The US and Germany have welcomed the result of the Turkish constitutional referendum.

At least three Palestinians have been killed by tank fire near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, reports say.

At least two people were killed and four were injured in Afghanistan Sunday in protests against the pastor who had planned to burn the Quran in Florida, a local official said.

China called off planned talks with Japan over an undersea gas bed dispute and warned of further repercussions while Japan lodged a protest on September 12 over another maritime spat between the two big neighbors.

Film director Sofia Coppola has taken the Golden Lion top prize at the Venice Film Festival, for her film Somewhere on September 11.  

Turkish voters will go to the polls on September 12 in a crucial referendum on constitutional reform which could bring about the biggest change to the country's political landscape in three decades.

Israeli F16 warplanes raided the northern Gaza Strip on September 10 but caused no damage or injuries, witnesses and paramedics said.

On September 11, US President Barack Obama called for religious tolerance ahead of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, asking people not to "turn on each other".

"Love 99, Happiness forever" was the theme as 163 couples married in Taiwan's capital on September 9.

Asian economic powers Japan and India broadly agreed on September 9 on a free trade deal that aims to reduce most tariffs between the two nations in a decade, Japanese foreign minister Katsuya Okada said.