The moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is to be lifted, the US government has confirmed.

The final checks are taking place in Chile before the rescue of 33 miners who have been trapped 700m (2,295ft) below ground for more than two months.

A road crash south of the Polish capital, Warsaw, has left 17 people dead, local police have said.

Two people drowned and two are still missing after a tidal wave washed the four into a river in east China's Zhejiang Province on October 11.

Asian authorities anxious about currency appreciation moved to stem foreign capital inflows on October 11 while a European official stepped up rhetoric about a strong euro after IMF meetings failed to defuse tensions about exchange rates.

Palestinian officials have rejected an offer by the Israeli government to halt settlement construction if they recognise Israel as a "Jewish state".

The head of the company at the center of a toxic spill in Hungary has been arrested, accused of public endangerment and harming the environment, authorities said on October 11.  

Rescuers successfully tested a capsule to hoist Chile's 33 trapped miners to freedom and aim to start evacuating them on the night of October 12 after a two-month ordeal that has gripped the world's imagination.

Panicked people rushed out of their homes as an earthquake jolted Pakistan's capital city Islamabad early in October 11 morning.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a grand military parade on October 10 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).