A Japanese power company restarted a nuclear reactor this week, the first to come back online since a March earthquake and tsunami in the nation.  

As global food security remains in danger, leaders from the world's major economies should continue to pay attention to the challenging issue, the World Bank said on November 1.

Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, said on November 1 that a new global action plan for nuclear safety created by his organization must be utilized by nations.

Syria says it has reached agreement with the Arab League on a plan to end its deadly crackdown against an anti-government uprising and begin a dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition.

Israel says it will speed up Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - and freeze the transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority.

The United Nations Security Council has expressed "concern" over the fate of the massive weapons stockpile built up in Libya under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

The United Nations' cultural agency granted the Palestinians full membership on October 31, a step forward in their long-running efforts to achieve recognition before the world as an independent state.

Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has elected little-known academic Abdul Raheem al-Keeb as the new interim prime minister.

China has taken the next step in its quest to become a major space power with the launch of the unmanned Shenzhou 8 vehicle.

Greece will hold a referendum on a new European Union aid package intended to resolve the country's debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou says.