Japan:
Secretary-general of ASEAN Surin Pitsuwan to hold a news conference (0500) at the Japan National Press Club a week ahead of ASEAN summit that will take place in Vietnam.
China:
US Attorney-General Eric Holder visits; likely to discuss copyright infringement issues, jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo; second and final day
South Korea:
Seoul hosts five-day chiefs of defence conference (-22); senior defence officials from 27 countries, including USA, Japan, Russia and India, participate
South Korea:
G20 Deputy Finance Ministers and Deputy Central Bank Governors Meeting.
Russia:
Moscow City Duma (council) meets to approve Sergey Sobyanin as new mayor
Russia:
Hearings begin libel lawsuit filed by sacked Moscow mayor Yuriy Luzhkov against Ekho Moskvy radio and tabloid Tvoy Den over reports about funding allocated to victims of summer wildfires
Russia:
Looking for reaction after Moscow announces plans to privatize around 900 enterprises owned or controlled by the Russian Federation or its regions by 2015. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said the majority of enterprises are in strategic sectors, and would bring the state 1.8 trillion rubles (about $58 billion) in revenue
Turkmenistan:
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev begins two-day visit for talks with counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Iran:
Following up after Iran and Venezuela signed 11 agreements in Tehran, including one that calls for the establishment of a joint oil company and the construction of a refinery in Syria
Iran:
Tehran's current supply of 20 percent-enriched uranium stands at 30 kilograms, according to Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi. Iran has also launched a new exploration project, Salehi said, at the Gachin uranium mine in Bandar Abbas which are ready for extraction
Turkey:
Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visits to discuss Iraqi efforts to form a government, security issues
Turkey:
Following up after Turkey's largest company and only oil refinery, Tupras, has been ordered to pay 605.4 million Turkish liras ($423.3 million) in overdue taxes and penalties for a period between 2005 and 2009
Syria:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived has met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to discuss the creation of three joint ventures, will make press statements today and then depart for Libya.
Qatar:
Third and final day of eighth annual Doha Conference on Interfaith Dialogue
Sudan:
Southern Sudan has said it plans to call a constitutional convention and to establish a transitional government if the region secedes from Sudan in 2011, under the leadership of Salva Kiir
Guinea:
Guinea's presidential run-off vote scheduled for October 24 is likely to be delayed another week in order to have calm and transparent elections, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said after talking with International Francophonie Organisation president Abdou Diouf
Serbia:
Serbia and Macedonia may lose visa-free travel privileges if they cannot stop citizens from seeking asylum in the European Union, according to a letter from European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem
Switzerland:
WTO General Council Meeting.
Germany:
The German government is to announce partnerships with nations who produce rare earth elements (REE) and help to develop a REE recycling center as a part of a new strategy to secure enough REEs used for high-tech products, and will bring the issue up at the G-8 and G-20 summits
Germany:
Looking for reaction after Berlin said more than 1,000 potentially violent Islamist militants reside in Germany, with the number rising in the past few years, Germany’s federal criminal police, or Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), said
France:
Winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to be announced.
UK:
Watching global reaction to yesterday's announcement of comprehensive spending review by government
US:
Third round of US-Pakistan strategic dialogue continues in Washington (-22); Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Army Chief Ishfaq Pervez Kayani, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend
US:
Washington has formally notified Congress of arms sales to Saudi Arabia worth around $60 billion, divided into four packages (The largest of which is worth $29.4 billion and includes 84 Boeing F-15 fighter aircraft and the upgrade of another 70 F-15s, as well as advanced missiles, night vision goggles and guided munitions. The three other packages include 72 Blackhawk helicopters, 36 Apache attack helicopters and thousands of Hellfire missiles.) The U.S. Congress has 30 days to stop the sale
UN:
Security Council holds consultations on Somalia (1400).
Bolivia:
Thousands expect to take part in a march in Bolivia to protest new anti-racism law which critics say will stifle freedom of the press.
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