Politics of Tunisia Rached Ghannouchi is elected Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Tunisia.
2019 Bolivian protests Two people were killed on in clashes between Bolivian police and supporters of former president Evo Morales. In total, 10 people have been killed so far since political turmoil broke out in Bolivia.
Bolivia's exiled former president Evo Morales rejects the presidency of opposition senator Jeanine Áñez, but police bar lawmakers from his party from entering the legislature to undo it.
2019 Hong Kong protests Schools, transport links and businesses close amid rising clashes in the city.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows not to give in to protesters as chaos continues into Wednesday morning.
Comfort women After the South Korean government launches an investigation into comfort women, a survivor tells the press that Japan "lacked honor" for failing to attend the South Korean court's proceedings.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases The Australian High Court agrees to hear a final appeal from ex-Vatican treasurer and convicted child sex offender George Pell, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting three teenage choirboys.
Foreign relations of Bolivia Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez officially establishes relations with Juan Guaido's government after he recognizes her as President of Bolivia on Twitter.
Japan–North Korea relations South Korean media reports that between May and September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe sent personal letters to North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold bilateral meetings to ease tensions between the two countries. A Japanese government spokesman denies the report.
Nitra A bus collision with a truck near Nitra kills 13 people and leaves at least 17 wounded. The disaster is the deadliest in Slovakia in a decade.
Crime in Poland Two people are arrested in Poland for planning to kill Muslims in an attack inspired by the 2011 Utoya-Oslo attacks by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, and the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings.
Islamist insurgency in Mozambique Jihadists kill six civilians and injure seven in a village near the Mozambique–Tanzania border. All the victims are Tanzanian nationals, while the terrorists are identified as Mozambicans.
Gaza–Israel conflict An Islamic Jihad rocket commander and five relatives are killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Terrorism in Indonesia A suicide bomber kills himself and injures six other people when he detonates near police headquarters in Medan, Indonesia.
War in Afghanistan A suicide car bomb kills 12 people and injures 20 others near the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan.