Donald Trump signed an executive order finalizing a deal allowing TikTok to operate in the US, with a majority stake moving to US investors like Oracle and Silver Lake. ByteDance will retain less than 20% equity. Much is still unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping “gave us the go-ahead” to proceed with the deal.

A man was arrested on Thursday in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district on charges of espionage for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, a senior police official said.

In March 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bhutan, and the two nations agreed on the rail links between them with two new lines – Kokrajhar-Gelephu and Banarhat-Samtse