India submits its nuclear safeguards agreement to the International Atomic Energy Agency to implement the Indo-US nuclear deal. (July 9)
Iran test-fires the Shahab-3, a missile with an operating range of 2,100 km (1,300 mi), amid rising international tensions over the country's nuclear program. (July 9)
Leaders of the nations meeting in Japan for the 34th G8 summit agree to a target of cutting world greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050. (July 8)
A suicide bomber rams a car bomb into the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 58 people. (July 7)
An explosion near the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, kills at least 18 people on the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the mosque. (July 6)