Saturday
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti resigns with his political plans still in doubt, paving the way for early elections next year in a lynchpin eurozone state still mired in recession.
Washington: US President Barack Obama nominates Senator John Kerry as his next Secretary of State, noting his vast foreign policy experience makes him the "perfect choice" to guide the American diplomacy.
Los Angeles: Late rockstar George Harrison's widow Olivia joins hundreds of fans and family members of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar to pay last homage to the Indian music legend at his adopted home in California.
Sunday
Damascus: Over 60 people are killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi launched a new bid to resolve Syria's brutal 21-month conflict.
Nairobi: Forces of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region raid a hijacked ship and safely rescued 22 hostages, including five Indians, who had been held captive for nearly three years, authorities say.
Monday
Washington: Apparently unmoved by a national outcry over the Sandy Hook school massacre, the most powerfull gun lobby in US has ruled out backing new proposed restraints on firearms in the country and instead has pushed for placing armed guards in schools.
Tuesday
Cairo: Egypt's electoral commission announces that voters had approved overwhelmingly the constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies.
Islamabad: India and Pakistan finalise the terms of reference for a judicial commission expected to visit India to gather evidence on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks after talks held over the past five days.
Wednesday
Cairo: Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi congratulates his countrymen for endorsing a new constitution in a referendum that was "totally transparent" and called on the opposition to join him in a national dialogue to resolve lingering tensions.
Tokyo: Japan's newly-elected prime minister Shinzo Abe pledges to rebuild the economy and mend Japan's alliance with the United States in the face of an assertive China at his first press conference.
Islamabad: Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will make his formal entry into the hurly burly of Pakistani politics at an event to be held to mark the fifth death anniversary of his mother Benazir Bhutto.
Thursday
Singapore: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, who was flown in an air ambulance from India early morning, was in an extremely critical condition at the super specialty Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
United Nations: India, Brazil, China and other emerging nations will pay more to the United Nations after the General Assembly approved a 5% increase to the world body's budget for 2012-13 to $5.4 billion.
Friday
Beijing: China's new Communist Party leader Xi Jinping will formally take over as President in early March when the country's legislature opens to elect the leaders at various levels.
Singapore: The condition of the 23-year-old victim of a gruesome gang-rape in Delhi, admitted in a super-speciality hospital, has taken a "turn for the worse" tonight with signs of severe organ failure.
Melbourne: Two Sydney-based Australian DJs, who pulled off a controversial royal prank on a UK hospital treating pregnant Princess Kate which led to the suicide of a British-Indian nurse, may escape facing criminal charges.
