The foreign affairs chief for the European Union said on July 17 the alliance is committed to a Palestinian statehood and to improving the situation in Gaza.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard called an election Saturday for August 21 to resolve an ongoing battle over policies on economic management, climate and border protection.

At least two people have been killed as Typhoon Conson battered China's southern island of Hainan.

Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers have concluded their much awaited daylong talks in Islamabad without announcing any tangible steps to build the trust shattered by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. 

At least 20 people are said to have been killed in a pair of explosions in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on July 15.

The U.S. military handed over to Iraq the Camp Cropper detention facility on July 15, calling the moment a milestone in Iraq's history and another step in the drawdown of U.S. forces there.

BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well.

China's economy continued to grow at a robust pace last quarter, a spokesman for the National Statistics Bureau said on July 15.

Typhoon Conson ripped across the Philippines on July 14, killing 22 people, 20 wounded as it destroyed shanty towns and brought the nation’s capital to a standstill.

Military talks between the U.S.-led United Nations Command and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) regarding the sinking of a Republic of Korea (RoK)’s warship have been rescheduled for July 15, U.N. Command spokesman David Oten said. The talks were initially slated for July 13.