Koreas: North and South Korea expected to hold Colonel-level talks at at the Panmunjom truce village that straddles the border between the two Koreas.
Malaysia: Opposition parties plan to hold a protest against government's effort to trim its subsidy bill by hiking petrol and sugar prices.
Myanmar: North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun visits; first visit by North Korean official since Rangoon bombing 27 years ago
India: Last day of visit by UK’s Cameron, Hague and Osborne as well as Business Secretary Vince Cable. Cameron holds separate talks with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, President Pratibha Patil and counterpart Manmohan Singh; news conference follows
Pakistan: Watching developments as investigations begin into causes of yesterday’s crash
Russia: President Dmitriy Medvedev chairs meeting of National Projects and Demographic Policies' Council to brainstorm energy effectiveness and energy saving in 2011-2013 national projects
Russia: Pro-government politicized youth movement camp Seliger-2010 concludes in Tver Region
Kyrgyzstan: A land dispute has occurred between Kyrgyz and Tajik residents on the border. Kyrgyz villagers of Minbulak and Tajik residents of Surkh close to the Kok-Tash border outpost were involved in the incident, which was reportedly caused by the illegal use of lands by Tajik citizens.
Iran: Iran will cease uranium enrichment at 20 percent if world powers agree to a nuclear fuel swap proposal, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, according to Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu
UAE: The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ron Prosor, met with the exiled crown prince of the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in March, who asked his help in ousting the emirate's current leadership, which consists al-Khaimeh's father, Sheikh Saqr, and half brother, Sheikh Saud, The Guardian reported. Al-Khaimeh was exiled in 2003 and currently lives in London.
Iraq: Retrial of Ali Lutfi al-Rawi who was sentenced to life imprisonment for 2004 kidnapping and murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan but successfully appealed; some doubt as to whether will go ahead as prison authorities have been unable to locate him?
Iraq: A State of Law (SoL) coalition spokesman said the alliance between SoL and the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) is likely to collapse due to the crisis over the prime minister’s post. Izzat al-Shahbandar said that Iran would like to maintain this alliance at any cost and could accept Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, but would never accept al-Iraqiya List leader Iyad Allawi as prime minister.
Syria: Saudi King Abdallah visits to meet President Bashar al-Asad ahead of Beirut Summit tomorrow
Israel: Thousands attend Jerusalem's controversial gay pride parade – usually involves heavy security presence and orthodox attacks.
Gaza: The UN is organising a kite festival at 1330 GMT to break last year’s record where around 3000 children flew kites simultaneously, this attempt will include 7500 children.
Egypt: Arab Foreign Ministers meet to discuss ongoing indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and the possibility of moving towards direct talks.
Egypt: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas meets members of Arab League's Arab Peace Initiative Committee to discuss Middle East “peace process”
Egypt: Egypt will issue visas to members of an Iranian parliamentary delegation slated to visit Gaza, Iran's IRNA reported, citing comments from Ahmadi Bighash, member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.
Somalia: A rebel group based in Puntland said it would wage war against the semi-autonomous region's government until Shariah is enacted, according to Sheikh Mohamed Saiid Atom, speaking in the town of Galkayo
Sudan: Two-day conference to increase awareness of 2011 referendum on independence of South Sudan concludes in regional capital Juba
Greece: Workers stage a new 24-hour strike to protest against government's austerity measures.
Austria: Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE's press freedom representative, Dunja Mijatovic, delivers report to Council; first since took over post in March; press conference follows (1100 gmt)
Serbia: The Serbian government has submitted a draft resolution on the International Court of Justice's Kosovo ruling to the U.N. General Assembly. The resolution "clearly states" that unilateral secession is not an acceptable way to solve territorial disputes, and calls for a dialogue to find mutually acceptable solutions, according to the statement.
Italy: Chamber of Deputies, its lower house of parliament, approved a 25 billion euro ($32.4 billion) austerity package with a vote of 329-275
Belgium: The European Union will discuss with the P-5+1 group of mediators the possibility of including Turkey and Brazil in talks on Iran's nuclear program, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said
US: Highly controversial illegal immigration law goes into effect in Arizona.
US: The United States is prepared to follow up on specifics regarding its plan to provide fuel for a research reactor in Tehran in exchange for some of Iran's low-enriched uranium. Washington hopes to soon have the same kind of meeting with Iran that it had last October and discuss the initial proposal as well as the broader issue of understanding the nature of Iran's nuclear program.
Mexico: State of Sonora expecting mass deportation of Mexican migrant workers from neighbouring US state of Arizona where new immigration law comes into effect today despite parts of it being blocked by US federal judge
Ecuador: Special summit of Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) foreign ministers held in attempt to resolve diplomatic impasse between Venezuela, Colombia; Bogota alleges that
Venezuela shelters Colombia's left-wing guerrilla group FARC
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