Cambodia: A UN-backed court is set to hand down a verdict on former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch. Court officials are expected to hold a news conference.
Philippines: President Aquino outlines his legislative agenda in his first State of the Nation address in Congress
India: Parliament re-opens, expected to start on a stormy note with opposition likely to attack the government over spiralling prices, Maoist attacks and India-Pakistan talks.
Iran: Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said he is ready to begin meetings with the Vienna Group on the Tehran Declaration nuclear fuel swap deal and requested that Turkey and Brazil sit in on future meetings with the Vienna Group (the United States, France, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency). Nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili will meet with EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton in the near future. Ahmet Davutoglu said the meeting would likely take place in Istanbul - but did not specify today.
Turkey: British Prime Minister David Cameron expected to arrive for two-day visit Turkey. Cameron will be accompanied by British Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
Iraq: Curtain raiser as the Iraqi parliament will meet July 27 to hold its second session since the March 7 parliamentary elections, according to Parliament Speaker Fuad Masoum
Yemen: Huthi rebels have agreed to a cease-fire with the army-backed Bin Aziz tribe following several days of fighting. The rebels said the group viewed the Bin Aziz tribe as one and the same with the Yemeni government.
Israel: Thousands expected to attend Jerusalem's controversial Gay Pride parade under heavy security.
Gaza: A Hamas official called on the European Union to rescind its boycott of the group and open direct talks. Yusif Rizka, an aide to senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, said meetings between Hamas and Western diplomats had taken place in the past
Uganda: African Union summit continues in Kampala; meeting likely to focus on situation in Somalia; African leaders expected to seek deployment of more troops in country – possibly from South Africa.
Mali: Deadline set by so-called “Al-Qa'idah in Land of Islamic Maghreb” for France to comply with their demands or otherwise say will kill captive French aid worker Michel Germaneau.
Belarus: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad starts visits to meet President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, other officials to discuss economic cooperation, business ties (-27)
Ukraine: Russia has invited Ukraine to participate more frequently in the Fairway of Peace naval exercises, conducted by the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian navy. Russian navy chief Adm. Vladimir Masorin suggested holding the exercises every year under a rotating command, instead of once every two years. Russia also announced two Baltic Fleet warships, the Neustrashimy and Yaroslav Mudry, will be transferred to the Black Sea Fleet in 2011, following an agreement with Ukraine.
Greece: EU, IMF and ECB officials to visit Greece to start their next review of how Greece is implementing its 110 billion euro pain-for-gain austerity programme (to Aug. 6).
Romania: The International Monetary Fund starts mission to review Bucharest's 20 billion euros aid deal
Serbia: The Serbian parliament will meet today to discuss the U.N. International Court of Justice's July 22 ruling that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 was legal.
Belgium: EU foreign ministers hold a one-day meeting. 0800gmt start. New sanctions on Iranian shipping lines and a ban on new investment, technical assistance and technology transfers to Iran's oil and gas industry. Kosovo is also likely to dominate the meeting
France: Scientists from CERN in Geneva will present results obtained at the LHC "Big Bang machine" that has been working full blast since late March. Starts 1100gmt
US: New York City has just implemented a new food safety grading system for restaurants. The new system calls for a letter grade to be awarded to every restaurant and for the establishment to display their grade on a sign on the front door. Restaurants that do not receive an "A" grade, or which have been found to have rats, roaches or unclean surfaces, can expect to see customers turn away at the door.
Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez cancels trip to Havana to celebrate anniversary of start of Cuban revolution, cites danger of "armed aggression" by Colombia amid escalating tensions; threatens to cut oil supply to US if Venezuela is raided by Colombian forces
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