Police have arrested Abhijit Dipke, a leader of India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), from his home. NDTV has informed that president of the All India Students Association (AISA) Neha Bora has also been picked up from the Jantar Mantar area of Delhi.
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has criticised the Congress over its recent protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, accusing the party of seeking to change the government through violence by adopting a “Bangladesh model”.
A powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The quake was felt at 3:35 pm local time on Friday (October 16). However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat following the earthquake.
A 16-year-old gunman killed three students and a teacher at a primary school in Bend, in the US state of Oregon. The attack took place at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday afternoon, local time. The attacker was later shot dead by a civilian.
Houthi fighters have fired missiles at the presidential palace in Yemen's port city of Aden, killing at least five people and wounding 10 others.
Saudi Arabia has carried out the death penalty on two Bangladeshi nationals in Mecca.