United Nations The United Nations projects that the world's population will pass 7 billion on October 31, 2011.
41st Canadian General Election Results from the 41st Canadian General Election give the Conservative Party of Canada a majority government while the NDP will form the Official Opposition for the first time in Canadian political history.
Shelley Hancock Shelley Hancock is elected as the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Australia's most populous state, New South Wales.
South Africa The murder of a South African lesbian activist who was stoned and stabbed to death is condemned as part of an "epidemic" of hate crimes against gays in South Africa.
Police officers Iranian police clash with protesters at a club soccer match between Piroozi Athletic and Saudi Arabia's Ittihad FC.
Sellafield Five people are arrested near the Sellafield nuclear power plant in Cumbria, England, under the Terrorism Act.
Exiled Tibetan parliament A Tibetan parliament-in-exile delegation appeals to foreign embassies in New Delhi, India, for help to release three monks from the Kirti monastery in northeastern Tibet detained by Chinese authorities and to address additional human rights violations in Tibet by China.
European Union European Union Foreign Affairs head, Catherine Ashton, condemns Iran for its ongoing executions of juvenile offenders following the public execution of two juveniles in Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls on Palestinian Authority President Abbas to choose peace with Israel and not Hamas, saying that the Fatah-Hamas unity government deal would jeopardize the already-stalled peace process because Hamas opposes the existence of Israel; Abbas rejects the call as “unacceptable interference”.
San Juan de Sabinas Municipality A mine explosion in San Juan de Sabinas Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila kills three people, injures one and leaves another 11 trapped.
Tuscaloosa The US city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama revises the number of missing there during the 2011 Super Outbreak from 340 on Monday to 80.
US Army Corps of Engineers The US Army Corps of Engineers blasts a hole in two levees along the Mississippi River, flooding some 200 sqmi of Missouri farmland in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois further downriver from record-breaking flood waters.
Black box Searchers find the second flight recorder from Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.
Tornadoes A tornado hits Albany, a northern suburb of the New Zealand city of Auckland, causing at least one death, injuries and property damage.
José Socrates José Sócrates, the Prime Minister of Portugal, announces a bail out deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India increases interest rates by 50 basis points to 7.25 per cent.
National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire Dozens of people are killed in fighting between the National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire and forces loyal to former President of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan.
Police Up to ten Afghan police officers are killed in a NATO air strike on a highway in Ghazni Province.
Car bomb A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match.
Syrian protests UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says that Britain is working with European allies to impose targeted sanctions on Syrian leaders, including asset freezes and travel bans, in response to the ongoing government suppression of pro-democracy protesters.
More than 1,000 people have been detained across Syria since Saturday in security crackdowns in to keep people off the streets and aimed at suppressing the uprising against President al-Assad, according to human rights activists.
Syrian forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad moved into the center of the city of Baniyas, which had been under the control of pro-democracy demonstrators in recent weeks.
Saudi Arabian protests Human Rights Watch has asked the government of Saudi Arabia to release a rights activist who was arrested for participating in peaceful demonstrations, saying a recent wave of arrests is jeopardizing any chance of reform.
Thousands of people are at risk of death from thirst and starvation in Yafran due to Muammar Gaddafi's forces besieging the city, shutting off water and blocking food supplies.
White House Press Secretary White House Press Secretary Jay Carney reveals that Osama bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces entered his compound.