Uganda Wildlife Authority The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) states that the population of some animals in the country's national parks and game reserves has doubled since 1999.
Soyuz TMA-18 The Soyuz TMA-18 capsule carrying three members of the International Space Station lands safely in Kazakhstan.
United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party elects Ed Miliband over his older brother David in the tightest leadership election in history, with Ed coming out on top in only the 4th round of voting.
American targeted killing program The U.S. government urges a judge to dismiss a lawsuit which challenges an American targeted killing program which is currently hunting an American citizen who has no charges brought against him.
Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines Flight 782 departing from Toronto, Canada, for Karachi, Pakistan, carrying 273 passengers lands at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, due to a bomb threat. A man is taken into custody by the Swedish National Task Force and then released.
United States A U.S. federal court judge denies convicted murderer and rapist Albert Green's request for a stay of execution, clearing the way for California's first execution in five years.
People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China demands an apology from Japan after a recently detained fishing boat captain returns. Japan's Foreign Ministry rejects the call.
Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly, where he states that Palestinians desire "a comprehensive and just" peace agreement and requests that Israel cease its policy of building settlements in the West Bank.
Schaerbeek At least two people are killed and seventeen injured in a domestic gas explosion in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels, Belgium.
United Nations The United Nations estimates on a preliminary basis that at least 2,000 tents were damaged or destroyed in the storm that struck Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.
Nobel Prize for Literature 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive the award, launches a political party ahead of Nigeria's upcoming presidential election.
Verona Those sexually abused as children by Catholic priests in Italy gather in public for the first time in Verona to campaign for the act to be made a crime against humanity and to organise an international demonstration outside the Vatican next month.
Israel One of three Palestinians wounded by Israeli tank fire on 14 September dies in the Gaza Strip.
Police in Russia Two Russian police and seven militants are killed in firefights in the southern republic of Dagestan while thirty people are injured in a suicide bombing.
Taliban Gun battle between security forces and Taliban fighters leave four militants including their commander dead in Wardak province 40 km west of Afghanistan capital Kabul.