By Aftab Ahmed, Shivam Patel and Saurabh Sharma JAMMU, India/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan spoke by phone on Monday, the Indian army said, as New Delhi reopened airports and shares rose in both countries following a ceasefire that paused days of intense fighting last week.

The United States will cut the "de minimis" tariff for low-value items imported from China, a White House executive order said.

Dar referred to India’s strikes as a “war” and a “wishful attempt to establish its hegemony” in the long-disputed Kashmir region – but said that the nuclear option was never on the table.