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** Noervenich, Germany - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron co-chair a Franco-German Defence and Security Council meeting at Noervenich Air Base near Cologne before their cabinets hold a joint session nearby. - 0700 GMT
Lisbon - Mozambique President Daniel Chapo pays official visit to Portugal at the invitation of Portuguese President Antonio Jose Seguro, holds talks with Portuguese officials and attends the EurAfrican Forum as guest of honour (final day)
Tbilisi - Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov arrived in Tbilisi on Thursday for a two-day state visit to Georgia (final day)
New York - Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is set to visit the United States (to July 19)
Tokyo – Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis visits Japan (final day)
Beijing - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visits China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang (to July 20)
Bruehl, Germany - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron speak to reporters at Schloss Augustusburg castle near Cologne. - 1315 GMT
Global - World Day for International Justice, which commemorates the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, the Rome Statute.
Global - Nelson Mandela International Day.
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tomean Presidency Election
** Chisinau - Indian President Droupadi Murmu visits Moldova.
Algiers - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Algeria.
Chisinau - The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will pay a state visit to the Republic of Moldova
Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold an annual meeting (to July 24)
Cyprus - Cyprus marks the anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974
** Skopje, North Macedonia - Indian President Droupadi Murmu visits North Macedonia (to July 22)
Washington, D.C - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets US President Donald Trump
Kennedy Space Center, Fl – 26th anniversary of conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program after successful completion of mission STS-135
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold a post-ministerial conference with the United States during the regional meeting in Manila. - 0100 GMT
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold a post-ministerial conference with China during the regional meetings in Manila. - 0230 GMT
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold a post-ministerial conference with Russia during the regional meeting in Manila. - 0230 GMT
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold the 5th Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development during the annual regional meetings in Manila. - 0330 GMT
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold a post-ministerial conference with South Korea during the regional meetings in Manila. - 0330 GMT
** Manila - ASEAN foreign ministers hold a post-ministerial conference with Japan during the regional meetings in Manila. - 0330 GMT
Manila - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun to visit Philippines for ASEAN-related ministerial meetings (to July 23)
Brussels – EU-UK summit
Oslo – 15th anniversary of Norway bombing and mass shooting at youth summer camp on the nearby Utoya Island, where 77 people were killed
** Bucharest - Indian President Droupadi Murmu visits North Romania (July 25)
** Manila - Foreign ministers attend the 27th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting, bringing together ASEAN members with China, Japan and South Korea under one of the region's principal cooperation mechanisms. - 0200 GMT
** Manila - Ministers and senior officials attend the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum, the Asia-Pacific's largest multilateral security dialogue bringing together ASEAN members and major regional powers. - 0200 GMT
** Manila - Foreign ministers participate in the 16th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, a key forum bringing together ASEAN and major Indo-Pacific powers ahead of leaders-level engagements. - 0600 GMT
** Manila - Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro holds a news conference during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting week. - 1100 GMT
** Manila - Ministers attend the 17th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting focused on cooperation between South Korea and Mekong-region countries. - 1100 GMT
Bishkek – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends SCO foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan (to July 24)
Bucharest - The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, will pay a state visit to Romania (to July 25)
Manila - The Philippines hosts foreign ministers from 59 countries to commemorate the 50th year anniversary of the signing of Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.
Buenos Aires – Argentina President Javier Milei is due to begin a regional tour in Brazil
** Vienna - Austria's Chancellor Cristian Stocker hosts Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Saltsburg.
Brussels - EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Budget) Meeting.
Global - World Hepatitis Day
Global – 112th anniversary of the beginning of World War 1
Peru – 205th anniversary of Independence
Montevideo - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is due to visit Montevideo as part of a trip that will include a meeting with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi and his finance minister.
Global – World Breastfeeding Week (to August 7)
Warsaw – Poland marks 82nd anniversary of its war-time Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation.
China – 99th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army.
London - Seven OPEC+ countries will meet to decide on output policy for September.
La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz will deliver his first State of the Nation address.
Hiroshima - Hiroshima Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks
Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 (to August 31)
Nagasaki, Japan - Nagasaki Commemorations 81st Anniversary of 1945 nuclear attacks
Global - International Youth Day
Zambia - Zambia holds general elections
Islamabad – 79th anniversary of Pakistan independence from British rule
Lebanon - Hezbollah marks 20th anniversary of its "divine victory" - the end of its war with Israel.
Tralee, Ireland - 2026 Rose of Tralee International Festival (to August 18)
Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh International Book Festival (to August 30)
Tokyo – 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two
New Delhi – 79th anniversary of India's Independence from British rule
Liechtenstein – 220th anniversary of Independence
Global - World Humanitarian Day
Moscow – 34th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, which accelerated the collapse of the Soviet Union
Damascus, Syria - 13th anniversary of nerve gas attack that killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus.
Baltic Way - 37th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a human chain of people in 1989 stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn to mark solidarity in the struggle for independence from the Soviet Union.
Warsaw - Poland marks the 37th anniversary of the creation of the first post-Communist government in 1989.
Kyiv – 35th anniversary of Independence.
Washington, D.C. – 214th anniversary of the Burning of Washington, including the White House and the U.S. Capitol building, by the British troops during the War of 1812.
Uruguay - Uruguay's Independence Day.
Paris – 82nd anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation in the Second World War.
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