October 30, 2011 (Sunday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- A United States drone attack kills six militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. (AP via Google News)
- The interim Prime Minister of Libya Mahmoud Jibril confirms the presence of chemical weapons in Libya under the Gaddafi regime and announces that weapons inspectors would be visiting the country to help get rid of them. (AP via Washington Post)
Business and economy
- Fair Work Australia orders the Australian airline Qantas and its unions to reach an agreement within 21 days meaning that services will resume on Monday. (News Limited)
International relations
- The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011 finishes in the Australian city of Perth. (The West Australian)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Colombia go to the polls for local gubernatorial and mayoral elections, including the mayors of Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali. (Americas Society)
- Gustavo Petro is elected Mayor of Bogotá. (Washington Post)
- Aníbal Gaviria of the Colombian Liberal Party is elected Mayor of Medellín, narrowly defeating former Mayor Luis Pérez. (Colombia Reports)
- Rodrigo Guerrero, an independent, is elected Mayor of Cali. (Colombia Reports)
- Campo Elias Teran of the Alianza Social Independiente is elected Mayor of Cartagena with 54.89%. (Colombia Reports)
- Green Party candidate Sergio Fajardo is elected Governor of Antioquia Department. (Financial Times)
- Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls for a Presidential election with Almazbek Atambayev winning in a landslide. (The Hindu)
- Voters in Bulgaria went to the polls for the second round of a presidential election with Rosen Plevneliev of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria being elected. (AP via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)[permanent dead link]