An earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Bali early on October 13, rattling buildings and sending dozens to hospitals with minor injuries.

Greece would negotiate a reduction in the Greek state debt with European partners "in every possible way", Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday in Athens.  

Iranian officials on Wednesday strongly rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic had plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

There are conflicting reports in Libya about the fate of one of ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons.

Tahrir Square in Cairo, Green Square in Tripoli, Syntagma Square in Athens and now Zuccotti Park in New York popular anger against entrenching power elites is spreading around the world.

The Islamic Hamas movement said on October 11 that 1,027 Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons will be freed next week in exchange for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Iraqi officials say a series of bombings across Baghdad capital has killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 40 others.

Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged on October 11 to make more efforts to boost bilateral ties during a talk held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

A Ukrainian court on October 11 sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of office in relation to a 2009 gas deal with Russia that she brokered, a case regarded widely in the West as politically orchestrated.

Republicans in the US Senate have blocked President Barack Obama's jobs bill in a procedural vote.