• 2011 Libyan civil war: Forces loyal to the National Transitional Council (NTC) enter Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Sirte, as the NTC's three-day assault on the city intensifies. (BBC)
• The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, orders the National Police's Detachment 88 counter-terrorism squad to investigate a recent suicide bombing in Solo, Java. (The Australian)

• Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are published online in a joint project between Israel's national museum and Google. (AP)

• Asian and European stock markets open lower in response to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe. (BusinessWeek) (Bloomberg) (IBN) (Sky News)

• More than 100,000 people in the Philippines are evacuated ahead of Typhoon Nesat, with Albay province lying directly in the storm's pathway. (AP via NineMSN)

• Tuvaluan Prime Minister Willy Telavi signs an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia during an official visit to Sukhumi. (RNZI)

• Six people appear in court on terrorism charges, a week after being arrested in the English city of Birmingham. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
• US actor Charlie Sheen settles his lawsuit with Warner Brothers and Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre. (Hollywood Reporter)

• About 300 students at Auckland University occupy a university building to protest increases in student fees. (New Zealand Herald)
• Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai dies while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71. (BBC)
• The British Labour Party votes to scrap the tradition of Shadow Cabinet elections at their annual conference in Liverpool. (BBC)
• The United States Senate reaches a temporary deal to avoid a government shutdown. (The Globe and Mail)
• The Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero dissolves the Cortes Generales and calls a general election for November 20. (Fox News Latino)