North Korea North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea cancels its largest political convention in thirty years officially due to floods caused by Typhoon Kompasu but sparking speculation about the health of Kim Jong-il.
United States An anti-American protest in Kabul, sparked in part by the 2010 Qur'an-burning controversy, turns violent with five members of the Afghan National Police being injured and two demonstrators being shot.
Nigeria Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announces he will contest the presidential election in January 2011.
November's presidential poll A presidential run-off election in Guinea is postponed due to lack of preparation.
Northern Territory Police Northern Territory Police call for reinforcements as violence breaks out amongst Australian aborigines in the town of Yuendumu following the death of an indigenous man.
United States The United States and Russia establish a working group to improve relations between the United States military and Russian military.
People's Republic of China A Chinese fishing boat returns to Quanzhou after being captured by the Japan Coast Guard off the disputed Senkaku Islands.
Malaysia Malaysia considers suing Israel in the International Court of Justice over the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
News Corp. News Corporation sells the "Fiji Times" to Fijian company Motibhai two weeks before a deadline set by the government of interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
Japan Japan intervenes in the foreign exchange market for the first time in six years to reduce the exchange rate for the yen in order to stimulate the Japanese economy.
United States United States cartoonist Molly Norris of Seattle, Washington, who developed Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, goes into hiding following a death threat from an Islamist radical.
Necropolis Pieces of an ancient necropolis taken from Egypt in 1999 are discovered in an antiques shop in Spain.
United States military US and Iraqi forces raid a neighbourhood in Fallujah resulting in at least six casualties.
New IRA The Real Irish Republican Army threatens to resume attacks on Mainland Britain including banks.
Hamas Hamas militants fire two Qassam rockets and mortar rounds into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israeli aircraft then bombed a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt.
Pakistan At least 12 people die in Pakistan's North Waziristan province as United States drone attacks continue for a second day.
Ethiopia Ethiopian forces, supported by Somaliland, kill 123 members of the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front in the east of the country and surround a further 90 rebels.