Iraq

According to the Interior Ministry, 1,653 civilians, 79 soldiers, 145 police and 428 insurgents were killed this month. (CNN.com)

2 JULY 2007

Yemen

A suicide bomber attacked a group of tourists in the central province of Marib, killing nine people. (AP)

3 JULY 2007

Japan, politics

Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma resigned after a furor arose over recent comments he made regarding the US nuclear attacks at the end of World War II. He was succeeded by Yuriko Koike. (AP)

3-11 JULY 2007

Pakistan

In Islamabad, clashes began on the 3rd between militants in the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) and security forces which had, at the beginning of the month, surrounded them. This was followed by probing operations by government troops designed to allow innocent people inside the mosque to escape; over 1,200 people, mostly students from the mosque's two Islamic schools, fled the compound during the seige. On the 10th troops launched their final assault, ending resistance that night. Authorities said 108 people, mostly militants, died during the siege. (CNN.com, AP)

5 JULY 2007

Iraq

A car bomb in Baghdad killed 17 people. (CNN.com)

Rwanda

A Belgian court sentenced former army Major Bernard Ntuyahaga to 20 years imprisonment for his role in murders committed at the beginning of the 1994 genocide. (Reuters)

7 JULY 2007

Iraq

A suicide truck bomb attack on a market in Amerli, near Mosul, killed at least 117 people and wounded some 265. (CNN.com)

8 JULY 2007

Iraq

Two car bombings in Baghdad killed nine people. (CNN.com)

10-11 JULY 2007

Iraq

Iraqi and US forces raided an al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) hideout in Sherween, in Diyala province, killing or capturing dozens of suspected AQI members. (CNN.com)

11 JULY 2007

Western Hemisphere, economic affairs

Panama's National Assembly ratified a free-trade agreement with the US 58-3. (AP)

12 JULY 2007

United States, military affairs

The House of Representatives voted 223-201 to require most US forces to leave Iraq by 1 April 2008. (CNN.com)

14 JULY 2007

North Korea

The government announced it had shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon after receiving an initial shipment of coal from South Korea. (AP)

Europe, diplomatic affairs

Russia suspended its participation in the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty). Russian President Putin cited "extraordinary circumstances...which affect the security of the Russian Federation and require immediate measures." The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that under the moratorium, Russia would halt NATO inspections of its military sites and would no longer limit the number of its conventional weapons.

The parties to the CFE Treaty signed an Adaptation Agreement in 1999 which modified the treaty's provisions in light of changes which had taken place in Europe; among the new requirements was that Russian forces must be withdrawn from Moldova and Georgia. Russia had ratified the Adapted Treaty but NATO members had not on the grounds that Russia had not completed those withdrawals. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia could no longer tolerate a situation where it was complying with the treaty but its partners were not. NATO spokesman James Appathurai said, "NATO regrets this decision by the Russian Federation. It is a step in the wrong direction." (AP)

Iraq

Two bomb attacks in Baghdad killed at least eight people.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said, "We say in full confidence that we are able, God willing, to take the responsibility completely in running the security file if the international forces withdraw at anytime they want." (AP)

15 JULY 2007

Iraq

A car bomb in central Baghdad killed ten people. (AP)

16 JULY 2007

Iraq

A suicide truck bomb attack on Kirkuk's Qalah neighborhood killed at least 80 people and wounded another 170. (CNN.com)

Europe, diplomatic affairs

Britain announced it would expel four Russian diplomats over Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi, a former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent wanted in connection with the November 2006 murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a former FSB officer living in Britain. On the 19th Russia expelled four British diplomats. (CNN.com)

16-20 JULY 2007

Ethiopia, civil affairs

On the 16th, thirty-five opposition politicians and activists were sentenced to life imprisonment and other penalties for inciting violence following the May 2005 parliamentary elections, including Coalition for Unity and Democracy leader Hailu Shawel. Opposition leaders said the trial was politically motivated. (AP)

But on the 20th they were all released. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said, "The pardon is total....They have committed themselves to adhere (to) and respect the rule of law as well as the constitution of the country." (Reuters)

17 JULY 2007

Bangladesh, civil affairs

Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina was arrested in Dhaka. (Reuters)

Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed 12 people in Islamabad. (CNN.com)

18 JULY 2007

Iraq

The US military announced it had captured Khalid al-Mashadani, a senior member of al Qaeda in Iraq, in Mosul. (CNN.com)

19 JULY 2007

Pakistan

A suicide bombing attack on a mosque in Kohat killed at least 12 people. (CNN.com)

20 JULY 2007

Bolivia

In La Paz, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanded that the government not move the capital from that city. (AP)

Pakistan, politics

The Supreme Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. (CNN.com)

22 JULY 2007

Turkey, politics

In parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won 341 of the 550 seats in the National Assembly. The Republican People's Party (CHP) won 112 seats, down from the 178 it won in November 2002. The new Nationalist Action Party (MHP) won 71 seats. Also elected were 26 candidates associated with the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) but running as independents in order to circumvent the 10% threshold. Turnout was 84.2%. (IFES, www.rulers.org)

23 JULY 2007

Iraq

Two car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 50 people. (CNN.com)

24 JULY 2007

Afghanistan

A few thousand Afghan and NATO troops began Operation Chakush in northern Helmand province. (CNN.com)

28 JULY 2007

Iraq

A car bomb in Baghdad killed five people. (CNN.com)

30 JULY 2007

Algeria

Rachid Sid Ali, a military adviser to the al Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, was killed by security forces near Tizi Ouzou. The government said Sid Ali supervised the 11 April attacks on Algiers. (Reuters)

Iraq

A car bomb in Baghdad killed six. (CNN.com)

31 JULY 2007

Diplomatic affairs, Sudan

The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to establish the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), to be comprised of 19,555 military personnel and 6,432 civilian police. The force is to incorporate the current 7,000-strong AU mission in Darfur. UNAMID has a stronger mandate than the AU mission, including the use of force to protect civilians under attack and to ensure freedom of movement for humanitarian workers. The next day Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol said, "The Sudanese government is committed to implementing its part of the resolution." (Reuters, AP)