Nepal, May 12 -- Frustrated by his failed efforts to mediate between Russia and Ukraine and also, increasingly, by the Israeli president's refusal to heed him on Palestine, US President Donald Trump desperately needed a diplomatic victory. He has now got one. The Trump administration has successfully brokered the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, in a conflict that was threatening to get out of hand. Initially, the Americans appeared reluctant to intervene in what was "none of their business". But as intelligence reports started pouring in that the conflict could spiral out of control, they swung into action. US Vice-President JD Vance called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, trying to impress on him the gravity of the ma...