim fully belongs to them are at their highest level for six years.

India said it attacked Pakistan early on Wednesday following a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir last month. Pakistan reported eight deaths and said it was responding to the Indian strikes. This is what global leaders have said about the latest hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours: U.