Russia: Looking ahead to Medvedev’s summit with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi tomorrow.
Russia: Russian Deputy Minister for Regional Development Konstantin Korolevsky to hold a press conference on aid measures for wildfires victims.
India: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits northern city of Leh in Indian-administered Kashmir to review flood relief efforts; 200 people reportedly died, over 400 were injured in 6 August downpour.
Pakistan: The Sindh irrigation minister, Jam Saifullah Dharejo, said the dam in Sukkur faces a major test of its strength, adding that the next four to five days are crucial to see if it will hold.
Pakistan: UN Children Fund (Unicef) director for South Asia Daniel Toole tours flood-affected areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh to review progress of humanitarian response
Pakistan: It could cost more than $10 to $15 billion to rebuild Pakistan after massive flooding, Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Wajid Shamsul Hasan,
Tajikistan: The export of grain, including wheat and flour, has been banned to prevent price increases in the southern Tajik province of Khatlon by the region's governor, Ghaybullo Avzalov.
Uzbekistan: Troop movement alert. Uzbekistan increases security dramatically on its border with Kyrgyzstan's Osh region, according to the Kyrgyz regional administration's department for defence and law enforcement
Uzbekistan: Uzbek Islamist fighter Tahir Yuldashev, whom the US links with al-Qaeda, has been killed, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. However, Yuldashev has been declared dead multiple times in the past.
Azerbaijan: Turkish President Abdullah Gul wraps up visit after talks on bilateral ties, easing visa requirements, energy cooperation, regional issues
Georgia: Breakaway region of Abkhazia holds military drills, involving reserve brigades, district military commissariats (-27)
Iran: Weekly Foreign ministry briefing for press
Iran: Court hears complaint against journalist, human rights activists Emadeddin Baghi over his interview with Ayatollah Montazeri, since deceased, which was aired on BBC Persian TV in December 2009. In the interview they discussed the execution of political prisoners. Baghi was sentenced on 23 June to one year of imprisonment and a five-year ban on political, media activities following his work at Association for Defence of Prisoners' Rights
Iran: Iran imported “nuclear reactor equipment” from 23 countries in the second quarter of 2010 totaling $3.6 billion, ISNA reported, including nuclear reactors, steam and warm water boilers, machinery and mechanical devices. (Iran received a nuclear reactor from Germany, reactor devices from Switzerland and Russia, and it purchased steam boilers and other pieces of equipment from Britain, France, China, Japan, the UAE, Belgium, South Korea, Turkey, Finland, India, Spain, Italy, Bahrain, Ukraine, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Singapore and Austria.)
Iraq: Army chief of staff Lt. General Babaker Zebari said the US military still controls air force and naval bases which it will turn over to the Iraqi army in a series of stages that will last until 2020. Zebari also said Iraqi forces need US assistance protecting the border.
Egypt: Egyptian security forces stopped a ship coming from Israel that was loaded with explosives and arrested the owner, Joseph Botryose El-Gabalwi, in Port Said
Yemen: Huthi rebels, opposition political parties, government officials meet in attempt to resolve security crisis; hundreds have been killed, more than quarter of million displaced by clashes between government troops, Huthi rebels since summer 2009
Lebanon: Parliament votes on bill which would grant Palestinians in Lebanon access to property ownership, social security benefits, exempt them from needing work permits
Somalia: Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia will no longer be trained in foreign countries and the government will establish bases for the armed forces
Morocco: Monitoring situation at Morocco-Spanish border at Ceuta Melilla with possible blockades by activists. Spanish Home Affairs Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba will travel to Rabat on 23/8 to meet with Moroccan Home affairs minister Taieb Cherkaoui to discuss recent tensions.
Namibia: Regional heads of state gather for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Windhoek; marks SADC's 30th anniversary.
Greece: Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits to meet counterpart Yeoryios Papandreou; second and final day
Holland: Genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic resumes at International Court for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague
UN: Security Council members discuss Middle East peace process
Haiti: Electoral commission publishes list of candidates running in 28 November presidential election
Cuba: Arrival of six more released Cuban political prisoners.
US: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivers opening remarks at a housing finance conference at the U.S Treasury, on the impact of housing finance reform on financial markets and on broader housing policy goals.
US: Christopher Drotleff and Justin Cannon appear charged with the murder of two Afghan civilians in Kabul in May 2009. Both charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, related to a shooting, which took place on May 5 after a traffic light dispute.
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