Guinea's interim president, Gen. Sekouba Konate, on Wednesday set the date of the country's much-delayed presidential runoff election for November 7, a day after the nation's prime minister said voters would go to the polls on Sunday.

A man purporting to be Osama Bin Laden warned France to get its troops out of Afghanistan and not to oppress Muslims at home in a tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera network Wednesday.

The UN General Assembly on October 26 adopted a draft resolution calling on the United States to immediately end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba.

A volcano eruption on the afternoon of October 26 in Central Java of Indonesia has killed 17 people and injured at least 39 after the victims were hit by hot ash, and over 15,000 people have fled their homes.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are set to hold two-days of Red Cross talks beginning on Tuesday concerning reuniting families separated by the civil war decades ago.

At least 27 people were killed, 15 are missing and 2,500 homes were damaged in Myanmar as a result of Tropical Cyclone Giri, which slammed into the country last Friday with wind speeds of up to 155 mph, state television reported on October 25.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on October 25, the US Geological Survey reported.

Iran will move closer to the start-up of its first nuclear power plant on October 26 when it plans to load fuel into the core of the Bushehr reactor, a senior lawmaker said on October 25.

The EU is for the first time sending border guards to help Greece stem an influx of migrants entering across the land border with Turkey.

On October 23, the National Assembly discussed proposed revisions to the Law on Inspections and the Law on Administrative Litigation.