Mount Merapi volcano has erupted for a third time, with local people reportedly saying this was louder and stronger than the previous eruption on Tuesday.

A bomb attack at a crowded coffee shop in Iraq on Friday evening killed 25 people, according to Interior Ministry officials.

The UN biodiversity meeting in Japan has agreed a 10-year plan aimed at preserving nature.

Unemployment in the eurozone edged up in September, defying hopes that rapid economic growth in the previous months would translate into a swift recovery for the labour market.

Hopes are fading for more than 300 people still registered missing after Monday's tsunami in Indonesia, as the death toll climbs to 394.

Ten EU countries have rallied behind the UK's call to limit an increase in the 2011 EU budget to 2.9 percent - well below the rise that Euro MPs called for.

The United States and its European allies are preparing a new offer to Iran on a possible nuclear fuel swap that would include tougher conditions than those Tehran rejected last year, the US State Department said on October 29.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has confirmed he plans to call a general election before his government's term of office expires at the end of next year.

Aerial images from the tsunami-hit Mentawai Islands in Indonesia have revealed the extent of destruction, as officials raised the death toll to 311.

The Republic of Korea’s economy grew at a slower rate in the third quarter than in the previous quarter, with the recovery pace losing momentum under the influence of a stronger local currency, the central bank said on October 27.