An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said on November 15 that Tehran was willing to share its controversial nuclear technology with neighboring countries, suggesting it could help Turkey build an atomic power plant.

Arab foreign ministers are to meet to consider how to increase the pressure on Syria, a day after one of the bloodiest crackdowns on protesters.

A judge upheld New York City's legal justification for evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park on November 15 after police in riot gear broke up a two-month-old demonstration against economic inequality.

Prime Minister-designate Mario Monti has said he is convinced Italy can overcome its financial crisis.

Police in New York launched a pre-dawn operation to clear the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park on November 14.

A Russian cargo ship with 11 people aboard disappeared in the White Sea early November 15 without sending any SOS signals, said the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a stronger political union in Europe to overcome the bloc’s debt crisis.

Leaders from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum issued a joint declaration on November 13, following the APEC Leaders’ Week Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dozens of people are reported to have died in continuing unrest across Syria, as the king of neighbouring Jordan urged President Assad to stand down.

China successfully completed on November 14 the country's second space docking that linked the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 again with the prototype space lab Tiangong-1, according to the mission's control center.