Identifying terror emanating from Pakistan as the "greatest threat" to regional peace and stability, India and Afghanistan have said that setting up an effective counter-terror framework to deal with the challenge will be a major focus at the two-day Heart of Asia conference beginning Saturday.
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 14 images.
A puncture slashed Lewis Hamilton's championship lead over McLaren team mate Fernando Alonso to five points.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday that he missed winning and intended to clamber back on top of the podium in Turkey this weekend. "This weekend obviously I want to get points, but I want to win. I miss winning, so that's my plan," the 23-year-old told reporters at the Istanbul Park circuit.
India is the third largest consumer of petroleum products, after the US and China.
Authorities in Turkey are still searching for Khashoggi's remains. Last week, the Turkish chief prosecutor's office said the 60-year-old's body was dismembered after he was strangled, while the Washington Post reported investigators were looking into the theory that the body was dissolved in acid.
Foreign secretaries of the two nations met in Istanbul. Pakistani hardliners have condemned it.
Airline to deploy around 50 planes in the next seven months
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
GMR Infra's exit from this project, expected this year, will mark the company's waning global presence after a very aggressive expansion.
FIFA ordered Turkey to play their next six home matches abroad following a brawl after a qualifier against Switzerland in Istanbul.
'The outrage that followed the destruction of the Babri Masjid was an inability to see the event for what it was: The rectification of a grave historical wrong, the restitution of a hurt of a people and the countering of moral injustice,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
Sania will now be seen in action in the French open, where she will face Italian Alberta Brianti in the first round.
The Indian ace lost to Meghann Shaughnessy in the US $200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis tournament
Fourth-seeded Venus Williams outpowered Bulgarian Tatiana Poutchek 6-1 6-2 to move into the second round of the Istanbul Cup on Tuesday.
Midfield mastery holds the key in the European Cup Champions League final.
Star India grappler Vinesh Phogat won her second consecutive gold in 53kg
Steven Gerrard thinks AC Milan is an improved side in 2007 but is confident Liverpool can keep them under check.
The Pakistani PM is now scheduled to travel to Malaysia next week and to China on November 3 to seek financial assistance from the two friendly countries.
Russia on Wednesday carried out intense rocket strikes targeting the Islamic State in Syria from warships in the Caspian Sea, 1500 km away.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised at how smooth and easy going everything was,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
The worried families of three missing British schoolgirls believed to have fled to Syria to join the Islamic State on Monday made a moving plea to them to come back home as Scotland Yard sent its officers to search for them in Turkey.
In its citation, the academy said Pamuk, who lives and works in Istanbul, "in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
Rafael Nadal blasted the decision not to award Madrid the 2020 Olympic Games, claiming the International Olympic Committee had not treated the Spanish capital fairly.
Bishnoi is alleged to be the kingpin of a global syndicate involved in smuggling of fire arms and wildlife.
The Indian boxer won only the second gold medal ever for the country at the World Cadet Boxing Championships.
The promising Indian pugilist beat Haletsich Aliaksei of Belarus to become the first Indian in three years to enter the final of the World Cadet Boxing Championships.
One of the schoolgirls who had disappeared from her home in Britain to travel to Syria has tweeted a picture that appears to confirm she has joined terror group Islamic State.
Fernando Alonso looks a good bet to fill Michael Schumacher's seat at the end of the 2006 season.
The Indian woman GM beat Maka Purtseladze of Georgia and moved to joint-second position after the penultimate round in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship.
Additional Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Munir Khan said restrictions in Jammu have been completely lifted.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Gu Xiaobing lead the boys and girls' sections respectively in the World junior chess championships.
'I have been a court reporter for many years and have not seen such blatant suppression of those who are fighting for human rights, suppression of freedom of expression, and linking it to terrorism.'
