Senate The Senate of Thailand rejects an asylum bill that could have seen the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
U.S. district court A U.S. District Court judge, Victor Marrero, denies a motion by former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, the former CEO of MF Global, to dismiss investor litigation intended to hold him accountable for MF Global's blow-up in October 2011.
Philippines The Philippines faces a health crisis in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan with the official death toll at 1,774 and expected to rise quickly.
Stock exchanges U.S. stock exchanges jointly announce a plan to improve the technical functioning of their markets, in the face of recent high-profile glitches such as the trading halt in Nasdaq in August.
South Africa Two people are killed and five others injured when a bomb explodes in Bedfordview, South Africa, near the Eastgate shopping mall.