ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):
TURKEY
ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair meeting of Justice and Development (AK) Party's Central Executive Board.
ANKARA – Erdogan to attend opening ceremony of Melike Hatun Mosque.
ANKARA – Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to receive Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli.
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk to host Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci.
NORTHERN CYPRUS
LEFKOSA – Turkish Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya to meet President Mustafa Akinci.
FRANCE
PARIS – Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to host U.K. counterpart Boris Johnson for working dinner to discuss Brexit.
SPAIN
MADRID – Senate to discuss taking powers from Catalonia, unseating Catalan President Carles Puigdemont in wake of independence referendum.
JAMMU KASHMIR
SRINIGRAR – Kashmiris mark Black Flag day on 70th anniversary of Indian intervention in disputed region.
KENYA
NAIROBI – President Uhuru Kenyatta leads in vote count following election rerun that was boycotted by opposition.
NIGERIA
ABUJA – Town hall meeting organized by Center for Democracy and Development on President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG – Court to sentence two white farmers convicted of threatening to burn alive black man in a coffin.
SPECIAL REPORT: Bare-knuckle boxers fight to keep South African custom
By Ihsaan Haffejee
TSHIFUDI, South Africa (AA) – On a dusty field on the edge of Tshifudi village, men and boys gather to take part in a violent tradition going back nearly 200 years.
