COUNTRY REVIEWS

South Asia

Bangaldesh

• High Court declares Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party illegal; Report: Ghulam Azam’s case discussed in Pakistan

Sri Lanka

• Sixty five Indian fishermen detained by the Sri Lankan Navy; Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi react strongly to these arrests; Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Islamabad met Pakistan's Federal Minister for Defence Production

Maldives

• President Waheed meets the UN Resident Coordinator in Maldives; Team of doctors and Imaams from Palestine visit Maldives; Commonwealth Secretary General’s special envoy Sir Donald McKinnon meets President; Maldives gross international reserves fell by 3 percent in June, 2013; Consumer Price Index rose 2.07 percent from June 2012 to June 2013

East Asia

Southeast Asia

• Vietnam- Taiwan bilateral trade grows; Indonesian Police accused of fake terror attacks; Cambodia opposition claims victory in elections; Massive oil spill in Thailand; Singapore Foreign Minister visits India

Japan

• Japan and China are to continue dialogue despite dispute over the Senkaku islands

South Korea

• South Korea condemns Japan for conducting opinion poll on the disputed Takeshima island; South Korea proposes bilateral talk with North Korea over the fate of joint industrial zone

West Asia

Lebanon

• Hezbollah leader reiterates support for Palestinian conflict against Israel

Syria

• UN chemical weapons team to head to Syria; New Iranian president pledges support to Syria

Iran

• Iran’s new President Rohani begins his four-year term; Supreme Leader: The people should support and help the new administration

Iraq

• Fifty four people killed in Baghdad

Russia

• Russia welcomes Israel’s decision to free Palestinian prisoners; Russia and Saudi Arabia discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues; Vostochny Cosmodrome to become functional in 2015; President Putin supports the idea of building long term ship building projects; Russia and EU hold consultations on Russian levy on imported cars; Russia holds a military exercise in Kyrgyzstan; Russian and Tajik Presidents hold official talks in Moscow; Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia; Russia exited a UN customs convention

DEFENCE REVIEW

National

• Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace bags orders worth Rs 25,000 crore; Evaluation trials of third-generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile Nag successful

International

• Russian warships arrive in Cuba on a friendly visit; Turkey’s Supreme Military Council appoints new army commanders