Euromillions The Euromillions lottery website is hacked; its homepage is replaced by a Quran passage which condemns gambling.
Gary Glitter Former pop star Gary Glitter is arrested on suspicion of sex offences by police investigating the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.
Kostas Vaxevanis Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis is arrested over the publication of a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.
Dragon The SpaceX Dragon capsule on a re-supply mission to the International Space Station returns to Earth.
East Coast The East Coast of the United States prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which has killed at least 67 people and caused widespread damage in the Caribbean.
United Nations The United Nations calls for action to end renewed hostilities between ethnic Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine State that have killed dozens and displaced more than 22,500.
Kaduna Ten people are killed and over 100 injured after a suicide bombing and reprisal attacks close to a Catholic church in Kaduna, Northern Nigeria.
Eight car bombings Iraqi insurgency: Car bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15 and injure 33 others.
Syrian civil war Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges support for the rebels in a new video uploaded to a jihadist website.