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Wimbledon, one of the world's most prestigious tennis tournaments, announced this week it is banning players from Russia and Belarus from competing there this summer.

Ukrainian forces are struggling to detonate mines that scatter over a wide area and are internationally banned, known as "cluster munitions."

As the Mideast crisis continues to intensify, the head of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah declares "open war," and Israel says it will not stop its military campaign until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans a Washington visit to seek support for an Israeli plan to withdraw from parts of the West Bank. The move would consolidate Israel's control over major settlement blocs in the occupied territory.

The European Union fines Microsoft more than $350 million for defying a 2004 antitrust ruling. The EU warned the company it could face even bigger penalties from the start of August. European regulators want the software giant to provide technical information to rivals after it found Microsoft abused the dominance of its Windows operating system.

Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom halts natural gas sales to Ukraine, after Kiev refuses to agree to a four-fold price hike. The move has affected the flow of gas to other European countries and raised worries about Russia's use of energy as a political weapon.

This weekend, Syria's president ordered his government to open an investigation into alleged Syrian involvement in the assassination of a Lebanese politician. Until now, Syria has vehemently denied any involvement in the crime and has denounced the United Nations' allegations that Syrian officials were complicit in the murder.

A federal appeals court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally when it issued new air-pollution rules for power plants and factories. The three-judge panel says the rules allowing plants to modernize without installing pollution-control equipment violated the Clean Air Act.

The head of New Orleans' police department, Eddie Compass, has resigned. This weekend, he announced that 249 officers, or about 15 percent of the force, are absent without leave after the hurricanes. A special tribunal will determine who has deserted and who has legitimate absences from work.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Islamabad, Pakistan, to assess the country's earthquake-relief needs. Already, the United States has sent planes and helicopters to help in rescue-and-relief operations. She also visited Kabul, meeting with Afghan leaders.