Japan: The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) holds a ministerial-level conference of Caribbean nations.
China: People's Liberation Army's North Sea Fleet holds firing exercise in Yellow Sea off Qingdao; follows major US-Korean naval exercise (-4)
South Korea: Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony visits, first such trip by an Indian defence minister; expected to discuss modernization programme of Indian armed forces; Korean companies are vying for Indian army's equipment acquisition programmes
Pakistan: Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar visits flood-hit areas; trip comes amid reports that President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad is to visit "this week" (Iranian news agency Fars)
Nepal: Protests marking Tibet Democracy Day; two activists were arrested in Kathmandu on 30 August putting up posters advertising anti-China protest
Philippines: The Philippine's Secretary of Justice, Leila de Lima organises an inter-agency task force to investigate a bus hostage incident that saw eight Hong Kong tourists killed.
Russia: Russia celebrates 'Victory over Japan' in World War II, a new national memorial day, established by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and approved by the Russian Duma. Celebrations will take place in Vladivostok with a parade, wreath laying and naval ships display.
Russia: Moscow's Zamoskvoretskiy court hears case against opposition politician Boris Nemtsov accused of disobeying police during 31 July rally in defence of freedom of assembly
Russia: The Caucus Emirates' Doku Umarov has named a new commander of insurgents in Dagestan, Russia, Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency website reported. Amir Khasan, also known as Israpil Velidzhanov, has been named "commander of the Dagestani front and governor of the province of Dagestan of the Caucasus Emirate," according to Chechen rebel website Kavkaz Tsentr.
Russia: Valday Forum discussion conference on Russian affairs involving experts from across the globe; participants meet Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (-7)
Pakistan: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for suicide attacks on a Shia procession in Lahore that killed at least 30 people. Qari Hussain Mehsud warned that more attacks would follow.
Pakistan: The latest from Pakistan and the flood relief efforts. Hundreds of hungry families are blocking a highway in Pakistan's flood-hit south demanding the government provide more food as the UN warned of a "triple threat" to desperate survivors.
Azerbaijan: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visits, expected to sign border deal with counterpart Ilham Aliyev (-3)
Azerbaijan: Appeal hearing for imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev who was sentenced to 11 years in jail for slandering army; European Court of Human ruled in April that Fatullayev should be freed; delayed from 26 August
Iraq: Following up after thirty Iraqi lawmakers from the al-Iraqiya List split from the bloc to create a new group called the National Moderate Trend (NMT), al-Iraqiya member Kazim al-Shamri said
Turkey: The United States will not participate in a third session of military exercises hosted by the Turkish air force this year, claiming that there will be no other international participants, Hurriyet reported
Turkey: Turkey's gasoline exports to Iran fell by 74 percent in July
Kenya: International Criminal Court registrar Silvana Arbia visits to holds talks with President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga (-3); trip comes after chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo was authorized to open investigation into 2008 post-election violence
Chad: A second batch of fighters from a Chadian opposition group returned to Ndjamena from the capital of Northern Darfur State. The 150 members of the former rebel Movement for Justice and Social Change left Al-Fashir Airport with Chadian Security Minister Abderaman Mussa.
Morocco: Interim Guinean President Gen Sekouba Konate visits to undergo medical check up
Dniester: Unrecognized breakaway Dniester region marks 20 years of de facto independence; military parade expected. Moldova denounced the breakaway region of Transdniestria for celebrating its "unconstitutional" regime
Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court hears corruption case against ethnic Turkish Rights and Freedoms Movement (DPS) leader Akhmed Dogan
Slovakia: Amnesty International launches report calling for the end of segregation for Romani children in Slovakia.
Slovakia: Day of mourning for victims of 30 August shooting in Bratislava, where gunman shot dead six members of Roma family and another woman before killing himself
Bosnia: Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrives in Sarajevo and travels to Konak where he will attend a ceremony and meet with the Bosnian presidency before signing an agreement.
Bosnia: Bosnia's national parliament endorsed a decision by the country's presidency to send an infantry unit of 45 men to join the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan
Italy: Israel's President Shimon Peres visits Pope Benedict at his summer residence.
Germany: A European Central Bank meeting is expected to approve the provision of unlimited funding to the banking sector until at least year-end and to announce interest rates.
France: U.S. border inspectors are due to start work at Paris’ main airport, examining passports of passengers bound for America before they leave France. Although the system is in place in several other cities, the presence of U.S. inspectors in uniform has a special significance in a country which has often had tense relations with America.
France: French journalists demonstrate in support of two France Television reporters on the 250th day of their captivity at the hands of Afghan insurgents.
Sweden: Sweden's chief prosecutor reopens a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that a lower official had withdrawn two weeks ago.
Spain: A group of six Cuban political prisoners have been released and are due to arrive in another wave of a release of dissidents jailed since 2003 that could lead to improved relations between the Cuban government and the European Union.
UK: The latest on the Pakistan cricket betting scandal.
UK: Extradition hearing for a man accused of attempting to sell batteries, sourced in the U.S., for surface to air missiles to Tehran. The court will decide if 63-year-old Christopher Tappin should be sent to the U.S. to face charges. If convicted he could face 35 years in an American jail.
Brazil: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, signed eight cooperation accords during a meeting in Brasilia. The two leaders signed agreements that included border information sharing, biodiesel and agriculture development, and the unrestricted movement of people between Leticia, Colombia, and Tabatinga, Brazil.
US: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah of Jordan and Quartet representative Tony Blair arrive at the U.S. State Department to commence renewed Middle East peace talks.
· 13G Protest outside State Dept by Palestinian American group who call talks a 'sham'.
· 14G Direct talks open with comments from Clinton/Netanyahu/Abbas
· Closed meeting follows opening remarks
· US Envoy George Mitchell will brief the press after the meeting
· 16G Shalom International stages a "Rally for Israel and a United Jerusalem" outside the White House.
US: Hurricane Earl bears down on eastern U.S., as visitors and some residents are evacuated from low-lying islands off the North Carolina coast.
Mexico: At least 17 migrants kidnapped in northern Mexico, according to police. News comes as drug cartel violence reduces Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP) by about 1.2 percentage points, Mexican Finance Secretary Ernesto Cordero said
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