Asia

• Pakistani militants have attacked another truck convoy carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan. 
• A suspected U.S. missile attack killed three in Pakistan's tribal areas. 
• China's communist party opened its annual meeting amid calls for political and economic reform. 

Middle East

• In a speech given just a few miles from the Israeli border, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Hezbollah a model for the world. 
• A roadside bomb hit a senior politician's convoy in Baghdad, killing four. 
• Iran was elected to the presidency of OPEC.

Africa

• The Somali-American Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been appointed prime minsiter of Somalia. 
• Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said that his power-sharing deal with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai should not be renewed after next year. 
• Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was arrested over alleged links to rebel activity. 

Europe

• Engineers in Switzerland have completed the digging of the world's longest tunnel. 
• Fuel supplies to Paris' main airports have been cut off by ongoing pension strieks. 
• Hungary is due to reopen the aluminum plant that flooded part of the country with toxic sludge and resettle residents on contaminated land today. 

Americas

• Russia has signed a deal to help Venezuela build a nuclear power plant. 
• A Mexican radio station broadcast what it says is a conversation between one of the country's top drug lords and a federal lawmaker. 
• Lawyers are working on a deal to settle charges against Canadian-born Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay.