Thursday, June 16:
JAKARTA — Militant Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is sentenced following his trial on charges of helping to set up and fund a terror training camp in Aceh province for a group that allegedly planned attacks on foreigners and assassinations of moderate Muslim leaders such as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
PRAGUE — Public transport strike in Prague and other major cities.
MOSCOW — Chinese President Hu Jintao on state visit.
GENEVA — Activists say as many as 100 million maids, cooks and nannies could gain labor rights for the first time, if countries agree a landmark deal granting protection to domestic workers. The move has faced opposition from some African and Asian countries wary of sweeping changes to a largely unregulated sector of their economy.
INCHEON, South Korea — Korean Air test flies its first A380 with a symbolic trip to the skies over an island controlled by South Korea but also claimed by Japan.
BRASILIA, Brazil — U.N. Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon begins visit, meeting with President Dilma Rousseff and other top government officials. Through Friday.
PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy gives speech to farmers unions from several countries at conference on food prices and agricultural policy.
PARIS — Boeing (News - Alert) releases forecast ahead of Paris Air Show, which showcases the Boeing–Airbus rivalry. 0900 GMT.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Football Association to hold elections for new head and board in Baghdad.
Friday, June 17:
BERLIN — French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel. News conference at about 1045 GMT.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A group of women are organizing a campaign to defy the ban on driving for women in the kingdom.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao to speak at international economic forum. 0700 GMT.
PARIS — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development releases annual agricultural outlook amid worries about food prices and food safety.
TOYOTA, Japan — Toyota tries to reassure shareholders about its ability to restore production disrupted by the quake/tsunami as it counts on emerging markets growth to make up for US sales losses.
Saturday, June 18:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plays golf with the Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehmer, an attempt to build rapport between two important Washington political figures of opposing parties.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia holds international economic forum. Leaders of Finland, Spain, Kazakhstan join Russia's president and business leaders.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The new date for Iraqi Football Association elections to be held, as approved by FIFA.
Sunday June 19:
BUCHAREST, Romania — Bucharest residents have a chance to say how they want their chaotic, overcrowded and grubby capital of 3 million to be run in a June 19 referendum.
Monday, June 20:
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court issues orders.
UNITED NATIONS — World Refugee Day.
LE BOURGET, France — Paris Air Show. Through Wednesday.
Tuesday, June 21:
JOHANNESBURG — Preliminary court hearing in Johannesburg Magistrate's Court for Nigerian Henry Okah, who faces terrorism charges in South Africa after authorities say he masterminded an Oct. 1 bombing in his homeland and served as the de facto voice of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, a Nigerian militant group.
CAIRO — Palestinian Hamas and Fatah factions meeting for another round of reconciliation talks. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal expected to attend.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve meets to discuss U.S. interest rates.
Wednesday, June 22:
PARIS — Designer John Galliano goes on trial for alleged anti–Semitic insults in a Paris bar. Trial opens 1230 GMT.
MANAMA, Bahrain — Final hearing in the trial of 21 Shiite opposition leaders, supporters and human rights activists. Convictions and sentencing expected. Seven figures are being tried in absentia.
PARIS— Paris spring and summer 2012 menswear collections. Through June 26.
PARIS — France hosts agriculture ministers from all Group of 20 nations. Through June 23.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve announces decision on interest rates.
