Washington, April 30 -- Top officials from the United States and China called on New Delhi and Islamabad to exercise restraint in the aftermath of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on the nuclear-armed rivals to "not escalate" the situation and plans to convey the same message in phone calls to his counterparts in the two countries. The US also urged other world leaders to deliver the same message to the two sides.

"We are reaching out to both parties and telling, of course, them not to escalate the situation," State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said, reading out a statement from Secretary Rubio on April 29. Meanwhile, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ...