Spanish Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero dissolves the Cortes Generales and calls a general election for November 20.
United States Senate The United States Senate reaches a temporary deal to avoid a government shutdown.
Labour Party The British Labour Party votes to scrap the tradition of Shadow Cabinet elections at their annual conference in Liverpool.
Kenya Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai dies while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71.
Auckland University About 300 students at Auckland University occupy a university building to protest increases in student fees.
Charlie Sheen US actor Charlie Sheen settles his lawsuit with Warner Brothers and "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre.
Terrorism in the United Kingdom Six people appear in court on terrorism charges, a week after being arrested in the English city of Birmingham.
Tuvalu Tuvaluan Prime Minister Willy Telavi signs an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia during an official visit to Sukhumi.
Philippines More than 100,000 people in the Philippines are evacuated ahead of Typhoon Nesat, with Albay province lying directly in the storm's pathway.
Asia Asian and European stock markets open lower in response to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
Dead Sea Scrolls Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are published online in a joint project between Israel's national museum and Google.
President The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, orders the National Police's Detachment 88 counter-terrorism squad to investigate a recent suicide bombing in Solo, Java.
Civil war 2011 Libyan civil war: Forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) enter Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Sirte, as the NTC's three-day assault on the city intensifies.