According to the British Financial Times: France is preparing to accelerate spending cuts to deal with the ongoing deficit problem.

According to TASS: Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with Syrian President Assad.

The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yield rose 10 basis points that day to 4.85%.

An Israeli assistant minister said water was being restored to the Bene al-Sahira area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

An Israeli assistant minister denies Hamas claims that Gaza has no water supplies.

Angolan President said the country has the ability to repay its debt.

The World Bank is reportedly considering providing Vietnam with an infrastructure loan of US$5 billion to US$7 billion.

Angola said it expected GDP growth to slow due to lower oil production.

According to Japanese broadcaster NHK, the preliminary magnitude of the earthquake in Japan was 6.0.

According to Japanese Broadcasting Association NHK: No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake in Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency JMA stated that an earthquake occurred near Miyakojima, Japan at 19:42:11 local time. The Meteorological Agency has issued an earthquake warning for the vicinity of Miyakojima.

Romanian Energy Minister: Romania will not need to import natural gas this winter under mild weather conditions.

The South African rand rose more than 1% against the US dollar on the day.

Romanian Energy Minister: Natural gas storage inventory has reached 106%.

Romanian Energy Minister: Given the current conflict, it is a good idea to maintain energy support programs to avoid price fluctuations.

According to AFP: Germany warned Iran not to "add fuel to the fire" in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

U.S. natural gas futures fell 3.00% during the day and are currently at $3.138/million British thermal units.

Market news: Britain and South Korea agreed to extend trade rules for 2 years.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos survey, 41% of Americans said the United States should support Israel in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.