Chad's government has said there can be no question of the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, being arrested during his current visit to the country.

More than 500 people have died in Belgium since the start of April, a higher-than-usual number which may be tied to a string of summer days with high temperatures, health authorities said on July 20.

The world's first Clean Energy Ministerial concluded on July 20 in Washington D.C, with 11 initiatives launched to accelerate the global transition to clean energy and low-carbon future.

European Union foreign ministers will adopt tighter sanctions against Iran next week, including measures to block oil and gas investment and curtail its refining and natural gas capability, EU diplomats said.

The leader of a Kurdish rebel group engaged in a guerrilla war with Turkey has said that it is willing to disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights for Turkey's Kurds.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told an international donor conference in Kabul on July 20 that he is determined to have Afghan forces in charge of the country's security by 2014. 

Some 70 countries are set to attend a historic conference in the Afghan capital Kabul on July 20 amid some of the deadliest violence of the war.

A draft statement prepared for Asia's largest security forum expresses "deep concern" over the sinking of a RoK warship but stops short of blaming DPRK.

The United States is sending the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Republic of Korea this week in a display of "the strength of our alliance and our constant readiness to defend the RoK," the ship's commander said on July 19.

U.S. National Guard troops will begin arriving along the border with Mexico on August 1 to bolster security as the Obama administration tries to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, weapons and narcotics, officials said on July 19.