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On Sunday, October 11, Indian justice ordered the release of three leaders of the "cockroaches" movement, who were arrested the day before a protest against the review of the electoral lists. After a day of police repression and thousands of arrests, according to the local press, the movement and the opposition called for new demonstrations
With extensive deployment, blockades at different points in New Delhi and multiple arrests, the Indian police managed to suppress the mobilization called by the youth movement of the "cockroaches" (CJP), in rejection of a controversial review of the electoral census. Three CJP leaders were arrested, while legislators, lawyers and journalists were also detained. Internet cuts and closing of metro and market stations were also recorded.
The missile was fired from the Wonsan area into the Japanese sea and flew more than 700 kilometres. South Korea strengthened monitoring of possible new launches and convened an emergency meeting, in the midst of a further increase in tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang.
The United States Geological Service determined that the earthquake occurred 80 km from Tadine, the main city of the island of Maré, which is part of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia. The earthquake had a depth of 10 km, but it has been ruled out to issue a tsunami alert. Details about the impact of the movement are unknown.
Pakistan claims to have attacked ten sites in Afghanistan on Thursday, which Islamabad said were used to store and launch drones against its territory. The Taliban Government reported the death of four civilians in the bombing of Kandahar, Paktia and Khost, and warned that it will respond to the offensive.
Typhoon Dujuan left several dead, wounded and missing in his way through Japan, where torrential rains caused landslides and power cuts in thousands of homes near Tokyo. The cyclone also altered different activities and left record rainfall before moving away from the Japanese coast and advancing through the Pacific.
North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles to the Japanese sea on Sunday, 20 September. Just on the eve, Pyongyang criticized a resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which urged denuclearization. Kim Yojong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong- un, called Thursday "imbeciles" those who demand that his country abandon its nuclear arsenal.
