October 10, 2009 (Saturday)
- Ten to fifteen security personnel are taken hostage by militants after an attack on Pakistan's military headquarters in Islamabad. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (Xinhua)
- Armenia and Turkey normalise their relationship when their foreign ministers sign an accord in Zurich, Switzerland. (BBC) (The Sofia Echo) (Al Jazeera)
- President of Poland Lech Kaczyński signs the Treaty of Lisbon, leaving the Czech Republic as the last national opponent. (BBC News) (RTÉ) (Deusche Welle)
- At least 70 people are killed after a fuel tanker explodes in Nigeria. (AFP) (Xinhua)
- 186 people are killed by landslides in the Philippines. (CNN)
- Ireland's Green Party votes by 84% to endorse a new Programme for Government with government partners Fianna Fáil.(Reuters) (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Over 300 British MPs will be asked to repay or explain expenses after controversy earlier this year. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Three people are sentenced to death for being involved in forbidden groups after being arrested during protests against Iran's disputed presidential election earlier this year. (Al Jazeera)
- Unions in Guinea call for a two day strike in protest at the deaths of opposition supporters at a rally last month. (Bloomberg) (BBC)
- United States President Barack Obama announces he will end the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy against homosexuals serving in the U.S. military. (Associated Press) (BBC)
- More than 40 people are arrested after clashes between anti-Islamic and anti-racist demonstrations in Manchester, England. (The Times) (BBC) (Times of India)
- The Argentine Senate passes a controversial media bill regarding the ownership of media outlets in the country. (Buenos Aires Herald) (AFP) (CNN)
- Thousands of protesters gather in St Petersburg, Russia, against a plan to build a 77 storey building for Gazprom. (The Guardian) (AFP)