Today: EU defence and foreign ministers attend General Affairs Council. EU Agriculture Council in Brussels. European Parliament session begins in Strasbourg. Israeli PM faces vote of no confidence. King Abdullah of Jordan in France. Indonesian president visits Japan. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in trade talks in Montevideo.
Tomorrow: Ibero-American summit in Havana. European Parliament hears annual report of European Court of Auditors. Defence ministers from Gulf Co-operation Council meet in Dubai. G20 economic forum of developed and emerging nations meeting in Vancouver.
Wednesday: Sharif charged with loan defaulting and tax evasion in Pakistan. European Parliament hears statement by Javier Solana. NATO-Russia permanent joint council meets in Brussels.
Thursday: OSCE summit in Istanbul. EU Health Council meets in Brussels. European Central Bank Governing Council meets in Frankfurt. Officials from 12 countries of Council of Baltic Sea States meet in Tallinn.
Friday: Clinton visits Greece.
Saturday: Clinton in Italy. Egyptian foreign minister and delegation of businessmen begin first tour of Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa countries.
Sunday: Clinton visits Bulgaria.
Ireland
Today: Anti Nazi League protest at visit to UCC of Prof David Irving. Wednesday: Oireachtas European Affairs committee at 2 p.m.
Thursday: European Policy Conference in Waterford addressed by Mr Ted Kennedy Jnr. Jubilee 2000 demonstration at Swiss embassy, Ailesbury Road, at 12.30 p.m. to press for cancellation of debts incurred by apartheid regime in South Africa.
Friday: UNHCR conference on "Refugee Women - Victims or Survivors?" at Dublin Castle. (Phone: 01.6328675) Ambassadors of Romania, Andorra, and Tunisia present credentials.
Irish events of a world news interest for this column should be received by David Shanks, Foreign Desk, on the Friday before publication.