Shinzo Abe Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is elected the leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
Ireland Ireland's Minister of State for Primary Care Róisín Shortall resigns due to a dispute with Minister for Health James Reilly. She also resigns from the Labour Party.
ANC Youth League Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is charged with money laundering at a court in South Africa.
Russia Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev is charged with hooliganism and battery over a televised punch-up, with a possible five-year jail sentence in what he says is revenge for criticising President Vladimir Putin.
Senkaku Islands dispute Japanese automakers suspend operations in China until after National Day and announce plans to cut output in the country.
China responds to Noda's speech by calling it "self-deceiving" and as a "challenge" to the post-war international order.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addresses the UNGA by stating that Japan is committed to a "peaceful solution" to its territorial disputes, but that it intends to "fulfill its responsibility" to protecting its sovereignty.
Russia Russia and Japan schedule a sub-cabinet level meeting for October in Tokyo to discuss the Kuril Islands dispute.
Trade union Trade unions in Greece call a general strike in protest against continuing austerity measures.
Syrian civil war Local activists report a massacre of over 40 civilians by the Syrian army in the Damascus suburb of Thiabieh.
Press TV correspondent Maya Nasser is killed by sniper fire while reporting from the scene of twin bomb blasts in Damascus.
Twin explosions near the headquarters of the Syrian Armed Forces in central Damascus kill at least four military guards.